i dont think the centre line is flawed at all ?.. ( this is a pretty strict area the way my hubby teaches it…
my hubby Trained along with some of the best (wong chun leung) style..
… there are a few different styles of 'wing chun' and each teacher- teaches different /styles/techniques, etc… depends who you have trained with to be the 'best of the best'….

'blocking' never hardley fails in my hubbys classes.. ? you must be going to the wrong classes then ? lol. ….
wing chun is an art in its self, and if your prepared to learn the whole system and stick at it , and have a great instructor , you,re onto a winner…

lol Hora !

oh yep, sorry just spotted your link, yep my hubby trained with shaun many years ago….

lol jim is it ? who are you then ? do you work for calderdale c. too then…. lol small world….. yep my hubby is the best all round ! and im not just saying it cos hes my hubby…

..but Martial Arts is an Art in itself….. theres ,much to learn, discipline as well as the fancy techniques… would anyone have told Bruce Lee not to fight ? i dont think so……. close contact fighting teaches you how to block an opponents incoming fist, there are many 'blocking' techniques and 'Chi sau' is a good way of practicing skills .. get a good instructor tho cos there are too many ( 'think they no it all' characters out there, and you may end up being disappointed………

it says 'this adress not valid' for me ?

that link doesnt work ?

Barry : my hubby teaches right here in the 'home of Singletrack'…sunny Todmorden…. hes prob the best around here for miles..lol

my hubby been teaching wing chun for 20 years… lots of sparring, chi sau, close contact fghting- Bruce Lee street fighting..

the new edition of singletrack magazine..!

30 mins is that all ?…wheres your momentum…lol

ok can we finish this thread now… you are all a bit crazy …lol..
my dog had not a bad day with the sheep dog apparently but the sheepdog did show my doggie some snarly gnarly teeth at first,,,…
'Gnarly' …. was Doddy in there somewhere ? lol… oh ps,,, little whippet had a ride home on the train ! (tho he didnt like it by all accounts…lol (his first train ride ! lol

little whippet ( hes a runt actually) thats why hes smaller than your normal whippet…..he,s actually going for a walk today with a 'sheepdog' (which is apparently is abit of a psysco ? lol. im not going….my daughter is taking him… told her to muzzle my dog initially until they get used to one another…….

pps…. oh and just for the record…. this huge dog was not running up to my dog wagging his tail…. he was growling and looking aggressive and barking…. otherwise i wouldnt have started this thread obviously !!! The dog was NOT happily wagging his **** tail… !!!!!

ps…. you all mite scoff at my thread but if you had a nervous whippet to live with day in day out and have much bigger dogs scaring the life out of him then you have no compassion,,,gooodbye!
im off to fettle with my bike….

wen my whippet was tiny ,he saw his father dog being ravished by a big dog…. (the father) had to have 17 stitches…so the youngest whippet has always been terrified of other dogs… hes always screaming wen other dogs try to get near him… not all dogs are friendly…. so my dog isnt sociable at all with any dog… its just the way hes grown up to be scared of other dogs ?
maybe i need Ceaser Millan drafted in from America…

i had to put one of my whippets to sleep a few months ago… its the worse thing ever… i was gutted….im missing her… but her legacy carries on as i have one of her pups (who is now 4 year old)…
its heart renching tho….. i miss her dearly…

i use muc off too.. (pink stuff)…. at the mo im using 'Hope sh-t shifter', cos its cheap at LBS….. tho its seems to remove that heli-copter tape too. so have to thoroughly dry the frame b4 applying some more…

i dont spray it on my shox tho…..

you lot never climbed at Bridestones ? some of those boulders are pretty high scary…im a 5ft dwarf midget ..lol its a long way down for me ! lol

'women are like horses you have to break them in gently'…..
thats not as standard is it samuri???? theres no two women alike… some are born Guru ! lol… i dont mind mud n rain..just a tad harder to do, i prefur cold weather to cycle in. as long as your all geared up and got yer cycling head on… yer on ya way… i started late in life at the mountain biking, my son bought a decent bike, then i bought me first 'Hardtail' and started going out on my own at first, then started riding with my son, i cant keep away from the fells and the odd trail centres now…im just luving it ! and right now ive just become a grandma…. lol. 'grandma' rides the fells…..

