I am nothing. My skills, compared to those of my seniors, suck butt.
While Yiliquan is a synthesis of Xingyi, Taiji and Bagua built on a Shaolin foundation, I suspect that with my teacher's background in Kyokushin, Shito-ryu, Pekiti-Tirsia Arnis, JKD and other arts, that at least some of that managed to filter in...
He always used to tell us that we were a Chinese style taught in a Japanese dojo setting... Not that our school looked anything like a karate dojo, mind you, but that the feel and attitude were more Japanese than Chinese... I think it is that kind of orientation, minus the militant regimentation of many Japanese schools, that helps make Yili training so productive. We all feed from and develop off of the training and education of our peers. So our whole is greater than the sum of its parts in a sense.
While I appreciate Sensei Rousselot's comments, and they mean a great deal to me personally, I must in all humility acknowledge the severe limitations on my abilities and knowledge.
Domo arigato gozaimashita, Sensei. Demo anata no sanji wa machigatta deshita.
My humble thanks for such misplaced compliments.
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