Ron Goninan

Hi and thank you for your comments. Listening to others without overtly judging is one way in which we learn and grow. Hmmm I don't know about being a "very powerful man!" I'm an old, grey-haired, slightly (or a bit more) overweight guy who loves Gongfu! No "world-beater" and certianly nothing special! I agree with your point about the fingers! Thank you. Naturally it is applied different in combat! By attire I guess your talking about the uniform I'm wearing in the clips. I like very large, loose fitting clothing if thats what you mean and White Crane is a "Feminine Style" Could in ask you to be a little more specific? Thank you very much for your comments.

I mean you no offence (how could I? I don't know you) but what certificates??? There are no certificates posted. Just the Youtube clips! How can you make such an assessement without seeing them? My Dian Xue comes from firstly the late Master Erle Montaigue and very well known exponent and teacher of Dim-Mak and secondly from the Five Thunder Chinese masterial Arts Association headed by Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei, 19th generation descendant of the Chen’s family and a 11th generation direct-line inheritor of Chen’s Taichi & Grandmaster Liming Yue. Comic book??? Hardly. I am a person of very little knowledge and skill so I don't understand the reasoning for your negativity against someone you have had no contact with before? "Flashy" ... See above. Sorry you feel so negatively.

Songtsan, Thanks for your views. The kicking display is from our Fang Qiniang Shou 方七娘手 Form (the third sequence). It is done here with more Fajin then usual for demonstrative purposes. However to answer your comments I quote from the He Quan Quan Jue (Crane Fist, Fist Poems): Sui shou,zu dong ru che lun, er shen neng jing ru tie zhu,shouwan ying ru tie zhi. liang zu luodi bubu sheng gen: "With the hands and feet moving like a carts wheels and the body still as an Iron rod, the palms as stiff as an Iron pad, the two feet progressively land to the ground as a live root. The hands and feet move like a wheel of a horse carriage, the body can be stable unmoving (Jin) like a pillar of iron, hands and wrist hard like bars of iron. The whole feet have to touch the ground when moving, with every step the feet take root" And this: Yan ru shen,shou si jian,chushou ru yin chu lu,dui ta si feng bailiu,shang xia zhuanquyi shen li, lai you sheng qu wu ying, qianbian wan hua lian zhi jie ye, si shan wu ding,si hai wu di, wangfan zhi shi keyi ke ren hu zhi, chushou zhi shi you ru gaoshanliushui: "Eyes like nerve, hands like spikes, hands stretched out like a stretched path, against the target like gust of wind, upwards and downwards turning. The body’s force coming forth with sound, returning with no shadow, changinga thousand times, straightening ten thousand times to get a leaf, similar to a peakless mountain or a bottomless sea, back and forth to target the bodys support, stretching out the hands like a waterfall from the mountain top. Eyes like spirit (Shen), hands like arrows, attacking hands twist and turn like a winding road, to the opponent you look like a willow tree blowing, swaying in the wind, moving up and down, twisting or turning use the entire body’s strength. Coming with sound and leave without shadow (Referring to fast footwork and attack, not stealth), improvise and change like branching leaves on a tree branch, like a mountain without a top or an ocean without a bottom, moving and retreating (attacking the enemy and protecting the limbs), attacking like falling water from a tall mountain" If you feel my Crane is hard, external as your writing seems to indicate then have you seen other forms such as YongChun Crane, The Crane of Master Yu Dian Qu??? I am trying to get a handle on what you know about White Crane. Songtsan, You said you no longer do Martial Arts? Why and what arts did you do?

Ah okay. That explains it! I did not recognise it because of the "simplified" approach! Thank you!

Thanks, I thought it that was it but the 2nd Character looked different!

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Anyone want to try and translate this???

Hi, Can someone translate the following in to English:

Hello, It's been sometime but we recently updated our web site which we hope is more user friendly. Have a look and let's hear your comments: http://www.whitecranegongfu.com

Hi, I am looking for a copy of the book "Infinite Dao" if any one can help out. If not the book, a pdf or at the very least the pages dealing with Huang Xing Xian's White Crane studies.

Tai Chi nation no longer stocks the book. I have tried contacting Australian rep and am awaiting his answer. If you have a copy or know how I can access it please let me know!

Seeking Translation Hi, I'm seeking a translation of these two images if anyone can help:

That's fantastic! You have been very kind. Thank you so much!

Thank you so very much! Greatly appreciated!

Great! Thank you so very much!!! Could you please translate the following: 間，昂首振羽間，昂首振羽 將白鶴的振翅、撲翼、抖翎、晾羽、纏脖、鳴叫等動作，揉合在少林

Thank You very much. It makes sense to me and I guess that's what matters! Can you do the first diagram please???

Chi Dragon, Anyone???

Can somebody please translate the following images from Chinese to English for me?

Hello ChiDragon, I am really hoping that you can translate the Chinese hanzi on this object. I am hoping for a translation of this from a Martial Arts, Feng Shui or Qigong perspective. Can you help?

Hi, Just to let you know that the ALL NEW WCRI WEB SITE is now on the air! You can go to the web site by clicking on the link below: http://www.whitecranegongfu.com

A friend of mine said: "The characters for this are 獨占鳌頭. This dictionary mentions that it is an idiom known as "Monopolize the turtle head," which is a reference to winning the imperial exams. One who wins the exam gets to ascend the stairs to the palace. I believe the "turtle head" refers to this turtle that is located at the top of the stairs of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (where the emperor's throne is located)" This is interesting. To think that my student who picked this up at a market in China may have actually stumbled upon something linked to the Imperial examinations is exciting and intriguing! The object appears to be made out of silver or a steel make, reasonably heavy for it's size and somewhat aged. Love to know more about it?

Thank you! So what is your thoughts on the significance of the Crane & Chinese Turtle?

Hi, Can anybody give me a translation of the following:

Okay all, I'm looking for a good (actually working) program that can take PDF scanned copies of Chinese Book pages with Chinese Text and will convert same in to English text! Surely there must a be a program "out there" that can do this. Let me know???

Can someone please translate "Simon Lailey" into Chinese for me?