you need a bouldering mat to climb… have you seen the size and thickness of them ! my bouldering mat is almost bigger than me ….wud like rather funnt strapped to my back whilst peddling up some steep hill..
get the bike out !!! lets hope your out and about right now… and not just reading these replies…

2pure : your answer sound abit more appealing. !..
another question tho…. as im only a 5ft small rider would this seatpost be ok for me ? just that i dont have my 'seatpost' that high anyway compared to other riders who i normally see with a seatpost quite high up there backside (lol)….. my legs are only short you see…lol think i need stretching…..lol

i used to climb alot and boulder too….but now the mountain biking has taken over….. so its your choice which do you enjoy the most ?

is there a womens version of five tens…. ive looked at the Karver type shoe they are about 85 quid ..very pricey ?

yup its a sticky compound ….ok cheers… duh which id have known before i bought it… nevermind i,ll stick me 'shwalbe nobby nic' on now then…got it rather cheap at my lbs…wayhey result.

no ! by the sounds of it theres another few weeks to let it all 'BED -in '.. be good people and let it bed in properly ….that way it wont suffer before the rest of us get chance to 'Try out'…

im same size as your wife !!!! hoooray i thort i was the smallest mtb-er on ere actually…
in only just 5ft small too…. couple of years ago i started out on a Hardtail-'specialized' which was just a 13 inch frame…..got that from Leisurelakesbikes.com,, it was a good size for my body….. i still ride it occaisionaly after upgrading the spec…. then 2 years further down the line i upgraded to a full sus…. its an 'orange five pro' bike which is a '14 inch' (small) frame….
i can ride it well… i wouldnt get any bigger frame otherwise the 'standover' height is a problem… think i tried a small 'marin' frame once but it was too big…. so 13 or 14 inch is the perfect size for us tiny people…

apparently you need to 'Have a Specialized Head' to wear a 'Specialized Helmet' ! lol

maybe a bargin in here !

http://www.beargryllsstore.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category1_14051_29254_-1_26265_11052_26265

no never have ….. but the kids always had clarks shoes when they were growing up….clarks have always been expensive….but its what is comfy for you…

you dint have a bacon buttie did you ?

what happened…..i hope they are ok….i ride up there occaisionally…its quite technical…

i have 183,s on mine (thats the front) rotar… on the rear i have 160…its what came with the bike..

not been out ? lol ….. i ride all year round…no excuses !

its shepherds delight !

nice pic btw….just looked out of my back window and that pic is almost a twin of what im seeing…

i dont understand gps or maps….. i just get me bearings and figure it out… if in doubt head downhill ! it works for me occasionaly !… wouldnt go alone in the lake district tho… ! gud job i know most routes in my area. its all stored in my tiny brain…lol
only route im struggling with is my 'Ragley' thread which no-one has replied to (not even the singletrack guys have replied ? boo hoo..

blow 6 times on a whistle (thats the distress call… wait for a few moments then blow 6 times agin… dont blame me if the hyeenas come screaming for you. lol
lol just kidding….. but its sensible to carry a whistle if you break a leg or something more….
i go out alot on my own but stick to places i know thats not too far from civilisation..ie always look to see if you have at least 1 farmhouse within somekind of reach…..if not you,ll have to chat to the local sheep..lol at least they.ll keep you warm in the winter ! bah.. hahahhaha

i have 'Kenda Nevegal' on the 'rear tyre' and 'Kenda Blue Groove' on 'front tyre' on my orange five….

i take quite alot of vitamins..vary them out from multi vits to herbal tablets and i take 200-500mg vitamin c most days …havent had a cold for 2 years at least ! oh and 'Acidopholus Bifidus' (the probiotic good stuff)…thats supposed to be good for you…