THE ART OF WUMEI 伍枚 (Part I) - Master Yap Boh Heong | Season 3 EP 6
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- Опубликовано: 31 окт 2019
- In this episode, I visit Master Yap Boh Heong and Sifu Ben Shue in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to discuss the rare and unknown Kung-fu style of the legendary Kung-fu empress Wumei (Ng Mui in Cantonese.)
According to oral history, legend has it that Wumei took refuge in the Southern Shaolin temple, where she later founded several styles of Kung-fu. It was there that she met 'Yim Wing Chun,' a young lady who was threatened by a local bandit attempting to force her into marriage. She was saved by Wumei, who distilled her profound knowledge of Shaolin Kung-fu into a system that Yim Wing Chun could learn quickly and use to fight off the bandit. The martial art Yim Wing Chun learned was given the name Wing Chun.
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"That is our oral history" - For someone who pays attention, that is a sign of a true seeker.
Damn! If it's possible to be in love with a martial art...
Yes!
Love is a friendship inspires by beauty and truth,
and sustains by loving-kindness.
I love congfu.
Whats incredible is this masters ability to communicate his art and the techniques, where it makes complete sense to someone who is unfamiliar with softer internal arts.
Absolutely
It saddens me to know that arts such as these are dying or dead which is why in today’s age of technology it is important to document any and all information passed from these great masters. Thank you for your work.
it is dying not because of technology but because they don't train you how to fight for real after downgraded to McDojo level. You could put a rascal with brawling & street fighting experience to attack the 2 masters in this video. Things aren't peaceful in the country this vid taken. People that really concern about their safety opted for self defense joined muay thai, kickboxing or mma instead.
lol that's all talk, i'm certain these masters never fought once in their life
@@MasterofPlay7 yes, you're absolutely right. This vid could tell they don't really know how to apply the kungfu they're teaching from the way they throw punches, blocks. They never done strength, accuracy training at all
@@jayjay53313 LOL
@ as long as Kungfu practitioners follow the corrupted teaching by corrupted McDojo Masters, kungfu is left dead anyway. Taichi got beaten left and right every month in China losing to kickboxing, muay thai, mma yet these losers didn't bother to check what went wrong, train physical, strength, accuracy & full contact sparring with open hand gloves. Not boxing gloves used in Sanda that is killing kungfu hand techniques amd sanda stupid rules eliminating floor fighting is also killing kungfu low level & floor fighting.
Great job Kieren! 👍 Fascinating contrast to the harder Fujian styles I’ve recently experienced. Looking forward to learning more!
Thank you. I can understand your comment regarding the harder styles and the expression of the arts in Fujian. I'm quite certain that there would have been "softer styles practiced there at one point before the cultural revolution. I'm looking forward to seeing your videos from your latest visit to Fujian. As Master Yap mentioned during the interview, the art of Wumei seems to be completely lost now in China. As there are currently less than 10 people in the world actively practicing this particular lineage of Wumei, it's fair to say that the knowledge and skills you see demonstrated in this video are extremely rare.
@@THEMARTIALMAN Have you ever considered interviewing Yang Jwing-Ming about his white crane, or is that something you'd feel too shallow?
Jess you can't fight. I've never seen you compete or pressure test your theories
Jesse Enkamp Hi Jesse , hello from India , open mind is the best mind .👍
Every time I watch this, I learn a little bit more. This channel is a gift! Thanks Kieren Krygier and of course Master Yap Boh Heong!
I heard Ng Mui was the monk who taught Um Young Chun (Wing chun in Cantonese), the starter of Wing chun kung fu itself. When you see the video, there are pretty many ideas sharing with Wing chun system. Defending and stroking with same time, angle and spiral physics, defending of center line...etc. It was amazing video for a guy learning wing chun like me. Thank you martial man!
Ng Mui was not a monk. it was a she. She was the head of her sect and what you would call an abbotress. You can look up 五枚师太。
This Master is a real fountain of knowledge and skills. I was lucky to attend a seminar. His arms felt one moment soft and the other as steel.
