Most excellent. Ive seen this form performed by many in Vancouver and on UA-cam. This is one of the best. Tip: play at speed 2x...the fluidity....centered.......nice
Stunning, gorgeous form. When I see a chinese martial art as good as this, I'm like a kid in a candy store--I do Chen and Yang, now I want to do Liu He Ba Fa! If only life were long enough to learn it all~
I understand that even in China there is some controversy as to how authentic Liu He is. There are proponents of Taoist Liuhe that swear it goes back 1000 years or so, and some other modern schools or other fairly old schools that swear it is a modern attempt at assimilating schools as diverse as Shaolin and Chen Taiji and other Xiaolin soft styles. I don't know what proof either school has but it is beautiful style with great applications.
Since LiuHeBaFa is derived from Tai Chi, Xing Yi and Bagua, it couldn't possibly be older than any of these three. Also, I studied KF all over China, and it's not a common style there at all. They actually are curious as to why it's somewhat pervasive in the West. Either way, I've learned two styles of LHBF and they are awesome conglomerates of the internals. The history of the three go back to a maximum of around 1,000 years, depending on the resource, although it's difficult to discern an accurate history, especially when deciding at which point a style evolves to be something different. That said, LiuHeBaFa couldn't be more than 100-200 years old, but the styles that it is based on have much deeper lineages.
@TexasSizzle thats because liu he bafa has characteristics of all of those styles would be the reason whey it looks that way. hope this clears things up :)
Awesome form and great execution. I'm curious about the lack of leg movement for around 15 seconds starting at minute 3:00. Extremely rare to see a non-connection between upper and lower body for that long in an internal style. Either way, amazing practitioner! Very internal, connected and relaxed.
@TexasSizzle interesting! The reality is probably that you nor I will ever get to train under a real master of Liu He Ba Fa from EITHER source you mentioned :) It would be cool in any case to learn from old masters
Most excellent. Ive seen this form performed by many in Vancouver and on UA-cam. This is one of the best.
Tip: play at speed 2x...the fluidity....centered.......nice
Stunning, gorgeous form. When I see a chinese martial art as good as this, I'm like a kid in a candy store--I do Chen and Yang, now I want to do Liu He Ba Fa! If only life were long enough to learn it all~
I understand that even in China there is some controversy as to how authentic Liu He is. There are proponents of Taoist Liuhe that swear it goes back 1000 years or so, and some other modern schools or other fairly old schools that swear it is a modern attempt at assimilating schools as diverse as Shaolin and Chen Taiji and other Xiaolin soft styles. I don't know what proof either school has but it is beautiful style with great applications.
Since LiuHeBaFa is derived from Tai Chi, Xing Yi and Bagua, it couldn't possibly be older than any of these three. Also, I studied KF all over China, and it's not a common style there at all. They actually are curious as to why it's somewhat pervasive in the West. Either way, I've learned two styles of LHBF and they are awesome conglomerates of the internals. The history of the three go back to a maximum of around 1,000 years, depending on the resource, although it's difficult to discern an accurate history, especially when deciding at which point a style evolves to be something different. That said, LiuHeBaFa couldn't be more than 100-200 years old, but the styles that it is based on have much deeper lineages.
beautiful form and movements... I love it!!!
Grand master Ding is also a very well known master of the sword in China. Beautiful form! Please upload the rest, thank you.
a good gung fu performance, beauiful form. although there are many different branches of liuhebafa, we are of the same tree.
@TexasSizzle thats because liu he bafa has characteristics of all of those styles would be the reason whey it looks that way. hope this clears things up :)
Beautiful. Looks an awful lot like Chen Taiji mixed with Yang, and a little Bagua or Xing Yi thrown in.
Awesome form and great execution. I'm curious about the lack of leg movement for around 15 seconds starting at minute 3:00. Extremely rare to see a non-connection between upper and lower body for that long in an internal style. Either way, amazing practitioner! Very internal, connected and relaxed.
@TexasSizzle interesting! The reality is probably that you nor I will ever get to train under a real master of Liu He Ba Fa from EITHER source you mentioned :) It would be cool in any case to learn from old masters
i remember LI MEI in mortal kombat!
good
Showing the bum and lumps at the back