Feeding Crane Kung Fu w/ Alex Xu - Masters of Fujian ep11
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2020
- A few days after completing the Fujian trip with Jesse Enkamp, the Karate Nerd, I was back home in Shanghai and Alex Xu, who helped us on our trip, gave me a call and said he wanted to come pay me a visit for a couple of days. We did a lot of training together, comparing our northern and southern styles - he taught me some Crane and I taught him some Mantis, and so I thought it would be cool to have him show us some Feeding Crane. Basically, Feeding Crane originates in Fuzhou, but now is only really preserved in Taiwan, so he has been going there to train under Master Liu Chang Yi, to learn the system and bring it back to China.
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Does the system include any type of sparring?
Crying, Sleeping, Feeding, and Flying. Sounds like 4 stages of Crane Depression haha. Awesome videos. Thanks for your work.
We should rename the style Depressed Crane lol!
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I really hope there is a revival of interest of these endangered styles. People need to dedicate much of their life to gain and preserve the high skills within these arts.
Need more younger generation people like Alex to revitalize martial arts in China. I met very few his age who are as dedicated
Just started training Feeding Crane. Currently learning the Angle Fist Form which was the last form demonstrated in this video.
I see some of well known elements of Minghe-Quan (not "Crying" but CALLING Crane) here. Applications shown here are the same I studied about 20 years. The styles are not so divided as Alex says.
Awesome! Long live the Crane. I’ve also heard of a shaking crane style. Ty sensei 🙏
I think you should interview He Jin Bao of Beijing. Bagua guy, a simply amazing man and style, also up your ally as far as traditional internal martial arts goes.
I’d like to yes, I have spoken to some of his students over the years
There are actually several lineages which go by the name of Feeding Crane.
Of those the one normally considered the main line by mainland Chinese historians has possibly died out.
I know there was at least one teacher in Fuzhou in the 1980's who still practiced that line but I don't know if it was ever passed on.
Of the other still surviving lineages there is one in Fuzhou that is a family lineage that has probably been at least partly influenced by Lion Boxing. There are supposed to a number of Feeding Crane teachers still practicing in Xianyou county in Putian. Then there is also the lineage in the Tainan region of Taiwan.
However none of these lineages really look like each other and all of them can trace their lines back to the very end of the Qing dynasty but no further.
As mentioned the one considered to be the main line by Chinese historians is probably dead and the relation of the remaining three to that line is unknown. Honestly there is very little information about the Putian (Xianyou) school but given that it is or at least until recently was one of the more popular styles in Xianyou and there are still supposedly a number of practitioners there it is possible they have retained various documents that could shed light on their origin and possible relations, or lack thereof, with the other schools going by that name.
I do know that the head instructor of the Xianyou "Shaolin Temple" is a local Feeding Crane practitioner. Although after he was chosen to be head they had him go to Shaolin and train modern stage wushu with one of their touring stage show groups so they could claim that he was a "real Shaolin monk". Unfortunately what they teach there is the stage show stuff but I have read in an article that he got permission to teach Feeding Crane as an optional course for advanced students who have already learned the full modern Wushu curriculum offered there. Supposedly he has started teaching some Feeding Crane basics to one of the other "monks" who does the stage show there.
I have also seen discussion online by people from Xianyou who confirmed that it could still be found in a number of villages as well as one person who's grandfather and uncles along with a number of other adults in his home village in Xianyou still practice Feeding Crane.
At any rate there are at bare minimum three living traditions going by that name all of which can lay down evidence of their practice and lineages going back over a century and none of which can lay down any real claim of primacy.
If possible could you show more of the applications of the techniques which are in the forms. Some appear to be obvious but many leave me puzzled.
I don’t know what Alex Xu’s opinion on making videos is but could try and ask him to do feeding crane lessons on youtube or any other platform
Nice work.
good stuff . i have a student who cross trains with us ( i do shotokan) (40)yrs . and when he demostraits i can see a lot of links . also alex shows a lot of what we call kime ( focus) that does not ocurrr in our students hop kune Keep up the great work .oss
Zhong he Quan ( Sleeping Crane ) means in reallity Ancestral Crane. From the four styles of Crane Kung Fu it's certainly the oldest one and it focuse on Internal Power Cultivation. White Crane Kung Fu had a major influence on other southern Kung Fu like Tiger Claws Kung Fu ( Hong Jia or Hung Gar ) Wing Chun and others like Okinawa Karate. The experts of this school are well known for their forearms strengh and their high skill in applying Chin Na ( Seize and Control techniques ). In USA, famous Master Yang Jwing Ming teaches White Crane Kung Fu.
