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Three years later I'm so glad you chose Tai Chi and Grand Master Gu, look were you are now a Co founder of a Taoist Tai Chi online school 😊 your so amazing George.
Stay with Shifu Gu. Learn Mandarin. Learn the Dao. Learn Tai Qi.
I'm glad you picked the tai chi school with Grandmaster.
He picked the tai chi bcos of the charming gals...it’s motivating to practice with gals and stay happy there
Can i learn tai chi with this grandmaster too?
Are there any Kung Fu grandmasters i can learn from?
How can i get into such an authentic and intimate experience like George did?
Stay with the small taichi place. You can get lost in a big school and not get the attention you want. I think you will learn so much more from a more intimate interaction. If you're looking to learn fighting then definitely go to a big school, but if you want to learn more about yourself and have a rich and enlightening experience i think you should stay put and learn Tai chi.
I side my opinion with Stacie here. It seems to me that those two (the master and the girl) would teach you more than just Taichi and Kungfu. They are hospitable, caring and genuine. Spend some time with them but not for long.
A year later and you were dead on 100% with this comment
WU DANG MOUTAIN IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE FOR TAO. THE CLOSER TO HEAVEN YOU ARE...THE MORE UNIVERSAL GOO YOU GET ON YOURSELF. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND YOUR LIFE.
Many blessings to you George and to all the martial arts of the world, grandmasters and young students alike 🙏❤
Tai Chi 100% - The set-up there looks perfect man.
agreed
George Thompson you should be learning QiQong with tai chi masters what a great opportunity I can't wait to start my journey I'm 17 and looking to take the same trip as you but for learning tai chi & QiQong I can already feel the energy from my daily practices
Jinlings laughter!...so beautiful..
Little did you know what would become. This is the last video of the old George. I love this.
George, you are a wonderful young man. You are so blessed to be able to enjoy and partake of this beautiful people and their ancient culture. I wish I had known my self better when I was your age . Taoist feel like my long lost family. I am 66 yrs old now and seem to have missed my opportunity. I wish you the most in your journey through finding & defining yourself.
Thank you so much for sharing your journey $ discoveries through this ancient culture, which I value, admire & am at ever more awe towards.
My best wishes to you! 🙏❤️
Amazing channel. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. 🔥
I hope you stay there George. It seems like a great family environment to learn a beautiful art with a wonderful scenery. I've been training to fight for years. Lots of busted knuckles and bruised shins. Now that I seek the Dao, I find Aikido and Tai Chi very suiting for my mindset. Trust me, you can add punches and kicks later. A punch is good, to smash your opponent with a planet is better. :-)
So you finally decided to stay with the beautiful Tai Chi girl, I would have done the same thing and learn Tai Chi there, good choice bro.
thanks man! I think it was the right choice too!
Lol
Glad you went with Master Gu
I just discovered your videos when researching China and Taoism and where the best places to explore might be, it's been so inspiring to see your journey, George! You made such a wonderful decision to stay with Master Gu and I'm super enjoying listening to you both. Thank you very much for filming this whole thing and sharing it. I now know where in China to head for first. Highest-five :)
Glad you decided to stay with Master Gu! So glad I found this video where you found his school ☺️
Even just watching, so peaceful ❤️🙏🌳🌱🌴
You have a beautiful training partner there and that school is awesome.
Congratulations I would love to go.
Hopefully soon
There's a video of an Anglican minister who, disappointed with the commerical training at Shaolin, ending up training at a buddhist monastery higher up in the mountains. Nice to travel vicariously to exotic places through these videos.
Your journey is like an adventure story book
Hi there, I just found your channel today. So nice to sea the area again. I think you found a really nice place to stay and learn.
I stayed in the Wudang area in 2017 for three months and still consider it as one of the most important times of my life. I was in a school in the town of Wudangshan, but I spent almost every day off in the mountains hiking, visiting temples, meditating and also a bit of training.
So thank you so much for your videos, I will continue watching. I wish you a good time in the Wudang Shan!
Tai Chi Tai Chi defo looks amaaazing xxx
4 Questions, only one answer hehehe, predestined i think. It is really lovely to come back here & seeing your smiles, i sense my own smiles which is interesting because i feel like my face has become like dried clay so when i smile too, the clay "me" is cracking open & i feel lighter. Good Medicine.
Listen to your heart AND THE wind
So glad you picked this place, and I bet you are now.
That scene with the Tai Chi on the walk was inspiring - thank you
nice sharing ,i updating my tai chi and shaolin kung to set up my training camp and wellness in the mountain in antipolo philippines next year starting my construction of facilities encouraging me to practice and teach for almost 35 years
I'm just now seeing this video, but you made a wise decision. I'm so glad to see everyone here giving you truthful and sincere advice based on knowledge and experience. Best of luck to you, my friend!
Stay with master Gu learn tai chi ☯️☯️☯️😊🙏
Stay on the small place brow, u will love this place! Hugs
Damn you had so much luck bro! And she is sooo beautiful 😍
1:55 wonderful, nice, great!
