Daoist Master explains the Dao and Kung Fu | VLOG 59 | Return to Wudang
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- This is a very special episode. I have a one on one talk with Master Yuan Xiu Gang 袁修刚 a Wudang Daoist (Taoist) Priest, Kung Fu Master and 15th Generation Wugang San Feng Pai lineage holder (Daoist nem: Shi Mao).
We talk about Daoism and how Daoist practices can be applied to your life and to your Kung Fu and Tai Chi Practice. There's some really good advice here on improving, being happy and finding the Dao.
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I've watched the full video now and boy was it worth the time. I loved it from beginning to end and watching everyone do the forms on the outro talk was beautiful. Thanks for your work.
Agreed! Just wonderful!
“Enjoy, like what you do. Develops pure energy.”
Profound🙏🏼
You can almost feel the wisdom radiating from this guy
This Master is so focused and has real grace in his face 🐉
Grazie tante for these precious teachings
Master Yuan Xiu Gang,
And You also for sharing these ones..
🙏
This can apply to any sport. Qi Gong has helped me relax and breath and be a better tennis player.
True! Great point, thanks!
Me too! Relax balance let the energy flow through your body out to the ball. Return to neutral
Indeed, it is about being a better self!
Can u beat Federer ? If not, why not ?
This interview is a treasure ~ so many applicable gems to meditate on, to practice and to incorporate. Even the very first thing here: I am older and deal with auto-immune issues. Fortunately i can hop and dance, which afford me true joy, but here I am guided to recognise that i strive too severely to gain strength, and that i must soften my approach (I think we tend to associate intense effort
and concentration
with hardness.🏇).
Thank you both for this beautiful and very relevant presentation.
Thanks and I'm glad it's helpful! When I go to train with Master Yuan I try to get some advice as an older guy myself, who has also had a history of approaching training with "hardness". Hopefully when I go back I'll have some more good advice to bring back for everyone.
It was soft n fluid in the warmth of summer, then the autumn wind scatters it to the moon. Lol ! Oh the joys of being a human.
@ you can look inside yourself
Interesting basics for a healthy training in all kinds of martial arts & functional body-mind trainings.
It's so great a Taoist monk explain the Tao, & how it relates to training. I'm studying the works of Professor Cheng Msn-Ching. His teachings on Chi , the Tao, & other internal approaches are practically identical to what's spoken by this man of wisdom.
I don't think Cheng comes even close.
I’m a massage therapist and have been doing this work for 10 years. People think we just rub others for money but it’s really all energy work that we do. I am going into my 11th year now and am researching more on doing less to do more. Exerting myself less and using the inner force or energy to work instead of pushing with my arms or hands.
what books have you found to do more while doing less
Wonderful....Much Blessings, Thank you, :)
A great man once said, right before he wiped out half a planet, “Perfectly balanced, as all things should be”
Thanos should have thought of the following from the Dao De Jing: There is always One who presides over the infliction death. He who would inflict death in the room of him who so presides over it may be described as hewing wood instead of a great carpenter. Seldom is it that he who undertakes the hewing, instead of the great carpenter, does not cut his own hands!
Thank you for sharing this extraordinary talk with us. Much obliged.
What a clear energy guy!
Thank you for this beautiful video! There are not so many real, authentic videos on Daoism, (whereas there are plenty on Buddhism, which is also much appreciated by me) and I find Daoism to be an absolutely fascinating ancient culture and wisdom, so I am really grateful for this amazing interview! A beautiful video, beautiful master, great wisdom, and of course, a beautiful student! Thank you! 😊🙏🌸🌿🦋💖
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm hoping to travel to China again in the future and have more talks with him during my training.
@@DaWeiGongfu he seems to be in Vienna now appearing giving live sessions
The Dao cannot be explained in words, it's infinite.
Beautiful. I have always loved loved LOVED the Shaolin Kung Fu perspective and training. I have been doing Systema now for 10 years, and would never turn back, but hold Shaolin in my heart always, and receive from them every time I check in. Would love to go experience someday. Thank you and love you!
Is this Shaolin? I don't think so. I don't think Shaolin is really good for health.
Master is very beautiful to see.
For what it is worth, in the winter time, I always do some exercise first for about 5-10 minutes before I stretch. I use a machine similar to the elliptical usually. That warms up the body, gets the blood going. Foam rolling is also good. I practice tai chi, but will stretch from one half hour to an hour before class. I have improved my body a lot and gotten rid of a lot of aches and pains through stretching, qigong and tai chi. I just turned 60 this year.
Excellent!
Did you experience pain initially, when you began stretching?
