Id like to hear more stories about anyone you met that really impressed you with their skill, speed, or power. Was there anyone in particular who had a really powerful punch or kick? Have you done chi sao with anyone that really impressed you? Triad stories are always entertaining. I would also love an entire episode on your top 5 or top 10 martial arts films. Thank you for the great content!
16:07 here’s what I do.. I make sure I have 3 doors to come in to my house.. 1.BUI SAO 2. FOOK and BONG 3. WU SAO LOP SAO and SHIFT. I make sure if I enter southpaw I’ll change and cover or wedge .. interesting enough.. on a PAK SAO in my viper jkd we hit the hand and then the face with the same hand. Then comes the traditional back hand .. so we block and strike same front hand HUEN SAO and control of the distance is key.. Circles are key..
38:00 You see this a lot in UFC where both guys are great strikers but you can tell as they crash. Neither one knows anything else except to hit. Control comes into play. This is where KUNG FU gets good money. We control and hit.
41:20 Well you shouldn’t be using it unless you got no choice so.. if you have to use it. It will be like a laser guided missile. Concentration works when we aren’t looking for a match.
Hi Richter Sifu... Every week I look forward to your podcast (instructive and amusing at the same time). I regularly do some research on the evolution/history of Wing Chun...I have often found that in the past there was only 1 big "original form" which was later split into 3 parts (our well known 3 hand forms) but now I find more and more that it was actually split into 4 hand forms: the Siu Nim Tau, Cham Kiu, Biu Tze and the Chaai Jong Kyun (the wooden fist). According to students of the Ng Chung So lineage, Yip Man's teachers did not pass this on to him (but apparently did to Ng Chung So)...A certain Sifu Fok Chiu (student of both Yui Choi and Leung-Fok of the Ng Chung So lineage) then did show this to Si-Jo Leung Ting. This form would apparently possess extremely valuable step work and movement patterns which in turn refer to the patterns for the tripodal dummy but especially the use of the plum flower stakes.... Have you ever heard/read anything about that ? Greetings Serge
Another great podcast. So true what you said about fight scenes in movies. Without, as Bruce Lee would say "emotional content" it means nothing, it must be an integral part of the story not just a fight for fights sake.
Meditation is simply trying to empty the mind of random thoughts. Doing a form like SNT allows people to focus the mind on the exactness of it, to get "inside" their own body and focus on joint angles and breathing, etc. Doing this can allow all the other thoughts to be pushed out. Prof. Ting Chu confirms what you said, the Siu Nim Tau is a perfect chi gung form. He also said the less we know about chi gung the better, just empty the mind so the real chi can show up. Chi knows what it is doing better than we can, so meditation is about getting out of the way....
I watched all your episodes. Realy. And i love your mix. And yes, i understand that Bruce theme is amazing. I am the first who says, hey something new on Bruce, cool. He is also for me the greatest Martial Artist on this planet. And i am one of this guys, who belives, he would realy kick everybodys ass, like James D. Wille said once. But there is more than just Bruce. I love the mix of all, and also the wing chun stuff. And my background was Taek won Don and later boxing. But i am intrested in every deeper understand of Martial Arts. I was so excited to Bob Samuels and Vincent Lyn. Great. Amazing stuff. I love your channel ❤
I like to think that the reason the fighting is more vanilla in the original trilogy is because there were far less teachers to teach fighting so they were starting from ground 0
How do you apply your syllabus and how does it change based on slower learners among faster learners? I would like to hear a bit of the process and adaptations based on mixed skill levels.
You know, I think there actually is a sense in which "mindfulness" is really underrated in the martial arts, which is key to how Bruce Lee excelled so much as a martial artist. Less in terms of the deep focus on body mechanics (although obviously there's some value in that,) but more in terms of the intense emphasis on intentionality in training. There are lots of people who push themselves really hard and train full time who never approach Bruce's level, and I think one of the big missing ingredients for a lot of them is that they're pouring in effort, but they're not thinking with every step about how what they're training will best help them to achieve the things that are most useful to developing their fighting abilities. There's a difference between someone who'll throw a thousand punches in a day for training, but by a couple hundred in, is just grinding them out, and someone who, by the thousandth punch, is still focusing on polishing their technique. Or between someone who can keep up a grueling workout regimen for a year, versus someone who'll spend that year continually making changes to improve their workout regimen to make it more effective. I think a lot of the best fighters never develop this sort of ability, but instead outsource it to coaches who make it their job to think about that sort of thing for them. But I think really taking ownership of your own development as a martial artist means building that sort of intentionality.