I think he should stick with this small Tai Chi school. Hea young, maybe in too much of a hurry. Tai Chi has the spirtual and philosophical concepts of energy and strength that would serve him better in the long run. Being in China doesnt mean that it doesnt have an overload of Kung Fu ego maniacs. Settle in learn tai chi, learn the language, and then take a secound look at kung fu. You will be armed with the language, culture, and art of tai chi to make the right choice.
I vote Tai Chi. Looked really authentic and traditional, most of the other stuff you can get elsewhere but that is something thats hard to replace. I'd avoid the one with foreigners, and maybe the big schools too. A monastery might be interesting, but you can always explore that if you find the Tai Chi place isn't for you.
Also, it just sounds like that's what you want to do most by the way you're talking about it. Best of luck bud x
Awesome channel George i really like your content you did a great job
Shaolin ala antigua..me gusta ver eso
Glad you stuck with Master Gu.
so, watching this on the 25th of feb and so glad you stayed at the break in the road...
Beautiful tai chi movement and music 🎶😍
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They are all Excellent. It is dependent upon you how much you will progress.
It's good to learn tai chi you het fisic strenght
And learn about the strenght of chi
The motorbiking master ! ha Cool !!
Heaven on Earth ♥️🧡🙏🏼🌈💛☮️
The deep purple oll ways star..best music
Hahaha this is so cool!💫
This is my home town.
Tbh I would say for your personal experience the tai chi place, it seems like it almost perfectly matches the authentic experience u were aiming for. I do however think that if you r wanting to grow the channel with this trip in particular that the kung fu learning would attract more mainstream audiences, even though I would rather see the tai chi option(the one with the nice view and the giggly girl).
You mean, the girl is beautiful here :D
Oh my adventure! My only comment is if you’re enjoying learning the language, then immerse yourself. 加油！
Wow what a great adventure your having!love your vids 👌💜👍
George Thompson oh mate its just like a little bit of my dream unfolding. So amazing to watch!✊✌
Hi I know this is a little late but, there is this Kungfu academy called Wugulun academy, they teaches Xin Yi Ba Kungfu, the most authentic original Shaolin martial arts it's considered to be the most deadly styles of Kungfu remaining, you're taught to walk a certain way, to sweep the floor a certain way that all contributes to perfect that type of martial art.
you can always try that place out after your stay here.
np. and the cool thing is Xin Yi Ba is that its somewhat similar to Taiji quan, most people's conventional view on Shaolin Kungfu are short sharp and explosive moves, but not Xin Yi Ba, it's more flowy with round movements, similar to Taiji but different. it embodies the Zen philosophy, and traditional Medicine of Shaolin. so you'll get some insight into another Chinese philosophical system that deals with martial arts.
ua-cam.com/video/BWB8jVmdT_8/v-deo.html here's a short video on the daily life in the Kung Fu academy.
associated with the Academy is a Shaolin master called Shi De Jian, he is the disciple of now deceased Shaolin Abbot Su Xi, Master Shi De Jian resides in a small temple near Shaolin temple, where teaches the same Kung fu but to a much smaller number of life long disciples, you can pay him a visit too.
My noh sensei taught me this same standing meditation to have stability so I can execute very slow movements... the longest I've done was 45 minutes...my master does this 2 hours with no effort T_T
I mean, man, it is really hard to make this kind of decision.
But I can give you my thought.
Language is the window to Chinese culture including Kongfu or Taiji. I believe you are in a honeymoon period to China and you think everything you see is interesting. I think it is the perfect time for you to study Mandarin. (I don't mean PinYin I mean the Chinese characters. )We, humans, are misleading by other people's words especially media. (All media are liars.) If we can see things by ourselves, not from second-hand articles, we can be smart. As Chinese is kind of like the opposite side of English, I believe it is worthy to learn it regardless of its economic potential.
Good luck to you man. Every path you walk is right as long as it is decided by youslf.
Damn good advice, man! I totally agree woth everything!
Choose door number three.
Stay !
Gosh George this is hard. But I think you should touch on all 4 option.
Choose the place where you feel really comfortable. Its the most important thing. In the scene with the girls it locked like a kind of magic... Maybe these people become close friends or you develope a deeper relationship to that girl... who knows. In this case you probably visit these people and girls again and then you have a good startpoint to try out the other schools in the near.
First base and friends --> second education
Nice 👍🏽
Follow the Tao
Awesome! This is fate!
George Thompson def! Looking forward to your future content 😁
I'm a new subscriber and totally loving these videos. How's your journey going mate? If you're ever in Taiwan, Taipei, let's hang out and practice kung Fu.😊👍
stay put
some TaiChi teacherswill begin self-defense application once you reach the intermediate level (which could take a few years) but at that level, you will focus heavily on the push hands & leg sparring, and also develop ur explosive energy (Jing), and you will learn how to put it to use in live self-defence situations. Remember, TaiChi - is the mother of all KungFu.
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jack chan says everything is kongfu！😄
8:00 she's pretty
You've come a long way. Young grass hopper
Wow
If I would be you I would stay there it looks like a great place and too much ambition is not Following the Tao !!!