Maurice Langley Absolutely! 😀It’s always pretty rough and it still is after all these years. The key is to go gently so you don’t injure yourself. I’ve torn things by pushing myself too hard.
@@mauricelangley5033 I had body aches and pains from an aging body that was in a lot of car accidents. Pain is a warning sign. The trick is to figure out what it is trying to tell you. I tried to force a stretch recently, which caused me pain later on. I am hesitant to give advice about other people's pain. If stretching is causing you a lot of pain, and you are going easy and warming up force, you may want to have a medical evaluation. People also have varying degree of muscle tightness, so that may be a factor also.
kudos...thanks for sharing
He is really lovely! I like the way he explains things :) Thank you!
You're welcome!
this master got strong energy.can see from his eyes and face.... good one!
"Bring him water"
"No, Wine"
"Don't confuse me with your monks"
TAOISM 100
100 eyes... 👍👍
@@DaWeiGongfu YES
@@freddykrueger4311 Such a great character in that show.
what's this from??
@@danzwku From a show called "Marco Polo" on Netflix.There's a Daoist Monk character named 100 Eyes. There's also a short episode on Netflix called "100 Eyes" featuring his backstory. You should check out the short episode. It was great.
I just love Asian culture. The deep rich cultural philosophy.. How they have ingrained their selfs with deep philosophical thinking since the days of Dynasties and Confucius..
@Nemesis No is not.
He said Asia (probably referring to East Asia) where many countries have strong democracies, including the Republic of China, S. Korea (two strongly confucian countries) and Japan (a "semi"-confucian country).
Also, it's not clear that you cannot ingrain yourself with ideas like confucianism in today's P. R. of China, or even write philosophical books on many ideas with great liberty. The goverment certainly acts like a dictatorship when any of those cross the boundary of academia; nobody condones that.
佛陀保佑你
Is there a Love button somewhere. Damn
This is gold!
This great master brings wisdom, and the tecnic to learn and understand how important could be to anyone who wants to practice and get into a live of fisical and spiritual benefits, thank you very much for this interview
Very inspiring - thank you very much for sharing!
You're welcome!
crawl, walk, run... . . . jog, walk, stroll. . . . . fly.
¡ yEs !
Thank you
You say finding the Dao; but were learning-demonstrating use of the weapon pudao. You show us dao and the lineage holder talks about Dao.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Very true! I guess he taught me two kinds of Dao when I was there! Dao 道 and dao 刀
I just love Master Yuan, thank you for this video❤️
You're welcome! 😊
For effective application of the Internal Methods, the Individual MUST be Relaxed physically and Mentally. Because of the Mind/Body Link, this can be achieved by using a combination of focusing on your Breathing and slowing it down and making it Deeper, (Natural Breathing).
Because a person can only thing of one thing at a Time, it can't easily hold onto Stressful thoughts and as the Body relaxes, it further relaxes the mind and each in turn oscillates to relax the other. It time, a relatively constant state of relaxation can be achieved!
From that Point You have found the First Key to Unlocking the Door to Power.
The Next Step is to Leash the Tiger, (the body/mind) to Free the Dragon,(Power Easily Channeled and Expressed).
Beautiful is video, thanks 🙏🙇♂️
thank master Yuan
Balanced conversation with our Master. You are very fortunate ! Thank you for sharing. Happy New Year
Well the basic is that Kung fu is everything. And the everything contains the dao.
I love the music! 😃 What track is that?? 🎶
This guy looks like a master...🤜 respect
Thanks!
You're welcome!
this feels right
this dude is a complete BAD ASS!
Thank you Master Yuan to teaching us your knowledge. It is precious. I am hoping one day to attend your class. Good bless you, namaste
You could probably attend his bed too if you like 😂😂
He is radiant
Very interesting
He talks of using chi through tendons. Do you think this can also be fascia?
I think it probably could also be fascia too. I think for flexibility, it's helpful to make both tendons and fascia stretch.
It's a strange thing to learn how to learn about oneself.
A wise man once said...
You should have had the intention to learn of the dao before kung fu this is why I like what you said early on
I do wish I had been able to lear about the Dao and this great philosophy when I was younger for sure. It has a lot of value!
Thanks a lot for sharing this interesting video
You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it.
I must say he speaks English better than most Chinese university students..
He is really good and he can describe pretty deep concepts all in English. He's pretty much self-taught and he's never lived or studied outside of China.
..many of these moves remind me of "Capoeira" which I took last year for almost a year. Ongoing re injury of my knee prevents me from going back - But I sure did love it...I will look into this MORE easy/flowy for my Now!!
Ivette A well yeah Marital Arts come from Afrika
Do you have a video of the stretching exercises he uses?
