Thanks for the video and stepping into the cage to show us what a northern Chinese martial art from a legitimate classical lineage looks like in a real fight. It's so rare (I can't name any other examples) to see a video pinpointing each classical CMA technique used in a real fight AND refer back to older sources to show the techniques' authenticity (particularly with northern CMA). Too many times we see videos of a "kung fu fighter" (often from an unidentified style or lineage) who fights with what looks like generic kickboxing moves and we never get a breakdown of what exact classical Chinese techniques were used. What you have done is an extremely rare thing and I hope others follow suit and we begin seeing more real CMA fight videos, win or lose, out there with the level of transparency you have shown. Keyboard warriors will say what they like, but at the end of the day you stepped into the cage with an opponent who applied all his strength to win and you got the job done. 加油！ PS do you see yourself stepping into the cage again anytime soon?
I live at indonesia, so many people especially not martial art practician underestimate kungfu as a real martial art and can be used to fight, thanks for your video, it helps my pride as a chinese in indonesia.
Lol.. 2 obese guys with piss poor skills doesn't really show martial arts superiority. King fu guy left himself wide open with every strike, any average level martial artist would mop the floor with him. And before op calls me a keyboard warrior, I did miay Thai and jiujitsu for almost 20 years, and fought a dozen times. Ps: before anyone asks for footage, sorry it was in the 90s, we didn't have cellphones.
As a martial artist myself, this is so awesome to see. So many people say it "doesn't work" when in reality it works wonders and often. It's just not picture perfect and pretty like in a movie. Seeing this real life application was absolutely amazing. Props and respect. OSU!!🙏🏿🥋
That is completely debatable. I’ve been boxing and kickboxing for 10 years and we used to host a “fight club” where any style was welcome and the traditional boys always lost. The only style that ever competed with mma was a 7 star fist master, and 7 star is very stripped down, lots of economic movement. I guess it all comes down to the individual.
@@scotch4890 Well I think they are just talking about mantis kung fu which does seem like if trained in the right way can work well in a fight some kung fu arts like tai chi or wing chun get destroyed when facing mma or kick boxing this guy seemed to do pretty well the guy he fought in the video trained muay thai he might not be good at muay thai but a win a win I think Mantis Bajiquan and Choy li fut do have potential to be effective if trained right not all kung fu arts but some like the ones I brought up might work
@@wesleyjackson7487 I get what you are saying but the dude he was fighting was horrible. I wouldn’t even classify him as a brawler, he wasn’t using good head movement which is literally drilled into you so hard in Muay Thai and boxing that I can’t even hazard a guess to his lineage, and if he had used a helmet guard even once he might have fared better. But my perspective is based on experience, during our vale tudo fights at the gym I watched countless traditional dudes get slaughtered by our guys, only the 7 star fist master held his own. The wing chun wooden dummy guy did alright because wing chun is basically dirty boxing but everything else failed.
I saw this on the mantis subreddit, you now have a fan from Hong Kong. Seriously, Chinese people have no idea how much foreigners have dedicated to preserving our martial arts. This gives me hope to make the arts I practice competitive.
@@DJBSharpMusicidk about extremely. Cage fighters get more respect in the west seeing how everybody who discredits Kung fu is from the west Thailand or Korea
Mad respect for stepping in the ring and testing your art. I love how you linked your movement to the classical illustrations. CMA would get so much more respect if it's practitioners actually PRESSURE TESTED like this dude.
As a classically trained martial artist myself, this is how traditional martial arts will survive, by pressure testing against MMA and wisely incorporating the tactics that work from Kickboxing and Grappling.
Hey mate what you did is pretty special to a lot of martial artists, taking a traditional form, going in a cage and above all else sticking to your kung fu that was straight up badass. Could you tell us more about your background in kung fu ? How long have you been practicing, what kung fu means to you etc ? Anyway, very impressive to put yourself out there thanks for sharing it with us man.
@@theravenswoodacademy8796Sir, i'm amazed! If I could give you an advice that can help you in inconfortable Ground positions, it's to train Dishuquan or Also called "Dog Boxing" 💯🤩
I study Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Chung style Tai Chi, and I am so glad you made this. I hear people all the time say how most traditional martial arts cannot compete with MMA because they are "obselete" or "not practicle." It's so nice to see someone from a legitimate lineage show what real TMA can do when taught correctly.
@@Aznbomb3r It's one thing to know how to do a technique which is as far as most TMA expertise gets to I would say repetitively drilling a move and understanding it's application in theory and another to apply it in fight under duress and are often missing what I consider the lessons that only experience can teach you. Trouble shooting the fight.
