Karate Nerd in China (Ep. 2) 🍵
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Is White Crane kung fu the ancestor of Okinawa Karate?
The truth is revealed when Jesse Enkamp (The Karate Nerd) explores Karate's evolution - from China to Japan and beyond.
In this episode Jesse travels to Yong Chun village, the birthplace of White Crane, and learns Sanzhan from master Zheng Qing Yong. This is the original Chinese form of Sanchin - one of the most important kata in traditional Karate styles like Goju-ryu and Uechi-ryu.
The other masters of this episode are Su Ying Han, a "soft crane" expert of joint locks and Pan Qiong Qi, headmaster of Weng Gong Ci - the oldest White Crane school in Yongchun (established 1928).
Next stop is Southern Shaolin temple in Quanzhou!
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One thing I knew: White Crane was founded by a woman (Fang) who according to the legend learned kung-fu hard style from her family. Some day (I forgot why) she had to fight a Shaolin monk who beat her badly. She retreated crying to the forest and at some point during her stay there, she saw a couple of cranes fighting. She observed that cranes didn't fight with power like the tigers, or the monks, but they moved very lightly and quickly, then made very sudden snapping attacks. She started modifying her kung-fu until it became something completely different to what she had learned and when she returned to challenge the monks again, she beat one after the other. Then the monks asked her to teach them. (At least, that's the legend I heard)
One thing I learned: Strength is like money. You have to spend it wisely.
@@johnlloyddy7016 could it be that the nun was the founder of the white crane?
Fang Qi Niang is the founder of Yong Chun White Crane. Ng Mui, the Buddhist nun, was one of the elders that escape from the destruction of the Southern Shaolin Temple. Nobody really knows what their relationship is. Cantonese Wingchun might have developed furtherin Foshan when Ng Mui travelled there from Yong Chun, maybe to escape from Qing soldiers hunting for her.
Also, you have to understand that there were a lot of anti-Qing rebels hiding in Taoist and Buddhist monasteries all over China. Which is why they could not write down their history on paper. Whoever survived from the persecutions by the Qing soldiers may not have the full story.
Chinese legends are good. )
Why is there always someone going off into the forest in a Chinese Legend?
Watching the Sanchin origin Kata was incredibly cool 👏👏
This is better than a Netflix documental, this is just pure gold! Invaluable! Thank you very much sensei to bring us this knowledgeable
Thanks for watching! 🙏 Episode 3 is available here: ua-cam.com/video/ILtz6kp5FaA/v-deo.html🔥
Jesse sensei, thank you for all your hard work and dedication to the art of karate and the martial arts in general, and thank you for sharing it with us. It is invaluable.
I look forward to it!🔥🙏👍
Thanks for the content, a lot of interesting things on this episode. By the way, I already did the subtittles on Spanish, check it out!
You shouldn't do this... I can wait all another week; I'll wait the movie :D... just kidding...
This is a great thing to wake up to on my birthday! Much love sensei Jesse!
What the Chinese master did at 13:27 was a kake uke. We do that in goju ryu, the style that I practice. Awesome!!
Jesse, this was fascinating. I've been a Wing Chun guy for way too long, 30 something years, and Wing Chun is an abridged form of White Crane. In fact, Yong Chun is how Wing Chun is pronounced in Mandarin. It was interesting to hear they have a similar story about the origin, both created by a woman who taught her husband. Just different names and a few different details. I have always wondered what was in White Crane that was left out of Wing Chun. I see there is lots, including many different weapons. Thank you for taking us with you on your journey, I'm looking forward to the next installment.
My understanding is that the internals of White Crane were replaced with the internals of snake, so make something quicker and more flexible both in technique and in energy.
Basically, the mythology said that The founder Madam Fang witness the duo between a Crane and Snake that inspired her to create the style
@@dnmgch you also hear that story for TaiJi and some forms of Snake. Those parables are meant to emphasize relaxation and how animals don't tense up before they strike. Every art takes from every other art in China. As far as I know. The nearest we can tell is that Wing Chun was formulated by the second Shaolin nun called Ng Mai, to make a better system by blending Shaolin Snake and Crane, the latter of which was already morphing into what you see here at the time.