And I thought sleeping crane is the lazy man Kung Fu ; ) To me some sothern styles look very close like Crane, Tong Long, Dragon, 5 Ancestors and Bak Mei. They work a lot with square stances stretched out arms strong breathing and kind of isometric tension
Really appreciate this series. Been trying to learn this style, while keeping the spirit of Qīniáng, in the sense of keeping awareness of the moment.
Thanks. More Feeding Crane coming this Saturday
I cannot focus on to this video as normal because the YiXing Teapots behind are so beautiful. He got a good collection there ^^
Thats my collection lol
Great video and awesome series. I don't think it's worth a series but it would be interesting if you could do a video or two on Tibetan styles, like Lion Roar and Lama Pai. I don't know much about them but it might be easier to find info in China than outside I guess.
They are practiced in Guangdong, right?
How is the double inner forearm block looking move applied?
Really interesting to see how all Kung fu seems to share principal
Hi. Isn't their also 'shaking crane'?
Aparte de la Familia Liu de Taiwan el Shihequan algunos maestros dedicados han seguido enseñándolo en privado en muchas aldeas rurales y en público. Entre estos los reconocidos por el gobierno chino son el Shifu Yu Yu Lin del condado de XianYou ubicado en la prefectura de Putian y el Shifu Chen Wenjin en Fuzhou, ambos con un linaje diferente al de la Familia Liu de Taiwan.
Putian has also a line of Feeding Crane
永春白鹤拳传授过程中徒弟各有所长，各自重点发挥因而衍化出飞、食、鸣、宿。
Interesting the foot work and stances are a bit different than other Southern styles wing chun, Hung, Mok , Choy etc. that I am familiar with. The arm techniques are longer more akin to Choy Li Fut. It’s interesting.
It’s certainly different to the other two styles of Crane I saw in Fujian. I really want to check out Flying Crane in Malaysia in the future too.
Monkey Steals Peach of you get a chance contrast it to hop ga. It’s an interesting divergent. I learned a bit from a student of Wong Yan Lam many years ago.
I really know very little about Cantonese styles outside of Wing Chun.
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Hey if you are interested this is my Sigong sharing our history ! ua-cam.com/video/KY5cD09aRI0/v-deo.html
Thanks! Yes I am, I have been talking to Lorne a fair bit on FB about your style
Ever hear of the 13 Royal Guard form?
Yep, there is a video of Pan Qiong Qi demonstrating the form on my second channel Monkey Offers Peach
Can you tell us if it is the same style of car e like the one of Huang?the tai chi master of crane who later fell in love with Tai Chi Chuan?
He was in Malaysia ...a Chinese of that area...
Great work!
And after all these styles you have met which ones call you more inside you?
If you opened a school of martial art which would you love to teach?
I think Huang did Calling Crane, the style Yu Dan Qiu demonstrated in this series.
As for me, I pretty much just train Taiji Mantis and only dabble in other stuff.
@@MonkeyStealsPeach Is taiji mantis same as a tai chi style?
We would love to understand if Crane is one maryial art style or many different branches...pretty much the same as Tai Chi chuan
@@thunderflower7998 both those questions are answered in videos on my channel
Interesting that Alex didn't mention Zong He Quan.
This is KungFu.
Wow, fantastic to see Xu Lanyu. I used to know him in NZ but have lost contact with him since. Glad to see he's still doing well. Would you be able to PM me his email? Thanks.
Wow! Small world! Send me a message on Instagram or Facebook and I’ll give you his email.
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I’m so impressed with your Chinese! 👏
How long did it take you to reach this level of competency?
Thanks man! I can’t remember exactly how long as it was a gradual process. I’ve spoken it for around 12 years. I’d say after half a year or so I could converse at a basic level?
Monkey Steals Peach wow that’s great. I’m certain that living in China is the key.
Gotta surround yourself with a language to really learn it I feel. I had a much harder time learning Korean because when I lived there I spent a lot more time around English speakers than I did in China
Monkey Steals Peach I get that. Are you an English teacher? If you are that’s a pretty cool way to support yourself as well as study kung fu and now obviously you are a UA-camr as well. 👍
I taught English for most of my time in Asia. Right now I’m doing a master’s degree in Australia. Once the corona virus blows over I’m planning another trip
Nice work.