Anyone still train under the old skool lau gar teachers/fighters eg Stan Brown,Curtis Page,Alex barrowmen,Chris Boughey, Neville Wray and any others and has much changed?
I used to train with Kevin Brewerton - that old skool enough for you? As for what's changed, it depends who you talk to. If you ask the BKFA, nothing. If you ask me, alot.
I used to train with Chris Boughey and there were a few minor (very minor) differences but nothing worth commenting on. Maybe it wasn't long enough ago. I think it was around '99 or '00.
Ah, don't be coy now If they ever set up shop somewhere even remotely near me then I might try them myself
TBF that is essentially true. I think any layman can watch video's of any lau gar club and still identify them as the same thing. It's the teaching methodology that's changed I think, and some of the focus.
Old School Lau Gar What about Steve Babbs, George Shore, Alvin Mighty, Frank Marius, I think he had a partner called Yvonne, Llewellyn ?, Mark Aston, Frank Lynch, Steve Faulkner, Bernard Chong, Robert Tin, was there a Ken Hoult. I think he and Bernard used to run the old Hornet Martial Arts in Birmingham together. Vince Lewis; would love to know what he is doing now. Clive Parkinson.
Is it just coincidence or were these people just good athletes before starting lau gar even though some are no longer with the BKFA they are still great martial artist within their own right. Did Master Yau have something different from the rest in the early days to have all these guys shining the light for lau gar? Whatever happened to david Baptiste great fighter of the past?
Last i heard Dave Baptiste was still running some clubs in scotland. He reffed at some tournaments a few years back and his kid competed.
They just trained hard, at the centre in the early 70's people sat in horse stance for half hour a time, that was all they did with a bit of punching. They trained good, but then that became a bit uneconomical and so it changed. Also, Master Yau didn't teach them just the traditional alot of modern training i.e kickboxing was introduced. I think it all came down to the fact they did sport specific training. I think all the styles would have had top athletes fighting for them. I also personally beilieve it is a good style for ring sports, it can be adapted quite well.
Can someone make a time line when all these people trained eg 70s 80s 90s etc maybe we can get a unofficial lau gar uk family tree going?
I think that is a great idea however the chances are it will be quite inaccurate, either way anybody who knows it should do it.
master yau always talks about steve babbs, he was a fighting machine so he says, built for one thing only! Also my instructor had a war against dave baptiste years ago in a tournament, its floating about on video somewhere, baptiste goes 1 point a head and spends the rest of the match running around the ref! lol!