In a conversation between Steve Cook (San Diego, USA) and Ansgar Gerstner (Hamburg, Germany), this video discusses circles, circuits, networks: it is part 1 of a discussion of the Huen Sau 圈手, the circling hand, in the Siu Nim Tau 小念頭, the first form of Wing Chun, from the perspective of internal practices.

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Ansgar Gerstner is a German sinologist who spent the years between 1985-89 in Taipei studying Wing Chun (詠春拳) with Shifu Lo Man Kam (盧文錦), while also studying Mandarin and Chinese philosophy in Taiwan. He received a doctorate in Chinese studies from the University of Trier, Germany having written his doctoral dissertation on the Daodejing/Tao Te Ching (道德經), a central text of Daoist/Taoist philosophy. From 2006-2013 he was living in Shanghai where he learned the Shaolin tendon method (少林易筋經). In those years he also met his Daoist teacher (大夫道人) in Beijing with whom he learned the Yin Yang & 5 elements method (陰陽五行功) and the Daoyin method (導引功). He is now living in Hamburg, Germany. He gives Neigong/Qigong (內功/氣功) seminars and offers individual instruction, offline and online, for Neigong/Qigong as well as the internal aspects of Wing Chun.

For an open access article on the healing aspects of Wing Chun written in German, but now also available in English, you can go to the Journal of Martial Arts Research (JOMAR), vol. 3, no. 2, May 2020: https://doi.org/10.15495/ojs_25678221_32_133"

For more information on Ansgar Gerstner and links to his related publications you can visit his website: https://www.tao-moves.com

Steve Cook is an American artist/educator who spent the years between 1982 and 1988 in primarily Taipei and Manila. He studied with Lo Man Kam for three years of those years and then into the early 1990's with Hawkins Cheung in Los Angeles. Other studies include Northern Shaolin, Arnis/Escrima, Tai Chi, Zen, Taoism, and Animism. He earned a BA degree in Fine Art from Penn State and an MFA Cal Arts. As an artist, he's worked in a wide variety of media, primarily enjoying film, sculpture, and ceramics. He taught art at a private high school in San Diego for 20 years. He currently teaches workshops and offers consultations in creativity and art program evaluations.
Steve Cook is an ordained minister and the founder of Serotinism.