Hello all, I've been reading the posts here with interest, and now I've joined I'm Looking forward to chatting , best wishes , simon ( Dakhan )
Welcome on board! Tell us a bit about yourself - do you practice any martial arts? Which ones are you interested in?
Hi guys ! Thanks for the welcomes . Ok , a bit about me ; been practicing martial arts for a few years now, first kickboxing then xing yi , then bagua, now staying in Taiwan where I'm learning Taichi ( and Budhism, Taoism and mandarin lol) Simon
Didn't realise the Taiwanese spoke Mandarin. I learnt a fair bit of Mandarin when I lived in Guangdong.
Yeah , Taiwan is part of RoC ... So they say, and whose gonna argue? :-D You know Taiwan is where the KMT fled to when the communists took over China.I've never been to mainland China, apart from Beijing airport, but hope to travel it someday . There is a Taiwanese language too, and that has a couple more tones than mandarin . S
Thats about all i know apart from it made a lot of my childhood toys and there is controversy over olympic teams...
Ok , well, Taiwan is were the KMT fled to when the communists took power in mainland China. When they left they took a lot of government officials and top martial arts Masters with them and Chang Kai sheck invited Liu pei chong along to to train the presidential bodyguards. Liu pei chong was an incredible martial artist , Taoist immortal and head of the Kun lun pai ( a sect of Taoist warrior monks from the kun lun mountains ) Also, as China began to persecute anyone with real gong fu ( imprisonment , torture , execution... Severing of Achilles' tendon ..) even more Masters made their way here. As a result Taiwan has really good Kung fu , probably the most intact white crane I'm told, and of course my Shifu lol Yeah Taiwan makes a lot of things, very busy , in fact they view Korea as kinda rivals. I don't know about the Olympic stuff, haven't seen a telly for a while . S :-D
Hey Si! Was just casually catching up on threads I missed, read this and thought this dude seems familiar! Good to see you on here. Hope to hear more about your adventures in Taiwan! And must catch up when you are back in the UK! Adz
Adhil !! :-D Good to hear from you my friend. I've seen some wierd things ..... But that's enough about Pattaya . I'm back in May for a while ( HK end of March) will definately give you a call, we can chi fan in Chinatown.. Just out of interest, have you done your m'bike test ? Very best wishes Simon :-D
Haha! Yes, Pataya is something else and doesn't need a motorbike license either I still haven't done it. Yeah, definitely give us a shout, will be great to catch up! I look forward to hearing about your experiences! When you have time, drop by the forum and let us know how your get on, I hear Taiwan is a beautiful country, with many interesting facets. Been wanting to go for ages. Happy training!
Will do , and there's still time to pass before may ... Kungfu bikers Norwegian coast road summer vacation :-D
