“To Step or Not to Step” There have been many discussions on this subject and just as many disagreements. So, let’s break it down with…
A San Soo Journal Flashback – Originally Published 1995 By Master Jim McCraw, El Monte School Are you paying too much for your Kung Fu…
This weapon was always with him wherever he went, he was never without it. If he needed it he could use it to cause severe…
Since I joined Jimmy H Woo’s Kung Fu class in 1962 there have been many changes, on the outside of the building there was a…
For those who did not understand what or how he showed what he did in video 2. It was my fault I did not think…
I have been asked about what can be learned from the videos of Grandmaster Woo. I produced a few clips so we can go over and explain things that I was taught and the value of the Art we learned. There are many levels that one should travel to reach Master some learned and some remained stagnant. Some advanced to flowing movement, triangulation, subconscious movement, leverage and power when needed. The others learned many techniques using power…
Do we need to do more ground work? You bet we do! We had many ground techniques however the Arts have evolved as they always have with new threats which each generation have to face. I have watched many very good stand up fighters from several styles taken off their feet and look as helpless as a turned over turtle. We need to learn some basic ideas on how to stop a take down if…
Old San Soo had a character of its own, it was violent, evasive, brutal and overpowering. Especially for the time we first learned because there…
When I found Grandmaster Woo In 1962 I was very impressed with what I saw. I had some idea of combat as I was raised…
Grandmaster Woo modified his teaching plan to better serve the American and eliminated most of the Chinese methods of standing the horse for months before…