Thank you for that comment. Mindfulness as it’s properly used is derived from meditation, and there the aim is about understanding the “observer and observed” problem when it comes to consciousness. What I’m railing against here is the use of buzzwords like “mindfulness“ being attached to martial arts for marketing purposes.
Hello sir, absolutely loving the content. I would like to ask if you have had any experiences/ exchanges with non- yip man lineages out there? What were they like and how have they shaped your views on WC now? Thanks!
Great episode #51! I hope everyone at the City WingTsun is having a great New Year so far. Two questions. Do you believe that more WT students and Instructors should train more in the basic fight stance meaning boxing and kicking boxing stance after the learn basic WT stance? Honestly, I believe one in real life fight in character two stance. Second question, fun question, if you had to pick 3 people from the City WingTsun fight against Iron Fist, Daredevil, and Captain America who would you pick? Yourself included too :-)
Hi The Kung fu Genius ! Great podcast ! You are able to speak and understand cantonese . Does it make a great impact on your understanding of Wing Chun/Wing Tsun ? Also, can you share some good reads about the kuen kuits ? Shout out to the other members of the KFG podcast crew !
Awesome podcast topic, would you see yourself doing movie star wars Wednesday? Stay tune Chewey lol then Yoda goes back to his limp, after doing Parkour
4:07 Like I said.. Alex might only have 5000 subs right now.. but who’s watching though? Donnie yen.. the Lee people.. Bruce’s students.. the current masters in the game.. Hong Kong.. people in shaolin gung fu.. many many masters watch this.. I know, because I run the TEACHERS CLUB and speak with black belt masters at night usually from about 8 pm till morning .. all talk about Kung fu
I trained in "Hong Kong style" for almost 15 years. I loved it at first, until I actually went to Hong Kong and saw it as different than what we did in the US. I can't stand this structure now. It seems like many/most instructors use it as a means of lazy teaching, pedestal building and a means to a free dinner. I got so damn sick of going out for dim sum all the time, just to get some insight, that I walked away from wing chun for a long time. I've taught it for several years, and always kept hour long structured classes. The only time we did a late night dinner was on student's birthdays.
I have teachers that train us "hong kong" style and I'm not gonna lie, it can be real frustrating when they forget where you should be at in development lol. To be fair, they haven't drip fed bits of knowledge or held me back in years of development like a previous sifu I studied under. I get around this by structuring it myself. I chart what I've done, what I'm good at, what needs work, and what I have yet to start.
@@johndough8115 I really respect what you said, in fact it inspires me to train harder (and I train hard as is), BUT keep in mind that you have not known my previous instructor. When he drip fed things it was clearly to keep students, not because they were not ready. As much as I hate it, there are real "teachers" who do not care if you get it or not and do not respect the amount of time or effort a student commits. And honestly, some can't teach well at all. It's what it is and the reality of things. Thank you for your valuable insight. I am authentically very inspired by what you wrote.
Bro, the story of your Chinese name and the story of the KFG intro, I am dying laffing!!! I mean I get the intro, I get it, it's hilarious!! Incidentally when you say the letter 'r' is not inthe Cantonese dialect I read in Robert Clouse's book The Making of Enter the Dragon, that Michael Allin the initial script writer put as many 'r' words in the script because he knew Bruce Lee had a problem pronouncing words with the letter "r" in them which led to this acrimony between them and Michael Allin being fired!! Great episode Alex!!
Lol One punch man works so well there since he has the most meat and potatoes training regimen of push ups, situps, squats and running too. Also, any chance we'll have more of that Tang Sang or triad discussion coming up soon?