@@Cyclonus5 generally i can say, traditional Chinese martial arts use animals as a metaphor to describe the body mechanism of the dedicated style. As a Chinese background person. I hopefully the body mechanism can further explain more on the future
@@dnmgch Biomechanics arent that different, it's more a matter of principles I think it often comes down to pedagogy. I learned Wing Chun in FoShan and Yong Chun in ShenZhen and had i not known better someone could have argued they were different Shaolin Systems with similar roots. The sets were notiably different, thought structurally followed the same principles, one emphasized striking and practiced against boxing techniques while the other emphasized grappling and practiced against Shuai Jiao, one teacher said it originated in Shaolin as a whole the other said it left Shaolin as a seed and the husband who named the art after his wife refined it with his own kung fu. I think these are all compatible but the big point of my training has been that different styles aren't just because people move in different ways, and thus have different body mechanics, but that different mentalities require different tactics, which I originally learned in the 5 animals. Gong Fu needs to embrace the multi faceted design that made Japan, Okinawa and Korea trek to study their arts, not the Flowery Fists and Fancy Footwork we see today.
"Ten years later he returned with a Chinese wife, two children and a secret of Enkamp family karate"))
😂😂😂 Not sure my girlfriend would like that
AboAlWaleed salo he should be a monk
AboAlWaleed salo
Yes a wife... a good one
Little drums.
Usually the Chinese mistresses will stay in their villages to raise the children. Just remember to send them money every month. 😉🤣
No one never did follow the bubishi, searching for karate beginning. Great idea.
Wow!! Master Su's daughter's kata performance was super fluid and graceful! So much difference from the previous ones!
I had the pleasure of training for a day with Master Su and his daughter. She really was amazing, so fluid. It was an incredible connection to our goju ryu roots (you can actually see our organizational flag on the wall in the office!).
As a an old Kung fu nerd myself, this is like a walk through history - but also a walk back through the soul. You can absolutely see the wing chun... the crane to the gorilla and monkey techniques... the shaolin arm conditioning exercises... badhi harma becoming the Dao mo ... all these old stories coming to life... well done
This series motivates me to refine my techniques, learn more about Karate.... and drink green tea.
Mainly the green tea
I'm not sure how I got to these videos, I'm not even a big Martial arts fan but I'm hooked to this series
Even as a Taijiquan Dude, who has absolutly no relationship with karate, this is amazing. Thank you!
I am practicing a southern kung fu style called Hung Gar (Hung Kuen) for 15 years now and I am practicing Karate now for 2 years, just to learn the differences and the commonalities. It is very inspiring and a very interesting path to go. Great Video Jesse!
alot of respect for you, and what you are doing for karatedo
Another little masterpiece. Exploring might take you in the wrong direction, but the discoveries made along the way are worth it. Thank you for another very interesting episode.
Now this channel is turning from good to EPIC
Great series, Jesse! Loving it. And the editing is great too, love the intro and the narrator introducing your journey series. Almost sounds like the guy who narrates the movie trailers back in the 90s: "One man. One goal. One mission."
Haha thanks! Yeah I made sure he sounded extra cheesy 😜
thank you for taking this journey and sharing it with us
Sunday is Jesse in China day :)
I freaking LOVE this series of your's!! I'm from Taekwondo, but I'm learning so much from this series!
In my opinion martial arts is beyond any style - it has no boundaries. Only the human who execute it might have limitations (whether physically or metally).
I'd LOVE to have learned Master Soo's soft grappling White Crane. I've found that most of your Fujian boxing styles, from Uechi-Ryu to White Crane to Southern Mantis use similar movements of striking (though applications may vary) and, certainly, the same principles of body dynamics (Float/Spit/Sink/Swallow), but, emphasis on wrestling is rare. It might help to fill the gap that often exists in most Karatekas' training.
Southern Praying Mantis is said to be a descendent of Fujian White Crane
This is amazing and a very important part of our history. Thank you for your research and efforts. This information can easily be lost forever.
Thank you! Doing my best 💪
Love the episodes Jesse. When I watch it feels that I’m right there in China with you. Can’t wait for the next episode. Thanks for the research.
Love this series. I'd always wanted to know the root of karate. Especially learning goju Ryu myself make this even more fascinating to watch
Seriously Jessie. This is admirable.I am sure your quest is answering questions that so many Karate followers all around the world have.