Great! Good to see people practising traditional martial arts steps forward in real hardcore sparring/fight, especially against other styles. Really impressive!
@@theravenswoodacademy8796I wouldn't call it much of a win 🤣 your opponent is obese asf and looks like he's never fought a day in his life 🤣 You need to work on the massive openings in your defence, had the opponent had some actual experience you'd have lost real fast sorry to say.
Praying mantis Kung Fu has everything that one needs elbows, knees, takedowns, kicks, punches, back for us you name it praying mantis has it. I have studied praying mantis for years
Having worked with one of your students, Matt, before and having gone through different drills and he and I exchanging different tactics I'm glad to see this videoed since all the things he presented seemed very capable of working. We have different ideas and training methods but we both realized that there are things that can work. Glad to see it in action
Nice Mantis fighting, dude! Great job. I love it when folks think Kung Fu doesn't work in a fight...that means they won't be prepared for it when it comes their way. Hahaha
You have my respect sir. Too many times Kung Fu practitioners show up with a lot of bravado and have no skill to back up their claims. Even if this fight would have been a loss, its great to see someone putting classical technique to modern use. 🙏🏼
I was taught a combination of Wing Chun, seven point mantis, and bagua. My teacher calls it the Woodchipper. It's all about breaking as many of their bones as quickly as possible
I love when someone takes kung fu and actually uses it the way it was intended to be used. Because you have traditional Kung Fu people (like you and Zen Dragon on his channel) who use the techniques and attacks that have been preserved and demonstrated through forms. And then you've got Sanda people have a base in Chinese kickboxing and try to put traditional Kung Fu on top of it but will not put for the extra effort to pressure test the traditional stuff. Most of the time when it comes to fighting, most of them will drop the traditional and resort to kickboxing. And as much as I love Sanda see it as the most versatile combat sport incorporating traditional martial arts, it is still far removed from something like Northerm Mantis. I aspired to be as courageous and skilled as you
❤ you're great man, I'm Xing yi quan practitioner and would like to says thank you for your effort as one who contribute to make KungFu community proud. It's not waste keep going, I'll keep support your videos all the way through.
Wow thanks Akuston. I have a Kung fu brother who got to train Xingyi in China in addition to his Mantis and it seemed pretty cool when he was showing me a few moves. Made his attacks very direct and cutting I think.
Having just watched the full fight: you did a really good job after getting taken down. You kept the number of hits down to a minimum and waited for the right opportunity. Really great fight I'm really glad you did it
Thanks Morgan. It was tough. When I got taken down so early in a non-dominant position, I thought “Is this really just going to be another video of a Kung fu dude being taken down and destroyed??” Lol. Tried to stay calm after that thought. Stay well!
@@theravenswoodacademy8796 you're a beast man, when you got up from bottom, you showed some crazy will, that was so crazy to watch dude!!! youre the man!
Magnificent stuff and good applications! Thanks for sharing! As Chinese myself and Chinese martial arts practitioner, I appreciate your efforts and courage for showing people how actual CMA works.
Wow! This is amazing, myself been doing Bajiquan for years and training in MMA, I know how hard is it to use traditional techniques in MMA fights ❤❤❤love your work
Finally to see someone who really know how to use Traditional Martial Art and put it on practical use. Also good to see you giving Traditional Martial Art justice that "It does work with an expert". I am a Pak Mei practitioner
You're saying this like Machida Era didn't even existed before. A guy who using Shotokan Karate went toe to toe with MMA GOATs and managed to become Lightheavyweight champ.
@@victorribeiro2431 sorry, took long to reply, as your reply didn't turn up in my fed until now. Anyways, I am afraid I don't know who Machida Era was, as I don't really follow MMA much. Although in K1 series, there is more traditional martial art appear in there, like Karate. Since K1 is more about striking and hitting than doing grappling on the floor.
I enjoyed watching this. I trained in Wing Chun and Hung Gar in the past. We also did Mantis as well. Watching this fight reminded me of what we did; you practiced forms and try to see how to apply forms in actual combat. I am glad that there are other kung fu practitioners that are focusing on the practical side and applying them. All the best!
I'll have to say this is the best traditional martial art/kung fu to application I've seen. You made it easy to see actual technique applied in a real setting. Very good.
As a BaJi practitioner, we've always been waiting to see people put this to good use. For us, we are often teaching law enforcement and military folks. They will use our art better than we ever can, because they spar. We merely have time to rescue and preserve what little of our art that is remembered. Our focus has been with the long spear, We believe Baji and Xingyi shine most as spear and sword forms. Anyway, amazing job!
