PART 1/4: Hung I Hsiang (BBC Documentary)

[Liquidhandshook]

@ jsmall

I can see why Qi may seem like nonsense to so many. There are plenty of fakes that claim to be able to use Qi to send people flying across the room or whatever. But from a different perspective, Qi is pretty much synonymous with life-force or bio-energy, something that all living things are pervaded by. The concept of Qi is famous for being grossly distorted.

[jsmall10671]

Qi is utter nonsense. Older masters get respect from their students and the younger students unconsciously "let" the master win. They explain this with Qi. Let an MMA fighter who can't give a damn, fight a 60 yr old internal arts master and watch the old man get stomped.

[theskyizfallin]

@jsmall10671 yo, that is funny as shit. I don't agree with you but you gettn thumbs up for the verbage.

[richardshapiroII]

@jsmall10671

you want to check out some internal fighting skill?

If you really are interested in learning the reality of this stuff,

and not just being a armchair fighter

you might want to go check out someone like

bruce frantzis (or any of his top students)

Vladmir Vasiliev

or others

and just so you know, this guy, Hung, he was a serious full contact fighter who pretty much fought anyone he could. he's no fake master. he knew fighting, and not in a cage with a ref...

[lingshu8]

@richardshapiroII

Bruce Frantzis studied under Hung. He talks about it in his book on internal martial arts.

[richardshapiroII]

@lingshu8

yup.

so did my uncle, Bob Yu.

This stuff is not simple to learn or quick to develop. rather the opposite. but if you want to be old AND balanced AND skilled, it's the stuff to be practicing.

[1mataleo1]

It may be true that there are not many "masters" today who are known to the public that are small and lean but then again there are hardly any real masters today. If you look at the masters who perfected xing yi and bagua from the time of it's origin you will find that most of them are small; Guo yun shen, Sun lu tang, Chen ting hua, Li Lou neng, Ji ji ke, etc.

[YinkoWuji]

Qi does accumulate in the marrow, and as a result the bones grow strong. Brings a whole new dimension to the term "big-boned," doesn't it?

[billysue2]

@YinkoWuji chi is a meaningless,lifeforce energy is undefineable,do they mean oxygen,nerve conduction ,who knows.The vast majority of chinese medecine is based on bullshit superstition and mysticism

[xingyimaster1987]

has anyone ever noticed all these internal masters are extremely large, larger than the average man. doesn't that make it easier for them to fa jin and defeat everyone around them. i thought internal martial arts were supposed to be for the smaller guy but i have never seen one small master with convincing fajin or power. all their fajin demonstrations are on much smaller guys, look at bruce kumar, wang shu jin, hung i hsiang and the gompa guy.

[blowjob6666]

Ever heard of Bruce Lee who knows if he was a taught master at any internal arts, but what we do know is speed equals more power and Bruce Lee could brake all the bones of any man any size!

For example look at the space shuttle that upon further examination a tiny piece of foam, with speeds of 3, 000 MPH or more, and the result was it punctured the shuttles heat plate and the shuttle exploded upon impact.

[donbrownie]

It's not for the smaller guy. It's a way of becoming a whole and healthy being, regardless of size. The fact that a number of masters aren't small doesn't mean what they can do is because they're larger. Liu Hung Chieh would be a counterexample to your claim.

[ranta70]

Thanks for posting. The BBC documentary remains a classic, pity it was never released on video/DVD.

[sengcamp]

Thanks for sharing these videos.

[ChenQiangJianke]

Great to see taijiquan presented as the martial art it is and not just as some exercise for old people.

[newthings158]

I have never seen footage of Hung I Hsiang, thank you for posting this!

[Peekingduck]

WOW!

Way of the warrior BBC 2 1982.

It is a really nice documentary.

I remember the episodes covering

Karate, Kendo and Katori Shinto ryu

as being outstanding.

Thanks for the treat.

[egjundis]

Thank you for posting this. I have had the book based on this series and have wanted to see this footage for years.