Hi, I am currently teaching Shaolin Kung Fu in Yokohama (just opened my school this month). These performance are not authentic traditional Shaolin Kung Fu but modified movements / taolu (kata in Chinese) made up for demonstration. If you wish to learn more about it please let me know how to drop you a private message.
Well, it was more like a wushu performance, not a _martial_ application at all. And you can tell those guys, while being flexible and fast, aren't fighters. There are plenty of giveaways there starting with their fingers sticking out and begging to be grabbed and broken. So, the politeness of the reviewer is nearing saint level. The guys are really not that good.
@@parahumanoid You can see he was trying to be respectful, but let out the spot-on remark that this isn't so much martial arts. This was a performance that shouts, "Look what my body can do! Yeah!... Also chi and spirit stuff." No one performed a full form, just the flashiest moves you can find in certain forms. I honestly couldn't tell how difficult it would be to fight these guys. If they are what they look like, then probably moderate difficulty just taking into account how fit and flexible they already are. Make it a close-quarters fight and generally find ways to limit their tricks, anyone with a good amount of training could end the fight fairly quickly. If they're actual students of Shaolin who happens to do these performances on the side, then high difficulty. You'll have to train a lot more than casually, and have a strong focus on speed, reflexes, and spacial awareness.
Hello, Nagano sensei. I actually do wushu (contemporary Chinese martial arts), but I know a lot of these forms and weapons so here's a breakdown of the forms for you. 0:47-Qigong breathing exercises 1:45-Jibengong basic exercises and basic form 3:00-Animal forms- I don't recognize the first and last but second is perhaps Eagle Claw and third is Preying Mantis 3:54- Monkey Staff 4:42-Tiger Claw 5:08- Preying Mantis (I actually do the contemporary version of this form) 5:48-Bullwhip 6:00- Qigong Iron Head 6:49- Qigong Arm, stomach, back 7:36-9 section chain whip 8:09-Straight Sword (I do contemporary version of this weapon) 8:33-Da dao aka Guan dao (pole arm- I do contemporary version of this weapon) I hope that helps you out. I would love to guide you to some wushu videos for you to look at and react to.
I believe the openening moves come from the qigong practice: the raising of the energy with the hands and the archer targeting movement. Both are in the basic qigong sequence of the 8 brocades to see. I have practiced this one myself, qigong is very good for stabilising the energy of the body. Maybe the one after the monkey-kata, is a snake-kata, the wobbling stance reminded me of the snake body movement. I also find it very impressive how they change their stance from super hight to super low, but I miss the fighter spirit focus we have in karate. Especially the guys in grey reminded me of Funakoshi's saying about not dancing around when practicing karate... Thank you for sharing, keep up the great work!
Sensei, I just recently found your channel and saw you've had many comparisons videos between Karate and Tae Kwon Do.Ive dabbled in a little gung fu and would like to see you do the same with either the Wing Chun or Hung Gar styles of gung fu if you can find a school in Japan! Thank you!
Hi hope you can also react to different martial arts in the world. And I also would like to see your reaction to Filipino Martial arts, arnis also known as Kali or Eskrima/Escrima, it is the national martial art of the Philippines a knife fighting is a special survival martial arts that is exclusively taught to special forces groups of the Philippine law enforcement agencies and our own Military soldiers. It is a fighting technique that works around the blade system. Arnis is also the national sport of Philippines. It is also known as Eskrima and Kali. This sport actually emphasizes weapon based fighting which is done using knives, bladed weapons, sticks and various improvised weapons. But today it is taught everywhere. thankyouuu
I like the concept of looking at kung fu styles from the shotokan perspective, so keep up the good work. Having said that there are better examples of kung fu out there. Also, there are many styles of kung fu and some of them are worlds apart from each other.
agreed. In reality its hard to find a good authentic Shaolin practitioner. Most are closer to Wushu than Shaolin. Wushu takes nearly all the martial application out of a move and just makes it about the flashiness for exhibition purposes.
Just discovered your channel... I studied Shotokan almost 30 years ago under Sensei Nick Adamou.. his Sensei was Hirokazu Kanazawa. I introduced my son to Shotokan Karate and he graded to 3rd Kyu brown belt aged 10 before he then discovered computer games.. and gave up. Kids huh. 🙄
No. They are communist Chinese performers. This is modern dance and theatrics. These commentators are mere children and not “ SENSEI” in any sense of the word/title/dignity. You would be laughed off Okinawa.
WumboJumbo Idk man, it all evolves into something else. Chinese boxing is its own thing. As far as I know, Karate was the only one to win against Thai boxers and Kung Fu lost
@@ninthkaikan1544 You can be successful against thai kicks. You need to stomp their kicks short of them being able to extend and snap them. Dominant hand forward. Have your back foot perpendicular to the incoming kick, and keep your weight on the back leg. If you're a typical karate or tkd person, expect to lose in hands and close range badly to a muay thai guy. Unless you're great at at, but still don't get into that with them. All they need is two kicks on your shins and you're in trouble. You need to stay away. I like things in both karate and TKD for staying away, but... you'll get way better at fighting faster if you start in muay thai. Add the huge kicks to complement that base, not the other way around. I wish I did it that way. Hahaha
4:15 is monkey, 4:50 is tiger, 5:26 is praying mantis, 7:42 is the shaolin chain whip made of long metal pieces with rings between them and a sharp point at the end (perhaps the most difficult Shaolin weapons to master), 8:14 is the long "gin" sword mainly meant to pierce particular vital points of the opponent's body.
no it's not praying mantis. I'm training 七星螳螂拳 (Seven Star Mantis) and what he is doing is just some random movements for show with hand gestures and body shaking to look like a Mantis. It's just modern Wushu - it's like someone would do acrobatics and doing a Gyaku zuki here and there in there performance and then he would say it's Karate.
yeah whenever you see them looking at their body parts slightly touching and concentrating has nothing to do with opponents I believe is that they are concentrating their power and energy into that specific body part to reinforced it for some kind of massive blow to give or receive
Very fun to watch your respectful reactions! Gambatte kudasai! In shaolin kung fu there are five animals: Tiger, Crane, Leopard, Snake, and Dragon. Interestingly in India, Kalaripayattu had 8 animals postures: Elephant, Horse, Lion, Wild boar, Rooster, Snake, Fish, Cat. Also the shaolin art has 2 main kinds of training: internal and external. When they look at their body, they are doing internal training like QiGong circulating the qi in their body and regulating their breathing. That's how they suppress or ignore pain while being hit. I'm not sure either why they look at the ground in the beginning though.
