This is a description that appeared on many San Soo School Brochures over the years... It is included here as it was written by Master Paul Borisoff. Kung-Fu San Soo is an Ancient Chinese fighting system. It is not a sport, but an effective and efficient fighting system utilizing a combination of punches, kicks, strikes, blocks, throws and leverages, done in perfect rhythm, and directed to vital points of the human body. These techniques can be changed instantly to suit the situation and do not necessarily follow a set pattern. The utilization of highly scientific principles of physics, involving movement and leverage, as well as intense concentration and controlled breathing, gives a fighter extreme power. Agility, balance, coordination, humility, and respect for ones fellow man are also emphasized. Approximately 3,500 to 4000 years ago Chinese Monks devised Kung-Fu within the confines of their monastery. They organized a system of hand-to-hand fighting for survival and for physical fitness. The mind as well as the body was taken into consideration: a healthy body, a healthy mind. Kung-Fu was organized into five basic areas: Punching, kicking, leverage, throwing, and physical dynamics. Thus Kung-Fu evolved as the first organized system of hand-to-hand combat. The Lineage of Kung-Fu San Soo started in the Qwan Yin Monastery and descended down the following path: Leoung Kick (Monk) (Jimmy's Great-Great-Great Grandfather) Chin Moon Don (Jimmy's Great-Great Grandfather) Chin Siu Don (Jimmy's Great Grandfather) Chin Siu Hung (Jimmy's Great Uncle) Jimmy H. Woo (Chin Siu Dek) /\ /\ Frank Whoolsey /\ /\ /\ Master Al Rubin Al trained with Jimmy H. Woo once he obtained his black belt. /\ Master Kurt Bellman
"Legendary and devastating....A pure Chinese fighting art that has few equals." Inside Kung-Fu Magazine, Dec. 1999
"You can take my life, but never my confidence." ~ Jimmy H. Woo
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