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What a good episode, I also wanted to add that the historical plot that the master tells is very enriching and beautiful great contribution to the history of martial arts in southern China
You can see Jesse is happy to have found kobudo old like weapons in China. Btw, great job Will, out of the 3 major "regions" of kungfu, Fujian is the least known and understood. 90% of kungfu in the west comes from Guangdong or the north (specially Shandong).
One of the best interviews I’ve ever seen in my life, great history, and powerful technique from this Master. I’ve never seen anyone so skilled with the tonfa aside from Master Fumio Demura of Japan. Master Zhang Xiao Feng needs to write a book (or several) for the benefit of preserving the martial arts. I will search for this Master and see what other information we can obtain.
Master Zhang is awesome. We can hear his Fa Jin at 4:40 in his gun shou. Very nice guy. Thanx for sharing this, also the history at the end was very interesting
Love Karate Nerd! If you want to explore Five Ancestors Fist, I invite you to come over to Kunming in Yunnan Province, China and meet My 74-year-old master: Mr. Su En-dai, who is originally also from Quan Zhou. You would see many interesting things that could surprise you about "Wu Zu Quan".
Holding a bo or kon at 3rds is for beginners. This guy is on the money. If this style is part of what Matsumura learnt, It explains why he was fast and complained that his student Itosu was slow. Itosu’s style is powerful. That upward kicking motion or takedown from the ground is also seen in karate kata. Very interesting.
Brilliant episode full of little gems of information and history. I’m living in Hong Kong studying some styles of Hakka kung fu.. would be great for you to approach some of the souther style sifu in guandong and hk !
Monkey Steals Peach I’m scared to death about the thought of flying lol. I even have nightmares about being in plane crashes or being somehow stuck in another country and can only get home by getting on a flight.
Following Senpai Jesse I saw your channel, you got a new suscriber.😊what a great content, thank you very much. How much did it take you to speak fluent mandarin?
Hi, welcome to the channel! I’ve been speaking Chinese for about 12 years, it took me about 3 months to be able to use it to get around and maybe a year to be able to converse.
Cool! I've been looking for a video of someone using a Chinese shield. Supposedly it was the best way to take out someone using a Tiger Fork...but who knows.
Please give me the link of the video about luohan kung fu. Because I haven't seen luohan kung fu yet. Even I don't know luohan kung fu is the part of which shaolin kung fu. I mean is luohan kung fu northern shakib kung fu or southern shaolin kung fu . Please reply me when you can.
The episode is currently available to watch on my patreon: patreon.com/monkeystealspeach There is both northern and southern Luohan, both are totally unrelated styles.
I would not say that Taizu is the basis of Wuzuquan. Perhaps Master Zhang said that. It's not what I was taught but then I am from a different lineage and it's all oral history in the end. The late Master Chee Kim Thong explained to us that Wuzuquan was formed because the Southern Temple (not sure which one, since it does not exist now) felt that too many skills were being lost as monks left the temple. So they called a conference bring people back and consolidate their skills into a single system. Not everything is compatible but they took what was compatible and formed Wuzuquan (Ngorchorkune). Thus they combined (very, very briefly): - Luohan for posture and power generation from the core. - Taizu for precision in movement and hardness that appears soft. - White Crane for hand techniques. - Monkey for footwork. - Datmo for breathing and internal development (nothing esoteric here - I'm talking maximising oxygen load in the blood, core strength, tendon development, connective tissue, etc). It's not that what each system contributed was lacking in the others but that it had developed it to a particularly high level. Master Chee also talked of a character he referred to as "The Lady in the Green Dress" who added fluidity and further softness to Wuzuquan after it was formed. However, I did not see this in Wuzuquan as it is practised today in Quanzhou, so perhaps this happened only in one branch of Wuzuquan, of which there seem to be several.
Interesting, thanks for sharing! You should check out my podcast interview with Russ Smith where I asked him a lot of questions about this topic. I’m more focused on northern styles, so I interviewed him to get some clarification on what I experienced in Fujian
I just clocked a quick look at Russ Smith doing a form. He seems to be from the school in the Philippines. They do Wuzuquan with a very different emphasis to the Chee Kim Thong school. I believe they also have a very different version of the origins of the system, not that this has any bearing on a practitioner's ability.
Monkey Steal Peach. I suggest nect time you can go search about Hakka kungfu, the bai mei, long xing(dragon form), zhu jia jiao, dong jiang zhou family mantis.(hong kong) And the Wu mei in Malaysia., as well as Malaysia penang zhu jia and others kungfu. Now adays youngster especially chinese young one doesn't even wanna learn or respect the traditional art. Ita very sad for me
That was such a surprise to see the Karate truncheon in this kung fu school as I thought it was a Japanese innovation that came from fighting with a chair leg! On Jese's site he reckons Karate used to mean 'Chinese Hand,' and the rulers changed it to claim it's origin as Japanese. This only lends some substance to his claims! X
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What a good episode, I also wanted to add that the historical plot that the master tells is very enriching and beautiful great contribution to the history of martial arts in southern China
Thanks! Its nice to hear straight from the source!