Just saw this - Kwan dao, whip chain and regular dao were all wushu steel- basically much less weight than combat ready steel. For weapons there's typically three types of steel - wushu, spring and combat. Wushu is flimsiest, with combat steel being as heavy or heavier than actual combat weapons. But for forms - from what I could tell the tall guy was doing praying mantis, one did tiger and the other did monkey / monkey staff
My favorite part about learning Shaolin Kempo is the blending of Karate and Kung Fu.. I really enjoy the use of animal traits, particularly Crane, (which is great for balance), and Leopard, (which is great for speed)... I'll be honest, though, all martial arts fascinate me..
A lot of people are going to hate me for this, but you said Shaolin kung fu is not a martial arts, you do realize that forms of shaolin kung fu is actually the origin of karate. And yes i did my research i looked up some websites, heck i even asked my dad who did karate. And asked my master from kung fu who used to do a little bit of everything (tai chi, judo, taekwondo, karate, boxing, etc).
Correct Southern shaolin Lohan and fujian white crane, five ancestors and other southern styles influenced the development of the Okinawan martial arts
A lot of what is promoted in the Shaloin temple today is purely for display. Over the years, the temple has built or rather rebuilt itself on the tourist dollar. That being said, it would not be true to say that shaolin Kung fu is not a martial art, or that there are no real martial arts practiced in the Shaolin Temple. Shaolin Kung fu is a very large umbrella and over the centuries has branched out into many disciplines, the whole foundation of shaolin kung fu was based on adopting various practices from various teachers and including these practices into what can be described as the shaolin curriculum. Over the centuries some things changed, some things were lost, and some spread outside of the temple and branched out among various groups and changed over time. It should also be considered that the Shaolin Temple was never some sort of " fight club" but rather a center for those who wished to devote their lives to Chan bhuddism, and martial arts training was only one part of the lifestyle and philosophy. Today there are many correographed sequences or taolu ( Kata) practiced in shaolin which have little to do with actual combat or rather are based on older combat methods, but these combat methods are not always explored by the practitioners, it should also be considered that some of these sequences are more for meditation than for fighting. Despite the lack of combat in many of these practices at the temple, there are a few monks who have preserved some knowledge of older fighting arts, and practice both the meditative and combat aspect of these arts daily. These learned monks are very few and far apart , and will not be found performing for tourists in the temple or before other spectators such as the the one in the vid. They usually devote their time to things such as meditation, farming, cooking, and restoring what has been lost by passing their knowledge to a select few. In some cases there are actually people who live outside of the temple who have more knowledge of certain styles of traditional shaolin martial arts than those within the temple. It is also important to note that The shaolin temple also teaches Sanda nowadays, so even if you disregard the few fragmented traditional shaolin styles which still exist, you can't deny that they produce or rather have the potential to produce some good combat athletes.
Yeah, nobody knows what martial arts the actual Shaolin monks who earned their reputation did. This stuff you see here is, though awesome and difficult, more of a dance than a fighting method.
It's complicated, but a lot of the Shaolin kungfu forms demonstrations for the public are mainly performative like wushu, which is different from the traditional combative forms.
One of the most notorious syles I ever met is the North Shaolin Luk Hop Moon. The school was in Amsterdam The Netherlands and one of my old friends was training there. Sifu Tang is a famous master who teached the style. I was always impressed with the style.
Hello, thanks for the video. I don't think these are actual Shaolin monks, they seem to be more along the lines of performers. And the wrist bands are most likely issued to the performers at the event, so they are allowed access to the areas they need to be in. I've seen an actual Shaolin Monk demonstration, and there is an obvious difference between that and what I saw in this video.
The whip chain blade messing with that is asking for problums lmao it's a great weapon but takes some serious speed and stamana to keep up with the chain
I believe that form with the downward pointing finger is northern Mantis style. There's also a southern Mantis style but it looks very different, having more in common with southern forms like Hongquan and Wing Chun I've heard that there is also a Shaolin variety of Okinawan Karate, Shorin-ryu Karate. Do you know much about that?
London irish big fan after coming across the channel never actually practiced any karate or combat but was bouncing from sofa to sofa to avoid the lava floor😆 constantly spinning and jumping and throwing spinning kicks as a child 😂I don’t no celebs but have loved Jackie chan since young do a vid on him please Much much respect 👌
In wushu is a many difference about barehand and weapon, the weapon long staff that usually all people to call weapon is "Gunshu" broadsword "Daoshu" Long Sword "Jianshu" Nine Section Chain "Jiu Jie Bian" Spear "Qiangshu" ETC and barehand is many typical just like Changquan (Long Fist A.k.a Northern Shaolin) Nanquan (Southern Shaolin with a combination Such as Tiger, White Crane, Drunk Fist, and each other)
it started with eagle, then praying mantis (the hand gesture you asked about) then monkey, back to mantis, they showed the "Iron Skin" which can be attributed to the Iron Fist portion.
7:38 A higher level of skill is one who can use ch'i (xi..) ki...power-energy from breath. There is developing breath energy, then there is directing it. The allowing one to be hit with hard items until the item breaks might show an ability in breath energy usable in fighting and reducing getting damaged-makes it something in which a person interested in fighting or personal development might have an interest.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Great athletes and very complex forms ! I like the KISS formula ( keep it simple stupid ) and the BJJ guys have a point that we need resistance to keep it real !
The routine or taolu executed in 2:10 is called 少林 长护心意门 Shaolin Chang Hu Xin Yi Men ("protecting the mind and heart" or something like that), it's from a famous traditional style in shaolin, but you can find better and stronger performances in internet. The other animal styles and acrobatics are more modern and created mainly for exhibition purposes, although very demanding and complex. The other "soft" movements are parts of Qi Gong excercises, mainly "Ba Duan Yin" or "Eight brocades".
I am not a master (sensei or sifu). Almost a very humble, very small sempai. At first, I have studied Japanese martial arts (judo, wadoKai and a bit of kempo). I am now exploring the Praying Mantis gong fu form which is a difficult but compact form of kung fu styles. I have a lot of respect for the sensei on the video who shows his sincere admiration for what he sees without bigotry. In the "senior" forms of Shaolin, there are the Dragon, Tiger, Crane, Monkey and Snake styles. There are thousands of katas, all with poetic names. It should be noted that traditional Kung Fu does not focus solely on technique as Japanese martial arts often do. It is the "body-heart-mind" triangle. The technique, the mind, the spiritual. When you see these monks doing strange movements, that is Qi gong. They are building Chi or Qi or ki, which increases physical and mental power tenfold. The higher you go in Kung Fu, the more spiritual the objectives are, the styles are often close to Tai Chi. All the prowess we see here is the result of assiduous practice, but also of a training of the spirit that draws on the very sources of the soul. At these levels, we transcend self-defence; kung fu becomes a force for the fusion of matter with spirituality to bring us to be ONE with the universe. The technique is thus only a springboard to jump much higher, to the very heart of things. Of course, technique must melt with massive practice of meditation. Amituöfvô.
