Fantastic I think anything that can be soft and hard depending on the situation can be superior to say boxing because in the real world sometimes you may need to just control an aggressive person without causing damage and ending up in trouble also I've often wondered what are the main differences between tiger and eagle claw kung fu
Thanks Sifu Paul & Sifu Kevin, I'm a big fan of Lau Kar-leung's films. They often feature Tiger Claw. I really appreciated learning more in this video. Stay well and all power to the people!
SIFU Paul dropping Jewels. I've always used Tiger Claw on the streets and it works but unfortunately idk the whole system. There are aspects to every Art you can use and add to your repertoire. WRESTLING to Tiger claw??? Pac & lap sao to Tiger Claw??? I use it naturally (JKD).
i love how the Sifu Paul uses English, but when things get fast he naturally starts throwing Cantonese terms in there. Even the sticky hands he casually tells Kevin to use more power in Canto. Whoever taught him must have been hardcore old school and Sifu Paul totally stuck with it. Love watching videos with him in it!
I also love that his English sounds like he has a Chinese accent. I see this with a lot of foreign sifus. It’s very endearing (when it’s not affected).
A lot of back pain, is due to injuries, from not having enough Back and Core strength. Get enough muscles to support your Spine... and it takes a LOT of pressure off of your Spine... and strengthens your structure + posture. You also want to add in Flexibility training, to keep the muscles from becoming TOO TIGHT. Because if your muscles are too tight... and they suddenly contract violently... they can easily Pull your bones out of Alignment. Good Kung Fu training, does help to develop your Core strength, and other Tendon and Tissue strengths. You also develop much greater bone and tissue Density... making everything more durable. My former Wing Chun school, had 2 hr long classes... and the entire first hour, was a hardcore Core exercise routine. A few stretches, followed by 3 sets of Slow-Motion Pushups (3 different kinds), followed by 3 sets of Crunches (3 Different kinds), followed by a 3 to 5 min session of: Slow motion leg circles + slow leg lifts + Extended "Hovers". A few partner leg stretches.. then For a cooldown, a 5 min silent meditation. Only after the workout was fully completed... Did the Sifu go into teaching Drills, Form work, Instructions, etc. But even then, we also had various hardcore exercises, randomly throughout our classes. Such as continually Chopping your Arms outwards to the sides (the retracting them in front of your chest), non-stop, at full speed, for a full 60 seconds (sounds easy, until you actually try it. 30 seconds in, and your arms are on fire. 45sec, and your speed is 20% of what you started out at... and you can barely hold your arms level / up. The last 15 sec, and you have to fight with all of your willpower, barely able to move.. and barely able to keep your burning arms up at all). Or doing a random set of Jumping Squats (cant recall the actual exercise name, where you kick your legs backwards, right after the squat hits the floor). Even then, there may be other endurance drills, such as doing 20 minute, non-stop, very fast, hand-drills (one person keeps punching, and the other uses non-stop Interceptions. You both switch roles at the 10 min marker.. but no breaks / rests, for the entire drill. Slow Motion form work, also Greatly strengthens you, and your Core. A lot of people question this stuff... But I tell them to try Slow Motion pushups, and see what happens: At least 7 seconds to go down, and 7 seconds Up.. for each one. Its a LOT more challenging. The concept is similar, when standing... but its just harder to grasp whats being challenged, until you try it for 1hr long sessions, and fully understand it. (one key, is that you need to relax your muscles, almost to the point where you are about to fall to the floor like a lump of jello. This puts even more strain, on your tendons, for example... and creates Super-Tendon strength... at a sort of Super-Human level. This process takes many months of consistent work, to get to that level)
@@johndough8115 Consistent training with the correct amount of perseverance leads to heights that truly are superhuman! But! Only if you combine the training of both body and mind! Yin and Yang ☯️ Everything in the universe strives for equilibrium! Thank you for sharing your experience 🙏🙇🏻
Interesting observation. I studied hung gar and also never had back pain. But I also played a lot of basketball in my life. Just being active is important.
@energyfitness5116 also because we stand in horse stance when we train, we develop strong legs, with our backs completely straight. In that stance, all of our weight gets equally distributed to our legs. Our back does very little work.
Traditional arts get a rough ride online these days, and for many good reasons usually. It's real nice to see someone, Kevin, exploring them seriously and with respect. Great series!