I wanna Know how much Dope Bruce was Smoking when he was training.. That's what I want to know so I can tailor my weed intake similar to his smoking regiment!
ua-cam.com/video/bjivtUC89yg/v-deo.html "Gal Gap Sao/emergency hands" - maybe was trying to say 救急手? Not sure if it's about a specific hand or combat technic. My guess is it could be "wu sau" (護手) to be the "emergency hand"?
Great episode, really liked the story about your Chinese name! In that story you mentioned having a war with Leung Ting, what is the story behind that war?
Maybe I missed it in some other episode, but why pray tell, would you get into a tabloid argument with your sifu? You don't seem like that kind of guy. What happened to provoke you into that? I would feel this is a private matter but it sounds like it is already very public, so maybe you would like to present your side of the story.
Don't ever make fun of Sir Christopher Lee. The guy is a legend and was a legit badass. Do yourself a favour and watch the two "absolute mad lads" episodes about him on Count Dankulas UA-cam Channel. Lee accomplished so much, it makes Forest Gump look like an amateur.
@The Kung Fu Genius absolutely, but I think we agree it wasn't his fault. For an 80 year old guy, he did an amazing job. The prequels and the sequels are bad fan fiction anyway. Rogue One is OK in my book though.
@@johndough8115 Well if we are going back to ancient days... I"ve heard that in those days a master would not really teach a student for years until the master truly saw a student"s true side because of self preservation. Masters back then died more often at the hands of their students (what better way to prove you are superior than to beat your own master) than at the hands of their enemies. That's also why they insisted that their students call them SiFu, *master father", because they thought if a student referred to them as father that it would protect them.
Best blooper reel EVERRRRR!!! 😂 …great show, Guys!👍❤️
Thank you!!
40:04 What cracks me up is that. A hit is a hit. Regarding style? We’ve all seen style matter? And we’ve seen it not matter?
54:04 First impressions were. “I automatically knew you were making fun of yourself 💯🤛”
39:32 they always hit some skinny dude on skinny jeans.. lol 😂💥⚔️
I’ve listen to this 3 times now and it still trips me out hearing you guys talking to me 😂 I love it
Awesome episode! :)
Id like to hear more stories about anyone you met that really impressed you with their skill, speed, or power. Was there anyone in particular who had a really powerful punch or kick? Have you done chi sao with anyone that really impressed you? Triad stories are always entertaining. I would also love an entire episode on your top 5 or top 10 martial arts films. Thank you for the great content!
Great suggestions!
Great question man.. elexs sifu taught many of the top people.. they all have stories like that of wong sheung leung being nasty in reality fighting
7:50 OIJA” lol👌😂
20:42 I would ask Sifu Gary Lam what Wong Sheung Leung (SIgung) had said about IPMANS classes
55:03 I can’t forget the name now cuz it’s easy based on RICHTER
5:34 “MEHICO” lol
Hmmmm a most excellent podcast Mr KFG,Popular you have become greatness I sense in you!
Much appreciated!
Great episode KFG! Always love hearing stories about Grandmaster Yip Man, so if you got more let’s hear them. 😊
16:07 here’s what I do.. I make sure I have 3 doors to come in to my house.. 1.BUI SAO 2. FOOK and BONG 3. WU SAO LOP SAO and SHIFT. I make sure if I enter southpaw I’ll change and cover or wedge .. interesting enough.. on a PAK SAO in my viper jkd we hit the hand and then the face with the same hand. Then comes the traditional back hand .. so we block and strike same front hand HUEN SAO and control of the distance is key.. Circles are key..
36:00 If you think about it right? The QUAN SAO into PO PEI is kinda TAI CHI in a certain way. 🤛💯💥
47:30 lasers..😆omg
38:00 You see this a lot in UFC where both guys are great strikers but you can tell as they crash. Neither one knows anything else except to hit. Control comes into play. This is where KUNG FU gets good money. We control and hit.
Hello, Sifu KFG & Dre, your podcast was absolutely amazing as always. Congratulations you hit 5k subs. Please, make us a special Podcast. 🔥
Thank you! We have some good stuff planned we hope you will like.
41:20 Well you shouldn’t be using it unless you got no choice so.. if you have to use it. It will be like a laser guided missile. Concentration works when we aren’t looking for a match.