Very true and you can get there to just like I did
Man... You're bringing out so much dope internal Kung fu systems... I get busy with life and it's dramas and get stirred away and forget about Kung fu... And I watch one of your videos where you're talking about the internal skills and qi development and I'm sucked right back in and realize I need to get back to it... Really appreciate your work and content... Doing God's work is the best way I can articulate it. :) These guys are awesome. Fell in love with them already in the 5 ancestors video. :)
Edit: 'Doing the work of the Tao' might be more in line with the roots and traditions. ;)
Imagine a woman in the Ming dynasty developing a crazy art like that. It takes years for us to learn it when someone who knows it all teaches us. She had to develop it for extraneous sources. Actually, in a way she had a cool goal because she was probably using it because she had to fight for her life. Those times were amazing. Tough people came from it.
You can't see the difference myth and reality?
She probably learnt and adapted it.
That'd not be "woman"........ but "princess" going by these accounts.
Which makes probability of having learnt it from young, higher.
Only with elite background, will you more likely learn internal methods, due to both wealth, and higher learning threshold.
She apparently dumbed syllabus down for "wingchun", so activists could gain some ability(viable threat) within shorter learning cycle.
Thanks Kieren, Master Yap and Sifu Ben, this is a great video in looking in to Wumei's Kong fu. It's a great way to see the connections with other related arts from her like all White Crane and Wing Chun systems. Also it takes out the misconception of all her arts are internal than just external.
This guy is great. So knowledgeable, open and able to explain things, plus he seems a very nice guy. Great job putting a spotlight on him. Great stuff!
Seems like The Teacher / Shifu of Wumei is A nice person....and his explanantion about the art is so clear....
It's extremely interesting how the guy in the black T-shirt describes the techniques: Wumei touches you and then she does XY... Etc. It shows how much they work with embodiment and mental pictures, which in my experience is the pivotal point of Chinese martial arts.
Ahhhh!! One more video from my favourite, Kieren - The Martial Man! Thanks again for this.
Wow, I'm speechless. This episode was fantastic. Listening to the history of Wumei - Ng Mui is truly fascinating. The version of events told by Master Boh has cleared up so many previously unanswered questions regarding the history of Wing Chun. Thank you for sharing these priceless historical facts with the public.
😀 I'm not protecting Phu, I'm stating actual facts. You seem to be easily swayed by fluffery. We are more than happy to help you understand what's being said in person. We don't hide anything or wrap up our words in mysticism or lineages that hold 0 weight
It is obvious your internal skill has really improved. Most "regular" martial artists would have their force used against them which just shows how deep the rabbit hole actually can go when these masters can hack your structure with their Yi. Sincere thanks for sharing these amazing masters with the rest of us.
Jason Secretsword you words carry much wisdom and the river of ignorance. May your path continue uninterrupted and your search for knowledge and the life force be fulfilled.
Thank you, I've been training hard for the past couple of years. My body is slowly changing from the Neigong and I have received positive feedback from several masters I've revisited. Still, a long long way to go. As you said, the rabbit hole goes deep, thats for sure.
@ I'm happy for you! Chinese martial arts are awesome!
Holy shit I think I finally understand what he's saying.. he's syncing his energy/movement to his opponents energy/movement at the exact precise moment of impact. He's in sync with his opponents movement yet slightly redirecting it at the same time
Pretty good.
He's sending his energy to his opponents 'center' of mass. That then controls his opponents structure like a door knob and door
This is fascinating, not done martial arts for decades, but glued to this. Cheers
The more I listen to these masters, the more I realize how little I know.
Please fellas look up Feeding Crane Kung Fu this guy is a joke. Been studying Feeding Crane Kung Fu for 3 years and I I sure you he is a joke you will die if you follow him and his techniques you’re better off learning karate or western kickboxing
This man is not a joke.
Comment on your opinion of the art all you like but please show all practitioners the respect they deserve.
@@theredamigo5011
3 year, huh...well, study more and you may understand what he's talking about.
@Tai Chi Tube i agree, but you really dont have to call it bullshit.
the bullshit is those people who pretend that they can beat you with some magical power.
or those no touch tai chi fakes.
i love kung fu and i can tell you most of it is real (at least the legit styles). some of the stuff are inpractical but you can still implement the theory behind the impractocal stuff and make your moves better.
but yes, i do agree with you
In theory all these styles claim to be superior.In reality they filled with useless moves that only look good in training. Don't believe me? Show me one video of a real fight where such a style is used. Put any off these guys against MMA fighter or a boxer they will loose every time.
An amazing video!! Thanks for Sharing "Martial Man".
Breath taking heavenly presentation with multiple dimensional information .Heart bouncing to hug this incredible enlightening Master!!❤❤
This master is a master and IT background? Wow love it!
