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Since I've been around a relatively long time and because many of the camps and black belt groups were held at my studio I came to know a huge majority of the Shifu's. When we hold these groups like we did last night I tend to assume that all Shifu's know each other. In most cases I find that this is not true at all. They either went to different Quan's and probably hung out with their own Quan for the most part at camp. Or in many cases they were separated by time. They may have come from the same Quan but trained at a different time of the day or maybe a different decade.

A great example of this was when I was training at the Stockton Quan and because of an event that was being held us "day students" were amazed by the fact that there was a whole other group of students that trained in "our Quan". Who were these people? Foreigners in our school? No they were just regular Shou' Shu' people just like us.

So it may be that people are apprehensive before attending these flash workouts. They don't know the others attending. They might not know anyone at all. What are these people going to be like.

But it's so cool to see within minutes of the workout starting everyone's immediately behaving as if they are old friends who have worked out together for years. In moments the apprehension is gone and it's "Just like old times".

That to me is the coolest thing. I see it all the time and every time it's just as cool as the last time and just as amazing.

Everyone that comes, no matter where or when they came from has that one thing in common, the love of Shou' Shu'. And that common thread makes it feel just like it used to. And that's a pretty good thing.

And I'm not the only one that notices it. Everyone does and everyone mentions it. They are all amazed that the fun and comraderie that we had back then, lives on as if it had never stopped. I truly believe that Da' Shifu is smiling on these occasions.

Many people drove a long ways to get here last night. We appreciate that. We appreciate all of you being a part of this. Your commitment shows.

And to the ones that didn't make it, we hope you can be here next time. It's a lot of fun and you being a part of this is important.

Because it comes down to this:

We keep Shou' Shu' alive by participating in it, by being the best we can be, and by helping others do the same. Living in it's past does not help it. Living in it's present does.

Thank you for your part in that.

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More Shifus

Mon, 2010-11-08 14:16 | by Shun Shifu Weaver

Hello everyone. Make sure to stop by and say hi to Shifu Staup http://www.shoushu.org/users/shifu-david-staup
and Shifu Vines
http://www.shoushu.org/users/shifu-jeff-vines

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Shifu Jara Vs. Hurle

Fri, 2010-08-20 15:02 | by Shun Shifu Weaver

Check out Shifu Jara in the cage. You have to watch closely but there's Shou' Shu' in there.
At :16 he steps back and uses the rotation to power the punch. It's mongoose.

The rest of the footwork is solid to. Watch the footwork to the punches. He's bringing it from the ground and nice hip twitch.

Great Job Shifu!

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