Long Fist Kung Fu 長拳功夫 | Master Adam Hsu | Season 3 Episode 2
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2019
- An exclusive video interview with Master Adam Hsu, filmed outside the Taipei city hall in Taiwan. Master Hsu openly shares his vast knowledge of 長拳 (Long Fist Boxing), sharing profound insights into the movements found in the Long Fist forms and practical demonstrations of their usage.
Visit my website to learn more. themartialman.com
The Martial Man is an exciting new web series following Kieren as he travels the far-east to experience traditional martial arts, and learn the secret knowledge of the Grandmasters. The show offers the viewer a unique insight into the martial arts world, and a front-row seat to learn directly from the masters.
Website: www.themartialman.com
Facebook: / themartialman
Instagram: / themartialman - บันเทิง
Visit my website and gain access to all of my exclusive unseen videos, and members-only content.
themartialman.com/members-only-videos
Website: www.themartialman.com
Facebook: facebook.com/themartialman
Instagram: instagram.com/themartialman
how much do I have to calculate for a living in Hong Kong in order to study ving tsun , could you give me an idea of it .
I remember reading about him when I was a young man ... in the early 80's .... I'm 59 now and he's looking great ... a testament to good gung fu ..internal and external
I could listen to this man all day, every day.
A living legend: Master Adam Hsu! Back in the 80's he did introduced several styles to USA. Awesome video!!! Thanks!
Eduardo Rodriguez yes that’s correct, Master Hsu help spread Chinese Kung Fu throughout the U.S 👍🙏
The grandmaster in full form. So proud of being part of his legacy.
bullshit !
The idea of brushing the arm was interesting. As Adam Hsu says the brushing arm not only prevents injury to the defender as the defender blocks the attacking arm but by brushing or sliding against the attacking limb with multiple points of contact the attacking arm is simultaneously redirected from its attacking trajectory.
I saw a practical application of this brushing defensive concept as I was watching a Western style boxing match. I remember watching the late Mexican great boxer, Salvador Sanchez, defending against his opponents right hand punch during the fight. As the opponent executed his rear hand right cross punch Sanchez extended his lead left hand jab toward the chin of his opponent while simultaneously sliding his jabbing arm along the inside of his opponents attacking arm thus effectively redirecting his opponents punching arm and striking his opponent upon the chin with the same motion.
there are many martial arts styles that look weird and silly (and this is coming from someone that loves all traditional martial arts)
but this one seems to be different. when he was talking about the brushing i had the idee of weapons in my mind. that is the same thing you would do with swords to prevent the blade from breakin. it does sound very effective.
This best guy I've seen on this channel. Gives good story about his form then demonstrates what makes it unique. He seem very kind instead of aggressive.
Seems like a wonderful teacher ! Nice, knowledgeable, open minded. And he speaks english very well. Thank you Kieren.
Julien Thévenoz you're welcome. Thank you for the comments 👍🙏
Master... calling a master teacher will offend most as calling a captain a private
@@thebringer-dreamerdragon-6067 a master doesn't concern themself with such things.
Sifu Hsu is well known in San Francisco where he taught Muslim Chang Chuan, Baji Chuan, and Bagua Chuan for many years in the Holden Gate Park Panhandle
My Kung Fu teacher over 20 years ago in Taipei. Haven't seen him for a long time, and hop all is fine with him.
Sifu Hsu is the master of my coaches when i studied at his school in California in the 90's. I'm getting inspired again.
haven't seen Master Hsu at least over 25 years. He is an awesome master.
He would tell us tales about one of his major teachers, Liu Yun Chow (who was body guard to the Presidents in Taiwan) and learned Baji from Master Hsu.
Went to learn Praying Mantis from his Kung Fu Brother, Master Su Yu (can't remember the last part).
Master Hsu is such a scholar and erudite in so many knowledge from Kung Fu to history to physics no one would ever believe that he can kick some ass...