Combat tai chi in Minnesota, USA uses punching bags, etc. You should pay more attention to body mechanics.
haha, i guess you already found out that zhan zhuang for one hour is also very demanding physically. high skills are never coming for free and there are no short cuts :-)
Sounds to me like option three is closer to the Tao than the other options
It seems confusing. some swiss guy teaching kung fu in China. Wu Dang is the right place for daoist traditions, tai chi and soft styles. Master Gu is a great teacher to learn with. he is very kind. some traditional teachers are very strict, and hard to learn from. Chinese discipline can be very demanding. i would learn as much as you can from Master Gu.
Im soo glad you stayed haha
practicing collective synchronised moves - surely on your own, at your own rythm is more real, deeper, more meaningful?
stay and learn the Tai Chi. Apply it to the martial arts later.
Do you have any monasteries nearby or would it be difficult to find one? I reckon the Thai chi over the Kung fu though. The setting is unreal and seems more authentic. Just being with Chinese people would be great! + if Thai chi is pretty similar it makes sense...Could always do some Kung fu elsewhere afterwards and it would be pretty easy to pick it up after you've got the thai chi technique down 👌🏻
what you are doing is soooooooooooooo coooooooooool ! I think for Kungfu, Shao Lin is the right place, WuDang focus on Taichi
The grass is not greener somewhere else.
ANDY KAUFMAN LIVES! and still sounds the same .lol
Be careful of Tai Chi warriors...they will punch you....very slowly
In all seriousness that tai chi place looks very nice and I think it's definitely worth spending time there. But if you really want to learn combat Tai Chi is not what you want. If I were in your shoes I'd Tai Chi for a year or so. Good muscle training and culture training, and it's probably a pretty good foundation and way of thinking/living.
au vue de l energie qui se degage de cette video, c est la que tu dois rester !
Tai Chi or Tai Chi Chuan (written in China as taijiquan) is an internal martial art form. There are two other martial arts which are also "internal" - Baguazhang and Xinyiquan.
Shaolin kungfu is an external martial art form. There are other Chinese martial arts which are also "external" and perhaps the most well known is Wing Chun which is what Bruce Lee learned before.
Internal martial arts like taijiquan have gentler movements than Shaolin kungfu, and are performed slower as well.
It's hard to advise you what you should do because what I think is good might not be true for you.
You have to ask yourself, what is your objective for learning Chinese martial arts?
Is it for combat (self defence)?
In the words of Chen Zhenglei, who is a Chen Style Tai Chi grandmaster, a Tai Chi practitioner does not leave the school anytime before ten years. That is his way of saying that you are not ready for fighting anytime before ten years.
If you want to learn to fight in the shortest period of time, then go for Shaolin kungfu...or you could even learn Karate or Muay Thai boxing in your home country in the UK. You should be able to box quite well after 3 years.
Tai Chi is steeped in Taoist philosophy while you are going to get a bit of Buddhism in a Shaolin temple. But you need not follow the faith.
How you feel after learning Martial art , means hows your mind and body
HI, I'd like to know how much they charge for you staying there and for food. I'm sure the Kung Fu place is more expensive than the Tai Qi one. Can you answer, because I'd really like to know.
£600-£1000 per month??
tao te ching 47:1.
Foshan. Wing chun ip man.
8:58. That monk teaches in Norcross, GA. Liu Institute of something. lol
Well it's too late to give advice, as you've made your choice, and it seems like a great one. Just wanted to point out, though, that the guy with the motorbike was Tang Li Long, who also teaches taijiquan, so it wasn't really a choice between taijiquan and gongfu, just two approaches to teaching taijiquan.
you should try google there are loads of schools in Wudang and they all have websites cause they love to take your money
Can I join an learn
I love the channel! But what is that song at 4:12??? May Buddha always bless you
Thank you for the reply! Which website if you don’t mind me asking? 🙏
what is the song that begins at 1:12?
Do (option) number 3 . that ta chi student is beautiful . & (option #5 marry her )
played out like a movie script - ambitious westerner finds master in serene hidden valley, still speaks no Chinese
which one did you choose? If it was me, I'd choose the last one. But I thought you wanted to learn Kung Fu - isn't Tai Chi different?
It's so funny watching this, because there is actually a school a few 100 meters down the road from Zi Xiao Gong, behind the police station. Why didn't they send you there?
Long way from here now George
music at 4:10 ?
:)
Doing punches and kicks yet?
I love your videos. While viewing this one I noticed the Swiss Tai Chi teacher dressed in traditional garb with his hair worn in a classic top-knot. I've always been a bit put off by foreigners who adopt traditional or classic clothes especially if the lifestyle they have doesn't require it. To me, it's a bit like a Chinese fellow coming to America and putting on a cowboy or indian outfit. While flowing and roomy clothes must make Tai Chi practice easier, it can certainly be done in regular street clothes as well, and if you can't then I think you've misunderstood the basic nature of the martial art. Tell me the errors of my thinking & I'll be grateful.