Do you have any clips/links of Baji application or sparring? I really admire the art for its power but cannot find much practical application that works
@@victory-design the series Kungfu quest find it on TH-cam it has many different styles of Bajiquan that are definitely combat adaptable. A Bajiquan practitioner from Asia called An Jian Qiu is also an incredible exponent and shows proper shelling covering up and attacking with insane speed and power. An family Bajiquan is like no other style of Bajiquan it’s graceful and deadly. There is also a Wu tan Bajiquan practitioner that is great he also is very good at Piguazhang a style that is coupled with Bajiquan.
This is so epic! The side by side comparisons, n everything bro! Your years of training have achieved something significant here bro, please be proud of yourself
Haha thanks. Story telling is it’s own craft! I try not to get frustrated with mediums I’m not trained in! Things are more accessible now though, so I have no excuse!
The reason why “it doesn’t work” happens so often is because so much of kung fu stoped sparring. MMA and boxing are the best at keeping up sparring practice
Finally a real person testing out other martial arts in a fight. Keep it up man, would love to see more styles being applied. The clipping with the old photos was a dope addition too!
Nothing but respect for you. This is what our styles look like in a fight -- raw and useful. Nothing looks stylized and pretty when applied. I'm a William Cheung Wing Chung guy, and I love watching a traditional art I respect utilized effectively.
That is so amazing! Really did not expect to see this in this vid. Usually it is just an unedited fight. Seeing the overlapping figures and actual application was way more inspiring than I was prepared for. Props to the fighter and editor!
Great to see someone who has experience applying kung fu in real combat. I see the majority of people just "dancing" with BS of saying that "there is no need for sparring using kung fu, your kung fu will be there when you need it" that makes me sick. But I'm glad to have found at least one video with a real application.
The beauty of traditional kung fu. People forget (well, never learned) that the old masters signed death wavers and many of these styles survived because it was their masters that won these challenges, or they were used by security guards/police, military, and travelers that had to use their skills to survive. Real kung fu is bitter, and you showed that with bitterness can come the sweetness of victory.
Good effort! And probably the best video I have seen that practiced forms were applied to a sparring situation as closely as possible! There are many other practitioners claiming to be doing this or that TCMA styles but all turned out to be messy jab, cross, hook in sparring situations! Keep it up!
Excellent showmanship! I never met anybody in real life other then myself that did the Northern Mantis style, me and my mom did classes together when she was in college and I got to learn this! Looks like he made it pretty far in the training very well executed!
I love Mantis style. It is the most humble and unassuming style. It is the style of the confident defender. It is the style of “I don’t want to fight but if you insist I am ready.”
What I liked the most is your ability to stay calm and focused, sticking to what you have learned. And that takedown looked dangerous - well done getting out of it before the other guy could benefit from his dominant position.
Thanks. It was tough man. If you watch the full fight you'll see how much of a struggle it was. Turns out fighting is... you know... a real fight! lol.
Thanks. Yeah the raw fight footage is good and has even more to dissect, but I really wanted to show others what was going on, from the uninitiated to old mantis friends. It’s good for everyone to see. Cheers!
Fantastic, alot of guys who do traditional martial arts panic in real confrontation, at least on TH-cam anyway and there system goes out the window, which I think is a reflection of how they train. Obviously you pressure test and spar and the outcome speaks for itself, well done pal.
Glad to see someone that does traditional martial arts fighting someone at their same fitness level. It's always either old vs young, or fat vs fit (and the amateur MMA always seems to be in better shape)
Firstly, very nice left hand. Secondly, great job scrambling back to the dominant position after getting taken down. And last, very clean finish; well done man!! Congratulations! I wish we had something like this here so I could test my Pak Mei. Just a circle of dirt, and some chain link. I'm ready to start competing again! 🙏👊
Well it’s only a 5 hour drive from say Fayetteville to Dallas. Just drive out the day before, sightsee, spend the night, kick butt the next day then drive home. 👍
at first I thought it was joking but then they all looked so similar that I started appreciating it. pretty cool. I imagine how hard it would be to fight against this, being used to everyone doing boxing or muay thai. kudos man. congrats on the win
Wing Chun guy here, do you have a link to the street beefs of your fight? I'm really curious about your southern style praying matis but also interested in seeing the full video lol.
*Context:* Mantis fighter found the man that was responsible for his Sifu's assassination. He has sworn to take revenge and finally have met the man he was looking for. As they started fighting, he remember everything his Sifu have taught him, as if his spirit was there to guide him to defeat this evil menace. In the end, he proved that even when dimensions apart, they were still together and the evil man has died. Mantis fighter have claimed victory and achieved his life long mission to kill his Sifu's assassinstor.