Great video! And great to see Master Hsu again (even via TH-cam).
Thanks Martial Man!
Here we can clearly see a showing of the chinese roots of karate. These principles are roughly the same as the japanese martial art. Concepts like the spiraling motion of the tsuki and its impact on the target with the energy piercing through it, the importance of the hikite and the flowing energy that results by connecting all body parts in a single harmonious unit, the 50/50 nature of all karate "blocks" (simultaneously attacks and blocks). Good stuff.
Oss!
Couldn’t agree more. Listening to Mr Hsu is eerily similar to my GojuRyu sensei. Everything he said, is identical.
Mattia Modena karate is not a Japanese art form
Jesse Strong if you are with Okinawa gojuryu, your style is more on the Blocking idea and hurt your enemy. But it takes years of training like higoonna Sensei. He demo rock punching in his 70s.
If it’s Japanese gojuryu, forget it... it’s sports.
@@charliebowen5071 karate is not even the real name of the art....
I started to practice Long Fist some months ago... and I was a Shorin ryu Karate student, and sometimes, it seens like i'm still studying Karate...lol
Long Fist have Shaolin roots, right? Shorin, is a Japanese pronunciation of Shaolin, as far as I know, so, I never changed my style...
I love this man,his style of teaching &how he thinks & his moves are so smooth, he looks good
I'm very grateful that you brought Master Adam Hsu to TH-cam. Each time I watch these videos, I learn a little more. As I was taught, "come to class with a Child's Mind!" Each movement has a thousand secrets.
This old guys are full of wisdom!
I seem to recall that Adam Hsu lived and taught in Northern California for years. I've never seen him live but he always seemed to be in the Chinese Martial Arts magazines.
More Longfist from Master Hsu please, I want to hear more about it.
IYou will be happy to hear that I have just uploaded 3 exclusive unseen videos of Master Adam Hsu to my website. You can watch the videos by clicking the link below and subscribing to my site.
themartialman.com/members-only-videos/
Just found this channel. Gonna be one of my favourite from now on. Turned 40 this year. So my days as a muay thai fighter is over. So i fallen in love with traditional styles again.
I was all about kung fu back in the early 2000s. So this channel helps alot to get my mind back into "kung fu mode"
Thanks again. Keep the videos coming. 🙏
Frode Falch welcome on board 🙏 I can totally relate with you comments as I trained the traditional arts for many years before moving to Thailand and becoming a Muay Thai fighter. I did a full circle and returned back to training the traditional arts after finding out there is much more to these styles that I originally thought. It sounds like we have much in common 👍
@@THEMARTIALMAN yeah. Sound like we more or less had the same Journey. Keep up the good work. Peace and respect
Jedna Ruka! Vise od 50 godina vezbam i sad sam shvatio! Hvala!
☺☺☺☺
What a fantastic man this old guy is....relaxed /clear thinking/
And informative ...if I lived near him I would be happy to attend
His class
Good to see Adam Hsu again. I had dinner with him and Daniel Weng (of Bao Ding Shuai Jiao) in Cupertino, California about thirty years ago. I had heard he moved back to Taiwan.
Creighton Freeman I was attending that school a little while ago. It’s a great school.
Master Adam was speaking of fluidity in chinese method as apposed to other methods. Very insightful of how effeciant a movement is made of block and hit at the same time. I am sure your work is being appriciated. Nice job my friend. Mehran from San Diego.
"Brushing" is also useful to seize the opponent's balance. When you sink your elbow using your back muscles and apply a spiral force on your opponent's rigid arm, you will take his balance because he will feel pulled to the ground. It's very similar to the feeling that you get when someone pushes against a door with his strenght and then the door gets opened from someone on the other side: the one pushing loses its balance and goes straight to the ground.