It only works if you practice! A skilled Fighter has a better chance in Combat than a Fighter who depends on strength only. I'm 67 MMA Instructor, have never had problems, taking care of Business.😉🥋☯️🇺🇸🪖💪@@christophervang9308
I used to train karate in the same dojo that had a separate Hung Gar kung fu club training. Those guys are 100% legit fighters. Great system used to love watching them train.
This is without a shadow of a doubt, THE best representation of Tiger Claw form Kung Fu! Mad respect and props to Shifu Koh and to you as well Shifu Lee for bringing this display of Tiger Claw form!! 🙏🙇🏻
Watching him move at the beginning you think “this won’t work”, and the moment he applies it against Kevin I am actively wincing. The focus on joint destruction alone; scary good and so deceptive. Great demonstration.
Like all of the other masters, instructors, and coaches you have shown, Sifu Paul has a wealth of knowledge but makes all of it seem so simple and effortless. Great demonstration of the Tiger Claw system. Saw some elements of Hung Kuen in that as well.
There's something great about the use of animal names when it comes to fighting . The advantage of visualizing . Say I take 2 students of the same exact skill level and separate them . I teach the first one a back kick , showing them how to chamber it properly and thrust it out and back etc , they'll learn a good kick. But if I take the second student and tell them to kick like a Mule , they are immediately going to visualize what they know about how a Mule kicks and emulate it . I likely won't even have to show them very much technique and it will be explosive and powerful. And it doesn't have to be animals of course , but finding the metaphors that best exemplify what you are trying to get across .
This is a great comment! I tried explaining this to someone before and i was having difficulties finding the right way to express myself, and here you just did it so well.
As a practitioners of Yee's Hung Ga. I enjoy seeing the style getting more and more recognition. Absolutely cool. Salute to you Kevin and Sifu Paul for this. Thank you ☯️
Beautifully demonstrated and explained by Sifu Paul Koh. You can see that it is in his body. You can tell by his movememnt that through his many years of studey it is internalised.
Amazing master, really proficient in his art, and able to demonstrate usable applications for this old traditional martial system, it's amazing to see! I'll definitely seek more info about this style!
Thanks for this video and highlighting the differences between wing chun. This was educational for me too, especially the connection to hun gar and the northern styles. Awesome stuff! Kung fu is a family ❤
This is the first style that I can really see similarities to my own Tibetan White Crane Kung Fu. You literally learn to connect every move with power so that you can overwhelm your opponent. Infinity ♾️. Very good stuff. Wish I lived on the East coast and not in Arizona so I could go visit. Keep spreading the knowledge!!!!
Sifu Paul is great. Highlighting the continuity of principles between different southern styles is very interesting and useful in understanding what is really important in fighting. Do Snake style next -- you'd have a great time seeing all the roots that Wing Chun has in Snake style.
Excellent video. I love fujowpai. He broke it down authentically. Very rare and valuable principles can be taught in the dynamic tension training. It's similar to hung gar, but there are key differences to that part of training that make the style unique. The ripping is the key takeway for me that makes this art hurt differently. Any techniques that involve a claw will be met with a rip or tear in the pulling action. Wresting and striking simultaneously like a tiger ripping into prey. Its the embodiement of the fighter tiger, and you always feel it later.
I really like this style, Sifu Paul is extraordinary, strong, very fluid, very beautiful pedagogy, I love his passion. He reminds me of Sifu Didier Bédard, Wing Chung teacher, 2 experienced teacher full of passion, fluid and very pedagogical. In Quebec in Canada we have the Ninjutsu teacher who is phenomenal with an impressive CV, his name is Bernard Grégoire, very competent.
Great content as usual, my teacher always said if you want to find the application of the internal watch the external arts,fantastic to see a Sifu with that level of knowledge and openness.
16:20 it’s like language, Shakespeare used the same words as everyone else, but to far greater effect. You are given the tools, but you choose how to use them.
Reminds me of some of the moves in various different systems. It's fascinating that when we reach a level of mastery, the systems all essentially become one. I also just have to laugh at people who say "that wouldn't work in MMA." Considering you aren't allowed to "break bridges" in MMA, I'm not surprised that a system designed to destroy an opponent's bridges and kill them doesn't work in a sport where killing is prohibited. I really enjoy the flow and the long arm strikes in this system. It's great how all the strikes are palm strikes that culminate in that dynamic tension ripping, so you aren't actually hitting with the fingers.
