Thursday, November 13, 2025

This is another tribute to the late Dave Belsky.

 


While I studied various forms with Ernest Rothrock he was the Senior student of Sifu Rothrock at the Pittsburgh school. Later after Sifu relocated to Pittsburgh he became the school owner.

 

Back in 1983 when Roy Blackwell returned for vacation from Texas where he family had relocated, I had Sifu teach him the Pai Lum form Supple Dragon. And while I watched it I worked very hard at remembering. Later I practiced and practiced what I remembered.

 

Then at my last visit to the Wilkes Barre school Dave, in December 1984 filmed many of my forms so I could remember them.

 

Those forms were long and I began to tire so Dave volunteered to walk through 2 of them giving me a break.

 

Dave Belsky

        Supple Dragon 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdh2YvNqRIM


       

                                                                                                                                                                                            

Pai Lum Kuen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwb8FG2MD1A

               


           



 

Additionally I later found this video of Dave performing a staff-staff form with Ernie.

 

Dave Belsky and Ernest Rothrock Staff against Staff from the 1985 demo at George DIllman's show


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoLHCI6pT0w

 


 

 

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1128378722057166293/2437298998712140169

 

 

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