Everything works if you practice with pressure testing. Unfortunately the Chinese government had stripped the Chinese Martial arts of their practical applications and methods of training making the martial arts into performance art. They didn't want people to have any means to fight them or civilians create an army of martial arts experts.
Thanks for the video and stepping into the cage to show us what a northern Chinese martial art from a legitimate classical lineage looks like in a real fight. It's so rare (I can't name any other examples) to see a video pinpointing each classical CMA technique used in a real fight AND refer back to older sources to show the techniques' authenticity (particularly with northern CMA). Too many times we see videos of a "kung fu fighter" (often from an unidentified style or lineage) who fights with what looks like generic kickboxing moves and we never get a breakdown of what exact classical Chinese techniques were used.
What you have done is an extremely rare thing and I hope others follow suit and we begin seeing more real CMA fight videos, win or lose, out there with the level of transparency you have shown.
Keyboard warriors will say what they like, but at the end of the day you stepped into the cage with an opponent who applied all his strength to win and you got the job done. 加油！
PS do you see yourself stepping into the cage again anytime soon?
192% agree with the comment from "mitch".
The northern arts move so much better, in my opinion.
This is exactly why Asian people hold the least titles of any race in MMA.
I live at indonesia, so many people especially not martial art practician underestimate kungfu as a real martial art and can be used to fight, thanks for your video, it helps my pride as a chinese in indonesia.
Lol.. 2 obese guys with piss poor skills doesn't really show martial arts superiority.
King fu guy left himself wide open with every strike, any average level martial artist would mop the floor with him.
And before op calls me a keyboard warrior, I did miay Thai and jiujitsu for almost 20 years, and fought a dozen times.
Ps: before anyone asks for footage, sorry it was in the 90s, we didn't have cellphones.
As a martial artist myself, this is so awesome to see. So many people say it "doesn't work" when in reality it works wonders and often. It's just not picture perfect and pretty like in a movie. Seeing this real life application was absolutely amazing. Props and respect. OSU!!🙏🏿🥋
Thanks Shondarian. Glad you found it amazing. Keep training and stay strong! 💪
That is completely debatable. I’ve been boxing and kickboxing for 10 years and we used to host a “fight club” where any style was welcome and the traditional boys always lost. The only style that ever competed with mma was a 7 star fist master, and 7 star is very stripped down, lots of economic movement. I guess it all comes down to the individual.
@@scotch4890 Well I think they are just talking about mantis kung fu which does seem like if trained in the right way can work well in a fight some kung fu arts like tai chi or wing chun get destroyed when facing mma or kick boxing this guy seemed to do pretty well the guy he fought in the video trained muay thai he might not be good at muay thai but a win a win
I think Mantis Bajiquan and Choy li fut do have potential to be effective if trained right not all kung fu arts but some like the ones I brought up might work
@@wesleyjackson7487 I get what you are saying but the dude he was fighting was horrible. I wouldn’t even classify him as a brawler, he wasn’t using good head movement which is literally drilled into you so hard in Muay Thai and boxing that I can’t even hazard a guess to his lineage, and if he had used a helmet guard even once he might have fared better. But my perspective is based on experience, during our vale tudo fights at the gym I watched countless traditional dudes get slaughtered by our guys, only the 7 star fist master held his own. The wing chun wooden dummy guy did alright because wing chun is basically dirty boxing but everything else failed.
@@scotch4890 why make excuses
I saw this on the mantis subreddit, you now have a fan from Hong Kong. Seriously, Chinese people have no idea how much foreigners have dedicated to preserving our martial arts. This gives me hope to make the arts I practice competitive.
Whoa from Hong Kong, Wong Honfan's old stomping grounds! Glad this gives you hope Peter. Stay well!
We do what we can here. Traditional martial arts are extremely popular in the United States even today.
@@DJBSharpMusicidk about extremely. Cage fighters get more respect in the west seeing how everybody who discredits Kung fu is from the west Thailand or Korea
Mad respect for stepping in the ring and testing your art. I love how you linked your movement to the classical illustrations. CMA would get so much more respect if it's practitioners actually PRESSURE TESTED like this dude.
And aren't opponents tougher than expected!
“Martial-arts doesn’t work”
“Does it hurt when I punch you in the face”
“Duh”
“Then it works”
As a classically trained martial artist myself, this is how traditional martial arts will survive, by pressure testing against MMA and wisely incorporating the tactics that work from Kickboxing and Grappling.
Hey mate what you did is pretty special to a lot of martial artists, taking a traditional form, going in a cage and above all else sticking to your kung fu that was straight up badass.
Could you tell us more about your background in kung fu ? How long have you been practicing, what kung fu means to you etc ?
