I like this because he's teaching blocking techniques that make it possible to move in on his opponent while creating angles to keep his opponent off balance. I don't know if this would work in a real fight but I love Kung Fu
The technique does work only if the individual has more skill than his opponent. The same is true with any technique in most martial arts that have stood the test of time. Each individual makes or doesn't make the technique. A punch only works in a fight if the person knows how to execute it.
Fantastic. Just discovered your channel, great explanation, nice teaching skills. An idea for something I would, and probably others, find interesting is a detailed explanation of the tiger and crane hand posture. You explain how to do the shape and the basics, but as it's the fondamental of all the art, I would find very interesting more history and precision about it. Why have the hand like this (sure it's imitate the animal, but is there something more?), advantages, when to have tense or relaxed hand, small detailed of the postures, possible small variations, etc. Great video again, thank you for sharing.
after i learn fuk fu kuen i get to learn staff, broadsword, or butterfly knives . Which weapon would you recommend that might be the easier of these three ?
Normally staff is the first weapon taught as it helps with range, coordination, and a strong integration of stance work to strikes. It's not about which one is easier, but what is the best to improve you as a Martial Artist. I usually teach my students staff first. But your Sifu knows what is best for you, so you may want to consult with him.
I do hung gar and we need more of Sifu Fujita's application videos, I do tiger crane, gong ji fuk fu kuen, iron wire fist most of my applications are free form and never set moves, it's good to see some other applications
The trapping (especially at the start of the video) is pretty interesting. It's a shame sanshou gloves prevent it. When you spar, how much do you use these kinds of traps? I've only seen small amounts of trapping before (usually a small trap to make an opening while closing range), but it seems much more prominent here.
guird4 I am highlighting the traps here as means to counter tension and create openings. I have no set percentage of how often I use traps when sparring as it is situational and depends on the instance. The opponent and situation dictate what happens most and as practitioners of a living art, we do our best to apply what is presented to us. Thank you for sharing your insights and I appreciate your enthusiasm.
And in sparring we dont generally go full contact, break arms, hit pressure points, or rip apart flesh, so while sparring has its uses it rarely applies to real life.
gugeyewalker Very good point. You hit the nail on the head in regards to when and where to use these techniques. Sparring is an art unto itself, just like ring fighting, so it is important to understand that our reference point of when to see these techniques would not be in the normal setting of what some may consider a proving ground.
There is a big debate going on about how kung fu is 'useless' in MMA. I am not sure where this kung fu hate is coming from. But if you look at most of the knockouts in MMA they are like a variation of a well grounded sao choi - the hook punch version. MMA guys don't know the sweeping version.
gugeyewalker Yes, the thing to note is that while some proponents of MMA seek to claim that it is an open minded and limitless style and not bound by the "closed mindedness" of the old systems. Some of these same individuals would claim that their way is the best, revolutionary, and that all other methods pale in comparison to the effectiveness of their way of doing things. Seems somewhat closed minded and a limited way of viewing things to me, very similar to what they claim are the poor merits of traditional systems. Styles are like languages, there is no style or method superior to another. They just express things differently and use different methods to attain their goals. The problem is that it is easier to hide behind one's style be it Hung Gar, MMA, Jiu Jitsu like a banner. By doing so, the individual can negate all personal responsibility and say its because of the style that they did well or because of the style they did bad. It is the same way that Bruce Lee is used as a quantifier for any online debate. Many debates are started and ended with "Well Bruce Lee said this..." Instead of hiding behind him as a quantifier I think we should all stand behind our own merits and claim our own words. I think he of all people would have wanted it that way. I think the thing is for all of us is to embrace the fact that styles are methods that lead to goals. They should never be methods that lead to methods. The sooner everyone accepts that. The sooner we can focus on the main goal: Training and improving ourselves.
Nice moves but like as usual if you do not do it for real padded up or wearing some kind of head gear it is not going to work under real pressure. Always make the situation real as possible or the training is not going to work.
We agree wholeheartedly with you view. Both padded pressure testing as well as controlled fighting techniques are important to training. As you can see from this video this was from a seminar where we focused on the latter. Both are two parts of the same whole and there is a place and time to train both.
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I'd like to get lessons from this guy, he looks well trained.
Thank you. If you're ever in the Los Angeles area feel free to contact us. www.tigercrane.net
I like this because he's teaching blocking techniques that make it possible to move in on his opponent while creating angles to keep his opponent off balance. I don't know if this would work in a real fight but I love Kung Fu
The technique does work only if the individual has more skill than his opponent. The same is true with any technique in most martial arts that have stood the test of time. Each individual makes or doesn't make the technique. A punch only works in a fight if the person knows how to execute it.
Sifu Curtis is amazing to watch. He reminds me a lot like my Sifu Peter.
That's cool!