Thanks KFG team for answering my question😀😀😀 👍👍👍 BIG❤ From HK
Awesome question!
Hi Richter Sifu... Every week I look forward to your podcast (instructive and amusing at the same time). I regularly do some research on the evolution/history of Wing Chun...I have often found that in the past there was only 1 big "original form" which was later split into 3 parts (our well known 3 hand forms) but now I find more and more that it was actually split into 4 hand forms: the Siu Nim Tau, Cham Kiu, Biu Tze and the Chaai Jong Kyun (the wooden fist). According to students of the Ng Chung So lineage, Yip Man's teachers did not pass this on to him (but apparently did to Ng Chung So)...A certain Sifu Fok Chiu (student of both Yui Choi and Leung-Fok of the Ng Chung So lineage) then did show this to Si-Jo Leung Ting. This form would apparently possess extremely valuable step work and movement patterns which in turn refer to the patterns for the tripodal dummy but especially the use of the plum flower stakes.... Have you ever heard/read anything about that ? Greetings Serge
Thank you, I have heard of these things.
Another great podcast. So true what you said about fight scenes in movies. Without, as Bruce Lee would say "emotional content" it means nothing, it must be an integral part of the story not just a fight for fights sake.
Thank you for that!
If you can't get Dreison maybe Beerdy can do the Ouija board. He has links with Bruce right?? Lmao
Haha
Meditation is simply trying to empty the mind of random thoughts. Doing a form like SNT allows people to focus the mind on the exactness of it, to get "inside" their own body and focus on joint angles and breathing, etc. Doing this can allow all the other thoughts to be pushed out. Prof. Ting Chu confirms what you said, the Siu Nim Tau is a perfect chi gung form. He also said the less we know about chi gung the better, just empty the mind so the real chi can show up. Chi knows what it is doing better than we can, so meditation is about getting out of the way....
I watched all your episodes. Realy. And i love your mix. And yes, i understand that Bruce theme is amazing. I am the first who says, hey something new on Bruce, cool. He is also for me the greatest Martial Artist on this planet. And i am one of this guys, who belives, he would realy kick everybodys ass, like James D. Wille said once. But there is more than just Bruce. I love the mix of all, and also the wing chun stuff. And my background was Taek won Don and later boxing. But i am intrested in every deeper understand of Martial Arts. I was so excited to Bob Samuels and Vincent Lyn. Great. Amazing stuff. I love your channel ❤
Thank you! I appreciate your fantastic comment. I hope you’re doing well. Greetings from Queens NYC!
I like to think that the reason the fighting is more vanilla in the original trilogy is because there were far less teachers to teach fighting so they were starting from ground 0
Thank you for commenting!
Great stuff
How do you apply your syllabus and how does it change based on slower learners among faster learners? I would like to hear a bit of the process and adaptations based on mixed skill levels.
Great question!
Wow good video 👍🏽
You know, I think there actually is a sense in which "mindfulness" is really underrated in the martial arts, which is key to how Bruce Lee excelled so much as a martial artist. Less in terms of the deep focus on body mechanics (although obviously there's some value in that,) but more in terms of the intense emphasis on intentionality in training. There are lots of people who push themselves really hard and train full time who never approach Bruce's level, and I think one of the big missing ingredients for a lot of them is that they're pouring in effort, but they're not thinking with every step about how what they're training will best help them to achieve the things that are most useful to developing their fighting abilities. There's a difference between someone who'll throw a thousand punches in a day for training, but by a couple hundred in, is just grinding them out, and someone who, by the thousandth punch, is still focusing on polishing their technique. Or between someone who can keep up a grueling workout regimen for a year, versus someone who'll spend that year continually making changes to improve their workout regimen to make it more effective.
I think a lot of the best fighters never develop this sort of ability, but instead outsource it to coaches who make it their job to think about that sort of thing for them. But I think really taking ownership of your own development as a martial artist means building that sort of intentionality.
Thank you for that comment. Mindfulness as it’s properly used is derived from meditation, and there the aim is about understanding the “observer and observed” problem when it comes to consciousness. What I’m railing against here is the use of buzzwords like “mindfulness“ being attached to martial arts for marketing purposes.