Anyway, very impressive to put yourself out there thanks for sharing it with us man.
I definitely want to share more of my journey and technique in the vids to come. Thanks for the encouraging praise. Appreciate it.
@@theravenswoodacademy8796Sir, i'm amazed! If I could give you an advice that can help you in inconfortable Ground positions, it's to train Dishuquan or Also called "Dog Boxing" 💯🤩
I study Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Chung style Tai Chi, and I am so glad you made this. I hear people all the time say how most traditional martial arts cannot compete with MMA because they are "obselete" or "not practicle." It's so nice to see someone from a legitimate lineage show what real TMA can do when taught correctly.
Glad it resonated with you. Maybe I can make some more resources for people coming from TMA or CMA.
I think a lot are "taught properly", just nobody gets fighting experience these days so nothing works.
@@Aznbomb3r It's one thing to know how to do a technique which is as far as most TMA expertise gets to I would say repetitively drilling a move and understanding it's application in theory and another to apply it in fight under duress and are often missing what I consider the lessons that only experience can teach you. Trouble shooting the fight.
he was a mess, and he executed no kung fu, son.
@@HumanoidKoala it was actually not too bad, his internal skills are low level but they are there
Great! Good to see people practising traditional martial arts steps forward in real hardcore sparring/fight, especially against other styles. Really impressive!
Thanks! I figured it wouldn’t hurt for Chinese Martial Arts to have a win.
@@theravenswoodacademy8796I wouldn't call it much of a win 🤣 your opponent is obese asf and looks like he's never fought a day in his life 🤣
You need to work on the massive openings in your defence, had the opponent had some actual experience you'd have lost real fast sorry to say.
Praying mantis Kung Fu has everything that one needs elbows, knees, takedowns, kicks, punches, back for us you name it praying mantis has it. I have studied praying mantis for years
A huge arsenal of techniques to be sure. Glad you got a chance to study Mantis.
I respect your effective use of traditional martial arts. As an SPM guy, it's nice for the public to see Kung Fu in this light.
Thanks Bruce! SPM has such a distinct “shape” doesn’t it.
That's cause SPM is a Hakka system. All Hakka systems have that distinct shape.
Having worked with one of your students, Matt, before and having gone through different drills and he and I exchanging different tactics I'm glad to see this videoed since all the things he presented seemed very capable of working. We have different ideas and training methods but we both realized that there are things that can work. Glad to see it in action
Thanks man. Matt is good people.
Nice Mantis fighting, dude!
Great job.
I love it when folks think Kung Fu
doesn't work in a fight...that means they won't be prepared for
it when it comes their way. Hahaha
You have my respect sir. Too many times Kung Fu practitioners show up with a lot of bravado and have no skill to back up their claims. Even if this fight would have been a loss, its great to see someone putting classical technique to modern use.
🙏🏼
I was taught a combination of Wing Chun, seven point mantis, and bagua. My teacher calls it the Woodchipper. It's all about breaking as many of their bones as quickly as possible
I love when someone takes kung fu and actually uses it the way it was intended to be used. Because you have traditional Kung Fu people (like you and Zen Dragon on his channel) who use the techniques and attacks that have been preserved and demonstrated through forms. And then you've got Sanda people have a base in Chinese kickboxing and try to put traditional Kung Fu on top of it but will not put for the extra effort to pressure test the traditional stuff.
Most of the time when it comes to fighting, most of them will drop the traditional and resort to kickboxing. And as much as I love Sanda see it as the most versatile combat sport incorporating traditional martial arts, it is still far removed from something like Northerm Mantis. I aspired to be as courageous and skilled as you
Thanks Camren. Really appreciate it. Cheers!
Finally someone giving a bit of recognition to kung fu
❤ you're great man, I'm Xing yi quan practitioner and would like to says thank you for your effort as one who contribute to make KungFu community proud. It's not waste keep going, I'll keep support your videos all the way through.
Wow thanks Akuston. I have a Kung fu brother who got to train Xingyi in China in addition to his Mantis and it seemed pretty cool when he was showing me a few moves. Made his attacks very direct and cutting I think.
SHITS TRASH
Having just watched the full fight: you did a really good job after getting taken down. You kept the number of hits down to a minimum and waited for the right opportunity. Really great fight I'm really glad you did it
Thanks Morgan. It was tough. When I got taken down so early in a non-dominant position, I thought “Is this really just going to be another video of a Kung fu dude being taken down and destroyed??” Lol. Tried to stay calm after that thought. Stay well!
@@theravenswoodacademy8796 you're a beast man, when you got up from bottom, you showed some crazy will, that was so crazy to watch dude!!! youre the man!