Really cool video! I have seen many styles, but are mostly study the Japanese systems. I think this was my first actual video or demo I have seen of Tiger style and it was so cool. A lot of similarities from other systems with very similar nuances.
Omg no one and I mean no one teaches like this Sifu. My goodness he is detailed with strikes and grapples in his form. I do chen Taiji with a traditional teacher and it's nothing as brutal as this 😮
One of the ways you can tell an expert teacher is how they pause to find something the student will connect with and the application to bridge the gap.
Interesting that the opening movements of the form have Lohan components, I guess that comes from the Chi cultivation sets: Gathering, Dispersing, Raising, Lowering, Entering, and Exiting. All of these principles resonate well with modern connective tissue strengthening and isotonic movements
This sifu is for real! Not much fan of southern styles but this hong quan is marvelous and sifu Paul is excelent. I'm actually beggining my training in northern style Tang lang quan from wutan but this sifu is amazing
I studied hung gar. When this sifu sat down into horse stance, I was like, holy shit that is a wide stance! I don't think I have ever seen anyone that tall do horse stance! I really liked his tiger claw moves and humility towards the system. I agree, one system is not superior to another. It's all about what the practitioner does with the system. For example, Bruce Lee studied wing chung, then he took his favorite parts of it and developed jeet kun do with them.
Thank you for showing this. I learned a little bit of Tiger in Hung Gar, but I am learning a deeper level of skill of Tiger through Ghor Cho (5 Ancestor Fist). Respect.
Excellent video, Kevin. I’m a practitioner of the Northern Praying Mantis for about 12 years. Could you show us in a video how any of these styles could be useful when you’re fighting in a real combative situation with somebody a lot bigger like a boxer
Sifu Paul is very skilled and totally understands the hung gar system and knows how to apply it in a practical situation. Some Chinese king fu teacher only knows the theory, but would not be able to translate it to an effective art for self defence. You don’t want to challenge him in a real fight unless you are a well skilled fighter yourself.
Thank you Sir... I've been studying Fu Jow Pai Tiger Claw Kung Fu and Hung Gar for over 45 years. Traditional Kung Fu is very well suited for combat, but it always is up to the practitioner 🙏
Am I imagining it or does Sifu Paul have a slight canto accent when he instructs? Like I kind of imagine his instructor sounded a lot like that and years of having that voice drilled into him made him speak in a similar cadence
Would love to hear Kevin Lee speaks Guandongwah someday. All these while I thought he's from Taiwan. And most Taiwanese don't know how to speak Guandongwah
@KevinLeeVlog so did I. I'm Malaysian. The Chinese in the capital city where I grew up all spoke Guandong. The north speaks Hokkien and the rest speaks Mandarin. Love all your videos, man!
Very good Explanation and inside to the Tiger Claw System. Quan Fa/Kuen Fat has many aspects that only few Masters,Fighters can apply in a real fight. There is a saying "flowery fists and embroidery kicks" , many practise the martial arts only for show and don°t lern the hole system . Greetings from Germany
my father show me this as well. but mostly modern practitioner who work in law enforcement using this style for apprehending criminals it really effective.
i suppose the only ones using kung fu mostly are criminals or law enforcement. If you go for Kevins lineage you gonna find a lot of police officers too, have a look at Sifu Jiu Wan where Francis Fong learned
@@KevinLeeVlog There certainly is, especially when you consider the ancient trade routes between Asia and Southeast Asia. For instance, there are strong historical ties between China, the Phillipines, and other countries in the region. Just as we see connections between FMA and Borneo's Kuntao, these influences extend throughout the Nusantara archipelago, with Silat. Silat itself also somehow shares links with Muay Boran, likely shaped by the numerous wars with the Thai empire... This could explain why we see similarities in techniques (e.g., the tiger-hand striike) and principes (e.g., the Gelek or pivot and torsion of the hips). That said, being humans, we're all working with just 2 hands and 2 legs, so some convergences are inevitable. At high level, I've even seen Karate Shotokan Karate sensei apply movements that closely resemble Silat, like shifting away from the center line. Between India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia, it's almost certain that influences have been exchanged. And when you see how Japanese Karate incorporated the French Savate kicks to Okinawa's Karate, largely because European trends were in vogue at the time... There's certainly much more at play there than we often realize.