🗣️ Yoda says : Wing Chun is the Force I say, yes it is .
hahaha
Hello sir, absolutely loving the content. I would like to ask if you have had any experiences/ exchanges with non- yip man lineages out there? What were they like and how have they shaped your views on WC now? Thanks!
Great question!
Great episode #51! I hope everyone at the City WingTsun is having a great New Year so far. Two questions. Do you believe that more WT students and Instructors should train more in the basic fight stance meaning boxing and kicking boxing stance after the learn basic WT stance? Honestly, I believe one in real life fight in character two stance.
Second question, fun question, if you had to pick 3 people from the City WingTsun fight against Iron Fist, Daredevil, and Captain America who would you pick? Yourself included too :-)
Awesome questions!
Which style originally had the one inch punch
The inch punch is just another name for demonstrating long bridge power. It’s not a move, it’s a demonstration of a type of force.
Hi The Kung fu Genius ! Great podcast ! You are able to speak and understand cantonese . Does it make a great impact on your understanding of Wing Chun/Wing Tsun ? Also, can you share some good reads about the kuen kuits ? Shout out to the other members of the KFG podcast crew !
Great question
I like to play "Sweet Georgia Brown" during Dreison's hypotheticals.
Hopefully Sifu Carl Albright can be a special guest soon!
Definitely!
Awesome podcast topic, would you see yourself doing movie star wars Wednesday? Stay tune Chewey lol then Yoda goes back to his limp, after doing Parkour
4:07 Like I said.. Alex might only have 5000 subs right now.. but who’s watching though? Donnie yen.. the Lee people.. Bruce’s students.. the current masters in the game.. Hong Kong.. people in shaolin gung fu.. many many masters watch this.. I know, because I run the TEACHERS CLUB and speak with black belt masters at night usually from about 8 pm till morning .. all talk about Kung fu
Question for the next Ask KFG: What's the top 3 or 5 things in Wing Chun that 101 student misunderstand?
Awesome question!
What if you did one titled "KFG does not interview Bruce Lee in this episode!?!?" 🤣
Click bait master!
I trained in "Hong Kong style" for almost 15 years. I loved it at first, until I actually went to Hong Kong and saw it as different than what we did in the US. I can't stand this structure now. It seems like many/most instructors use it as a means of lazy teaching, pedestal building and a means to a free dinner. I got so damn sick of going out for dim sum all the time, just to get some insight, that I walked away from wing chun for a long time. I've taught it for several years, and always kept hour long structured classes. The only time we did a late night dinner was on student's birthdays.
Thanks for sharing your experience! I’m sure many have had similar frustrations.
@@TheKungFuGenius for sure! I would love to hear you talk about how you structure your practice and classes more on the podcast.
1:38:48 lol
I have teachers that train us "hong kong" style and I'm not gonna lie, it can be real frustrating when they forget where you should be at in development lol. To be fair, they haven't drip fed bits of knowledge or held me back in years of development like a previous sifu I studied under.
I get around this by structuring it myself. I chart what I've done, what I'm good at, what needs work, and what I have yet to start.
Great comment, thanks for your insight!
@@johndough8115 I really respect what you said, in fact it inspires me to train harder (and I train hard as is), BUT keep in mind that you have not known my previous instructor. When he drip fed things it was clearly to keep students, not because they were not ready. As much as I hate it, there are real "teachers" who do not care if you get it or not and do not respect the amount of time or effort a student commits. And honestly, some can't teach well at all. It's what it is and the reality of things.
Thank you for your valuable insight. I am authentically very inspired by what you wrote.
Kung fu means Mastering something and mastering something is very hard in general
Bro, the story of your Chinese name and the story of the KFG intro, I am dying laffing!!! I mean I get the intro, I get it, it's hilarious!! Incidentally when you say the letter 'r' is not inthe Cantonese dialect I read in Robert Clouse's book The Making of Enter the Dragon, that Michael Allin the initial script writer put as many 'r' words in the script because he knew Bruce Lee had a problem pronouncing words with the letter "r" in them which led to this acrimony between them and Michael Allin being fired!! Great episode Alex!!