You can see Jesse is happy to have found kobudo old like weapons in China. Btw, great job Will, out of the 3 major "regions" of kungfu, Fujian is the least known and understood. 90% of kungfu in the west comes from Guangdong or the north (specially Shandong).
There’s a lot still to be explored in Fujian, particularly if we go more remote
Okinawan karate mostly derived from Fujian. Not Guandong. Guandong MA mostly came from the Southern Shaolin Temple in FUJIAN.
Nobody said Okinawan Karate came from Guangdong. Perhaps you misheard or misread something
@@MonkeyStealsPeach Some unkown triad styles would be realy amazing!
Nice to see him differentiate what we know as real history vs fairy tales that became so popular these days
One of the best interviews I’ve ever seen in my life, great history, and powerful technique from this Master. I’ve never seen anyone so skilled with the tonfa aside from Master Fumio Demura of Japan. Master Zhang Xiao Feng needs to write a book (or several) for the benefit of preserving the martial arts. I will search for this Master and see what other information we can obtain.
that history lesson was very insightful. thank you
My Sugong studied Five Ancestors as a child before learning Shaolin from our Cho Si, Seh Koh San.
Hopefully, I'll get to study it in China one day
Master Zhang is awesome. We can hear his Fa Jin at 4:40 in his gun shou. Very nice guy. Thanx for sharing this, also the history at the end was very interesting
Love Karate Nerd!
If you want to explore Five Ancestors Fist, I invite you to come over to Kunming in Yunnan Province, China and meet My 74-year-old master: Mr. Su En-dai, who is originally also from Quan Zhou. You would see many interesting things that could surprise you about "Wu Zu Quan".
Holding a bo or kon at 3rds is for beginners. This guy is on the money. If this style is part of what Matsumura learnt, It explains why he was fast and complained that his student Itosu was slow. Itosu’s style is powerful. That upward kicking motion or takedown from the ground is also seen in karate kata. Very interesting.
This episode is the good one. Thanks for the dedication on Taizu into White Crane. Respect 👍
Awesome episode! What an incredible master and a fantastic weapons collection. I’ll have to look him up the next time in near Fuzhou.
Whoa, I really enjoyed watching that! Best episode yet.
Brilliant episode full of little gems of information and history. I’m living in Hong Kong studying some styles of Hakka kung fu.. would be great for you to approach some of the souther style sifu in guandong and hk !
That sounds really interesting. Feel free to send a message to me oh my Facebook page, Id love to know more
Impressive. Practical too compared to other chinese styles.
Thank you very much for sharing your journey with us. I love seeing all the different people, styles, and stories.
And thanks for watching!
Excellent video
I can tell there are some similarities between karate and martial arts of southern China
Thank you for sharing this cheers
Thank you for the interesting Master story! Thank you from Russia. 🌺🔝🛐
I screamed a little when he was just swinging that sword like it were a practice session. Mastery
Fascinating! Subscribed!
Is that a weapon called Sai which is used in Okinakan Kobudo
Similar with Okinawan weapon techniques. ❤️
Bhuban Mohan Dutta Okinawan （liuqiu）karate origin culture come form ming and qing dynasty。
@@砕片 thanks for your informatin. Xie xie
太棒了，谢谢分享，很珍贵的影像
The man is an expert.
Will, You have made me so jealous, but I love your videos anyway. Thank you for showing us all of these treasures. Stay safe and healthy my friend.
Thanks so much! You could always come out here too.... its only a flight away
Monkey Steals Peach I’m scared to death about the thought of flying lol. I even have nightmares about being in plane crashes or being somehow stuck in another country and can only get home by getting on a flight.
Lol. Its the safest mode of transport out there
Following Senpai Jesse I saw your channel, you got a new suscriber.😊what a great content, thank you very much.
How much did it take you to speak fluent mandarin?
Hi, welcome to the channel! I’ve been speaking Chinese for about 12 years, it took me about 3 months to be able to use it to get around and maybe a year to be able to converse.
Great video, I like to see more. Thanks for sharing!
Cool! I've been looking for a video of someone using a Chinese shield. Supposedly it was the best way to take out someone using a Tiger Fork...but who knows.
In 4:35, what are the traditional dimensions of this type of stick? Thanks
forms tonfa biutifl !! bravo !
what is the name of the hooked spear??
Good episode!
Karate did to kung fu, what Brazilian Jiu Jutsu did to Judo...
Interesting comment, Brian, but would you like to elaborate?
More like people who came from outside these arts sensationalized them and took the focus away from the true art
Man, what a cliffhanger!
The weapons are so cool
这位师父的身手非常棒~！！！
Please give me the link of the video about luohan kung fu. Because I haven't seen luohan kung fu yet. Even I don't know luohan kung fu is the part of which shaolin kung fu. I mean is luohan kung fu northern shakib kung fu or southern shaolin kung fu . Please reply me when you can.
The episode is currently available to watch on my patreon: patreon.com/monkeystealspeach
There is both northern and southern Luohan, both are totally unrelated styles.
