Introduction to Shaolin Kung Fu with Hu Zheng Sheng - Real Shaolin Heritage ep2
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2019
- In today's episode, we visit the school of Hu Zheng Sheng, who gives us an insightful introduction to Shaolin Kung Fu, both past and present. This is part 1 of 2, the second part will focus on Xinyiba, which is his speciality. A big thanks to Ranton for the shout out in his Real Shaolin Disciple Reacts to BBC Documentary vid!
In this series, I visit the Shaolin Temple, and seek out masters of the old styles of Shaolin Kung Fu in Dengfeng and the villages in the surrounding mountains. I'm teaming up with Tomas from Real Shaolin Legacy and Joel from Shaolin Xinyiba, so check out their channels below too.
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*Fantastic Video*
YES ! it's amazing
Youre fantastic
Thank you for bringing me here.
You weren't lying this was good vid
i gAy fOr yOu
Ranton sent me with his charms
same here.
same
Ranton sent me. Awesome video.
Followed Ranton’s trail.
I like the idea of carrying a heavy load to start (like, literally carrying weights as part of training). Then, as you progress on your training, you shed those weights and your load becomes lighter, both to your body (via the strength you’ve gain and the weight you no longer need); and mind (by casting away those things you no longer need).
well he was using a metaphore about reducing your training down to the bare essentials, not literally carrying weights.
@@MonkeyStealsPeach Yes, increasing specificity over time to spend the most effort on the most relevant things. As a beginner a wide range of basic activities are used, as the practitioner progresses and masters basic concepts, they then focus on nuance. A great example of this was Bulgarian weightlifting in the 80s and 90s, where once an athlete reached the international level, they pared down their training to just heavy singles in the competition lifts, and squats. Every day, multiple times a day. And they became the best the world has ever seen. Problems arise when amateurs are inspired by this approach and end up injured and never progressing. Because they never built that base experience under a professional eye.
that's really interesting! And yes... in martial arts too, you see the highest level masters talking about "one posture containing the entire system" or whatever, but people forget that that is built upon the foundation of knowing the entire system first. If you just train these one or two moves without having gone through the whole process first you will have nothing
I really appreciated Master Hu's perspective on the stresses of modern life and how it is affecting the preservation of tradistional styles and leading to the proliferation of modern "wushu" styles. Thanks very much for putting this up!
I think it was a great intro to the series
This can be applied to everything. It is not only traditional martial arts that do suffer from it, but every art form too. Now many good artists are struggling to survive and have to put art aside and work a dumb job to fulfill life needs. Very very good video.
I also love the aspect of old and new. How young people nowadays are willing to share their knowledge and older people do not want that much due to their conservative ways of thinking.
Master Hu Zheng Sheng will be in the US, Seattle, WA, May 23 & 24 teaching a seminar
Ranton told me to look for you because you have real knowledge about real Shaolin Heritage and he is right you have led me to another level of enlightenment about Shaolin provided by Hu Zheng Sheng.
Interesting. Never heard things that way around before; that martial arts didn't evolve at Shaolin, but rather the temple was a repository for styles absorbed from the local area. Cool!
really? I thought it was common knowledge
@@MonkeyStealsPeach as usual, I'm way behind :-)
too much birdwatching, not enough training hahahaha
@@MonkeyStealsPeach I'm under the impression the common knowledge about Shaolin Temple is still what the TV series "Kung Fu" (D.Carradine) let us believe about it. That the monks developed their martial art techniques purely out of animal observations. When I realised (most notably through Johnathan Barbary's blog -in French-) that most martial art techniques came into Shaolin through retired soldiers, it made much more sense. I mean, for non-blood-shedding monks, learning dao techniques seem weird, even though they are most renowned for their staff. I believe it to be the same with Japanese warrior monks (who are also Buddhist monks), i.e. retired military personnel (to use a modern term) that didn't become priests but as lay brothers, put their previous trade to "better" use by protecting the rich temples.