I think "Gal Gadot"-Hands is the Biu Jee, wich is sometimes nicknamed "“Gow Gup Sao” .
I’m pretty sure that’s what he means too, but my explanation still stands.
@@TheKungFuGenius I know, but I just had this deep desire to write something ! :D
Lol One punch man works so well there since he has the most meat and potatoes training regimen of push ups, situps, squats and running too. Also, any chance we'll have more of that Tang Sang or triad discussion coming up soon?
Thank you! Tang Sang stuff is on the books for season 2!
Hey, do you have any stories to share about EEWTO and Sifu Norbert Maday?
I think I get asked this question every two months! I've answered it already on an old episode, I'm just not sure which one.
Tell us about LEUNG TING
The Bobby Samuels and Vince Lyn are my top 5 episodes
Tons of substance! Good job, Thanks! Tons of good times too!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Five stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Please tell the Jean Claude Van Damme story. I have not heard it in any of your previous videos.
I wanna Know how much Dope Bruce was Smoking when he was training.. That's what I want to know so I can tailor my weed intake similar to his smoking regiment!
Dare to dream
@@TheKungFuGenius ha ha ha ha
Have a new opening and change it to the Podcast killer 🤣
ua-cam.com/video/bjivtUC89yg/v-deo.html
"Gal Gap Sao/emergency hands" - maybe was trying to say 救急手?
Not sure if it's about a specific hand or combat technic. My guess is it could be "wu sau" (護手) to be the "emergency hand"?
That’s what my wife thought too when she saw the episode.
Dreison the man 😅
Hahaha
Hey, Dre pronounced my name right!
The apocalypse is near!
Great episode, really liked the story about your Chinese name! In that story you mentioned having a war with Leung Ting, what is the story behind that war?
Future episode right there!
FYI : there's quite a lot of politics in the Wing Chun Kuen world.
Thanks for the letting me know
@@TheKungFuGenius ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯ So many Grandmaster's,.... ⚔️
Maybe I missed it in some other episode, but why pray tell, would you get into a tabloid argument with your sifu? You don't seem like that kind of guy. What happened to provoke you into that? I would feel this is a private matter but it sounds like it is already very public, so maybe you would like to present your side of the story.
I had a big blog post about it back in 2016 which I lost when I updated my site. It’s old news and monumentally unimportant.
Yao5 sao5 chi sao5, mao5 sao4 choi3 ye5 good to remember
Yáuh sáu chī sáu móuh sáu jēui yíng
@@TheKungFuGenius dang…
Don't ever make fun of Sir Christopher Lee. The guy is a legend and was a legit badass. Do yourself a favour and
watch the two "absolute mad lads" episodes about him on Count Dankulas UA-cam Channel. Lee accomplished so much, it makes Forest Gump look like an amateur.
Sir Christopher Lee was a certified badass! That fight scene however still sucked.
@The Kung Fu Genius absolutely, but I think we agree it wasn't his fault. For an 80 year old guy, he did an amazing job.
The prequels and the sequels are bad fan fiction anyway. Rogue One is OK in my book though.
Oh wow, you were in Apple Daily? haha... do you still have that issue? You know Apple Daily is no more, right?
Ah, you said defunct Apple Daily, so you know.
Yup… defunct
From what I understand, traditional Chinese martial arts teaching is more circular method than linear method, and thus unstructured.
Yes, and the results are in!
@@johndough8115 Well if we are going back to ancient days... I"ve heard that in those days a master would not really teach a student for years until the master truly saw a student"s true side because of self preservation. Masters back then died more often at the hands of their students (what better way to prove you are superior than to beat your own master) than at the hands of their enemies. That's also why they insisted that their students call them SiFu, *master father", because they thought if a student referred to them as father that it would protect them.
@@johndough8115 In reality, it's not as romantic as the novels and movies. SiFus are human... they have their own reasons for the things that they do.
At least 25 of these subs are from my co workers who luv martial artist lol. Everyone enjoys these podcasts they're great 👍
Thank you!
I actually would love less Bruce Lee related shows and more Wing Chun/Kung Fu related ones though I get it, nothing can beat Bruce's popularity.
Absolutely!