The movements ( in gong fu) are circular rather than linear the positions or stances of karate are therefore basically moved through rather than the end of the sequence.. of course reality is made of more than one pole so sometimes the end is still the end. .the first form demonstrated was chi gong movements ( an active meditation) .the last form demonstrated was basically (Iron Shirt) also a chi gong of hardness. Altogether what you see is what you get in demonstrations of gong fu except in the case of internal styles...as was demonstrated in the iron shirt which has much background theory which intersects many things you cannot see.
I've practiced Shotokan a little, but I've always wanted to try a Chinese art. Ignoring any idea of efficacy or philosophy, Chinese arts are just so beautiful.
I would agree that the pole performer was using a monkey-style as the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. In the story Journey to the west he carries a large staff which he could shrink to a small size and store in his ear. I've never read the book but Japan created a series in the 70's Saiyūki (西遊記) which was translated into English in the UK and I caught syndicated re-runs in the 1990's on cable.
A whip chain. Monkey, Praying Mantis and Tiger styles. And then a longer rope dart with tassel. I believe the large knife was called a Cerndo. A two headed weapon. Knife on one side and a circle or hook on the other. I think the Goju ryu guys use a wooden sandle to build up their feet and balance.
They might be representing Shaolin monks my guess is that they are from Shaolin Temple Europe school and at 0:53 might be a Qigong conditioning. 1:38 it s the bridge hand kiu sao used in both Northern and southern Chinese martial arts. At 1:59 probably a demonstration of the 5 Animals, that one probably Eagle Style. 2:00 they used to have some cloth shoes before or barefooted but at some point Feiyue shoes became popular becuase of the Beijing Wushu team starting wearing them (it is a demonstration team from Beijing really famous, many action stars have trained there. they mostly train WuShu which is a modern version of Northern Shaolin style). 2:15 probably they are just trying to focus or it is part of the Qigong style of focusing the Qi. At 2:36 they might be trainees in fact they seem to be performing the form Qi Xing Quan (seven star fist) but i am not entirely sure. At 3:23 it seems that they are back to the 5 animals stlye and that might be tiger. At 3:39 probably snake style. At 4:00 monkey staff it is actually a competition form. at 5:20 the attire is if i am not mistaken "warrior monks" and also he is performing northern praying mantis and it is a form or Kata too. At 6:06 probably he is some Qigong exercise and the weapon that he is just using is just a whip and the next strengthening exercise it is well.. it is not so simple becuase it is based on the Qigong. Basically what it is Shaolin martial arts believe that you can focus the energy of the body and after really really difficult training you can go from a really soft flexible body to a hard as iron by focusing this Qi in the part where you are going to get hit. The difference between just getting hit and Qigong is that if you see the aftermath of the exercise is just like nothing happen. if someone that was not trained on the art it will probably lead to a serious injury 8:17 i dont have the real reason why they changed from cloth to shoes but it is likely easier to grip because the sole is real rubber at 8:39 it is a GuanDao according to tradition it was invented or popularized by a general during the Battle of Red Cliff during the period of the Three Kingdoms. i think i read somewhere that its purpose was to strike horses or to kill the horses from mounted cavalry take this with a grain of salt i am no expert i am just a beginner in the martial art so i am no expert. by the way i love the channel!! even thought i am not a Japanese martial arts practitioner
You said in a previous video that you take all watches, jewelry etc off when doing Karate? But in the street you don't have time for that, so is it realistic preparation? Thank you from Spain!
In the first performance, the eyes do wander... gymnastics with scattered intent. The animals shown by the elder students are classic "wushu" sets. Dragon?, Mantis, Tiger, Monkey Staff, Tiger again, Mantis again, Bullwhip, Iron head demo, and and Iron body demo, then weapons forms.
What they have on their wrist is probably a bracelet they can show to security staff showing they are allowed to move/walk around backstage because they are official invited. Rock starts also sometimes have such a bracelet.
Mantis, Tiger, Monkey, Dragon, Head breaking metal... Blue/grey dogi are young students. Yellow/orange are confirmed ones. This demonstration is not composed of true traditional Shaolin Gong Fu, but adapted movements. For example : Tang Lang Quan represents the Mantis style, and it's not what I could see here. Mantis is a more jumped style, with more circular arm movements, and with more static positions on the ground. But still, it's somehow a big performance. My favourite is the Monkey-liek style. It's really similar to the Nan Hou Quan style, originated from South China, mixed with the Xing Zhe (known as "Monkey King Staff").
8:16 Sensei Yusuke, the shoes they're wearing is called feiyue shoes. It is an zero drop shoes used in kung fu students, movement culture, parkour, and athletes. Its a cheap shoes cost 20 US dollars, you can get them in any colors and without logo. Karate can get certainly stronger by wearing a minimal protection footwear.
In Shaolin Kung Fu, if im not wrong You can choose a form of animals (Tiger, Eagle, Snake, etc) or u choose a Weapon like Sword (Dao/Jian) or a Whip, etc And the everyone has to learn the Staff at the begining, its like a signature weapon CMIIW
many movements are from qi gong ( work of ki) this is a presentation by very impressive but traditional shaolin is less acrobatic. the hand whit the index finger is called fo shou ( hand of budda)
tiger is fu jow pai the monkey style is called Tai sheng pek war the eagle is ying jow pai the mantis is Tang Lang the huge sword used is called a halberd.
This is northern shaolin the original temple of the legend but karate was created by the southern temple in Fujian the books of karate are still there lol
The large pole weapon is a Guandao and it's very heavy, depending on the individual weapon it can weigh up to 10kg (22lbs) The rope dart that was used I believe is called a sheng biao From what I've observed, Shaolin kung fu emphasizes on flexibility and mobility. Since it's a martial art designed to be effective with a weapon in hand or no weapon, I would imagine it's very easy for a skilled Shaolin practitioner to use objects in their environment to change the momentum of a fight/battle. Karate seems like the force from unarmed attacks is applied more effectively and deliberately, meaning a skilled user could potentially end a fight much faster and use less energy to do it, so long as their opponent doesn't have weapons in hand. I'm not a practitioner myself though! These are just my thoughts and observations!
Shaolins are crazy strong, crazy agile and crazy technical in timing. Here in the video, these performers didn't demonstrate the fighting movements. This is why they didn't look front side as the commentary provider expected when he was talking about it. It was just for an art show, like a dance, or, you can compare it with physical exercises like pushups, pullups or so on. Standing upside down with 2 fingers is also in their routine activities. Imagine the limit.
