Eventually Sīfú 師父 recognised us and spoke to us. His voice was still very quiet, and it was hard to hear him and he said, “Hi” in Cantonese. Even though his voice was weak I could see that he had good colour on his face, and when I touched his hand, his skin was smooth. He tried to wave and talk to me in particular, as I stood closest to him. Ip Kwong Chiu 葉廣超 and Kwok Tak Yin 郭德賢 were standing at the end of the bed and I think they wanted me to have a chance to talk to Sīfú more as I had come from a long way.
I looked at Sīfú and was amazed that he was 100 years old, but, when I am writing this article, he is now 101 as his birthday was the 25 August. He is amazing! I always look at Sīfú and see that he has a longevity face, but he is beyond longevity. If it were not for the Covid Lockdown in Hong Kong, he would have still been going to class to teach and that is remarkable! How many people are like him and can still go to class when they are in their 90’s?
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 518
If we take a close look at all three of these forms, we will see that Bīu Zī is in all of them.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 517
The hardest part of the training is holding the leg up and keeping the position. As we get tired, the leg will start to drop.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 516
When we kick, we do not just consider the kicking leg; we need to maintain our balance and not move the upper body very much.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 515
Before we can use the punch, we must practise connecting the whole body, from the stance to the waist and then through the body,
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