@@emmanuelperez3019 🙏🙏🙏
For real he slide his arm up right as he went to punch him and it looked like be completely blocked it. Super smooth
Magnificent stuff and good applications! Thanks for sharing! As Chinese myself and Chinese martial arts practitioner, I appreciate your efforts and courage for showing people how actual CMA works.
Wow! This is amazing, myself been doing Bajiquan for years and training in MMA, I know how hard is it to use traditional techniques in MMA fights ❤❤❤love your work
Finally to see someone who really know how to use Traditional Martial Art and put it on practical use. Also good to see you giving Traditional Martial Art justice that "It does work with an expert".
I am a Pak Mei practitioner
Thanks! One of my Mantis friends practiced Pak Mei in China and I had a really fun time when he showed me their applications/approach. Cheers!
@@theravenswoodacademy8796 my Pak Mei lineage come from Deng family (Deng Zude) whose descendent later settled in UK England somewhere in 1970.
You're saying this like Machida Era didn't even existed before. A guy who using Shotokan Karate went toe to toe with MMA GOATs and managed to become Lightheavyweight champ.
@@victorribeiro2431 I don't watch MMA crap with roided asshole acting like thugs.
@@victorribeiro2431 sorry, took long to reply, as your reply didn't turn up in my fed until now.
Anyways, I am afraid I don't know who Machida Era was, as I don't really follow MMA much. Although in K1 series, there is more traditional martial art appear in there, like Karate. Since K1 is more about striking and hitting than doing grappling on the floor.
I enjoyed watching this. I trained in Wing Chun and Hung Gar in the past. We also did Mantis as well. Watching this fight reminded me of what we did; you practiced forms and try to see how to apply forms in actual combat. I am glad that there are other kung fu practitioners that are focusing on the practical side and applying them. All the best!
Appreciate it. All the best!
作为一个中国人，感谢你的努力！中国传统武术有很多高效的动作，但最近一百年已经很少有人真正在实战中将它们总结出来。这需要大量的努力，和庞大的职业体系，来排除杀人的部分和日常基础训练的部分，将可以用作竞技体育的部分筛选出来，并且在不断的实战训练中寻找招式的本来目的，很遗憾目前中国没有这个能力快速发展它。
非常感谢你，希望有更多人总结学习传统武术，我健身几年了，未来也希望学习自由搏击和传统武术。
谢谢 🙏
There’s a guy named Randy Brown who also teaches Mantis. I hope one day you guys can do a collab!
Mad respect putting your martial art on the line like the old school days. Awesome.
This is the best way to show the effectiveness of a martial arts in a fight!
I'll have to say this is the best traditional martial art/kung fu to application I've seen. You made it easy to see actual technique applied in a real setting. Very good.
Thank you, that means a lot. 🙏
And the weight class was pretty even as well. What if you were 3 stone lighter, same result?
Respect! Well done for keeping your Kung Fu real.
Thanks. Not to sound cliché but it really is a journey.
As a BaJi practitioner, we've always been waiting to see people put this to good use. For us, we are often teaching law enforcement and military folks. They will use our art better than we ever can, because they spar. We merely have time to rescue and preserve what little of our art that is remembered.
Our focus has been with the long spear, We believe Baji and Xingyi shine most as spear and sword forms.
Anyway, amazing job!
Thank you, appreciate it.
I practice Bajiquan too I do it old school in Australia striking trees & steel also Cheng style Baguazhang ✋🤜👍
Do you have any clips/links of Baji application or sparring? I really admire the art for its power but cannot find much practical application that works
@@victory-design the series Kungfu quest find it on TH-cam it has many different styles of Bajiquan that are definitely combat adaptable. A Bajiquan practitioner from Asia called An Jian Qiu is also an incredible exponent and shows proper shelling covering up and attacking with insane speed and power. An family Bajiquan is like no other style of Bajiquan it’s graceful and deadly.
There is also a Wu tan Bajiquan practitioner that is great he also is very good at Piguazhang a style that is coupled with Bajiquan.
@@victory-design I’ll put up clips this week of these stylists in my community section 🤜👍
Bar none best video of its kind that I've seen. Well done!
This is so epic! The side by side comparisons, n everything bro!
Your years of training have achieved something significant here bro, please be proud of yourself
Good job. This kind of real action that make Traditional Martial got respect as real fighting art.
Thanks. Traditional martial arts really are amazing.
Congratulation on a great fight, but also for the excellent video editing. Subscribed!
Haha thanks. Story telling is it’s own craft! I try not to get frustrated with mediums I’m not trained in! Things are more accessible now though, so I have no excuse!
wow you did great! making all us mantis kung fu peeps proud
Thanks Jeff, that means a lot.
