Paul Gale (Not to be confused with the Paul Gale of 1up.com fame) is a highly regarded Chinese martial arts instructor. He is generally considered to be the first to bring authentic Southern Chinese gungfu to Northern California, and is a pioneer in making these martial arts available to western students.
He began his training in the early 1970s and began teaching in 1982. He teaches Wing Woo Gar and Tai Chi Chuan. Paul Gale's first and only teac...
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Paul Gale (Not to be confused with the Paul Gale of 1up.com fame) is a highly regarded Chinese martial arts instructor. He is generally considered to be the first to bring authentic Southern Chinese gungfu to Northern California, and is a pioneer in making these martial arts available to western students.
He began his training in the early 1970s and began teaching in 1982. He teaches Wing Woo Gar and Tai Chi Chuan. Paul Gale's first and only teacher is James Wing Woo, now 85 years old, who is still active in instructing in the Hollywood, CA area.
In the style of Wing Woo Gar, Paul Gale's gym is notorious for the slippery cement floor that he waxes multiple times every week. His students wear cotton-soled slippers, which provide insignificant traction. The purpose of the gym's slick floor is to assist students in generating power by using isometric contractions with the large muscles of their legs. Students must concentrate on stability at all times, or they will slip. Other methods of...
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