Title: 
Iron Palm Part 3

Word Count:
317

Summary:
Continued from Iron Palm Q&A With Sigung Richard Clear Part 2

I started studying Dr Wu’s system of Kung Fu in 1982 from one of Dr Wu’s other senior students and then I began studying from Tyrone in 1984.  As a result I began training Iron Palm in 1984.  I was not really seeking out Iron Palm.  I had not heard enough about it to actively seek it.  Iron Palm and Dim Mak were simply a part of the Kung Fu training we received.  Once I began training I was hooked on it for awhi...


Keywords:
silat, kungfu, Pentjak, Kuntao, self defense,  iron palm


Article Body:
Continued from Iron Palm Q&A With Sigung Richard Clear Part 2

I started studying Dr Wu’s system of Kung Fu in 1982 from one of Dr Wu’s other senior students and then I began studying from Tyrone in 1984.  As a result I began training Iron Palm in 1984.  I was not really seeking out Iron Palm.  I had not heard enough about it to actively seek it.  Iron Palm and Dim Mak were simply a part of the Kung Fu training we received.  Once I began training I was hooked on it for awhile and then when I saw the other skills that could be acquired I began to get more interested in Internal energy training and development and I have not looked back since.           

Q. 4. From whom did you learn?

A.  Over the years I have been fortunate and blessed to learn from quite a few teachers.  However, my original and primary teacher for Iron Palm was Tyrone.   

Q. 5. What kinds of advice did your iron palm sifu give you?

A.  One of the interesting things about training with Tyrone was that he almost never had us break materials.  About 1986 I decided on my own to break a center block.  So, I put this patio block on top of two other strong and sturdy center blocks and proceeded to try to break it.  I hit it multiple times and got nowhere.  It felt like my hits were penetrating all of the way through but no break.  Finally, after a few days of this I became very frustrated.  One of my class mates comes over to my house and looks at the 2 support bricks and moves the top brick off of them.  Both of the support blocks had fractures lines running through them and when picked up they fell apart with a very light slap while we were holding them.
 
To be continued in “Iron Palm Part 4”