There is a sholin monk doing ufc fighting and so far undefeated. Extremely disciplined and do nothing but martial arts sun up to sun down the vow to be celebate etc. I have great respect for their dedication and skill
I've studied both traditional tang soo do and American tang soo do. And one thing I was taught and teach my students is sometimes we will train and do kicking exercises outside in street clothes just for the simple fact that if you ever have to defend yourself it will be highly unlikely that you will be in the dojo and barefooted wearing a gi
Regarding the animals in Shaolin Kung Fu, they represent different styles of Kung Fu (to my knowledge). The five animal styles are The Monkey, The Tiger, The Crane, The Snake and The Dragon.
Monkey, Tiger, leopard I seen represented here. The one finger out they train their limbs to be very strong and that finger would be used to hit vital areas such as pressure points. Mainly the Eye's, neck region, ribs and under arms!
Just to let you know dark skin fighter was useing eagle style very difficult style to master and then 2ed was monkey you were right on the dot with that one
Someone probably already said it but my take as the part of the comment on the wrist band as I am asking this. I think the wrist band is like identification purpose.
The different styles and katas in kung fu are to maximize the efficiency of different body types and strengths. Its like Mike Tyson favoring hooks and low squat head movement. Vs Ali favoring jabs and straight rights. With Ali having super long arms, he would not be using his bodies main potential getting close and throwing hooks, while Tyson with really short arms would be destroyed if he tried to jab with Ali. But with head movement and hooks he devastated opponents. In Kung Fu some animal techniques are universally used moves, while others are full sets of fighting styles that favor one body type vs another.
I'm sure you've gotten this already but what they are doing is a performance of the 5 animal games. Each system is a fighting system based on the movements of animals (Snake, Crane, Tiger, Monkey, Eagle). The monks wearing orange are the senior monks. They grey are junior. The breaking of the sticks is a demonstration of the body hardening techniques used to protect against impact. I believe Karate does something similar. The acrobatics, along with being flashy and perhaps useful in some instances, cultivates stamina because fighting is tiring. They want to show vigor, power, speed, and control.
Loving these videos! It would be worth reacting to Modern Wushu/Kung Fu such as ChangQuan and NanQuan forms/kata, NanQuan you should see some more resemblance to Karate. As well as more specific traditional styles since they're so diverse, if you're interested enough. Also our Duilian fight routines (bunkai/kumite?) are worth a watch!
Personally I I love karate and I love how the Shaolin martial arts look as well but like you said it is a lot more complicated both of very fast both can take a lot of punishment and both can give a tremendous amount of punishment karate guys are known for their power to hit and try to destroy as much as they can on their opponent but the Shaolin Kung Fu guys they were faster and they were able to go up and down at will very quickly something like that could be used pretty much anywhere and it seems to have more fluid movements like I guess you can say like boxing I guess how they can easily flow and move around
Is it the style that makes the person or the person that makes the style? We all have pretty much the same body makeup number of limbs so forth. I believe the thought behind the techniques is something that makes Styles different. I could be wrong though. My last instructor was a former student of Ito Kobayashi, he had to complete certain tests before he was allowed to go to demonstrations and show the public. I appreciate you being open-minded, hard to fill a full cup.
Have you watched any of the Kung Fu episodes from the TV series starring David Carradine? Far East philosophy brought to the wild West. Loved that show back in the day. Great videos keep it going.
Hi, first let me say, that I really like your videos. I like the way you keep your open mind to all you see and the way you explain everythings. But I just want to say one thing about the Shaoling Masters."" THEY FOR REAL"" I've seen things from these people that are absolutely inhuman! I've watched so many videos about these Shaoling people, that it actually blew my mind. "And I'm very hard to impress".. The one finger thing that you see, "they actually break rocks and bricks and even make holes into trees with one finger". They do one-finger push-ups upside down. So their one finger is like a weapon. Keep checking out more videos, I think that even a Master as yourself will be blown away! As I said, it's like, they're not human. Well anyways, thanks for your videos, I really enjoy em, and good luck on your channel!
Okinawan styles drew heavily on Southern Shaolin as well as White Crane. Interestingly when Gigō Funakoshi widened the stance work in Shotokan he was returning to the concepts in the older Shaolin styles that had been dropped when Okinawan styles narrowed the stances.
Hi, I am currently teaching Shaolin Kung Fu in Yokohama (just opened my school this month). These performance are not authentic traditional Shaolin Kung Fu but modified movements / taolu (kata in Chinese) made up for demonstration. If you wish to learn more about it please let me know how to drop you a private message.
I would love to have a chat! Could you dm me to my Instagram? instagram.com/karate_dojo_waku?igshid=1jefbyzg4ogqw
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@Ethan Doman pretty sure he's teaching shaolin kung fu which covers animal style and qi gong to an extent, there's not wing chun
我也有同感，这些好山寨啊……
@Ethan Doman Qigong is a part of all real kung fu, I know you already got an answer, but it lacked that little detail.
"That must be super hard on their thighs!" As a Kungfu practitioner, I can confirm that it is! 🤣🤣🤣
There is a reason why Say Ping Ma / Ma Bu often is used as a form of punishment in movies.
I have such a love/hate relationship to it. 🤣
I think those wristbands are admission bands to the session. Like the ones used at theme parks. Lol
It is at the Festival Des Arts Martiaux in France it seems. So yeah they are admission bands
This young man is amazing. Well educated and and open minded.
I'm glad this man respected the performance and had an open mind. To many people fall into my style is superior trap.
Well, it was more like a wushu performance, not a _martial_ application at all. And you can tell those guys, while being flexible and fast, aren't fighters. There are plenty of giveaways there starting with their fingers sticking out and begging to be grabbed and broken. So, the politeness of the reviewer is nearing saint level. The guys are really not that good.
@@parahumanoid Go take them on and see how good you do.
@@parahumanoid I bet you would not want to be hit by one of thoes fingers, BTW they probably have had their fingers broken lots of times
🙏TOTAL RESPECT for any fighting style that exists they are all different arms of one body
@@parahumanoid You can see he was trying to be respectful, but let out the spot-on remark that this isn't so much martial arts. This was a performance that shouts, "Look what my body can do! Yeah!... Also chi and spirit stuff." No one performed a full form, just the flashiest moves you can find in certain forms.
I honestly couldn't tell how difficult it would be to fight these guys. If they are what they look like, then probably moderate difficulty just taking into account how fit and flexible they already are. Make it a close-quarters fight and generally find ways to limit their tricks, anyone with a good amount of training could end the fight fairly quickly. If they're actual students of Shaolin who happens to do these performances on the side, then high difficulty. You'll have to train a lot more than casually, and have a strong focus on speed, reflexes, and spacial awareness.
Hello, Nagano sensei. I actually do wushu (contemporary Chinese martial arts), but I know a lot of these forms and weapons so here's a breakdown of the forms for you.