It has also started to deflect an attack before the defenders optimal( maximum force) position has been reached.. effectively making it a quicker response whose precision can then be adjusted. It also keeps recruiting newer muscle fibres thus generating a graded controlled force .. effectively preventing overshooting and useless expense of energy. It also gives time to the defender to adjust his centre of gravity.. improving balance. And it provides tactile sensations and elicits conditioned reflexes when attacks are blindspotted or faster than the eye can see or brain can react to.. something hard touches could never condition a practiotioner to.
I just recently discovered your channel and thoroughly enjoyed your video with the Goju Ryu Master 🙏 thank you for posting such amazing content. Look forward to diving into what you already have in the channel and what else is yet to come! God bless 🙏👍
Wow I have several books of his from 20 yrs ago. Really great to see this!
He visto pocos Maestros con un gran espíritu como el Maestro y profesor ADAM HSU. Que Dios le siga Bendiciendo
I am so amazed off all of Kung Fu Masters, you have interviewed.They have been amazeing.
Matthew Joseph Marrero thank you. I'm working incredibly hard to find and interview Masters with real skill so that I can keep the standards high on my channel. I appreciate your comment and feedback 🙏
@@THEMARTIALMAN
Your archive is impressive.
You've interviwed Malaysian and Singaporean masters I've heard about but have never seen on video.
Thank you so much for documenting them ! 👍
What a cool guy. Super likable, practical and knowledgeable. His students are very lucky.
WizardOfAtlantis great comments 👍
Dragon Slayer..Wizards apprentice
Listening to this master talk n tell his stories is alot like how my master talks too. If u listen n absorb what they say, it really opens up ur eyes n u will start seeing things u never noticed before. U will look at things differently
yooo same bro
My grandmaster studied under Han Ching Tan as well. Thank you for this video.
Insightful and on point explanation by the master.
Now I understand why it's called "Long Fist".
It would be even better if there's a demonstration of Long Fist in real-time combat. :)
Baoqing Ye I'm happy you found it useful and it helped with your understanding. If you find a video of Long Fist being used in combat, send me the link. It would be interesting to see 👍🙏
@@THEMARTIALMAN oh ok 👍 (so far I've not found one yet haha)
One arm with two fists , law of Chang Chuan, Mr Adam Hsu is a great living legend, Honor and respect !! awesome knowledge !!!
cesarfsaenz great comment, Master Hsu is a living legend for sure
@@THEMARTIALMAN Honor and respect for you too, great work you do with this video, Adam Hsu is amazing, his knowledge is supreme, I am Cesar F. Saenz leader of the Green Dragon kung fu in Mexico and Latin America with 46 years of experience in study and research of Chinese martial art systems.
th-cam.com/video/W8rFL8u_yDk/w-d-xo.html
Keep up the good work and training 👍🙏
@@THEMARTIALMAN Bow.
Watching this you can see the origins of formal punching in Karate and Tae Kwon Do.
Wow. This guy has been a famous master (even in the west) for a long time! Great choice and great interview. Used to love training this style (as a foundation/first style before getting into the southern styles later on).
deadlypalms you're right, a very long time indeed. He's considered a Master and legend by many 🙏
Fine explanation & several new thoughts. Thank you, Si fu!
Once again, a very interesting video and another high-level master featured in your channel. This is my first time seeing Shifu Adam Hsu demonstrate applications on video although I have previously read quite of his articles and one of his books. If I were interested in learning Long First or bajiquan, he would be the teacher I would want to study under. Thank you Kieran for sharing this.
Thank you Jack Simmins. As always, I appreciate and look forward to reading your positive comments and feedback each time I upload a video 🙏
Great clip, Master Hsu is a legend. I would love to see a interview with him talking about bajiquan.
Fark Etmez there is additional unseen footage from this interview with Master Adam Hsu on my website. Including a video of him discussing Baijiquan and several other arts he has learnt.
themartialman.com/members-only-videos/
Lesson learn great interview.
He is v eloquent, but seems warm and humble too.