Very good Hung Gar Sifu. Explained the applications without any hold backs. Impressed by his Cantonese and a Sifu with New York accent. 😃 Is he from the linkage of Master Yee in NYC ?
Would love to see you "cross hands" with Iain Abernethy and see his approach to karate kata bunkai and applications. Think you'd find some commonalities with wing chun and other martial arts and share some great ideas.
Since you unlisted, did you see jeff chans video Sparring 'THOR', Former Bellator Contender (breakdown)? Have a look and see if techniques seem familiar
Thanks for watching! What do you think of Tiger Claw?
Fantastic I think anything that can be soft and hard depending on the situation can be superior to say boxing because in the real world sometimes you may need to just control an aggressive person without causing damage and ending up in trouble also I've often wondered what are the main differences between tiger and eagle claw kung fu
Thanks Sifu Paul & Sifu Kevin,
I'm a big fan of Lau Kar-leung's films. They often feature Tiger Claw.
I really appreciated learning more in this video.
Stay well and all power to the people!
Interesting ...
Here in sumatera barat, Indonesia there is silat called silat harimau.
Same name but different move
Excellent system.
SIFU Paul dropping Jewels. I've always used Tiger Claw on the streets and it works but unfortunately idk the whole system. There are aspects to every Art you can use and add to your repertoire. WRESTLING to Tiger claw??? Pac & lap sao to Tiger Claw??? I use it naturally (JKD).
i love how the Sifu Paul uses English, but when things get fast he naturally starts throwing Cantonese terms in there. Even the sticky hands he casually tells Kevin to use more power in Canto. Whoever taught him must have been hardcore old school and Sifu Paul totally stuck with it. Love watching videos with him in it!
Me 2😊😊😊
I also love that his English sounds like he has a Chinese accent. I see this with a lot of foreign sifus. It’s very endearing (when it’s not affected).
This man even speaks English with a Canto accent lol. You love to see it.
Excellent teacher. Love to see similarities of different arts not only in Chinese kung fu. Much respect!
This man moves like he never had back pain in his entire life. Kung Fu really keeps you young
A lot of back pain, is due to injuries, from not having enough Back and Core strength. Get enough muscles to support your Spine... and it takes a LOT of pressure off of your Spine... and strengthens your structure + posture. You also want to add in Flexibility training, to keep the muscles from becoming TOO TIGHT. Because if your muscles are too tight... and they suddenly contract violently... they can easily Pull your bones out of Alignment.
Good Kung Fu training, does help to develop your Core strength, and other Tendon and Tissue strengths. You also develop much greater bone and tissue Density... making everything more durable.
My former Wing Chun school, had 2 hr long classes... and the entire first hour, was a hardcore Core exercise routine. A few stretches, followed by 3 sets of Slow-Motion Pushups (3 different kinds), followed by 3 sets of Crunches (3 Different kinds), followed by a 3 to 5 min session of: Slow motion leg circles + slow leg lifts + Extended "Hovers". A few partner leg stretches.. then For a cooldown, a 5 min silent meditation.
Only after the workout was fully completed... Did the Sifu go into teaching Drills, Form work, Instructions, etc. But even then, we also had various hardcore exercises, randomly throughout our classes. Such as continually Chopping your Arms outwards to the sides (the retracting them in front of your chest), non-stop, at full speed, for a full 60 seconds (sounds easy, until you actually try it. 30 seconds in, and your arms are on fire. 45sec, and your speed is 20% of what you started out at... and you can barely hold your arms level / up. The last 15 sec, and you have to fight with all of your willpower, barely able to move.. and barely able to keep your burning arms up at all). Or doing a random set of Jumping Squats (cant recall the actual exercise name, where you kick your legs backwards, right after the squat hits the floor).
Even then, there may be other endurance drills, such as doing 20 minute, non-stop, very fast, hand-drills (one person keeps punching, and the other uses non-stop Interceptions. You both switch roles at the 10 min marker.. but no breaks / rests, for the entire drill.