Buddhist temples in China were not too different from Christian monasteries in Europe. Lots of corruption, political affiliations and twisting the religion to justify their actions. The monks of Shaolin took part in several military campaigns in China.... so hardly pacifists. It was common not just for retired military, but also for criminals to take refuge as monks... like medieval Europe, sanctuary meant avoiding punishment.
Ranton sent me here. I like his explanation a lot. The part about farmers not having a simple life either to study martial arts is very interesting. Thanks for making this video!
i personally am Chinese and that's precisely why i want to learn the traditional martial arts: to reconnect with my roots and culture. And to show that Chinese Martial Arts are not rubbish
Will you prove it through combat?
@ilove bigbrother The Shaolin traditions have nothing to do with Tibet. Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism aren't even of the same branches. Do you even know anything about how Tibetan Buddhism works or are you just speaking out of your ass?
I think I learned more in these 13 minutes that hours trying to find some information online. So much misinformation out there. Thanks so much for doing this.
VERY good Video, you asked the right questions and his answers where really interesting, wow
Ranton brought me here! great content on this video. keep it up! 👍
Xin Yi Ba is the real deal, the real original Shaolin martial art. only a few monks in Shaolin temple actually knows this style. the most noteworthy practitioners are Shi Dejian and Wu Nanfang, who can trace their direct lineage to Master Wu Gulun
Came here through a link from Ranton. You have amazing Chinese :) Really enjoyed this interview and overview so much. The heart and soul of original Chinese essence is a bit lost. It's really refreshing to listen to someone like Master Hu share his views. Preserving the traditional ways isn't easy in today's world where flashy is what captures people's attention rather than the heart of something which can't easily be grasped unless one slows down. Shaolin Kungfu to me was more well known for war and battle rather than spirituality. I see Wudang Shan as more the spiritual heart of China rooted in Tao and Taichi. At the end of the day, it's what it means to the individual. Really wish Master Hu luck in preserving of the traditional, it's important. Will definitely watch more of your videos, thank you for taking time to make and share them.
Thanks very much! Ranton is a great guy. Yes, I just try to do what I can to help preserve the old methods of martial arts without hype and clickbait
Ranton promotes you well xD
Another Ranton transplant. These videos are so valuable to me. I have been fascinated with the culture of ancient martial arts and kung fu my entire life. This interview was very interesting. Will sub and check out your other videos. Cheers :)
Ranton is really awesome! I'v had so many nice comments all day. I've just sent him a message on Instagram thanking him for the shout out!
What a great video! Thank you for uploading this. Pure Gold. You asked really good questions, and I really appreciate the honesty and how down to earth Master Hu is.
Awesome video. It's really nice to find a channel that talks to authentic traditional martial arts masters without heavy editing or scripts.
Thanks a lot man! Its only coz I suck at editing though hahaha
@@MonkeyStealsPeach hahaha. A bit of editing is fine, but a lot of channels end up focusing too much on the editing and their content is lacking. That's not your case, keep up the good work.
Thanks man... I try to focus on asking the right questions more than anything else.
Ranton sent me.
"Books are for the poor, martial art for the wealthy"
What about books about martial arts?
For rich and poor at the same time
@@dongiii5644 this is not the meaning of what he was saying. The meaning goes like this: The poor have no time for passtimes, for passions, for learning somehting they really love, because they have to work day and night. The rich on the other hand have too much time, therefore they can learn whatever they want, fulfill their passiion, their dreams.
From Ranton with love. Great video
Came here from Ranton and I really appreciate this video ♥
I have heard so many misguided people and it has always frustrated me. I have not been to Shaolin, but I did go to Mt. Wudang :^) Even though very different (different driving religions etc), Shaolin and Wudang both suffer from a lot of inaccurate overhypedness.
ty Rantoni
excelent interview ,, congrtulations , is a good information about shaolin history old heritage. !
From a small martial arts school in south east Louisiana, thank you for your work. It is much appreciated.
Excellent report, thanks a lot 🙏✨
Thanks ranton
Nice introduction, waiting for next videos. Great work.
Ranton brought me here!
Amazing video, Ranton sent me here.
