The truth should set you free! Today I am forced to address a problem that I usually let slide when I read what a San Soo instructor writes about San Soo that is not correct but when others are so far off I must make corrections. Ernest sent me a message of someone who said everyone must decide what our true lineage/history is and referred to Paul Borisoff’s book. Over the years I have had … Read more
Some of the old days! I was watching this on YouTube, many ask questions about how Jimmy trained us in the early years, here is a chance for you to watch and learn. These were some of his top guys, and Jimmy showed some nice moves. The video has 3 demo’s, the first one in Chinatown you may have seen but the next two has much info. If a student was smart he would watch … Read more
This is a difficult task I want to present but I think you should know how the Art has been changed and lost some of its effectiveness, as far as why you will have to ask the changers. Many have been friends and it is hard to do this but what they have done to the Art Jimmy gave us I can not respect. I am going to pick lesson (Basic #9) and show what … Read more
New vid (copied from 8mm) the best one so far. I am very exited by this one, it had so much info I was going to split it. There are so many techniques and form a smart instructor could teach a student for years. Some of the greats sharing lessons for that day and what I missed during the week. Also interesting workouts like Bill Lasiter and Chuck Cory and many lessons given by Jimmy. … Read more
Thought you might want to see some form taught from your Art in China today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI4Ej6BIzxU
Hear it first hand! People are so quick to tell you Jimmy said this or that but many times I wonder if they are able to understand what he really said. Here is a bit of his wisdom he tells us that is very true. You will need to learn to understand him, it really is not that hard, we all had to do it. Listen as often as it takes to understand and it … Read more
How many times can we get even with our kids? Well here is mine, my son Gary used to come to Jimmy’s sometimes to learn and workout. Looking through the old films I found this, Jimmy giving him his yellow belt and tying it on. Gary then goes out and works out with Jeanette and gets his first kiss which he quickly wiped off. Dumb, he had his chance. heh heh Jeanette was very good … Read more
Article: Australian Interested in Gung Fu When I started San Soo in 1962 (Started looking in 1960) it was kind of a secret thing that an American White guy was allowed to learn this Chinese Art. We felt we were part of an elite group, after I searched 2 years to find someone who would teach a non-Chinese. I was reading Black belt Magazine, in the Letter section there it was, a letter from a … Read more
Personal threat assessment Believe it or not you can be trained to be better, you can train yourself to be aware of people’s intent and you may avoid conflict by taking control. Many will laugh and say that’s a bunch of crap but I have seen it and done it myself, many times. It has helped solve crimes including murder, solved cases and saved physical fights. Much of what I am trying to share is … Read more
Kung Fu San Soo: History and Myths updated their business hours.
New Video update! We have spent every day including Thanksgiving working on the project to convert the 8mm film to mp4 including updating (old computers and old minds) we are set to go (I think). We are working on a link to take you to the Journal web-site which should be ready tomorrow, we will post when we are ready, so many little things to do. We have two DVDs done but need to update … Read more
Need a t-shirt for Christmas? This is Barbara. I was compiling our year end inventory and would like to offer you KFSS T-Shirts at clearance price so I don’t have to count them again. They have the KFSS logo on the left chest – that’s just like the ones Master Gatewood would leave at the El Monte School and Grandmaster Woo would sell for him. Our website is www.sansoojournal.com I have Long Sleeve Navy Blue … Read more
Programing a winning Brain! We have all seen fights where a guy swings aimlessly with a flurry of punches and if he is lucky the guy goes down but it is inefficient. Why waste a punch to his forehead and possibly breaking your hand. If you train your subconscious to find critical targets it will drop him with precision. Best to train this away from class because many instructors/students will not understand and they will … Read more
Jimmy could jump/kick! I have seen him do some awesome things in his younger years, he also did one leg squats – he was The Man! (From Ron Gatewood)