Thank you for the video, my friend!
Ушу, Чай и Китай you’re welcome, I hope you enjoyed it
His English is really good and his explanation is clear and interesting. Thanks very much for interviewing him! “One arm, two fists!”
My Shifu, Pan Qing Fu taught me some Long Fist many years ago when I was starting. He always said “hands never empty when going out and hands never empty empty going in.”
He also talked about block and attack at the same time. Now that Pan Qing Fu has passed away, it’s really nice to see this kind of similar wisdom from Adam Hsu. Reminds me of my Master!
Wow it's like seeing the father of shotokan karate in action! Thanks for the upload!
Thank you for this informative video. 20 years ago I got a lot of useful info about baguazhang from his videotape. The only issue sounding strange is "the most complete style" general statement.
This statement was explained further by Master Adam Hsu later on in the interview. The footage is available to watch in the member's section of my website.
themartialman.com/long-fist-長拳-is-the-most-complete-style-of-chinese-kung-fu-explained-by-master-adam-hsu/
Would love to see the two man sets.
And I've always wondered
longfist deals with short,
and vice versa.
Truly amazing. I wish I could train under master Adam Hsu.
I would like to learn long and short fist any chinese style of kung fu is deadly
Very clear explanation of principles. 👍🏻
A Baguazhang master would be great! Keep up the awesome work!
He Jinbao in the Yin Bagua lineage seems excellent.
This guy is so nice!
Thaank you so much. Amazing info
It would be great if you could interview Adam Hsu about his Chen taijiquan training under Du Yu Ze - a student of the 19th century Chen master Chen Yan Xi - the great grandfather of the current Chen village masters.
Elliot Vernon I have just uploaded an exclusive video of Master Adam Hsu explaining and demonstrating the applications of the movements found in the Chen Taiji form on my website.
If you subscribe to my site you can watch the full video in the members area. There are several exclusive videos of Adam Hsu available to watch there.
themartialman.com/chen-style-tai-chi-applications-demonstrated-by-master-adam-hsu/
Really interesting. Seems to me that long fist is the origin of karate and then some karate styles either lost the brushing or were influenced by the other shaolin hard styles, preferring to harden the arms and legs in order to be able to block hard. Fascinating
Nope! White Crane in its different variations have influenced thoroughly Goju Ryu, Shorin Ryu and even Uechi Ryu (which is deeply rooted in Pangai Noon, Dragon, Tiger and Crane styles). On the other hand, Chang Chuan (Long Fist) has a long tradition, considered an external style. Sifu Adam Hsu has a balanced profile as a martial artist on both side, the internal and external styles.
Interestingly enough, the next episode to be released was filmed in Okinawa with a 10th dan Goju Ryu Karate legend, so you will have the chance to learn more about Goju Ryu Karate 🙏
Kieren!!! Lovely as always!!! Always keep your beautiful style and your humility.
Buddhaditya Padhi I will try my best. Thank you 🙏
@@THEMARTIALMAN And we are with you🤗
Sifu Adam Hsu has more to show. Keep asking him questions!
kouryuken 👍
Master Hsu's first teacher Harn Chintong's daughter, Harn Linlin is still teaching in Cambridge, MA. She teaches only Taiji now, but her husband, Leung Kaichi, still teaches long fist.
EXCELLENT!!!
Sifu Adams knuckles are so flat. Our old Sifu Anthony Gohs hands are like that . Like small anvils . He taught a class on bone conditioning where he demonstrated on a tree out front . Very impressive, years of conditioning his hands forearms instep and shins made them solid like steel. He was always as calm and friendly as Sifu Adam but you’d always catch a glint in his eye when it was time for sparring or a proper match.A lesson from Sifu was never excessive but just enough force to help you understand how the technique actually worked and how important strength conditioning and practical practice was. It never got old seeing our older Sifu walk through the class join locking everyone. It wasn’t till I had it demonstrated on myself that I understood how much work needed to go into learning these techniques. These men are a wealth of knowledge.