Thank you so much.
Fantastic. Just discovered your channel, great explanation, nice teaching skills.
An idea for something I would, and probably others, find interesting is a detailed explanation of the tiger and crane hand posture. You explain how to do the shape and the basics, but as it's the fondamental of all the art, I would find very interesting more history and precision about it. Why have the hand like this (sure it's imitate the animal, but is there something more?), advantages, when to have tense or relaxed hand, small detailed of the postures, possible small variations, etc.
Great video again, thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your kind words and excellent suggestion! I will look into providing more content that gives those kinds of details in the future!
Great application explanations
Ezridah2013 Thank you Sifu Lee! Hope to see you again soon!
is he good!!!!!!!!
and what a nice guy
just real
+Hardroxxor Villain Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you for your kind words Stephen. May I ask the full name of your Sifu Peter?
after i learn fuk fu kuen i get to learn staff, broadsword, or butterfly knives . Which weapon would you recommend that might be the easier of these three ?
Normally staff is the first weapon taught as it helps with range, coordination, and a strong integration of stance work to strikes. It's not about which one is easier, but what is the best to improve you as a Martial Artist. I usually teach my students staff first. But your Sifu knows what is best for you, so you may want to consult with him.
I do hung gar and we need more of Sifu Fujita's application videos, I do tiger crane, gong ji fuk fu kuen, iron wire fist most of my applications are free form and never set moves, it's good to see some other applications
HomasterX Thank you very much. Glad to hear you also study Hung Gar Kuen. I will post more application videos in the future. I hope you enjoy them!
Nice like hung har style also wing chun. This reminds me of feng wei tekken.
Thank you! The Tekken series is great and fighting games in general do well to promote the Martial Arts!
kurtis drink you whine? :P
or straight age -_-
what a clean tequnique
The trapping (especially at the start of the video) is pretty interesting. It's a shame sanshou gloves prevent it. When you spar, how much do you use these kinds of traps? I've only seen small amounts of trapping before (usually a small trap to make an opening while closing range), but it seems much more prominent here.
guird4 I am highlighting the traps here as means to counter tension and create openings. I have no set percentage of how often I use traps when sparring as it is situational and depends on the instance. The opponent and situation dictate what happens most and as practitioners of a living art, we do our best to apply what is presented to us. Thank you for sharing your insights and I appreciate your enthusiasm.
And in sparring we dont generally go full contact, break arms, hit pressure points, or rip apart flesh, so while sparring has its uses it rarely applies to real life.
gugeyewalker Very good point. You hit the nail on the head in regards to when and where to use these techniques. Sparring is an art unto itself, just like ring fighting, so it is important to understand that our reference point of when to see these techniques would not be in the normal setting of what some may consider a proving ground.
There is a big debate going on about how kung fu is 'useless' in MMA. I am not sure where this kung fu hate is coming from. But if you look at most of the knockouts in MMA they are like a variation of a well grounded sao choi - the hook punch version. MMA guys don't know the sweeping version.
gugeyewalker Yes, the thing to note is that while some proponents of MMA seek to claim that it is an open minded and limitless style and not bound by the "closed mindedness" of the old systems. Some of these same individuals would claim that their way is the best, revolutionary, and that all other methods pale in comparison to the effectiveness of their way of doing things. Seems somewhat closed minded and a limited way of viewing things to me, very similar to what they claim are the poor merits of traditional systems.
Styles are like languages, there is no style or method superior to another. They just express things differently and use different methods to attain their goals. The problem is that it is easier to hide behind one's style be it Hung Gar, MMA, Jiu Jitsu like a banner. By doing so, the individual can negate all personal responsibility and say its because of the style that they did well or because of the style they did bad. It is the same way that Bruce Lee is used as a quantifier for any online debate. Many debates are started and ended with "Well Bruce Lee said this..." Instead of hiding behind him as a quantifier I think we should all stand behind our own merits and claim our own words. I think he of all people would have wanted it that way.
I think the thing is for all of us is to embrace the fact that styles are methods that lead to goals. They should never be methods that lead to methods. The sooner everyone accepts that. The sooner we can focus on the main goal: Training and improving ourselves.
What do you think about hand conditioning... Iron palm?
It is a good addition to anyone's arsenal. However care should be taken and it needs to be done under the guidance of a good instructor.
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+ocean2zx Thank you.
+ocean2zx hope not a phony :P
+Hardroxxor Villain jokin`
Nice moves but like as usual if you do not do it for real padded up or wearing some kind of head gear it is not going to work under real pressure. Always make the situation real as possible or the training is not going to work.
We agree wholeheartedly with you view. Both padded pressure testing as well as controlled fighting techniques are important to training. As you can see from this video this was from a seminar where we focused on the latter. Both are two parts of the same whole and there is a place and time to train both.