Very interesting. So much of the traditional Chinese arts are surrounded by legend. It’s refreshing to hear from some one that was closer to the original source teachings.
I had to look into this- a friend in New York has studied this art for years and wants to "sensitive hands" (spar) with me. I have been training likewise in Qigong, Tai Chi and Baguazhang. I'm slightly more prepared from watching this, but I have a bad feeling I'll be learning a lot. Investing in loss now to profit later.
Thank you so much for sharing, fantastic!!
This is great! Thank you very much!
I'm really looking forward to an introduction course in Wu Mei!
Damn, one of your best vids. These 2 masters are humble and willing to share this lost art
Monkey Nut thank you 🙏
these two guys are really modest.this is.the essence of tapping in
Love it! God bless you and your work, and all the masters you meet say hi to Sifu from me 🙏
Fascinating. Thank you.
18:50 something to watch here is that the ridgid movement is passed to the masters rear hand before the leading hand gives up control of the movement. It's a habit for him and not what he's showing in the moment, but is amazingly sharp.
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing
So fascinating and inspiring!
Excellent, there is nothing like the ancient martial arts of China...amazing thank you 🙏
I really enjoyed this exceptional video
Excellent interview! Impressive nei gong master!
Incredible...excellent, thanks
Excellent information!!
My channel is all about Kali and Traditional Martial arts; but this is another level!!! Great job!!
Thank you for making this video!
My pleasure!
Wow.. Amazing
Enjoyed this. My sifu was taught this system (NgMui Teh Sin - Buddhist nun Steelwire) by lian shao yin circa late 1930’s (in Guangzhou) and I see the same signatures in my Opera Wing Chun. Thanks for bringing this to the public domain!
My kyokushin and Judo sensei will retire your sifu
Character Rank Bwahahahaha. My sifu died in 2004. Otherwise I have no doubt your sensei would retire him, he was an old man. I often spar against judoka in my NoGi Jiu Jitsu classes, and they are cute to play with.
@@AKAHDS I don't believe you do bjj. Otherwise you wouldn't mess with this bs
Character Rank - what you believe is not my business. I was doing chinese martial arts long before i studied grappling arts. Im willing to have a reasonable dialogue with anyone but ive been around martial artists long enough that whilst some are easily led, others are arrogant. Im sure ive been both at varying times but ive also come full circle to realize that, for example, some arts have a value beyond what is initially understood at first glance. I posted in good faith in the first instance and neither invited nor wrote anything controversial enough to warrant someone threatening to “retire my (predeceased) sifu.” I wish you well on your path.
Isn't Steelwire just Silk Reeling?
I have to smile every time I watch master Yap Boh 🤷 he makes me happy even though I don't make any progress 😁
Wow beautiful and inspiring watching this
Nicely explained. Thanks!
Great interview. Thank you so much for the effort you are putting in this work.
That's so amazing to learn and to practice with such masters
A wonderful art. Life time commitment these days is a rare thing.
Tks a lot for this video, very good see a master explaining the basics so very well, this is for some people understand that some martial arts are not pure movement but have a solid bases. The skill to have access and control the adversary body should be a must have in good martial arts.
Great Info on Touch sensitivity and attacking the structure.
Impressive, thank you martial man
My pleasure 😉
Great vid!
these guys are AMAZING !!!!
i would love to see their students spar
The father of 21st century Kungfu - Martial Man
Thank you.... it increase knowledge of martial art of mine
Awesome
Excellent Presentation.
Thanks for watching!
Even if there aren't any battle ready kung fu masters in the world today... The wisdom of the chinese is what inspired and influenced martial arts around the world .. It all started in China. There is something to learn from these people even if you aren't into traditional martial arts.. These teachings are both antiquated and futuristic.. Almost as if it was meant to be utilized either in the past or the future, but not now
Just wanderful !
Excellent again -this and Liang De Hua /Taiji Jin - clear explanations of internal Kung fu for us to understand and train for - very hard to find this knowledge - and so humbly explained
Glad you enjoyed it
True and to MA man: thanks
So pleasantly dangerous gently potentially deadly very much appreciated thank you for letting me see and listen treasured plenty tradition definitely worth keeping this subscription.
Beautiful art to learn
Beautiful but completely ineffective.
INCREDIBLE!!!
Must.Af.aalik thank you 👊
Amazing knowledge. What a privilege would it be learning from him.
