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"Wisdom is the best martial art"
Combat Magazine, March 2000
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Combat: What about good old fashioned hard work?

Simon Wong: Chinese old people always talk about fate, luck, Feng Shui, doing good things and working hard. They say hard work must be the best thing, but look at people working in the third world making tennis rackets for example, how much do they earn, yet what do the rackets sell for here? They are working like dogs for a few pounds and if you're born into a rich family you don't have to work, right? Luck - even the Queen has bad luck. Windsor Castle burnt down.

Combat: Having Prince Edward as a son?

Simon Wong: You said that not me! But bad luck applies to everyone. The right time right and the right place - that's Feng Shui! It's about putting yourself into the best position. If Feng Shui was simply magic then I would be a billionaire right now. I wouldn't have to do the Feng Shui for other people! Feng shui is common sense too. It's about science not spirituality.

Combat: On a different note, you have a long musical background - tell us about that.

Simon Wong: I learnt to play music when I was 17, I asked my brother to teach me and he said 'no', so I learnt the hard way through a book. After a few months I could play one song, and that's how I picked it up. I played the guitar and liked folk songs, like Simon and Garfunkel. That's why I changed my name to Simon. I also listened to Chinese music and now I use technology to combine the various influences, ambient , drum and bass. If you are a true artist you will easily flow with everything. Eventually I will make my own movies too. Good films also have a pattern to follow to mix, just like music. Some types of music make people feel very violent but here the feeling is really nice, the feel depends on the artist. If you have your own philosophy then you can dip into different styles, I do all my own mixing and write all my own music, and in April we are set to release our first album. Sometimes when I try to write it doesn't come out, it can take months and sometimes I can complete a song in a day.

Combat: How important is music in your life?

Simon Wong: Music is not important in my life. Music is fun, but I don't want to be considered for just one thing, life is a whole, music is just a part of it. As I said before, form is emptiness, emptiness is form!

 
 
"Wisdom is the best martial art"
Combat Magazine, March 2000
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