Slow Motion form work, also Greatly strengthens you, and your Core. A lot of people question this stuff... But I tell them to try Slow Motion pushups, and see what happens: At least 7 seconds to go down, and 7 seconds Up.. for each one. Its a LOT more challenging. The concept is similar, when standing... but its just harder to grasp whats being challenged, until you try it for 1hr long sessions, and fully understand it. (one key, is that you need to relax your muscles, almost to the point where you are about to fall to the floor like a lump of jello. This puts even more strain, on your tendons, for example... and creates Super-Tendon strength... at a sort of Super-Human level. This process takes many months of consistent work, to get to that level)
@@johndough8115
Consistent training with the correct amount of perseverance leads to heights that truly are superhuman!
But!
Only if you combine the training of both body and mind!
Yin and Yang ☯️
Everything in the universe strives for equilibrium!
Thank you for sharing your experience 🙏🙇🏻
Interesting observation. I studied hung gar and also never had back pain. But I also played a lot of basketball in my life. Just being active is important.
Because they move their hips and legs full range of motion. Strong mobile hips takes the strain off the spine.
@energyfitness5116 also because we stand in horse stance when we train, we develop strong legs, with our backs completely straight. In that stance, all of our weight gets equally distributed to our legs. Our back does very little work.
Traditional arts get a rough ride online these days, and for many good reasons usually. It's real nice to see someone, Kevin, exploring them seriously and with respect. Great series!
Because it doesn’t work.
It only works if you practice! A skilled Fighter has a better chance in Combat than a Fighter who depends on strength only. I'm 67 MMA Instructor, have never had problems, taking care of Business.😉🥋☯️🇺🇸🪖💪@@christophervang9308
Master P.🙏🥋☯️
Sifu paul looks like an excellent teacher. He clearly knows his stuff and is very passionate about sharing his knowledge. What a cool human
He is a great teacher!!
I used to train karate in the same dojo that had a separate Hung Gar kung fu club training. Those guys are 100% legit fighters. Great system used to love watching them train.
You never thought of moving over to the Hung ghar Club? (Why not?)
This is without a shadow of a doubt, THE best representation of Tiger Claw form Kung Fu!
Mad respect and props to Shifu Koh and to you as well Shifu Lee for bringing this display of Tiger Claw form!!
🙏🙇🏻
"He's a good partner." What a nice complement. I totally agree. That's you in all your vids.
Thank you!!!
Watching him move at the beginning you think “this won’t work”, and the moment he applies it against Kevin I am actively wincing. The focus on joint destruction alone; scary good and so deceptive. Great demonstration.
Yup. Karate Kata are the same way
Like all of the other masters, instructors, and coaches you have shown, Sifu Paul has a wealth of knowledge but makes all of it seem so simple and effortless. Great demonstration of the Tiger Claw system. Saw some elements of Hung Kuen in that as well.
Fantastic display of a kung fu style, very fluent and you can feel the forces working even by watching.
There's something great about the use of animal names when it comes to fighting . The advantage of visualizing . Say I take 2 students of the same exact skill level and separate them . I teach the first one a back kick , showing them how to chamber it properly and thrust it out and back etc , they'll learn a good kick. But if I take the second student and tell them to kick like a Mule , they are immediately going to visualize what they know about how a Mule kicks and emulate it . I likely won't even have to show them very much technique and it will be explosive and powerful. And it doesn't have to be animals of course , but finding the metaphors that best exemplify what you are trying to get across .
You're a bloody genius man!
Thanks for making that connection!
I rely very heavily on visualization when thinking, so thank you very much for that! 😄🙏
Now you get it,that is Chinese martial arts in nutshell
This is a great comment! I tried explaining this to someone before and i was having difficulties finding the right way to express myself, and here you just did it so well.
You are completely right. A stronger visualisation we get for something the better we understand it.
@@MarkusMöttus-x7j Certainly not my original thought , the old founders knew what they were doing .
this sifu is great! i can listen to his philosophies all day
As a practitioners of Yee's Hung Ga. I enjoy seeing the style getting more and more recognition. Absolutely cool. Salute to you Kevin and Sifu Paul for this. Thank you ☯️
海幢寺黑虎門虎爪派
Thank you... Fu Jow Pai Tiger Claw Kung Fu
Great video, Kevin! As always, I admire your humility and willingness to learn from what the sifu explains!! Best regards from Argentina
Beautifully demonstrated and explained by Sifu Paul Koh. You can see that it is in his body. You can tell by his movememnt that through his many years of studey it is internalised.