Knowledge that will fly out the window as soon as he steps in a kickboxing ring lol
@@LibraryAstro And kickboxing flies out the window in a pushing hands contest. Your point was...?
@@elethomiel point is kung fu is rubbish for striking.
@@LibraryAstro I can't really argue with that except to say it seems pretty unlikely.
I think that was a really good one that you put up I like it that particular art picking up on your sensitivities uses it against you but he explained it better you know he's hacking your system it's pretty good not only did they explain it but you see this in a lot of other martial arts you know where they looking at movement that way through your body what do you move left to right at your shoulder visually there's your sensitivities you can pick up with the eye this actually picks it up just in the movement of your arm you can't hide it cuz the intentions of what you're going to do next comes out in that and he feels that sensitivity
Exelent commentary!
Very good Video. They speak good englisch and are clearly able to tell what they doing. Still when you havent felt the yi thing it looks like "magic".
I am doing Liuhebafa and yi is very important in our line. So i am able to relate. Its all about what you can sense and how you use your body in relation with your Mind or yi.
Always fascinating to see this from other styles so thank you Kieren
20:12 similar to fencing, where the turning of the blade angles out the opponents attack while attacking yourself, fence within an attack. Also would be helpful to explain what E is
Sifu Yap Boh Heong please show us some wumei in martial man this year!!!
Cool work 👏👍
Hello from Malaysia.
Thank you for doing this. I didn't know we have so many good Kung Fu master in Malaysia.
only many McDojo level kungfu masters that don't know how to fight and train students that can't fight at all. That's why they still advise people to be cowards, run and avoid while gangsterism, crime and assault cases getting higher. Just keep the cows & bulls running without effort to retaliate against the lions/tigers, being forever cowards.
@@jayjay53313 i met real life Kung Fu master who can fight in Malaysia.
Perhaps you haven't meet one, that's why you are making such comment.
Hope you meet a true Shifu( 师父） in your life too. Bcoz I have came across mine in Malaysia.
@@bjeng7697 if you did, why didn't he train all the goodguys in your country? Why so many R&R, assault cases that your kind of people kept fleeing and wanted to migrate coz being bullied badly until don't have guts to fight back. You can put him to fight an mma guy on the street with no rules, see how he'll end.
@@jayjay53313 bcoz.... Not everyone interested in martial art (you.... know you are asking a silly question right 🤔).... Just like not everyone wants to be a chief just bcoz we have excellent chief in Malaysia..... Does that makes sense to you, and answer your first question?
As for crime, you mean, there is 1 country in this world without crime😨? And there is no crime bcoz they all know martial art? 😲
As for migration, you mean, as long as there is not crime, everyone would be happy and live in that country forever? 😨🤔.....
@@bjeng7697 lol, you're living in cave or something? Those that care about self defense over high crime rate and racial intended assault cases opted for mma, muay thai, kickboxing that stolen McDojo kungfu business.
Ever since kungfu became corrupted McDojo, people don't call it martial arts anymore since it doesn't serve its purpose in training people how to fight. If I sent a gangster to confront most kungfu masters, most of them will panic and think what to do as they never fought.
It is not some thig that someone invented out of thin air....thats my lesson in watching this wonderful presentation...the Yi leads the chi..best wishes to all and kind regards...I better paractice harder..no softer
These old demonstrations of Martial Arts is what a true practitioner of kung fu can definitely learn! 😉👍👍! Way too many times, Representatives of Wu shu Wing Chun Tai Chi etc. trys spar someone who isn't discipline in these styles come up embarrassing themselves! If they stick 2 the basics, they would do fine.
VERY COOL
Excellent video. It Will be great to ask the master about the striking (punching, palm-strikes, etc.) concepts, including the all important Deep penetration of given strikes.
DJAra888 we covered lots during the interview. Most of the footage is available to watch on my website. themartialman.com/members-only-videos/
@@THEMARTIALMAN Thank you. Will check it out as soon as I can.