0:47-Qigong breathing exercises
1:45-Jibengong basic exercises and basic form
3:00-Animal forms- I don't recognize the first and last but second is perhaps Eagle Claw and third is Preying Mantis
3:54- Monkey Staff
4:42-Tiger Claw
5:08- Preying Mantis (I actually do the contemporary version of this form)
5:48-Bullwhip
6:00- Qigong Iron Head
6:49- Qigong Arm, stomach, back
7:36-9 section chain whip
8:09-Straight Sword (I do contemporary version of this weapon)
8:33-Da dao aka Guan dao (pole arm- I do contemporary version of this weapon)
I hope that helps you out. I would love to guide you to some wushu videos for you to look at and react to.
Didn't know the breathing exercise I did was qigong. Use it during my healing sequence though I use a mantra when doing it to focus my energy.
I believe the openening moves come from the qigong practice: the raising of the energy with the hands and the archer targeting movement. Both are in the basic qigong sequence of the 8 brocades to see. I have practiced this one myself, qigong is very good for stabilising the energy of the body. Maybe the one after the monkey-kata, is a snake-kata, the wobbling stance reminded me of the snake body movement. I also find it very impressive how they change their stance from super hight to super low, but I miss the fighter spirit focus we have in karate. Especially the guys in grey reminded me of Funakoshi's saying about not dancing around when practicing karate... Thank you for sharing, keep up the great work!
Sensei, I just recently found your channel and saw you've had many comparisons videos between Karate and Tae Kwon Do.Ive dabbled in a little gung fu and would like to see you do the same with either the Wing Chun or Hung Gar styles of gung fu if you can find a school in Japan!
Thank you!
Hi hope you can also react to different martial arts in the world. And I also would like to see your reaction to Filipino Martial arts, arnis also known as Kali or Eskrima/Escrima, it is the national martial art of the Philippines a knife fighting is a special survival martial arts that is exclusively taught to special forces groups of the Philippine law enforcement agencies and our own Military soldiers. It is a fighting technique that works around the blade system.
Arnis is also the national sport of Philippines. It is also known as Eskrima and Kali. This sport actually emphasizes weapon based fighting which is done using knives, bladed weapons, sticks and various improvised weapons. But today it is taught everywhere.
thankyouuu
I like the concept of looking at kung fu styles from the shotokan perspective, so keep up the good work.
Having said that there are better examples of kung fu out there. Also, there are many styles of kung fu and some of them are worlds apart from each other.
agreed. In reality its hard to find a good authentic Shaolin practitioner. Most are closer to Wushu than Shaolin. Wushu takes nearly all the martial application out of a move and just makes it about the flashiness for exhibition purposes.
Thank you Sensei, for your honest appraisal of Shaolin. I know they practice a lot of balance to strengthen their stature of crane and horse stance.
Just discovered your channel... I studied Shotokan almost 30 years ago under Sensei Nick Adamou.. his Sensei was Hirokazu Kanazawa. I introduced my son to Shotokan Karate and he graded to 3rd Kyu brown belt aged 10 before he then discovered computer games.. and gave up. Kids huh. 🙄
I think the orange ones are actual monks and grey ones are only disciples but i am not sure.
Yes, that's true, Ranton said so
No. They are communist Chinese performers. This is modern dance and theatrics. These commentators are mere children and not “ SENSEI” in any sense of the word/title/dignity. You would be laughed off Okinawa.
@@DrMARDOC Okinawa karate is just bastardized White Crane kung fu, and white Crane kung fu is just a buncha bullshido, so idk what you're on about
WumboJumbo Idk man, it all evolves into something else. Chinese boxing is its own thing. As far as I know, Karate was the only one to win against Thai boxers and Kung Fu lost
@@ninthkaikan1544 You can be successful against thai kicks. You need to stomp their kicks short of them being able to extend and snap them. Dominant hand forward. Have your back foot perpendicular to the incoming kick, and keep your weight on the back leg. If you're a typical karate or tkd person, expect to lose in hands and close range badly to a muay thai guy. Unless you're great at at, but still don't get into that with them. All they need is two kicks on your shins and you're in trouble. You need to stay away. I like things in both karate and TKD for staying away, but... you'll get way better at fighting faster if you start in muay thai. Add the huge kicks to complement that base, not the other way around. I wish I did it that way. Hahaha
He watch the wrong performer, he should have watched the actual performance from the actual northern monks.
Do you mean the shaolin monks from the province Henan?
The real shaolin temple in more in the center in fact and integrate kung fu from north and south.
i like how you dont pause when reacting which is good because we can watch while u react
4:15 is monkey, 4:50 is tiger, 5:26 is praying mantis, 7:42 is the shaolin chain whip made of long metal pieces with rings between them and a sharp point at the end (perhaps the most difficult Shaolin weapons to master), 8:14 is the long "gin" sword mainly meant to pierce particular vital points of the opponent's body.
no it's not praying mantis. I'm training 七星螳螂拳 (Seven Star Mantis) and what he is doing is just some random movements for show with hand gestures and body shaking to look like a Mantis.
It's just modern Wushu - it's like someone would do acrobatics and doing a Gyaku zuki here and there in there performance and then he would say it's Karate.
yeah whenever you see them looking at their body parts slightly touching and concentrating has nothing to do with opponents I believe is that they are concentrating their power and energy into that specific body part to reinforced it for some kind of massive blow to give or receive
the bands on their left wrist, look like identification bands....as in for access
Very fun to watch your respectful reactions! Gambatte kudasai! In shaolin kung fu there are five animals: Tiger, Crane, Leopard, Snake, and Dragon. Interestingly in India, Kalaripayattu had 8 animals postures: Elephant, Horse, Lion, Wild boar, Rooster, Snake, Fish, Cat.
Also the shaolin art has 2 main kinds of training: internal and external. When they look at their body, they are doing internal training like QiGong circulating the qi in their body and regulating their breathing. That's how they suppress or ignore pain while being hit. I'm not sure either why they look at the ground in the beginning though.
Just saw this - Kwan dao, whip chain and regular dao were all wushu steel- basically much less weight than combat ready steel. For weapons there's typically three types of steel - wushu, spring and combat. Wushu is flimsiest, with combat steel being as heavy or heavier than actual combat weapons. But for forms - from what I could tell the tall guy was doing praying mantis, one did tiger and the other did monkey / monkey staff
I could watch these all day Ty man
My favorite part about learning Shaolin Kempo is the blending of Karate and Kung Fu.. I really enjoy the use of animal traits, particularly Crane, (which is great for balance), and Leopard, (which is great for speed)... I'll be honest, though, all martial arts fascinate me..
