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Hong Kong (Dec'08)

Hans and Kie: whip chain and sabre

I decided to use Honk Kong as a stopover point for my travels to Japan and China, and this was the first of four stop-overs that I will be having in Honk Kong. It proved to be a good decision because Honk Kong is a very interesting place! I was surprised to find that Hong Kong is not purely a sky-scraper city, but it consists of a group of mountainous islands with an abundance of natural beauty. The air is even clean sometimes when the wind is not blowing in from China...

I stayed over at my friend Kie’s place. Kie Brooks is a Tai Chi instructor and also a fellow student of Silat Suffian Bela Diri (SSBD). We trained some SSBD together and he introduced me to some local kungfu masters. One of them is a practitioner of Fu style baguazhang and I look forward to seeing a bit of this style in the future! We did some hiking in the Hong Kong mountains and we used the opportunity to take some pictures for Kie’s up and coming book on the whip chain. Kie likes the traditional heavy whip chain, whereas I am more used to the light modern version. Both types have their pros and cons: light chains are easier to conceal and they move faster, but the heavy ones have much more momentum. Kie has the biggest collection of kungfu movies that I have ever seen!

Philippe in his office

Another highlight of my stay was meeting up with a fellow student of Christian Tissier (aikido), Phillipe Couture. Phillipe is a documentary film maker and he showed me some of the projects that he is working on. His work is truly fascinating and it often involves considerable danger as he travels to some of the world’s lesser known territories to film his controversial footage. I find his lifestyle very inspiring. Phillipe is also starting up a new aikido dojo in HK and I can highly recommend it.

To see what Kie and Phillipe are up to, check out their websites:
www.documen.tv
www.taigik.com

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