What a great knowledgeable instructor Sifu Paul is, wow! Great video Sifu Kevin!
Thank you for watching!!
SUCH A VIDEO, HIGH QUALITY TEACHINGS, THANK YOU TWO GUYS.
Great video Kevin and great Sifu.
Amazing master, really proficient in his art, and able to demonstrate usable applications for this old traditional martial system, it's amazing to see! I'll definitely seek more info about this style!
Kevin has the Best Channel On exploring Chinese Kung Fu Systems. Really enjoyed this Video Sifu Kevin, Thank You.
Thanks for this video and highlighting the differences between wing chun. This was educational for me too, especially the connection to hun gar and the northern styles. Awesome stuff!
Kung fu is a family ❤
This is the first style that I can really see similarities to my own Tibetan White Crane Kung Fu. You literally learn to connect every move with power so that you can overwhelm your opponent. Infinity ♾️. Very good stuff. Wish I lived on the East coast and not in Arizona so I could go visit. Keep spreading the knowledge!!!!
Sifu Paul is great. Highlighting the continuity of principles between different southern styles is very interesting and useful in understanding what is really important in fighting.
Do Snake style next -- you'd have a great time seeing all the roots that Wing Chun has in Snake style.
Thanks so much for bringing him back!
Kevin Lee is on his best arc ever. These videos have been absolute fire.
Please help me to share these!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Excellent video. I love fujowpai. He broke it down authentically. Very rare and valuable principles can be taught in the dynamic tension training. It's similar to hung gar, but there are key differences to that part of training that make the style unique. The ripping is the key takeway for me that makes this art hurt differently. Any techniques that involve a claw will be met with a rip or tear in the pulling action. Wresting and striking simultaneously like a tiger ripping into prey. Its the embodiement of the fighter tiger, and you always feel it later.
I really like this style, Sifu Paul is extraordinary, strong, very fluid, very beautiful pedagogy, I love his passion. He reminds me of Sifu Didier Bédard, Wing Chung teacher, 2 experienced teacher full of passion, fluid and very pedagogical. In Quebec in Canada we have the Ninjutsu teacher who is phenomenal with an impressive CV, his name is Bernard Grégoire, very competent.
Captivating! Seems like a well rounded system. Very smooth.
Paul Koh is a real master. And his tiger style is an effective fighting system. Forms come to life in his hands..
Great content as usual, my teacher always said if you want to find the application of the internal watch the external arts,fantastic to see a Sifu with that level of knowledge and openness.
So many great examples shown here by my Sifu Paul Koh.
Kevin, you’re such a great student, you’re humble and you maximize your learning from every encounter. Respect. 🙇♂️
Great to see Sifu Paul demo Tiger Internal Soft techniques and Qigong with applications!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Killing it with your content recently, love watching this master move, he is great.
Beautiful applications .. I really like the way he incorporates the application in such a realistic way!
Awesome Kevin! Loved seeing more of Sifu Koh!
Please help me to share it!!
This is real Chinese kung fu! And it's great to see thank you Kevin
Thank you both
The Tiger Claw is considered a very deadly technique in Fu Jow Pai.
Thank you, Sifu really enjoyed training with you.💛
That’s really cool. Thank you so much for showing and sharing that beautiful art. 👍
16:20 it’s like language, Shakespeare used the same words as everyone else, but to far greater effect. You are given the tools, but you choose how to use them.
I am pretty sure Shakespeare literally made up lots of words
@ all words were made up by someone the first time.
Was surprised it had high kicks. But another great insight into this beautiful system.
Reminds me of some of the moves in various different systems. It's fascinating that when we reach a level of mastery, the systems all essentially become one. I also just have to laugh at people who say "that wouldn't work in MMA." Considering you aren't allowed to "break bridges" in MMA, I'm not surprised that a system designed to destroy an opponent's bridges and kill them doesn't work in a sport where killing is prohibited. I really enjoy the flow and the long arm strikes in this system. It's great how all the strikes are palm strikes that culminate in that dynamic tension ripping, so you aren't actually hitting with the fingers.
Same with San Soo they teach how to attack the eyes throat pull hair etc.