Awesome bro! I’ve never seen traditional techniques applied like this, good job and thank you for sharing
The reason why “it doesn’t work” happens so often is because so much of kung fu stoped sparring. MMA and boxing are the best at keeping up sparring practice
Finally a real person testing out other martial arts in a fight. Keep it up man, would love to see more styles being applied. The clipping with the old photos was a dope addition too!
Nothing but respect for you. This is what our styles look like in a fight -- raw and useful. Nothing looks stylized and pretty when applied. I'm a William Cheung Wing Chung guy, and I love watching a traditional art I respect utilized effectively.
This is the best kung fu breakdown I’ve ever seen on TH-cam, props to the martial artist
That is so amazing! Really did not expect to see this in this vid. Usually it is just an unedited fight. Seeing the overlapping figures and actual application was way more inspiring than I was prepared for. Props to the fighter and editor!
This guy is the smartest most technical martial artist I ever seen, he literally makes Praying Mantis Kung Fu deadly and effective
Nice 1, no BS keeping it real, great to watch. Thaks for posting
Thanks Ben. Trying to stay authentic. Stay safe!
I have never ever seeing kung fu in the combat real fight that showing how it really works and you are possibly the first one.
I’m really glad. It’s real.
Gracias por demostrar que las artes marciales tradicionales aún son compatibles y se pueden utilizar
Props not just for the use of Mantis Kung Fu but for that skillful match cut editing. I'm impressed!
Haha. Sometimes “how” you deliver your message (presentation) is just as important (in a way) as your message. Thanks and all the best.
Great to see someone who has experience applying kung fu in real combat. I see the majority of people just "dancing" with BS of saying that "there is no need for sparring using kung fu, your kung fu will be there when you need it" that makes me sick. But I'm glad to have found at least one video with a real application.
The beauty of traditional kung fu. People forget (well, never learned) that the old masters signed death wavers and many of these styles survived because it was their masters that won these challenges, or they were used by security guards/police, military, and travelers that had to use their skills to survive. Real kung fu is bitter, and you showed that with bitterness can come the sweetness of victory.
Thanks. There definitely was an entire spectrum of practitioners. From people who “tried it for a day” to people who fought full-contact. Cheers!
Good effort! And probably the best video I have seen that practiced forms were applied to a sparring situation as closely as possible! There are many other practitioners claiming to be doing this or that TCMA styles but all turned out to be messy jab, cross, hook in sparring situations! Keep it up!
Thank you. In my line of Mantis I feel like there are many good fighting combinations, tactics and movements in the forms. Cheers.
This is one of the most beautiful videos I've seen in my life 😥 massive respect to you brother 👍🏻
Woah, high praise! Thanks. For me this is definitely one of my favorite videos on Mantis because it shows the art in action. Cheers!
Excellent showmanship! I never met anybody in real life other then myself that did the Northern Mantis style, me and my mom did classes together when she was in college and I got to learn this! Looks like he made it pretty far in the training very well executed!
Much appreciated. 🙏
I love Mantis style. It is the most humble and unassuming style. It is the style of the confident defender. It is the style of “I don’t want to fight but if you insist I am ready.”
What I liked the most is your ability to stay calm and focused, sticking to what you have learned. And that takedown looked dangerous - well done getting out of it before the other guy could benefit from his dominant position.
This is not a good sparring.
This is a good FIGHT, finally a serious kung fu fighter who can stand up (and on the ground) with a MMA fighter!
Thanks. It was tough man. If you watch the full fight you'll see how much of a struggle it was. Turns out fighting is... you know... a real fight! lol.
Wow, I really like your style of editing! Nice work!
excellent!! thanks for sharing. great edit, samples, and applied skills
Thanks for being appreciative. It’s encouraging.
Glad you made this video and showed examples and comparisons to the techniques used. Allows for analysis and training.
Thanks. Yeah the raw fight footage is good and has even more to dissect, but I really wanted to show others what was going on, from the uninitiated to old mantis friends. It’s good for everyone to see. Cheers!
Fantastic, alot of guys who do traditional martial arts panic in real confrontation, at least on TH-cam anyway and there system goes out the window, which I think is a reflection of how they train. Obviously you pressure test and spar and the outcome speaks for itself, well done pal.
Fighting is hard, no doubt. Thanks. 🙏
Tbh , everyone has a plan until they are punched in the face , if you are not used to combat , your training will be kinda usless
Loved this. Do you have a link to the full fight? 🙏
Awesome job! I knew you could do it!
Thanks man, that means a lot.
Master Wong once said “If your Kung Fu no good, it’s not my problem.”
well done man. appreciate the courage and effort here to try and stick to this style to point out it's irl practicality.