I do. If you’re interested, I can post it with some commentary in English. Let me know if that would be helpful.
Da Wei Gongfu 大卫功夫 yes please I am very interested. I am in my 7th year of training in Shaolin Tai Chi Chuan and I am interested in more ways to stretch. I thank you for your reply.
@@DaWeiGongfu I too would really love to see that video. Becoming flexible and soft, is my number one goal. Please let us know when you have posted it.
My kind of Vacations resort
I prefer zen and the low roads. That way people on the high roads can easily pass over me.
14:44 Thanos has already explained that
Thanks is doing it the wrong way lmao. The master already talk about it....thanos may have a right goal. Thanos wants the world to be sustainable. But he chose the absolutely wrong way...balance is about inner peace. The being flexible idea is the same as Bruce Lee’s be water!
thank you for teaching us. 🙏
Tendons can’t generate force.. you are going to use your muscles, it’s only you are going to use them in a more efficient way..
This guy is such a badass
He is neither bad nor an ass!
does he practice Zhan Zhuang
Yes, he does for sure. When we train there, we will also do Zhan Zhuang in some of our classes.
@@DaWeiGongfu nice
Once you have mastered an art form it becomes like breathing allowing you to reach a higher and higher plateau...🙃
Loved the talk! But does anyone know who the music in the end is from?
Found it :The New Fools -reach for the stars
I'm glad you found the music and I'm glad you liked the talk!
How do you make a strong fist but with your muscles relaxed? Please could you explain? I have been told this before but I can’t do it.
think of your arms like a whip , not a rod . I hope this helps
Aaron O'Sullivan thank you, that is a useful analogy
Your video is very helpful. Sifu Yuan Xiu Gang is a very good teacher. I found him online during COVID-19 and have been doing some of his videos.
Do You. Longevity and Flexibility is the WAY. Be Like Water. LOL the SNAKE form is a monster. Tell the Master it kicks my arse.
Cheers
KAT
Master greetings. Why do you have your left pinky nail grown? I am just curious.
His nails are long to play the Guqin (Chinese stringed musical instrument)
Already familiar with the way, not with material arts, this has inspired me to go and partake in the Wudang Academy, thank you!
You're welcome!
where is this place ? begginers can also go there to learn ?
This place is in Wudang, China. Beginners are very welcome. I have their website listed in the description of the video.
Exusmi mastet itu kisah pertapa dari negeri anda🙏🙏
BTW, there are about 4 or 5 different types of stretching.
dynamic stretching.
active stretching.
passive (or relaxed) stretching.
static stretching.
isometric stretching.
PNF stretching.
Also, the body is much stiffer in the morning. When I stretch in the morning, I go very easy as to not hurt myself. Of the stretching types, dynamic stretching is best when the body has not been warmed up. I try to learn as much as possible about stretching, because it is so important to the body and martial arts, and because flexibility has always been a challenge for me. But with consistency and patience over many years, I have definitely seen improvement.
Great information, thanks! I think what we mainly do for warmups would be classified as Dynamic stretching. Then as Master Yuan was telling me in the video, it’s good to get into deeper stretching after you’re really active. For that, we sometimes have the teachers stretch us after an intense class. I have an older video on here showing some of that intense stretching.
Your organs are like your employees. They need to relax
What cultivation stage is he at?
I'm not really sure. I'm not very knowledgeable yet on Daoist hierarchy yet or the stages that he would go through. He did say to us once that he feels that he's put his self development on hold a bit while he's set up his school and focused on teaching others. He would eventually like to walk up the mountain and live alone in a cave for a few years, where his master (Zhong Yun Long) lived.
how can I find this guy? I want to train too
He's in Wudang China. You can get more info on their website at www.wudangwushu.com
道可道,非常道。the dao that can be named . It's not the natural dao.
始制有名，名亦既有，夫亦將知止，知止所以不殆。譬道之在天下，猶川谷之與江海。As soon as it proceeds to action, it has a name. When it once has that name, (men) can know to rest in it. When they know to rest in it, they can be free from all risk of failure and error.
The relation of the Dao to all the world is like that of the great rivers and seas to the streams from the valleys.
in my understanding, however, this means: Dao 道could 可 be told 道（means telling/comprehending here）, but 非 not told as normal 常道. because as a philosophy, Daoism needs its own terms and logics , so it could be told, but not the same as we telling stuff in normal ways.
If the stories I've heard are true warriors retreated to the mountain to heal from their trauma. So my head canon is that this style of training is an example of what we call somatics or biohacking.