Thank you both❣️🙏☺️ Very good demonstration!
Really cool video! I have seen many styles, but are mostly study the Japanese systems. I think this was my first actual video or demo I have seen of Tiger style and it was so cool. A lot of similarities from other systems with very similar nuances.
Omg no one and I mean no one teaches like this Sifu. My goodness he is detailed with strikes and grapples in his form. I do chen Taiji with a traditional teacher and it's nothing as brutal as this 😮
One of the ways you can tell an expert teacher is how they pause to find something the student will connect with and the application to bridge the gap.
@turbopowergt lol he gave a million possibilities, you won't get out alive. There were like 3 moves ahead with every opening I thought I had 😆
Love it!I wish we could have here a Hung Gar sifu! Paul is a great one sifu how he explains it with example moves!
He is amazing!!
Interesting that the opening movements of the form have Lohan components, I guess that comes from the Chi cultivation sets: Gathering, Dispersing, Raising, Lowering, Entering, and Exiting. All of these principles resonate well with modern connective tissue strengthening and isotonic movements
I learned a little bit of this type of GongFu I wish I had continued to pursue it It is very practical
This sifu is for real! Not much fan of southern styles but this hong quan is marvelous and sifu Paul is excelent. I'm actually beggining my training in northern style Tang lang quan from wutan but this sifu is amazing
Thank you for the video. For what we can see, this is nice, quality, Tiger Claw.
Thanks Kevin great content
Tiger claw is so beautiful deadly and yet so healthy to practice. ❤️
I really like how this sifu uses cantonese casually
I studied hung gar. When this sifu sat down into horse stance, I was like, holy shit that is a wide stance! I don't think I have ever seen anyone that tall do horse stance! I really liked his tiger claw moves and humility towards the system. I agree, one system is not superior to another. It's all about what the practitioner does with the system. For example, Bruce Lee studied wing chung, then he took his favorite parts of it and developed jeet kun do with them.
If possible can you ask him to show exercises to develop strenght and power, specially in the fingers.
He is kinda jacked.
Look up Chinese strength exercises muscle tendon change
Check out Master Koh's Eight Diagram Tiger Claw Matching Set book which contains a lot of these exercises.
This is such a beautiful art! Thanks for sharing this gem 🫶
Thank you for showing this. I learned a little bit of Tiger in Hung Gar, but I am learning a deeper level of skill of Tiger through Ghor Cho (5 Ancestor Fist). Respect.
I luv that "FOCK-IN" energy! at the last minute
😃 🔥👊🏼🔥
You can tell how skilled he is
Excellent video, Kevin. I’m a practitioner of the Northern Praying Mantis for about 12 years. Could you show us in a video how any of these styles could be useful when you’re fighting in a real combative situation with somebody a lot bigger like a boxer
Sifu Paul is very skilled and totally understands the hung gar system and knows how to apply it in a practical situation. Some Chinese king fu teacher only knows the theory, but would not be able to translate it to an effective art for self defence. You don’t want to challenge him in a real fight unless you are a well skilled fighter yourself.
Thank you Sir... I've been studying Fu Jow Pai Tiger Claw Kung Fu and Hung Gar for over 45 years. Traditional Kung Fu is very well suited for combat, but it always is up to the practitioner 🙏
Does sifu paul have a youtube channel? If not please someone tell him to make one. He’s fantastic at demonstrating and explaining
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this very informative thank you very much this sifu is very fascinating
proper gong fu. Amazing!!!
Am I imagining it or does Sifu Paul have a slight canto accent when he instructs? Like I kind of imagine his instructor sounded a lot like that and years of having that voice drilled into him made him speak in a similar cadence
actually he straight up speaks cantonese that's so impressive
Correct on both counts. My Sifu taught us in Cantonese and growing up in Chinatown NYC since my teenage years influenced it 😊@@morganmok4024
Would love to hear Kevin Lee speaks Guandongwah someday. All these while I thought he's from Taiwan. And most Taiwanese don't know how to speak Guandongwah
I am Taiwanese but I grew up watching Cantonese movies. So my Cantonese is self taught 😂😂
@KevinLeeVlog so did I. I'm Malaysian. The Chinese in the capital city where I grew up all spoke Guandong. The north speaks Hokkien and the rest speaks Mandarin. Love all your videos, man!