Goosebumps... Can't wait for the next episode.
Wow it just keeps on getting better Jesse. I am so glad I have stuck with my kung fu journey discovering the intricate subtle techniques of various martial arts I have been a part of.
You are giving me the impression you are almost disappointed how far karate has strayed from its roots.
Got to say I've had goosebumps throughout the series so far.
Jesse is top notch , he is a karate nerd for sure . What a great adventure !!!
Absolutely amazing, this is gold. Thank you Jesse! never understood why my sensei eventually got into crane style kung fu just before his passing. He was a Sihan here in Taiwan, and after 2 decades later, you gave me the answer. He was simply finding the root and origin and seeking further break through!
Good karate documentary. Jesse , always humble to know new/old forms of martial arts, even with his big experience!
A W E S O M E
Just the fact that you put so much time in the thing you love, makes me want to improve my own karate knowledge and skill
dear Jesse I am Mainak Biswas from India.... a great fan of you and i am connected to this channel from 3 years now.... i request you to come to India make a video on Kalaripayattu, the oldest martial art in the human history.... i assure you that you going to be amazed by spending just a day in a Kalaripayattu dojo.... hope we can see you in India one day
Great series! As a Traditional Wing Chun instructor who is currently learning Shito Ryu Karate, I am loving this series. Thanks for your work and dedication, keep it up!
Fascinating transition! Keep it up 💪
There is so much connection between White Crane and Wing Chun!
Thank you Jesse for making the trip out to China and filming this video. It's insightful....VERY insightful and calming.
Omg its like im watching a vice documentary or something like that.Once again im amazed jesse.
Thank you “Karate Nerd” this series is very interesting. Good job 🙂💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Waiting for these videos is like an exercise in patience ^^ Looking forward to the next one. Im really getting an itch to get back into martial arts again!
Patience is a virtue! 🙏
@@KARATEbyJesse Most definitely, thanks for the great vids.
Both Uechi Ryu and Goju Ryu have their roots in Southern Chinese systems. Both seem well suited to self defense. I like the way Vince Morris of Kissaki kai fame explains and demonstrates karate techniques. He shows the devastating potential of the art.
I've studied many arts, both eastern and western. When demonstrated properly, with proper intent, and fluid motion, their effectiveness becomes apparent. By the way, my definition of study is mostly academic. I am no master of anything, other than staying alive. At least so far...😏
What an amazing and informative video
It's really helpful and fun to watch..... Also how many episodes will come out?
Can't wait for them
Thanks! Watch and you’ll find out 😄
@@KARATEbyJesse sure am always waiting for ur videos
Love those aerial shots. Such nice production and commentary, this is a great series to watch.
This needs an award or something. Pure gold. Ty sensei jesse
Thank you! 🙏
I saw parts of Tensho kata in the Sanzhen performance. Those people are so generous to you Jesse. (And us viewers).
I honestly think only you could have pulled this off. You are one of the kindest, most genuine and humble presenters I've met and can collab with anyone.
That wrist lock rendering Will to his knees features in Bassai Dai and Kankusho.
From what I understand, there is no historical record of a "Southern" Shaolin. There was only one. Any reference to a Southern Shaolin Temple came from Wuxia where it was popularized
Also, the current "Southern" Shaolin is purely for tourist attraction, just as the northern Temple is.
This series is superior to anything the History Channel has ever produced. Thank you Jesse!
Thank you!
As a Wing Chun pracititioner seeing White Crane Gung Fu was too cool. I find it equally effective and awesome!
Well done soak up as much knowledge as live learn adapt become even more wiser and skillful more sharp and be always be ready at all times enjoy
Love it at the end when Jesse says "there are many things from Karate I haven't seen like..." and then goes and says all the things I haven't see in GojuRyu ever. Lol!!!
Delightful! Thank you for sharing with us your experience!
...So just chill till the next episode.
Loved it.
Harry Haller ”Yaaay yaay yaayaaay!” 😎
Awww the episode was to short 😂. Great episode. It's very interesting and I love the fact that you went further back than necessary. It is so interesting this deep dive of yours.
This is one of the legendary UA-cam channel. Felt like i was watching some series in NGC or discovery channel. what an editing . Love from India
Thanks!!