T/Daoist Qi Qong Kung Fu is truly the ultimate bio Hack: Full range of motion for joints & stretching of tendons, plus the contraction of muscles in whole body movement, while in the parasympathetic mode (aka calm meditative concentration) with aligned breathing in synchronicity.
Thats an amazing form at the end of the clip. Does it have a name? Is there a clip with the full form?
That form is called Wudang Taiji 28. I will upload a full version to my channel this weekend for you to watch.
@@DaWeiGongfu Thanks so much for all you're sharing, beautiful experience!
You go where you want to be. What are you doing with a guy who doesn't teach fighting if you want to learn to fight. Decide what you want first and go learn it. You are confused because you haven't decided what you want but at the same time you are worried about doing the wrong things based on what your friends say or people say who don't even know you. Listen to those that you know have wisdom, not the criticism of ego tripping idiots who want to criticize to feel better about themselves. Follow the known wisdom like this Daoist master. He is the real deal. Your friends who get their wisdom from RUclips are not going to get you anything valuable. You have a chance by being with a wise person, not someone making videos to make money who knows nothing.
Great well articulated comment, thanks! What probably doesn’t come across clearly in the conversation is that I did learn to fight with Master Pan Qing Fu for almost 30 years. Now that Pan has died and I’m getting older, Master Yuan Xiu Gang is helping me adjust my perspective based on where I am in life now. A big part of our conversation was about him wanting to know more about my experience with Pan. I wanted to contrast that against how Daoist training could supplement and enrich what I’ve done in the past to help me keep moving forward and learning while maintaining health and understanding a bit more about overall cultivation.
Hi, thank you for posting this conversation.
At one point you mention that you had many problems with your knees during your previous training. How did you manage to heal your knees?
I'm experiencing pain mostly in my right knee just under the knee-cap and I think it's caused by an incorrect posture or overstretching during training.
Did you use any medical ointment or simply improved your training stances?
I've had a few surgeries on my knees due to injuries and now arthritis is setting in. I talk about it a bit in a video I did from China:
ruclips.net/video/nuNWNNdnHms/видео.html
I haven't really healed my knees, but I try to manage their condition and pain etc by being careful about posture and correct stances. I find I'm more aware of what's good and bad for them now, so that I can do more and feel a bit more comfortable.
Kungfu and Tai Chi stances can bring on knee problems if they're done incorrectly. I rely on my teacher to help with corrections. When I'm training on my own, I try to video myself sometimes so I can see how the stances look and make corrections.
@@DaWeiGongfu, I'll check out your videos.
Thank you for these valuable videos and for recording the guiding words of Master Yuan Xiu Gang!
nice...
What gym guy should do... can we practice with big muscles cause I know it’s not easy...
You can still practice and work on your flexibility. I've seen some muscular guys be very flexible. One of Master Yuan's disciples is quote muscular and he is very graceful.
Da Wei Gongfu 大卫功夫 thank you 🙏
i find this video helpful thanks, im 49 an interested in the martial arts had some training an would love to visit wudang an the shoulin though not able at this time i did learn something new from this, I look forward to the next am going to watch your others
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I hope you get to Wudang or Shaolin one day!
Love that music! Who is it? Thank you for posting this interview, I find it so enriching.
I'm glad you liked it! For the music, do you mean at the end with the Tai Chi Performance?
@@DaWeiGongfu Yes, especially the end.
It's a nice one. It's called "Reach for the Start" by Anders Bothen
@@DaWeiGongfu Oh thank you!
Al things rise and fall
This is a great interview. I watched all the Vlogs a year or two ago, they were so inspirational. Great experiences and stories, and culture. David, I think i asked before, do all the master there have those long talon nails ? Is master Yuan married, have any kids ? How's it been since COVID, have you kept in touch. Are they still doing classes or is it on hold ? I see that you started Wudang Toronto, great idea and contribution to the city.
Thanks Robert! Master Yuan's long nails are for him to play the Guqin, which is a Chinese stringed instrument he likes to play. He also plays the Xiao, bamboo flute very well. He is married and has kids. His two oldest are great musicians. With COVID, I've been able to keep in touch online and I've been taking some Zoom classes lately to keep up my learning. The last time I was there Master Yuan said it would be good for me to teach "authentic Wudang" in my country, so I've been sharing what I can with a handful of students. It's been great to help others.
Why does the Chinese government allow their continued existence? "Religion" is censured (if not entirely banned). Has daoism been relegated to a system of legalism, like Confucianism? I'm not authoring an opinion, I'm merely curious as to why such temples can exist, when similar Tibetan ones were razed.
I understand how this question may be inflammatory, though that's not my intent.