Amazing!!!!!!
@@MMAShredded thanks bro!!!
Very good Explanation and inside to the Tiger Claw System.
Quan Fa/Kuen Fat has many aspects that only few Masters,Fighters can apply in a real fight.
There is a saying "flowery fists and embroidery kicks" , many practise the martial arts only for show and don°t lern the hole system .
Greetings from Germany
"The rippin' & the tearin' " - just flooded my brain with the most nostalgic meme ever - thank you 😅
I think i can hear Cantonese twang in his english at times?! Am i imagining this?
Opposite of a twinkie lol
Nope, he speaks fluent canto so some of it must have rubbed off into his English.
I can see the similarities with the aggression to the Wing Chun with this style wanting to get in and cause dammage
Wing chun is watered down Snake and Crane style. Snake is very get in and cause damage.
Some people count Wing Chun as part of Fujian White Crane, there was supposed to be a snake and crane kata where wing chun shall have been originated
That Fujian white crane connection might explain why kevin found similiarities with jesse enkamps karate and wing chun
my father show me this as well. but mostly modern practitioner who work in law enforcement using this style for apprehending criminals it really effective.
i suppose the only ones using kung fu mostly are criminals or law enforcement. If you go for Kevins lineage you gonna find a lot of police officers too, have a look at Sifu Jiu Wan where Francis Fong learned
I have always enjoyed watching this form
Very nice.
There are a few things in there I also see in some (Pencak) Silat styles too.
I am sure there is a connection between all of them!
@@KevinLeeVlog There certainly is, especially when you consider the ancient trade routes between Asia and Southeast Asia.
For instance, there are strong historical ties between China, the Phillipines, and other countries in the region. Just as we see connections between FMA and Borneo's Kuntao, these influences extend throughout the Nusantara archipelago, with Silat. Silat itself also somehow shares links with Muay Boran, likely shaped by the numerous wars with the Thai empire...
This could explain why we see similarities in techniques (e.g., the tiger-hand striike) and principes (e.g., the Gelek or pivot and torsion of the hips).
That said, being humans, we're all working with just 2 hands and 2 legs, so some convergences are inevitable. At high level, I've even seen Karate Shotokan Karate sensei apply movements that closely resemble Silat, like shifting away from the center line.
Between India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia, it's almost certain that influences have been exchanged.
And when you see how Japanese Karate incorporated the French Savate kicks to Okinawa's Karate, largely because European trends were in vogue at the time... There's certainly much more at play there than we often realize.
I remember learning about this style YEARS ago
Thanks tiger is my fav❤
Very good Hung Gar Sifu. Explained the applications without any hold backs. Impressed by his Cantonese and a Sifu with New York accent. 😃 Is he from the linkage of Master Yee in NYC ?
Fu Jow Pai Tiger Claw Kung Fu... from lineage of Grandmaster Wai Hong and Master Tak Wah Eng..
There are schools in NYC that are from Master Yee's lineage.
Should Add 8 Step Repying Mantis to this great series. Many masters to choose from in the US. Great video as always. I do enjoy these.
great stuff❤
I love his energy 💯💪💪
Awesome - great to see real Gung Fu 🙏
Top stuff!
❤ tiger 🐅
A true master of his craft
love it when he speak cantonese, love it😍
i remember this one, the demo years ago in the same event with pak hok pai, ying jow pai, and chow ga tong long pai
Heaven man earth is the most important piece of the form. Without it, you're practicing nothing. Just for him mentioning it, he's the real deal.
interesting.......where is this place?
Chinatown NY
Next: Pak Mei/ Bak Mei/Pai Mei (White Eyebrows) Kung Fu pls?
Would love to see you "cross hands" with Iain Abernethy and see his approach to karate kata bunkai and applications. Think you'd find some commonalities with wing chun and other martial arts and share some great ideas.
Since you unlisted, did you see jeff chans video Sparring 'THOR', Former Bellator Contender (breakdown)? Have a look and see if techniques seem familiar
I haven’t, but I will check it out!
oooooooooh i been waiting for this episode.
洪拳 this is real king fu
海幢寺黑虎門虎爪派
@@sifupaulkohok 黑虎爪门派 你是师傅本人吗
We are all brothers through our hands.
Sift Paul is great!
Quality content
Thank you