A lot of people are going to hate me for this, but you said Shaolin kung fu is not a martial arts, you do realize that forms of shaolin kung fu is actually the origin of karate. And yes i did my research i looked up some websites, heck i even asked my dad who did karate. And asked my master from kung fu who used to do a little bit of everything (tai chi, judo, taekwondo, karate, boxing, etc).
Sorry if I worded it misleadingly, but I never meant to say that it isn’t a martial art :)
Correct Southern shaolin Lohan and fujian white crane, five ancestors and other southern styles influenced the development of the Okinawan martial arts
Being skeptical someone genuinely is Shaolin, doesn't confer skepticism on the Art, dude.
A lot of what is promoted in the Shaloin temple today is purely for display. Over the years, the temple has built or rather rebuilt itself on the tourist dollar.
That being said, it would not be true to say that shaolin Kung fu is not a martial art, or that there are no real martial arts practiced in the Shaolin Temple.
Shaolin Kung fu is a very large umbrella and over the centuries has branched out into many disciplines, the whole foundation of shaolin kung fu was based on adopting various practices from various teachers and including these practices into what can be described as the shaolin curriculum.
Over the centuries some things changed, some things were lost, and some spread outside of the temple and branched out among various groups and changed over time. It should also be considered that the Shaolin Temple was never some sort of " fight club" but rather a center for those who wished to devote their lives to Chan bhuddism, and martial arts training was only one part of the lifestyle and philosophy.
Today there are many correographed sequences or taolu ( Kata) practiced in shaolin which have little to do with actual combat or rather are based on older combat methods, but these combat methods are not always explored by the practitioners, it should also be considered that some of these sequences are more for meditation than for fighting.
Despite the lack of combat in many of these practices at the temple, there are a few monks who have preserved some knowledge of older fighting arts, and practice both the meditative and combat aspect of these arts daily. These learned monks are very few and far apart , and will not be found performing for tourists in the temple or before other spectators such as the the one in the vid. They usually devote their time to things such as meditation, farming, cooking, and restoring what has been lost by passing their knowledge to a select few.
In some cases there are actually people who live outside of the temple who have more knowledge of certain styles of traditional shaolin martial arts than those within the temple.
It is also important to note that The shaolin temple also teaches Sanda nowadays, so even if you disregard the few fragmented traditional shaolin styles which still exist, you can't deny that they produce or rather have the potential to produce some good combat athletes.
Yeah, nobody knows what martial arts the actual Shaolin monks who earned their reputation did. This stuff you see here is, though awesome and difficult, more of a dance than a fighting method.
The "big guy" as you called, with the fingers is doing praying manthis style
It's complicated, but a lot of the Shaolin kungfu forms demonstrations for the public are mainly performative like wushu, which is different from the traditional combative forms.
the finger point was called praying mantis
Preying
That finger can make a hole through watermelons so it will fak*** hurt 😂
One of the most notorious syles I ever met is the North Shaolin Luk Hop Moon. The school was in Amsterdam The Netherlands and one of my old friends was training there. Sifu Tang is a famous master who teached the style. I was always impressed with the style.
Hello, thanks for the video.
I don't think these are actual Shaolin monks, they seem to be more along the lines of performers. And the wrist bands are most likely issued to the performers at the event, so they are allowed access to the areas they need to be in.
I've seen an actual Shaolin Monk demonstration, and there is an obvious difference between that and what I saw in this video.
the breaking of the materials is not unlike what Uechi Ryu does....but Uechi Ryu is based on Tiger and Crane Boxing(PanGaiNoon)
The whip chain blade messing with that is asking for problums lmao it's a great weapon but takes some serious speed and stamana to keep up with the chain
Wow. This is really fun to watch.
3:30 I think that's mantis (1finger), the next guy I think was Leopard, the guy after is Monkey , the guy after that is Tiger .
I believe that form with the downward pointing finger is northern Mantis style. There's also a southern Mantis style but it looks very different, having more in common with southern forms like Hongquan and Wing Chun
I've heard that there is also a Shaolin variety of Okinawan Karate, Shorin-ryu Karate. Do you know much about that?
London irish big fan after coming across the channel never actually practiced any karate or combat but was bouncing from sofa to sofa to avoid the lava floor😆 constantly spinning and jumping and throwing spinning kicks as a child 😂I don’t no celebs but have loved Jackie chan since young do a vid on him please
Much much respect 👌
Hey cool your wearing a Seishin gi from the Karate Nerd!
In wushu is a many difference about barehand and weapon, the weapon long staff that usually all people to call weapon is "Gunshu" broadsword "Daoshu" Long Sword "Jianshu" Nine Section Chain "Jiu Jie Bian" Spear "Qiangshu" ETC and barehand is many typical just like Changquan (Long Fist A.k.a Northern Shaolin) Nanquan (Southern Shaolin with a combination Such as Tiger, White Crane, Drunk Fist, and each other)
I don't do shaolin kungfu, but I do cho li fut kung fu and its very affective being someone who has done MMA, Taekwondo, and karate (Japanese)
it started with eagle, then praying mantis (the hand gesture you asked about) then monkey, back to mantis, they showed the "Iron Skin" which can be attributed to the Iron Fist portion.
1:30 is movement of using Bow (for war)
7:38 A higher level of skill is one who can use ch'i (xi..) ki...power-energy from breath. There is developing breath energy, then there is directing it. The allowing one to be hit with hard items until the item breaks might show an ability in breath energy usable in fighting and reducing getting damaged-makes it something in which a person interested in fighting or personal development might have an interest.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Great athletes and very complex forms ! I like the KISS formula ( keep it simple stupid ) and the BJJ guys have a point that we need resistance to keep it real !
The routine or taolu executed in 2:10 is called 少林 长护心意门 Shaolin Chang Hu Xin Yi Men ("protecting the mind and heart" or something like that), it's from a famous traditional style in shaolin, but you can find better and stronger performances in internet. The other animal styles and acrobatics are more modern and created mainly for exhibition purposes, although very demanding and complex. The other "soft" movements are parts of Qi Gong excercises, mainly "Ba Duan Yin" or "Eight brocades".
In nei gong, looking at our body is just directing energy to that part
I am not a master (sensei or sifu). Almost a very humble, very small sempai. At first, I have studied Japanese martial arts (judo, wadoKai and a bit of kempo). I am now exploring the Praying Mantis gong fu form which is a difficult but compact form of kung fu styles. I have a lot of respect for the sensei on the video who shows his sincere admiration for what he sees without bigotry. In the "senior" forms of Shaolin, there are the Dragon, Tiger, Crane, Monkey and Snake styles. There are thousands of katas, all with poetic names. It should be noted that traditional Kung Fu does not focus solely on technique as Japanese martial arts often do. It is the "body-heart-mind" triangle. The technique, the mind, the spiritual. When you see these monks doing strange movements, that is Qi gong. They are building Chi or Qi or ki, which increases physical and mental power tenfold. The higher you go in Kung Fu, the more spiritual the objectives are, the styles are often close to Tai Chi. All the prowess we see here is the result of assiduous practice, but also of a training of the spirit that draws on the very sources of the soul. At these levels, we transcend self-defence; kung fu becomes a force for the fusion of matter with spirituality to bring us to be ONE with the universe. The technique is thus only a springboard to jump much higher, to the very heart of things. Of course, technique must melt with massive practice of meditation. Amituöfvô.