During the Cultural Revolution, a lot of the temples across the country were pretty much shut down, abandoned and left to decay and some were damaged or destroyed. The ones in Wudang escaped some of that since they were quite remote and hard to get to at the time. Since about the 80s, the Chinese Government has recognized and allowed 5 religions and are promoting and investing in the restoration of a lot of the temples for cultural and heritage reasons I think. Many of the Daoist Temples on Wudang Mountain have been restored and they're pretty amazing to visit. I believe the complex of Temples are a UNESCO World Heritage site now. There are some articles online authored by people who know the history better than me that describe it further.
@@DaWeiGongfu Wonderful! The loss of culture would truly be devastating and a sorrow for the world. I'm new to your content, but plan on watching more. I'll do some more research into the allowable faiths and restored sites,, as you suggest.
I greatly appreciate the answer. Have a good one.
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy the content. I’m not an expert, but I travel there regularly. So if you have any questions feel free to ask.
Is Daoism and Taoism the same thing?
It is. Taoism is the old spelling. Daoism is the more accurate to Mandarin Chinese spelling.
@@DaWeiGongfu Wow thank you, I was aksing this vor almost a year and got no answer. Now I know
Anyone else notice that he has super-long finger nails, but only on his pinky fingers? Now I'm curious why that is....
It's for playing the Guqin, which is a stringed instrument, kind of like a Chinese harp or lute.
Thanks for sharing, this is my first time watching your channel but I can tell you’re sincerely cultivating the way. Can I ask, do you have a video of your jiben gong practice?
Thanks you! I'm not great, but I try! There's some video of bits of the jiben gong practice on a couple of my vlog-style videos. Here's one with some at the beginning:
ruclips.net/video/R7RfTfrmVqw/видео.html
Subtitles would be nice
J'ai une grande frustration de ne pas comprendre l'anglais. Je crois que ce qui est dit ici est essentiel. Je vais essayer de trouver quelqu'un qui veuille bien me le traduire en français.
Merci 🙏
Je suis désole. Je parle un peut de Français, mais je navez pas mettre les soutitres sur cette video. J'ésepere que quelq'un peut faire les soutitres pour vous, parce'que cette maitre est tres intelligente.
@@DaWeiGongfu
Ne soyez pas désolé. Je rejoins ma fille pour les fêtes et peut être pourra-t-elle me traduire cet enseignement...sinon c'est que je ne suis peut être pas prête à le recevoir ? 😉
Je vous remercie d'avoir pris la peine de me répondre. Je vous souhaite force et douceur. 🙏
Kron Gracie... is that you?
What was that line from the I ching the dao that can be explained is not the dao
The line is actually from the very first chapter of the Dao De Jing and it says, “The Dao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Dao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.”
Meaning it’s beyond our comprehension, but it still exists. The Dao De Jing is a whole book dedicated to explaining the Dao. If we couldn’t explain it or discuss it, you never would have heard about it.
I think this man is the real deal. Forget fighting. Enjoy the training. Moy Lin Shin's tai chi is a good approach, having achieved it myself. Canadian Tai Chi Academy is best bet. The Taoist Tai Chi society is too high and mighty. These tai chi's are superior to the rest and not so far away in distance. I feel so confirmed listening to him. Moy stole the tai chi set and substituted his principles into it. I think these are the same principles. His came ( as I understand) from the Shanghai Fighting club. He had to escape from the Communists to Hong Kong and then to the west.
I would need subtitles, but thanks anyway.
The video is in English. Do you need subtitles in another language?
@@DaWeiGongfu I meant English subtitles. I find it very difficult to understand the Master. You are probably used to his pronunciation. :)
@@ivanmarkovic5544 Ahh, I see. I had another Master years ago and I used to have to translate his English into English for people when they spoke to him. I guess we do get used to people's accents when we're with them for a while.
I can hardly focus on what he is saying. I am obsessed to know why he is growing his finger nails so long?
😀 He plays the Guqin (Chinese zither), so his nails are long for that.
@@DaWeiGongfu Thank you. My apologies for being ignorant!
That's OK, curiosity is a good thing! 😀 Check out this video.
ruclips.net/video/o3rpPUNf3bM/видео.html
It shows his kids playing Guqin and Guzheng. They are amazing. They trained classically.
How can you fight with long nails? They will fold back causing severe pain. I practice Karate, Taekwondo, Jujitsu, and MMA for the last 25 years. My finger and toe nails are hardly seen and thickened like a metal sheet. Or you simply train but don’t actually fight?
Yes indeed Sifu 🙏🙏🙏
i started northern shaolin at 49 not i am fighting Achilles tendonitis . crap
Go slow and gentle, but keep going. I’m 53 and have lots of injuries, but my training keeps me young.