Thank you Sifu!!❤
I took choi ley fut many years ago, and was told that the rear pulling arm is for power, and you can also pull the opponent lunge towards you as you punch, increasing the instability of his stance.
As soon as i saw "Long Fist" i got excited. One of the best styles of Kung Fu i think going back centuries really enjoyed this video. It would be great to have an episode with Taipei's "Monkey Fist Door" Kung Fu Master as he is located in Taipei also i believe.
PhilOfSilat I'm happy you enjoyed the video. Master Hsu is well trained in many arts, and in his opinion, Long First is the most complete style. It's an interesting martial art for sure.
I'm intrigued to know more about the ”Monkey fist door.” I will certainly investigate further when I return to Taipei later this year 🙏
The master I believe is actually from the middle east but is the 36th Generation inheritor of "Hou Quan Men" based in Taiwan.
PhilOfSilat now I understand. You are referring to teacher Al-Haroun. Thank you for the clarification.
Its also one of the oldest styles but also rare. Normaly you only find these modern Wushu forms.
@@THEMARTIALMAN You DEFINITELY need to make a video about him. I follow him on IG and believe he is one of the last real KF masters alive. PLEASE contact him.
That is exactly what Master Yang taught us years ago, it is a spiral like a bullet going through the barrel of a gun.
I like this old guy good pointers
Brushing works well for redirecting. In Southern styles the forearms are conditioned to hit and take hits. It depends on how you want to fight.
A boy named Sue ; )
nice video!
He is not as hard as master Susan
Excellent knowledge
Your goatee game is looking very strong. I approve!!
Matthew Magda 😂😁👍
I like how when he said I like Baji he put his hand in the classic Baji high elbow.
I would love to learn
That's my Ninja! Adam
Brushing not only protect oneself not getting hurt, but also be more sticky. It means hand stick to enemy’s hand to keep controlling and attempting to open up enemy’s defense.
If block or knock, one attack was prevented but enemy’s hand become free and ready for second attack. If sticky, one can keep controlling.
Arm coming back is same in karate. Only many high racking karateka have no idea why the hand comes back. Great Master's answer, as I thought itvwould be.
wow he is magnificent teacher
What was the name of the Asian music in the end of the video?
It's always nice to start with Long Fist alright. Totally agree with that as a Long Fist practicer myself. But if the teacher would let his students pay more attention to their foundation rather than just practice with those movements, it could be much better both for their health and their exercising results.
Thanks
@@delroydavis2058 Hope it may help.
@@nosomilulu7537 play
I like what he said, you don't a lot of techniques, but you're good.
and that's all that matter in a fight
Wow he’s very knowledgeable and likeable sifu. He has no ego and has nothing to prove. I took wushu for 2 years and was clueless on the practical aspect of long fist, they just told me to follow the moves without a breakdown and meaning behind each move. His Kung fu seems similar to wing chun as we don’t fight opponents arms which is called chasing hands. This video was very interesting。
WingChunBoyz it’s always refreshing when you find similarities in other arts 👌
How can I get in touch with this amazing master?
Danilo Barros Machado here is a link for Master Adam Hsu’s website.
www.adamhsu.com
Thanks!
Danilo Barros Machado you're welcome
Ever thought about doing an episode about Hung Gar style Kung Fu?
Thareldis yes, I’ve thought about it a lot. I hope to feature some Hung Gar on my channel in the future.
wonderful!
Gerardo Pinto thank you
You welcome. Thank you for shares so much knowledge and wisdom from all of those amazing masters. This channel is the best. And you do excellent job!
This is a treasure of knowledge.
Do you have a Baji interview? Also, did you notice that Master Hsu and Dr. Yang Jwing Ming share the same teacher?
Learn more about Master Adam Hsu by visiting his official website.
www.adamhsu.com
Great episode! I moved to HK almost 7 years ago to study Hung Kuen.
