Friday, September 25, 2009

First Wing Chun meeting down south

After the first meeting in the small town with "Don" I was hooked! I knew that I wanted to learn more about Wing Chun! I arranged via email to meet with Don the next Sunday in the city about 15 minutes south of Lafayette, Louisiana and I was on my way to a 10 year journey! It really felt exciting to me, sort of like a coming adventure. That next Sunday, I drove down to the city which took about 2 hours from where I lived in central Louisiana. It really wasnt a bad drive, mostlly Interstate. When I arrived, I went to Don's house since he had earlier given me directions. It was fairly easy to find. The city wasnt really that big but was a very nice place to be. The people seemed very friendly there. I met Don and we went directly to his back screened portch. There was a "wooden dummy" there which was made famous by Wing Chun people long ago. There was also a few heavy punching bags, one for hitting and kicking, the other for knee work. The rest of the portch was fairly empty except for a wooden swing. Don wanted to know if I wanted to just learn Wing Chun or use a "directed" approach which could lead to a "Black Belt" or "Black Sash" in Wing Chun. I chose the "just learn it" approach at that time but later regreted it. I will explain more about that in the next blog.

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