Why ,you ,me ..whatever..are here ..horrible aspects of human behaviour .want top be the toughest hombre..mostly male (oohh how ironic Wu Mei..a sister)....serous stuff ..explained with smiles and soft laughter...that was my lesson from this ..AS ALWAYS martial man OFFERS UP SUPERB information..Hey Ho ..Im up tomorrww doing my form...love this channel ..so high quality ...its in the Don Draeger level.Namaste..(Im standing on one leg again ..kinda startin to know why)
I can see the similarities between the Killing Palm Form of Wumei and the Chum Kiu Form of Wing Chun. I can also see similarities to my own martial art aswell. It would be interesting to see how Wumei would be applied to multiple strikes at the same time. :)
Likewise. Wu Mei seems to focus more on "distance", while Wing Chun invades the base, yet the roots are similar. Good eye.
@@davidwilliams4837 All that was shown was a tiny part of 2 of the 5 forms. I would love to see all 5 empty hand forms so we can make comparisons between it and other styles that it seems to have had an influence on. It is definitely possible that Wing Chun is a condensed version that was meant to transfer the high skills of Wumei with less curriculum (for revolutionaries she trained) and that White Crane is greatly elaborated system based upon those base ideas.
he's a wumei master and a hacker.. he knows viruses and backdoors.. awesome
Nice!
marvelous kungfu
Real master understanding
19:44 is a great point to watch more than once.
Mann this is so good..i would like to learn this
Learn real martial arts.
Grand Masters.. mount Everest (uncle yap),and iron Man (Uncle Ben)
What would be a good way to contact you? We practice WuMei here in New York City and would love to compare notes.
This is really interesting
Fantasy is always intriguing mate
Would love to see Yap Boh Heong at the Martial Camp
Master Yap Boh Heong will be teaching at The Martial Camp in January 2020. themartialman.com/the-martial-camp-2020
I would like to feel the master’s touch
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Wonderful video. This most definitely makes a direct connection between Ng Mui & Wing Chun & the techniques in Wu Mei shed a great deal of light on the techniques in Wing Chun.
Thank you great video. Much subtlety and use of Yi.
This is great, what a pair of generous teachers. Thank you Kieran.
KIERAN RULES !!! Gracias
@Raman Saaya Contact Master Yap Boh Heong via email: bhyzen@gmail.com
It would be interesting to see how this open hand contact being presented to an Aikijiujitsu Master would work out. It's all very interesting but from an Aikijiujitsu perspective who incorporates Ying/Yang as well ,I see opportunity for wrist locks, pressure point/contact being presented, arm locks, front kicks, take downs etc. Thanks for sharing.
There's a sort-of answer at 19:33 .
"It's very hard to defend against this because you don't feel where the power is coming from".
So while it's possible to apply grappling and locking on a user of this skill,
keep in mind that the latter is just as likely to have also seized you through that open hand contact, except you don't sense it.
This skill is called Najin in TaiJi.
Check out The Martial Man's interviews with Adam Mizner to see extensive demonstrations of it. :)
I don't know much about this style, but it is related to Wing Chun. And the third form in Wing Chun is specifically to deal with the type of situations you suggest. I assume this style also has similar concepts.
@@StarSpawn06 My master who teaches me Aikijiujitsu is also a Taiji Master. Much of the Taiji is carried over to the Aikijiujitsu he teaches. Very few people have the skill of Adam Mizner with regards to Najin.
@@StarSpawn06 I replayed it back to 19:33 to see what you were talking about. That is a pressure point area that I am aware of . I have experienced many other areas of pressure points (on the body)that can literally drop you to the ground using light pressure and in some cases a quick tap.
Thanks a lot for making this remarkable videos in English. So how do you find this form of Ng Mui/Wumei as compared to Wing Chun, do they share similarities or differ in a lot of ways?
"Wu Mei" is Mandarin for "Ng Mui" (Cantonese), the founder of Wing Chun. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng_Mui
Extremely fascinating. Great video! Love masters Yap and Ben's teachings and personalities.
Hi, Kieran. I'm a big fan of internal arts. So great to see you doing these whole things.
Do you have any information about internal arts in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta?
Brian Nastalim unfortunately I have never visited Indonesia so I couldn’t say. I do plan to visit and conduct some research there sometime next year so I will hopefully be able to advise further once I gain some knowledge of what arts and masters are there.
@@THEMARTIALMAN thank you so much.
Brian Nastalim you’re welcome.
Explicit and informative video as usual. He would have a video or soures which explains the correlation between wumei and the winchun? The subject interests me.
Where is part 2. Excellent video.
Part 2 of this interview is uploaded and available to watch on my website. themartialman.com/the-art-of-wumei-part-ii-master-yap-boh-heong-season-3-ep-7
Where can we attend class from master yap
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