It’s so great to see these older men totally light up with pride to share their craft ☺️
Thank you for the insights given to us. Part 1 and part 2. Salute to these masters featured in these clips.🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 Very nice informative video for us. 😊
Very interesting tour! Can’t wait for your next trip. Southern shaolin is the root of all southern style Kung fu
3:42
Wow!
That pole reminds me of some Xing yi stuff!
And Wing Chun could be related to White crane!
It was also developed by a woman!
And HECK YEAH!
Shaolin kung fu is an awesome foundation for a martial art!
It helps people learn how to move and makes your body stronger!
Also, you need to keep learning kung fu styles!
Try harder, more direct styles!
That's what could have helped influenced Karate as well!
Just discovered your channel Sensei Enkamp! Fantastic video quality and editing and excellent research and depth! I’ve studied Muay Boran, Southern and Northern praying Mantis (mostly southern) and more recently Short Fist Boxing. Absolutely love all martial arts and appreciate the hard work! Keep it up!
Thank you! Welcome 😄👍
Jesse you actually have captured me with your content so much that I am saving for a trip to Okinawa. I know this is the video about China but it made me think about your channel as a whole and I love it. Keep going, great content💪🏼
Thanks!!
Great contents, superbly narrated with wonderful images. The spectator really feels to be travelling and living a authentic treasure hunting adventure. Thank you very much for sharing all this with us.
My time is preciuos and fruitful as i am watching your videos Sir Jesse such an inspiration, keep safe always... 🙏
Can't get enough of these videos. There is no harm in getting to know kung fu a little. These videos are great for kung fu fans too.
It feels like I'm also travelling with Jessie Enkamp while watching this episode
Ok I wish this millions of views, the quality is most intense. All the best to Jesse and our community out there (cat backpack). This is so data dense and beautiful I'm in awe
I wish That jesse was bigger on the internet, I see balance and I see strenght, like a True sensi
You’re too kind 🙏
His channel is so underrated, he deserves more subs!
The 2 person form at 10:20 is very similar to a form I learned form my old teacher who's lineage is in Okinawan Goju Kai & Ryu, Ed Parker Kenpo, and R Duncan Ninjitsu. We called it either "ten point" or "eight point" and I have never seen anything else like it until this video. We also did Sanshin tension breathing similar to Uechi Ryu, Goju and White Crane. Such a joy to see the origins🙏
What an amazing history lesson into martial arts. Maybe it's not Karate but all martial arts are somehow connected. I enjoyed this video a lot.
In both episode 1 and 2 I saw a tonne of stuff clearly related to, and still featured in Goju ryu
From the hand wrapping, sanchin, and the description of white crane in ep 1 being a mix of the hard and the soft, which is the literal meaning of goju
I practiced this years back in Taiwan then left for thai boxing but at 05:29 there is something transcendent happening there, WoAW!!! . Thank you karate Nerd
wow it all looks like goju ryu and uechi ryu, full of open hand techniques, another facts learned!!
Dear Jesse
Your research and advocacy of Karate is a true inspiration - truly a Karate influencer.
Just doing what I love! 🙏
I start to follow the karate nerd, verry impressiv! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Are you going to try to find the origins of the melding of Okinawan Te and White Crane? Maybe taking a look at the original Okinawan fighting art, before it mixed with White Crane (for Shorin Ryu) and Five Ancestor Fist (for Goju Ryu)? That may be where the stances changed and hands became closed.
Keep watching and you’ll see! 😄
as I am a Karate student I learn Shotokan Style, I can say that this episode I do love and enjoy watching so much. Thanks for your hard mission. By the way, I hope one day you can come to visit Cambodia The Cambodian martial art called," Bokator " the root of Mauy Thai, Muay Thai Was just a small simplified one from Cambodia Bokator's form.
Man your videos brother makes me want to put my Gi back on and resume my Shotokan. Thank you
great adventure. I am following in curiosity. Thanks for sharing this amazing experience.
That guy on the mountain (zheng?) was a legend, keys rattling, everyday clothing and still looked badass
"Karate doesn't have this type of move."
:Stares in Shito-Ryu:
But really, that dude was awesome. The quote about money is a solid one.
Great vid, Jesse!