The japanese also have their version of qigong also know as kiko. Like other japanese arts also came from the chinese.
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it much better to learn to absord impact than focus mainly on stricking like Karate
The movements ( in gong fu) are circular rather than linear the positions or stances of karate are therefore basically moved through rather than the end of the sequence.. of course reality is made of more than one pole so sometimes the end is still the end.
.the first form demonstrated was chi gong movements ( an active meditation)
.the last form demonstrated was basically (Iron Shirt) also a chi gong of hardness.
Altogether what you see is what you get in demonstrations of gong fu except in the case of internal styles...as was demonstrated in the iron shirt which has much background theory which intersects many things you cannot see.
That with the staff is from the legend of King Markatta.
I've practiced Shotokan a little, but I've always wanted to try a Chinese art. Ignoring any idea of efficacy or philosophy, Chinese arts are just so beautiful.
Iam glad to find this channel 😍
I would agree that the pole performer was using a monkey-style as the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. In the story Journey to the west he carries a large staff which he could shrink to a small size and store in his ear. I've never read the book but Japan created a series in the 70's Saiyūki (西遊記) which was translated into English in the UK and I caught syndicated re-runs in the 1990's on cable.
I'm enjoying this channel
First exercises looks like a variation of Ba Duan Jin, Chi Kung for health/spiritual/martial purposes.
A whip chain. Monkey, Praying Mantis and Tiger styles. And then a longer rope dart with tassel. I believe the large knife was called a Cerndo. A two headed weapon. Knife on one side and a circle or hook on the other.
I think the Goju ryu guys use a wooden sandle to build up their feet and balance.
You should check out Shaolin Monks training at the Shaolin Temple. It is very interesting and impressive to see. Very painful training.
They might be representing Shaolin monks my guess is that they are from Shaolin Temple Europe school and at 0:53 might be a Qigong conditioning.
1:38 it s the bridge hand kiu sao used in both Northern and southern Chinese martial arts.
At 1:59 probably a demonstration of the 5 Animals, that one probably Eagle Style.
2:00 they used to have some cloth shoes before or barefooted but at some point Feiyue shoes became popular becuase of the Beijing Wushu team starting wearing them (it is a demonstration team from Beijing really famous, many action stars have trained there. they mostly train WuShu which is a modern version of Northern Shaolin style).
2:15 probably they are just trying to focus or it is part of the Qigong style of focusing the Qi.
At 2:36 they might be trainees in fact they seem to be performing the form Qi Xing Quan (seven star fist) but i am not entirely sure.
At 3:23 it seems that they are back to the 5 animals stlye and that might be tiger.
At 3:39 probably snake style.
At 4:00 monkey staff it is actually a competition form. at 5:20 the attire is if i am not mistaken "warrior monks" and also he is performing northern praying mantis and it is a form or Kata too.
At 6:06 probably he is some Qigong exercise and the weapon that he is just using is just a whip and the next strengthening exercise it is well.. it is not so simple becuase it is based on the Qigong. Basically what it is Shaolin martial arts believe that you can focus the energy of the body and after really really difficult training you can go from a really soft flexible body to a hard as iron by focusing this Qi in the part where you are going to get hit. The difference between just getting hit and Qigong is that if you see the aftermath of the exercise is just like nothing happen. if someone that was not trained on the art it will probably lead to a serious injury
8:17 i dont have the real reason why they changed from cloth to shoes but it is likely easier to grip because the sole is real rubber
at 8:39 it is a GuanDao according to tradition it was invented or popularized by a general during the Battle of Red Cliff during the period of the Three Kingdoms. i think i read somewhere that its purpose was to strike horses or to kill the horses from mounted cavalry
take this with a grain of salt i am no expert i am just a beginner in the martial art so i am no expert. by the way i love the channel!! even thought i am not a Japanese martial arts practitioner
You said in a previous video that you take all watches, jewelry etc off when doing Karate? But in the street you don't have time for that, so is it realistic preparation? Thank you from Spain!
The siting weapon is 9 section chain and big sword spear is dao.
The opening segment was from the 8 pieces of brocade chi gong form
In the first performance, the eyes do wander... gymnastics with scattered intent. The animals shown by the elder students are classic "wushu" sets. Dragon?, Mantis, Tiger, Monkey Staff, Tiger again, Mantis again, Bullwhip, Iron head demo, and and Iron body demo, then weapons forms.
What they have on their wrist is probably a bracelet they can show to security staff showing they are allowed to move/walk around backstage because they are official invited. Rock starts also sometimes have such a bracelet.
Mantis, Tiger, Monkey, Dragon, Head breaking metal...
Blue/grey dogi are young students. Yellow/orange are confirmed ones.
This demonstration is not composed of true traditional Shaolin Gong Fu, but adapted movements.
For example : Tang Lang Quan represents the Mantis style, and it's not what I could see here. Mantis is a more jumped style, with more circular arm movements, and with more static positions on the ground.
But still, it's somehow a big performance. My favourite is the Monkey-liek style. It's really similar to the Nan Hou Quan style, originated from South China, mixed with the Xing Zhe (known as "Monkey King Staff").
8:16 Sensei Yusuke, the shoes they're wearing is called feiyue shoes. It is an zero drop shoes used in kung fu students, movement culture, parkour, and athletes. Its a cheap shoes cost 20 US dollars, you can get them in any colors and without logo. Karate can get certainly stronger by wearing a minimal protection footwear.
Nice gymnastics and dance moves
It's only show kung fu
Is that seishin gi that you're wearing? Nice😊
The first monk with the staff preformed monkey, the second was tiger and the third with the out stretched finger was mantis style.
In Shaolin Kung Fu, if im not wrong
You can choose a form of animals (Tiger, Eagle, Snake, etc) or u choose a Weapon like Sword (Dao/Jian) or a Whip, etc
And the everyone has to learn the Staff at the begining, its like a signature weapon
CMIIW
many movements are from qi gong ( work of ki) this is a presentation by very impressive but traditional shaolin is less acrobatic. the hand whit the index finger is called fo shou ( hand of budda)
I been doing Kung fu and other arts off on 20 years. Am joining Kyokushin karate.
