There is a guy called Henry Sue that advertises as 9th degree grandmaster of taijiquan and chow gar tong long (praying mantis).
I saw footage of his students doing some kind of forms, i don’t know much about chow gar but i can still tell that his students are basically retarded. They ignore all the principles in most chinese martial arts and just generally suck.
I saw him and some of his students practicing taijiquan and advertising his classes on a morning television show in my country (Australia) where the interviewer described him as a “celebrity in tai chi worlds”. I have only had practical experience with tai chi while more senior students were practicing it and i was allowed to join in for several lessons. I have a reasonable exposure to tai chi though, and i know what its supposed to look like. Yet i can easily see, beyond a doubt he is terrible at taiqiquan and the students on the television were disgracefully bad. Than he spat some garbled crap about tai chi.
I know some of his students and have told them he’s fraudelent, and showed them the website of a legitimate grandmaster (also in australia) with a signed letter from the late custodian of the style on the website, refuting his claims and saying they were ridiculous.
Worse yet, he was invited to a shaolin temple, even though it is painfully apparent he doesnt know shit. I wonder at the actual circumstances.
But his schools students still continue to train and and don’t care to hear the truth.
Last time he opened a school in my area, Zen do kai karate students walked in and beat the intstructor and several students. I don’t know the general sentiments about Zen do kai, but my exposure has only yeilded people with poor to no skills. I’m not saying thats universal, I’m just saying thats all ive seen in my area and my area is where his school got publicy embarassed. So he shut it. Now its open again.
This is a prime example of whats wrong with martial arts, i just wanna give a warning and see if this makes anyone else really angry.
Henry sue youtube videos display his skills/lack off
http://www.chowgar.com.au/letterset.htm
and my teacher
- my teachers brother has some kind of rank in taijiquan in melbourne somewhere
- My opinion kicks ass
QLD, Brisbane
The custodian of the style and his own ex master refutes his claim and said that it was ridiculous he teach because he is not nearly good enough. It’s not my opinion, it’s a fact he is not a 9th degree grandmaster of chow gar tong long. It’s obvious he is not any good at the styles he teaches anyhow. I wish for wulin to be taught legitimately and for people who think they are learning to defend themself to actually be able to defend themselves. If i open myself up to libel, i am not particularly worried i will lose the suit. Maybe the case would reform laws for martial arts teaching. A buddhist instructor should recognize and feel obligated to accept truth. what more would you like me to put up, all i have said is true. I recently spoke with a student of the school who has mythical energy ideas and little uderstanding. Legitimate chowgar students should be able to recognize his fraud and i welcome them to post.