Awesome series, I just watched the two episodes in a row. For a Kung Fu practicioner like me it's profoundly interesting and useful. Thank you.
If you want to learn more kindly visit the Philippines at the province of mindoro located in region iv-b mimaropa
This awesome stuff Jesse - you and Will have produced something amazing here.
I already did the subtittles on Spanish, just waiting Jesse to approve them!
Muchas gracias!
Hola hermano qué onda? Espero que estés bien. Me gustaría saber si podéis sacar mí duda. Como puedo añadir un subtítulo a un video de UA-cam? Es que viendo su comentario me dió ganas de traducirle al portugués. Muchas gracias y un saludo desde Brasil. (Perdona mis eventuales errores, por fa).
@@Dankschon Infelizmente, o UA-cam removeu a opção. As traduções não podem mais ser feitas, só podem ser feitas por quem envia o vídeo :(
Thanks!
Domo arigato!! 🙏
@@KARATEbyJesse You are welcome. About me: I started karate for the first time last month at 52 years old. I study Shuri Ryu. I am currently learning Taikioku Ichi. My Instructor follows you on Facebook and posts your content on occasion to help inspire us. God bless you Mr Enkamp.
Don't worry. When you "go too deep into history" / "go too deep into the rabbit hole of White Crane", that's also valuable too ! It allows the audience to see that just as there are parts of kung fu that influenced / became karate, there are also those that didn't. It gives everyone a more all-rounded view of the history. :)
This is way cooler than any Netflix documentary!!!
As an yellow belt Karateka myself I rlly enjoy Jesse's content, it makes me hungry for even more karate!
Thank you so much, Jesse!
Thank you!!
@@KARATEbyJesse i wan't to learn karate, im practicing on my own just by watching you😁
Staying true to your path. I like that 👍🏻
fantastic film. felt for you with your jet lag - I used to travel to southern china often from UK for work, and the jet lag plus copious amounts of Chinese tea during the day, and beer in the evening (Chinese love to tank their alcohol in the evenings), made for a tough but enjoyable time every visit lol.
Excellent - I am Okinawa Kenpo from way back in the 80’s - studied under Grand Master Seikichi Odo - he often spoke about the history and how the roots of Okinawa Karate go back to China - I can still see him doing Sanchin kata and how reverent he was about what he was taught since early in his youth. Such an interesting man - by day a gentle air conditioning repairman but in reality a source of immense power at the blink of an eye.
I did some work in Beijing in 1990 and spent 2 weeks working out at a temple with a young Shoalin monk. Also a very impressive and gentle but super fast & powerful guy. We fought only once and he put me on my back in the most surprising way - I was very appreciative and impressed - though quite dizzy and sizzling with pain for a couple hours. (groin strike & some kinda hammer fist to my nose)
Enjoying your series - so very interesting
I attended a two day seminar (IIRC) given by Odo Sensei - what impressed me most was not his undoubted skill (and that was something special) but the fact that he was a really nice person - a group of us were leaving the dojo for a little while to do a photo shoot as well as Master Odo, there was a senior student of his - from Spain? - 7th dan (maybe, it's quite a long time ago) a few others including the host of the seminar (Chris Barron - U of Canterbury at Kent) and a young lady, a beginner at Karate who was a red belt - Master Odo pointed at her belt and said with a kind smile 'Judan' - I was seriously impressed by him and in 50 years in martial arts - I would only say that about a very few people.
As a shotokan practitioner I find this very amusing, can't wait to see more especially about the long range movements and deeper stances that you mentioned ate the end.
I love all these episodes.
I hope you are making the money you deserve for these travel episodes
Jesse Enkamp este vídeo é muito interessante e mostra as raízes de onde floresceram o karatê... Gostei 👏👏👏
thank you for sharing this wonderful story
Looking forward very much to the next installment Jesse! So interesting seeing this through your eyes.
The kata at the beginning reminded me of kata tensho. This is a wonderful series
Another brilliant episode! Honestly, I could watch a full-length Netflix series on this (that’s an idea!). 🙇♂️🥋👊
Felicidades...!!! Hermoso documental, enriquecedor para los que hacemos artes marciales. Muchas gracias...!!!!
Amazing! Thank you for putting in hard work so we can travel and learn with you from home. OSU
Amazing.