Wow - the kooles short video in a long time.
Thank u!!
Awesome!!! A very good example of real Kung Fu! Many thanks :)
Thank you. What I’ve learned (and what I teach) is definitely real.
I did not expect this at all. Good job.
Right on man. I love it when TMA practitioners pressure test their art. Way to go 👏
Awesome way to show how a fighter can use a traditional martial art effectively.
Props man. Great respect for your great work.
Glad to see someone that does traditional martial arts fighting someone at their same fitness level. It's always either old vs young, or fat vs fit (and the amateur MMA always seems to be in better shape)
Greetings form Brazil, good job man.
I'm praying mantis 7 star student, lineage Won Hon Fan, and Brendan Lai.
Awesome! Then this one’s for you. Cheers!
THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME! Super cool how he was dedicated to do the whole fight in one style
Beautifully done presentation and analysis, thank you!
Remarkable. Very, very good. You even did good ground work and got back up to win the match. Kudos, very well done.
Firstly, very nice left hand. Secondly, great job scrambling back to the dominant position after getting taken down. And last, very clean finish; well done man!!
Congratulations!
I wish we had something like this here so I could test my Pak Mei. Just a circle of dirt, and some chain link. I'm ready to start competing again! 🙏👊
Thank you sir, appreciate it. Where are you located roughly?
@@theravenswoodacademy8796 Northwest Arkansas, close to the Missouri border.
Well it’s only a 5 hour drive from say Fayetteville to Dallas. Just drive out the day before, sightsee, spend the night, kick butt the next day then drive home. 👍
@@theravenswoodacademy8796 Sounds good! I'll message you guys in the near future, thank you!
well done - both the fight and the editing!
at first I thought it was joking but then they all looked so similar that I started appreciating it. pretty cool. I imagine how hard it would be to fight against this, being used to everyone doing boxing or muay thai. kudos man. congrats on the win
Tien Shan Pai greetings! Well done, sir! You represent the Chinese arts well.
Thank you! Respect.
Awesome breakdown ! Thanks
Had fun making it. Thanks for watching.
Wing Chun guy here, do you have a link to the street beefs of your fight? I'm really curious about your southern style praying matis but also interested in seeing the full video lol.
Awesome! Good to see talented Kung Fu fighters :)
Thanks. Appreciate it Julian.
I learned Northern Shaolin Kungfu. I mixed it with Boxing footwork and punching combos and Muay Thai elbows. It works well
Total respect for testing your skill my friend 👍
Excellent demonstration of your style in action.
THANK YOU! That was essentially the goal.
Good to see you putting it to a test. Good times!
Thanks! Keep Austin strong with the Mantis representation and I’ll hold down Fort Worth. 🙏✊🤘
This was cool to see. Great work.
I remember that day, 115 degrees out
Thanks for sharing! Your mantis is awesome!
Of course you’re welcome! It’s fun to share.
I'm a seven star mantis student, thanks for sharing and your dedication
Awesome! What style of mantis is this?
Wong Honfan's coupled with my own understanding/training method. Check out my site for more info www.theravenswoodacademy.com
Very cool, great job!
Much Thanks.
Finally a martial artist who can achieve what he teaches
Gung Fu is a way of life! So cool, great job! The Mantis fist is one to be reckoned with!
That was really well done, it was a great demonstration with the old masters techniques, in between the real fighting was just awesome 🤜👍
很可惜，在中国的武术馆已经停止实战的训练，只作为健身手段
I watched your fight on fight commentary and found your style very impressive
Thank you!
Hey man. Nice video. May I know the title of the background music please? It really puts my mind at peace.
Fantastic display of the martial application from the mantis style! Thank you.
Appreciate it!
*Context:*
Mantis fighter found the man that was responsible for his Sifu's assassination. He has sworn to take revenge and finally have met the man he was looking for. As they started fighting, he remember everything his Sifu have taught him, as if his spirit was there to guide him to defeat this evil menace. In the end, he proved that even when dimensions apart, they were still together and the evil man has died. Mantis fighter have claimed victory and achieved his life long mission to kill his Sifu's assassinstor.
Everything works if you practice with pressure testing.
Unfortunately the Chinese government had stripped the Chinese Martial arts of their practical applications and methods of training making the martial arts into performance art. They didn't want people to have any means to fight them or civilians create an army of martial arts experts.
Fortunately, theres still a lot of real Kung-Fu gyms on Taiwan and Hong Kong (Qi La La the Wing Chun guy also trained both in Taiwan and Hong Kong)
Totally inspiring. Good job!
Thanks so much! 🙏