The beginning forms were qi gong exercises focused on internal energy ..
The “one finger” is the praying mantis hand gesture
tiger is fu jow pai
the monkey style is called Tai sheng pek war
the eagle is ying jow pai
the mantis is Tang Lang
the huge sword used is called a halberd.
haha i do wushu but shaolin is always something i wanted to learn as well. the style is definitely different
This is northern shaolin the original temple of the legend but karate was created by the southern temple in Fujian the books of karate are still there lol
Hardly original, apart from location.
The large pole weapon is a Guandao and it's very heavy, depending on the individual weapon it can weigh up to 10kg (22lbs)
The rope dart that was used I believe is called a sheng biao
From what I've observed, Shaolin kung fu emphasizes on flexibility and mobility. Since it's a martial art designed to be effective with a weapon in hand or no weapon, I would imagine it's very easy for a skilled Shaolin practitioner to use objects in their environment to change the momentum of a fight/battle.
Karate seems like the force from unarmed attacks is applied more effectively and deliberately, meaning a skilled user could potentially end a fight much faster and use less energy to do it, so long as their opponent doesn't have weapons in hand.
I'm not a practitioner myself though! These are just my thoughts and observations!
My family and I have practiced Shao lin do under Grandmaster Sin The' in Kentucky. Recognize all these forms. Especially the animal forms.
Shaolins are crazy strong, crazy agile and crazy technical in timing. Here in the video, these performers didn't demonstrate the fighting movements. This is why they didn't look front side as the commentary provider expected when he was talking about it. It was just for an art show, like a dance, or, you can compare it with physical exercises like pushups, pullups or so on. Standing upside down with 2 fingers is also in their routine activities. Imagine the limit.
First animal was northern mantis. There was another animal then monkey then mantis then another was eagle claw.
There is a sholin monk doing ufc fighting and so far undefeated. Extremely disciplined and do nothing but martial arts sun up to sun down the vow to be celebate etc. I have great respect for their dedication and skill
I've studied both traditional tang soo do and American tang soo do. And one thing I was taught and teach my students is sometimes we will train and do kicking exercises outside in street clothes just for the simple fact that if you ever have to defend yourself it will be highly unlikely that you will be in the dojo and barefooted wearing a gi
Regarding the animals in Shaolin Kung Fu, they represent different styles of Kung Fu (to my knowledge). The five animal styles are The Monkey, The Tiger, The Crane, The Snake and The Dragon.
Monkey, Tiger, leopard I seen represented here. The one finger out they train their limbs to be very strong and that finger would be used to hit vital areas such as pressure points. Mainly the Eye's, neck region, ribs and under arms!
Just to let you know dark skin fighter was useing eagle style very difficult style to master and then 2ed was monkey you were right on the dot with that one
Someone probably already said it but my take as the part of the comment on the wrist band as I am asking this. I think the wrist band is like identification purpose.
The different styles and katas in kung fu are to maximize the efficiency of different body types and strengths. Its like Mike Tyson favoring hooks and low squat head movement. Vs Ali favoring jabs and straight rights. With Ali having super long arms, he would not be using his bodies main potential getting close and throwing hooks, while Tyson with really short arms would be destroyed if he tried to jab with Ali. But with head movement and hooks he devastated opponents. In Kung Fu some animal techniques are universally used moves, while others are full sets of fighting styles that favor one body type vs another.
I'm sure you've gotten this already but what they are doing is a performance of the 5 animal games. Each system is a fighting system based on the movements of animals (Snake, Crane, Tiger, Monkey, Eagle). The monks wearing orange are the senior monks. They grey are junior. The breaking of the sticks is a demonstration of the body hardening techniques used to protect against impact. I believe Karate does something similar. The acrobatics, along with being flashy and perhaps useful in some instances, cultivates stamina because fighting is tiring. They want to show vigor, power, speed, and control.
Loving these videos! It would be worth reacting to Modern Wushu/Kung Fu such as ChangQuan and NanQuan forms/kata, NanQuan you should see some more resemblance to Karate. As well as more specific traditional styles since they're so diverse, if you're interested enough. Also our Duilian fight routines (bunkai/kumite?) are worth a watch!
I'm a Karate member and I know a little bit of Shoalin kung fu thingy I only know the Tiger Form🤣
That's Whitebeard's weapon "Murakumogiri" @8:37
No style is "better" than another. Ther's a way out of every bad situation both in a fight and in life itself. Be water, my friend.
The wrist Bands are common at such events here in Europe. Its a sign to see who is allowed to go backstage and such things.
Personally I I love karate and I love how the Shaolin martial arts look as well but like you said it is a lot more complicated both of very fast both can take a lot of punishment and both can give a tremendous amount of punishment karate guys are known for their power to hit and try to destroy as much as they can on their opponent but the Shaolin Kung Fu guys they were faster and they were able to go up and down at will very quickly something like that could be used pretty much anywhere and it seems to have more fluid movements like I guess you can say like boxing I guess how they can easily flow and move around
Is it the style that makes the person or the person that makes the style? We all have pretty much the same body makeup number of limbs so forth. I believe the thought behind the techniques is something that makes Styles different. I could be wrong though. My last instructor was a former student of Ito Kobayashi, he had to complete certain tests before he was allowed to go to demonstrations and show the public.
I appreciate you being open-minded, hard to fill a full cup.
Great vid, man!
I can answer most of your questions on Shaolin monks. I did one of my Dan dissertation on them. Fire away!!!
Have you watched any of the Kung Fu episodes from the TV series starring David Carradine? Far East philosophy brought to the wild West. Loved that show back in the day. Great videos keep it going.
Hi, first let me say, that I really like your videos. I like the way you keep your open mind to all you see and the way you explain everythings. But I just want to say one thing about the Shaoling Masters."" THEY FOR REAL"" I've seen things from these people that are absolutely inhuman! I've watched so many videos about these Shaoling people, that it actually blew my mind. "And I'm very hard to impress".. The one finger thing that you see, "they actually break rocks and bricks and even make holes into trees with one finger".
They do one-finger push-ups upside down. So their one finger is like a weapon. Keep checking out more videos, I think that even a Master as yourself will be blown away! As I said, it's like, they're not human. Well anyways, thanks for your videos, I really enjoy em, and good luck on your channel!
Okinawan styles drew heavily on Southern Shaolin as well as White Crane. Interestingly when Gigō Funakoshi widened the stance work in Shotokan he was returning to the concepts in the older Shaolin styles that had been dropped when Okinawan styles narrowed the stances.
Could u analyze this souther shaolin kung fu kata and tell us the links with shotokan karate, I would be really interested to hear
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The monkey style here is sun wukong-the monkey king with his staff.