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My brother Sharif! This is truly one of the most interesting interviews yet! Two historians talking about Kung Fu and cultural history. Definitely with relistening to
Thank you again! Mr. Jacobs all your stuff is superb. Your videos are like a stargate to an understanding of Chinese martial art that without the full cultural context is very difficult to understand and practice.
I thoroughly enjoy listening to your pod casts, they are down to earth, and they seem to touch on so many topics that we need to keep in mind everyday when we train... like today, "being a blessing to other people"... In our zeal to learn how to do damage, it's very important to keep in mind the bigger and much more important goal. Thanks again
I love seeing black people in martial arts in depth. It helps navigate all the benefits of martial arts training which helped me personally as a African-American martial artist to get up to third degree black black belt of Tang Soo do karate and navigate through some of the toxicity within the black community amongst ourselves 90 percent of which we can navigate and address are cultural issues if we start looking with healthy choices inwardly and stop blaming others for our lack of progress. Thank you, brother, for sharing your insights. The narrator and the you are both very much appreciated for the interviewed.
It's always interesting to listen about the history of the different styles and especially, being a Choy Lee Fut guy myself, southern styles. I wonder why most Guandong styles have butterfly swords and long pole as weapons, I know CLF has them too and I think Bak Mei too. Great interview as always.
I think in the south where many rebels hid from the imperial govt. as well as back in the day where civilians and local militias were responisble for the safety of themselves and others (family, close knit communities etc) being far removed from the concentration of authority in the north. the pole gave you a long range weapon and the double swords a short range weapon. these are easily adaptable to other weapons that fit their short/long range categories. basically the 'essentials' to have people equipt with adaptable weapon skills reletively quickly. also a pole is something readily found, you could use farming tools, broom handles, tree branches, even a chair. double knives make empty handed skills easily transferrable and also adaptable to again farming tools, butchers knives, and they themselves were relatively cheap to make. in the northern arts there tends to be more military weapons focus eg. straight sword, spear, broad sword, halberd etc. which makes sense as many of the northern arts were used, practiced and passed down by officials, generals and military service men. of course they are not mutually exclusive and this is probably only one part of a much more complicated set of circumstances that led to the southern popularity of these weapons.
I had the same theory on butterfly swords but they actually used to be longer. Short sword long as opposed to the current butcher knife length. As for the pole, I meant the really long pole from Wing Chun (and Hung Gar and CLF), not your average staff. I think Ben Judkins wrote something on his site about the knives, the pole and the rattan shield (another southern mainstay).
@@EzeHSK i have seen these longer skinnier versions too. im sure there is much more to it. but just to add even these longer versions are shorter than say a broadsword. when we talk short range its with weaponry too so the butterfly swords even if they were longer then modern day counterparts are still short range weapon category when compared with the pole, spear, halberd etc in my mind this gives the practitioner a taste of both ends of the spectrum when paired with the pole and capability with bladed and non-bladed weapons. the versatility of the pole cant be emphasised enough. if you needed a local fighting force, ready when needed, it makes sense they would have some proficiency in a weapon of versatility, opportunity and one with range keeping them at a distance (no armour) from potentially more dangerous bladed weapons. but as we know crossover is inevitable. north and south are not isolated worlds, people moved around and brought knowledge with them 👍
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Sharif Anael-Bey is all around wonderful, love that you were able to sit down with him and pick his brain. We need a part 2!
I hope to do a part 2 in person!
My brother Sharif! This is truly one of the most interesting interviews yet! Two historians talking about Kung Fu and cultural history. Definitely with relistening to
Thanks brother!
An epic podcast!! That’s my brother 🙇♂️
This was a excellent listen, thanks for sharing.
Thanks, happy you enjoyed it
Thank you again! Mr. Jacobs all your stuff is superb. Your videos are like a stargate to an understanding of Chinese martial art that without the full cultural context is very difficult to understand and practice.
Thank you! Glad you enjoy them!
I thoroughly enjoy listening to your pod casts, they are down to earth, and they seem to touch on so many topics that we need to keep in mind everyday when we train... like today, "being a blessing to other people"... In our zeal to learn how to do damage, it's very important to keep in mind the bigger and much more important goal. Thanks again
Thank you for the words. Glad you enjoyed them
Dope interview!
I love seeing black people in martial arts in depth. It helps navigate all the benefits of martial arts training which helped me personally as a African-American martial artist to get up to third degree black black belt of Tang Soo do karate and navigate through some of the toxicity within the black community amongst ourselves 90 percent of which we can navigate and address are cultural issues if we start looking with healthy choices inwardly and stop blaming others for our lack of progress. Thank you, brother, for sharing your insights. The narrator and the you are both very much appreciated for the interviewed.
Thanks for sharing!
Truly enlightening!
Happy you enjoyed it
It's always interesting to listen about the history of the different styles and especially, being a Choy Lee Fut guy myself, southern styles. I wonder why most Guandong styles have butterfly swords and long pole as weapons, I know CLF has them too and I think Bak Mei too. Great interview as always.
Glad you enjoyed it
I think in the south where many rebels hid from the imperial govt. as well as back in the day where civilians and local militias were responisble for the safety of themselves and others (family, close knit communities etc) being far removed from the concentration of authority in the north. the pole gave you a long range weapon and the double swords a short range weapon. these are easily adaptable to other weapons that fit their short/long range categories. basically the 'essentials' to have people equipt with adaptable weapon skills reletively quickly. also a pole is something readily found, you could use farming tools, broom handles, tree branches, even a chair. double knives make empty handed skills easily transferrable and also adaptable to again farming tools, butchers knives, and they themselves were relatively cheap to make.
in the northern arts there tends to be more military weapons focus eg. straight sword, spear, broad sword, halberd etc. which makes sense as many of the northern arts were used, practiced and passed down by officials, generals and military service men.
of course they are not mutually exclusive and this is probably only one part of a much more complicated set of circumstances that led to the southern popularity of these weapons.
I had the same theory on butterfly swords but they actually used to be longer. Short sword long as opposed to the current butcher knife length. As for the pole, I meant the really long pole from Wing Chun (and Hung Gar and CLF), not your average staff. I think Ben Judkins wrote something on his site about the knives, the pole and the rattan shield (another southern mainstay).
@@EzeHSK i have seen these longer skinnier versions too. im sure there is much more to it.
but just to add even these longer versions are shorter than say a broadsword. when we talk short range its with weaponry too so the butterfly swords even if they were longer then modern day counterparts are still short range weapon category when compared with the pole, spear, halberd etc in my mind this gives the practitioner a taste of both ends of the spectrum when paired with the pole and capability with bladed and non-bladed weapons. the versatility of the pole cant be emphasised enough. if you needed a local fighting force, ready when needed, it makes sense they would have some proficiency in a weapon of versatility, opportunity and one with range keeping them at a distance (no armour) from potentially more dangerous bladed weapons.
but as we know crossover is inevitable. north and south are not isolated worlds, people moved around and brought knowledge with them 👍
@@EzeHSK always had a big interest in ratan sheild and sword too. pretty cool stuff
Excellent!
Thank you
Sharif is good people.
He is indeed!
34:54 for one of the best explanation of intent and it's effect on mouvement.
Glad you found it meaningful
😵💫is there anywhere to read about this history? It was a mistake to try and listen to this while doing homework
Sharif is amazing!
He's great
My shifu is shifu vega in Massachusetts founder of them Chaplin center there
Nice
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