Excellent work Will!✊
this is soooo awesome, the closest thing i have with Kenji Goh manga about Baji Quan
Great video man, Ranton sent me here!
This is a great one! Thanks very much.
Great stuff, thank you.
Thanks for sharing! Have an awesome day!
Very thorough explanation... thanks
Came here from Ranton. Great video
As with many other people, I came here through Ranton, but so glad I found your channel - have watched a few videos and this is incredible stuff, I'm not sure there's anyone else is doing anything similar. Also, your level of Chinese is extraordinary - very inspiring. Have you gone / will you go to Wudangshan at any point?
Hi Melissa
I just went over and checked out Ranton's podcast... that's so cool to be mentioned on there! I literally woke up this morning to find all these comments!
I went to Wudang about 12 years ago, just to climb it and see the sites. It's unlikely I will go there to do interviews though as I've got so many ideas already lined up and only so much time and money to do them
@@MonkeyStealsPeach Very reasonable! Looking forward to your xingyi series :)
This is actually a really well done video
Thanks for sharing!!!
Good explanation to Modern Kung Fu vs Traditional Old Kung Fu @9:25
Love it!
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Coming in hot from Ranton‘s podcast
So from my understanding. Shaolin is somewhat similar to MMA but Shaolin have temple. They absorb martial arts from what they can get they hand on, but instead of get rid of what "useless", they keep everything and preserve it. Even improve it when it needed.
Correct no?
came in shaolin Anton style
Ranton sends hia regard
Love it! So much insight in this video that translates too many layers of todays societies..
Thanks. The next part will be with more physical demos... focusing purely on Xinyiba. I think I will put that up as the final episode to conclude the series though.
very interesting 😬
@Ranton
I don't know how much they should focus on getting kids to learn martial arts. Of course it's important and good to learn from a very young age, but times have changed, as he said. The "westerners" are more of a success story because they are not kids.
I did some Tae Kwon Do for a few years as a kid, I got bored, I stopped. Now I'm 28 and I'm checking these videos. I have something in mind, something I'm looking for, or something I want to achieve. I think it's the first time in ~20 years I want to start a martial art (although, I do have some anger issues, and I have put it off in the past because of that). I don't expect a little kid to have drive like that. Frankly I cannot fully understand how they did it back in the day.
Times have changed, as he said, and documenting should come first. The means to do it are here. The social problem is something more difficult to solve, and nigh impossible for an individual (or two).
Whoa.
Ranton send me here
"The poor study books; the rich study martial arts." So true.
A Pepperoni sent me here.
I envy your Mandarin skill, man. I've been learning Mandarin for years yet I still sound like a toddler when I talk Mandarin🙃
Outstanding!
Rantoni Raid!
What is happening to Older Martial Arts is so sad to hear
Yep, times are changing. Ironically its not the Cultural Revolution, but the development and modernisation thats the biggest hindrance to traditional Martial Arts in China.
🤔🧐👌
8:25 This was actually pretty educational.
I had no idea that most chinese kids DON'T want to learn martial arts, and are actually forced to do it.
And martial artists are actually beginning to put faith in immigrants.
Well i think that's what i understood,
I could be wrong.
0:51 guy on the right is asian me.
Who else came from Ranton’s podcast?
He uses the term Wushu instead of kungfu ya!
Much like how the city dwellers cultured and taught in schools to take away from the simple farmer and blacksmith their right to work the land by hand.
In my country we have a martial art that also lost its most powerful techniques, it is called CAPOEIRA.
Unlike the Wufu masters, the government and the police hunted our masters and banned them from practicing.
Thus losing many teachings and techniques.
Bodhi Dharma the indean king traveled to China and founded shaolin temple. Even Gautam Buddha is from India. Why these people don't mention that???
from Nepal, not India
the town of dungfun ....ok
I'm sure this will probably come as a surprise to you but i found your channel through Ranton.
(hihihi 😉)
I was curious to watch the video Ranton mentioned and it didn't disappoint! What an interesting interview!
Now i want to watch all your videos!
Subscribed!!
Welcome aboard!
@@MonkeyStealsPeach thank you! 🙂