I have found that many Chinese Kungfu is all similar principle. Long Fist Boxing, Taiji Quan, eg are northern stlye, wingchun， Choy Li Fut ， Hung Gar eg are southern style, they are all similar principle. if people combine with western boxing, kickboxing will be the best.
@@philipzhong Agreed. They also have very important differences in terms of power generation but eventually end up in the same place!
I love your channel man....who would you say you were most impressed by? Maybe even a top 5?
I learn Hung Gar Kung fu and we did use a bit of hit as a defense tbh
Will there be a video of Northern mantis style
I have filmed several however I never released the footage publically. Finding a good teacher of northern mantis is not easy.
@@THEMARTIALMAN There is an Italian practitioner called Dante Basili, I'm no expert at all but he seems great!
Very important system of kung fu. And most northern kung fu schools usually have a foundation from long fist enjoyed that thanx
Thank you
@THEMARTIALMAN as far as you had a chance visit master Adan HSU and share the info about him. Maybe you could also share something about his students? Who are the ancestors of the master. Who I can contact for asking for training? Is there a chance to find someone who master Hsu taught ?
I used to study the Islamic Long Fist. I wish we had more classes, however When I get the time I do shadow fighting/ Boxing with whatever I still remember.
Pulling arm is called hikite in karate and used to traphands and such, basically you grab and pull, that can be lapel or anything
Will you interview The monkey Kung fu máster hisham haround there in Taiwan? Your Chanel Is great.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will certainly bear it in mind for the future when I return to Taiwan.
@@THEMARTIALMAN amazing
Notify me if you're ever returning to Taiwan to interview and learn about Baji Quan 八極拳 (eight extremities fist). I can be your guide.
themartialman@gmail.com
WHY CANT I FIND ANY VIDEOS OF BRUSHING IN A FULL CONTACT MATCH WTF
good video, the brushing technique is identical to some redirecting actions done with sword and just like he explains it's done so you don't hurt your arm same is true with the
blade not wanting to damage your edge. along with with also maintaining momentum to circle back for a counter cut
minnesotakungfu.com Yes you're right. It's also found in several of the cane / beggar stick systems I've studied. Great comment.
@@THEMARTIALMAN thanks and yeah I've seen it in done in kali stick and blade systems also so not limited to just kung fu either, funny was watching another one of your videos when saw this comment pop up : )
wow.....that's ....deep skill
Great episode. Thanks.
shorin011 thank you
Do an piece in dishu quan!
Kama Jiu-jitsu Dog boxing in an interesting style. I hope to feature it on my channel in the near future 👍
THERE ARE MASTERS AND THE BEST , MARTIAL ARTIST , IN THERE , 60s- 90s ..😎💖👍🙏🏾.....CAN , U SAY THAT IN KARATE 🥋 ...? .
Is this somehow related to northern shaolin's changquan?
Any plans about making a video about bajiquan?
Sure, in the future.
Come to Texas and interview Wang Zi Ping's Grandson
I get it now😀
That is not the reason why the hand goes back. That is a common misunderstanding which comes from ignorance, when we do not know the reason why we do someting we tend to invent it. If you use the hand in that way you are exposed to be counterattacked. The reason because it is done in that way is because you are training pulling and hitting at the same time, one hand punches, the otherone controls an arm.
I mean, someone could say that you are the one guilty of confabulating an answer. Who knows.
It's one arm... not two hands,
one stabilizing the other.
@@nickcarroll8565 But I did not invet it. I have learned it. In the other way you are exposed to be hit. Martial arts have thousands of years of evolution. I do not think that arts that were made for the war would have that kind of mistake.
from fencing verdadera destreza, it seems like brushing temporarily makes them lose control of the direction of their arm. if you block with a beat, they can always come back forcefully. but if you redirect them with a brush a little bit, they can't control their arm.