It seems Grandmaster Brian Jones and his assistent Sifu Ricky Crops have gained a genuine group of Scandinavian students. This time the seminar was fully booked, as Kung-fu.se had set a limit of thirty students. With two drop out students, two other happy students were offered to attend the seminar.

above: GM Brian Jones is showing self defence aspects of Tai Chi.


GM Brian and Sifu Ricky arrived at Sturup's airport at ten o'clock on the Friday and even though they had been flying during the night, they were alert and as usual they provided their surroundings with cheering up injections. Sihing Henrik, teacher at the Malmö Wing Tsun school, was personally instructed by Sifu Ricky, under supervision from GM Brian. Later on the Friday Sifu Klaus Schultz from Bonn, showed up.

There is always a good story to listen to when one meets GM Brian, especially the old stories from the 60's about him meeting Asian Kung Fu teachers. It is worth to notice that GM Brian was the first Caucasian that was taught Wing Chun by an Asian in Europe. He also mentioned a Chinese man called "The Doctor", who was Sifu Greko Wong's instructor. Since GM Brian, in spite of being a Caucasian, once was accepted by his Malaysian/Chinese instructor, he was also accepted by "The Doctor" to continue his Tai Chi studies with him.

Saturday, the seminar began. Tha class was divided into two groups; one beginner group and one with advanced students. The term "advanced" is in this case to be regarded as relative to the beginners group. The advanced went on with the next twenty techniques in the first form. Twenty techniques on two days may sound as a small amount, but with applications and push hands, it was more than enough. One shall not only learn, one shall also understand.