Grandmaster Loke's Masters Workshop
28th March 2009

By Master Tina Matania (4th Duan)

L to R: Master Korel Gokcezade, Tina Underwood, Master Angie Thomas,
Master Bob Hooper, Master Keith Dell, Master Steve Ronketti,
Master Colin Underwood and Master Jeff Thomas

On Sunday 28th March 3rd Duans and Masters met at National Headquarters, Grays, Essex, United Kingdom, to attend our Founder Grandmaster Loke's 'Masters Meeting'.

L to R: Master Keith Dell, Anthony Clark, Master Tina Matania,
Tony White, Tony Sellen: stomp kick with cover, ready for
phoenix eye knuckle strike

After some combinations and running through some of the Luohan forms (higher Duan level forms), Grandmaster Loke was pleased to introduce those present to the new Luohan form five which will be taught to those of 3rd Duan level and above.

Grandmaster Loke with Master Korel Gokcezade,
demonstrating the half movement with open flowing
hands before the strike

The new Luohan form five incorporates the fung yan kong chee (phoenix eye single knuckle attack), the 'beak hand' strike (striking with the top side of the back of the hand), flowing palm heel movements, a more fluid 'running stance' and four corners directional movement.

Master Siew Ying Loke

Everyone present really enjoyed and appreciated the new form and felt that it was a perfect expression of 'our Chinese heart' (Zhong Guo Xin) and Sino Chinese spirit.

Left of picture: Grandmaster Loke instructs.
Centre of picture: Master Siew Ying Loke demonstrates followed by
Master Jason Woodhams and Instructor Nick Evagorou

The introduction of the new form (which incidentally comes soon after the new slow kicking form introduced earlier this year) reminds us that the art of Tang Sou Dao continues to grow and develop; it is a living skill and art form. Therefore it is up to us as practitioners to always endeavour to do our best, to strive to achieve as close to perfection as we can in order to pass this hard-earned skill and knowledge to the next generation of students.

Instructors Nick Evagorou, Panayotis Evagorou and Tony Sellen,
Knife hand thrust with cover

As Grandmaster Loke said to us repeatedly on Sunday ...
"OK, but let's do it one more time!"

Incidentally, we take this opportunity to wish Grandmaster Loke a very happy birthday which took place in March and we are proud to celebrate the birth of our Founder (even if he kept it VERY quiet from us!).

Tang Sou!

Here are some more photographs of the meeting, courtesy of Master Nazim Gokcezade

Middle knife hand block (chorng duan tau sou tang):
L to R: Master Stephanie Debehnam, Master Siew Ying Loke, Master Korel Gokcezade,
Craig Dawson, Master Tina Matania, Master Adam Blakemore

Grandmaster Loke explaining the 'flick' of the hands towards the end of the new form

Master Siew Ying Loke, Master Korel Gokcezade and Master Tina Matania: ready for the back kick (hou chuai ti) Towards the end of the form

Master Korel Gokcezade, Master Stephanie Debenham,
Master Craig Dawson and Master Tina Matania

Grandmaster Loke instructs

Phoenix eye single knuckle attack with cover

Master Siew Ying Loke, Master Korel Gokcezade, Master Tina Matania,
Master Adam Blakemore and Master Angie Thomas

Grandmaster Loke checking Master Tina Matania

Grandmaster Loke with Tony Salton

Master Steve Ronketti and Master Craig Dawson

Master Siew Ying Loke

Master Clive Butterworth

Master Chris Cook: elbow strike (sou chuor kong chee)

Anna Welch

Tony White

Nick Evagorou

Front of picture: Master Colin Underwood and Master Stephanie Debenham

Chris Wright, Tony Salton and Tony White

Tony Sellen and Nick Evagorou

Grandmaster Loke and Master Jason Woodhams

Master Chris Cook, Master Keith Blakemore and Master Clive Butterworth

Grandmaster Loke explains the phoenix eye single knuckle attack with cover

Drop into horse stance (ping ma bu) ready to strike with the elbows

Master Siew Ying Loke and Master Korel Gokcezade prepare
for the forward strike/block followed by front thrust kick (chean chuai ti)


Master Jeff Thomas with Grandmaster Loke

TANG SOU!