Seattle story

As mentioned in my last post, the Wing Chun guy from the Seattle area was travelling all around the United States basically showing off the art. I never did ask him, but I think that he was also having a great time with the freedom of it all too. It was obvious though that he didn't have a lot of money to spend because he was always looking for inexpensive motels to stay in while on his travels. He did tell me one story about part of his stay in Lafayette, Louisiana, which is where we met him. He generally thought that a lot of people in the area were "low lifes" and many drank too much. I did not think (at the time) to mention that it was mostly that way just about everywhere in the U.S. because if you don't have much money, you end up staying in less desirable areas. Those areas also exists in Lafayette (and other similar sized cities). Naturally, if you go to an area that is considered more "upscale" you generally will not find much of that sort of activity (drinking in the street, etc.). Anyway, he told me that when he first arrived in Lafayette, a guy sort of accosted him on the street. Our Wing Chun guy was stopped at a traffic light and the other guy, who was obviously drinking, came up to him in a kind of hostel manner. He may have just wanted an innocent conversation, but probably not likely. The Wing Chun teacher was upset and somewhat nervous, but he delt with the drinking guy politely and went on about his business (both of them). It gave a bad impression of the area though. More later!