Sir that's Karate Nerd... Your Kung-fu amazing.. I have a question how the Kung-fu born in China..
Thanks, me and Jesse took this trip together last year. What is your question?
I bet every sword geek watching squirmed a bit when he started knicking that antique blade
At 3:10 that looks like a Klingon Bat'leth
is five ancestors similar to ngo cho kun?
Same. Just mandarin vs hokkien pronuncation
@@MonkeyStealsPeach ic. ngo cho is known here the phillipines. i also got interested in it due to its similarity to goju ryu
Is it equivalent to 五祖拳?
Yes
In Japan it was used for law enforcement but in china it was used to protect ur village or urself
Most southern weapons seem to be more like farming tools, compared to in the north where its all military stuff
希望你看得懂中文 那個金髮朋友 (空手道傻瓜) 要問的是 那是警察用的嗎 原因是 鐵尺這類武器 傳到日本後 護手的地方變成單邊 他們改稱鐵尺為 千手 (是否萬字護手 少一邊 而成了 千手 也許有這個可能) 也就是日本冷兵器時代 捕快在用的武器 所以他一直在問是警察用的嗎 我'相信他有聽過這武器的緣由 可能他的空手道也有接觸 或聽聞過 英文不好 打中文 希望你能看懂
你好。我看得懂中文，没事。但是不太明白你具体问题是什么？Jesse也学了古武道（口kobudo）
@@MonkeyStealsPeach 我寫錯了 不是千手 是 十手 Jitte﹑Jutte 中文 就是鐵尺 Jesse一直問鐵尺 是否為警察所用 01:00 是因為 十手傳到日本後 是十七世紀日本警察常用的武器 我只是嘗試說明這一點而已
This is from the karate nerd in china
It’s not “from”, I organised the trip and we filmed together
Why do Chinese have tin foil types of swords than bent and dent? What's the purpose?
Aren’t those just for show? It is not combat quality. It is what they use here for students so no one gets hurt.
I would not say that Taizu is the basis of Wuzuquan. Perhaps Master Zhang said that. It's not what I was taught but then I am from a different lineage and it's all oral history in the end.
The late Master Chee Kim Thong explained to us that Wuzuquan was formed because the Southern Temple (not sure which one, since it does not exist now) felt that too many skills were being lost as monks left the temple. So they called a conference bring people back and consolidate their skills into a single system. Not everything is compatible but they took what was compatible and formed Wuzuquan (Ngorchorkune).
Thus they combined (very, very briefly):
- Luohan for posture and power generation from the core.
- Taizu for precision in movement and hardness that appears soft.
- White Crane for hand techniques.
- Monkey for footwork.
- Datmo for breathing and internal development (nothing esoteric here - I'm talking maximising oxygen load in the blood, core strength, tendon development, connective tissue, etc).
It's not that what each system contributed was lacking in the others but that it had developed it to a particularly high level.
Master Chee also talked of a character he referred to as "The Lady in the Green Dress" who added fluidity and further softness to Wuzuquan after it was formed. However, I did not see this in Wuzuquan as it is practised today in Quanzhou, so perhaps this happened only in one branch of Wuzuquan, of which there seem to be several.
All that hopping you see Master Zhang doing is basic Wuzuquan footwork and comes from Monkey.
Interesting, thanks for sharing! You should check out my podcast interview with Russ Smith where I asked him a lot of questions about this topic. I’m more focused on northern styles, so I interviewed him to get some clarification on what I experienced in Fujian
@@MonkeyStealsPeach I'll have a look, thanks.
I just clocked a quick look at Russ Smith doing a form. He seems to be from the school in the Philippines. They do Wuzuquan with a very different emphasis to the Chee Kim Thong school.
I believe they also have a very different version of the origins of the system, not that this has any bearing on a practitioner's ability.
He has done Chee Kim Thong lineage too
Monkey Steal Peach. I suggest nect time you can go search about Hakka kungfu, the bai mei, long xing(dragon form), zhu jia jiao, dong jiang zhou family mantis.(hong kong)
And the Wu mei in Malaysia., as well as Malaysia penang zhu jia and others kungfu.
Now adays youngster especially chinese young one doesn't even wanna learn or respect the traditional art. Ita very sad for me
I am definitely interested to visit Malaysia and Hong Kong after COVID
是不是都没有人学这些功夫，感觉武馆人很少。
他有很多学生，我们因为上午去还没上课
🐲🐲🐲🐲
That was such a surprise to see the Karate truncheon in this kung fu school as I thought it was a Japanese innovation that came from fighting with a chair leg! On Jese's site he reckons Karate used to mean 'Chinese Hand,' and the rulers changed it to claim it's origin as Japanese. This only lends some substance to his claims! X
Did you seriously tell Jesse not to drop the weapon? I think he knows better than that. He studies the sai.
Im sure he didnt lose sleep over it :-p
其实我觉得karate也只能算一个功夫流派。毕竟Okinawa（琉球）以前是明清dynasty附属国。很多东西一样不稀奇。二战后冲绳归日本，很多文化变成日本的了。