Nope, it has alot of underlying principles of kung fu that most people cannot see. The wingchun center line theory is applied to Sanda fighting, choi li fut circular movements and strikes,Northern shaolin kicks are also in there, and of course Shuai Jiao wrestling is in there too.It's more of how the person is thinking when they fight, not just what it looks like when they hit. Kickboxing is not Sanda.There's only so many ways the human body can attack, all MA have similar moves,cause same body
on every martial clip i see i read comments off styles i have self defended my style bullied back i wuold like to learn wushu i have just itf tkd and i have no buble for it i have created a new my first buble was get bursted when i heard its a sport then it come a new when i watched tkd vids but my buble is smal.
@jkzseven11 Obviously Wushu was originated in China. In that time, most Chinese were Buddhist. This was probably in a Buddhist temple. But I really don't know.
The word Wushu is the Chinese equivalent for Budo - ie a genral word for all (Chinese) martial arts. It includes everything from Tai Chi to full contact kung fu styles.
lol wushu is like entertainment for stupid people such fuckry SMH but with more tai chi which is basically using yur life energy all this shit can be done easily who gives a fuck that you can flip in the air before you die!!! lmao such fuckry
@Vemutin the colour of a persons skin varies due to environmental factors like the sun causing mutation in the gene for skin colour after many generations of people get exposed to this intense heat. Eventually the whole world will be black if the ozone layer decomposes any further so please if you dont have anything good to say SHUT UP YU BLOODCLAAAT MOUTH PUSSYHOLE CAUSE ME COME FROM JAMAICA AN ME WILL FUCK UP YU PUSSYHOLE WID RIFLE YU BOMBOCLAUT FUCKING RACCIST !!!!!
well look at real tai chi the basic movements seam pretty much like a martial art slowed down
and if i remember correctly that is the basis of its learning you do the movements slowly and when you master them perfectly you make them faster and seek perfection at the new speed then again faster etc...
in the end tai chi is supposed to be very powerful as the movements are aimed to be performed perfectly
of course in western society its been diffused and diluted and less potent
@rebelpiper89 LOLLOLOLOLLOLOL MY SIFU EVEN ADMITS THAT THERE ARE NO APPLICATIONS TO MODERN WUSHU. TRADITIONAL WUSHU YES BUT NO MODERN WUSHU. YOU WANT TO TRY TO APPLY A TORNADO KICK INTO SPLITS?
@iHornyTroll Ah hell no, I'm not suicidal. I wasn't referring to the acrobatic stunts in my comment actually, but then again considering that modern wushu is made up of nearly nothing but those, I guess you have a valid point... Was just thinking back on some of the routines about 10-15 years ago which resemble the more traditional forms with only a few stunts thrown in. Things have changed quite a bit in that short span of time.
it's hard for me to admit, but i agree with some of the haters. contemporary wushu is useless in a fight. yes, it always comes down to the skill of the fighter. but there always needs to be some degree of scrutiny towards the style itself (you won't get anywhere as a martial artist if you don't know the weaknesses of your art). and simply put, wushu is not a "martial" art. it's a performance art. it's purpose is not rooted in combat application. it's for fitness and aesthetic pleasure.
@rebelpiper89 that is so very true. There has been a time where myself (I am a ex-2nd degree in some mma-mixed korean crap martial art) and I had to run from like 5 guys. I managed to scare of the leader when he cought up to me, cas I had a weapon on me, it was a stick lol, but my words were good enough.
Anyway, yeah it all depends on the fighter and not every fight has to involve fists nor technique. And if there IS one technique, then it is the mind at best :).
The title should be chaged to "Martial Sports" of wushu ,coz its useless in a fight,most for display urposes and point scoring,no street fighting applications
id rather know wushu than to know nothing at all like 80% of the worlds population lol. but hell, nan quan gonna make u stronger. chan quan is gonna make you faster. weapons gonna help you when u find a broomstick laying around and need to use it lol. basically, wushu is helpful.
@rebelpiper89 actually proper wushu isn't just the acrobatics, i did wushu since i was 9 (i'm not 19) and i learn both the acrobatics and the combat (sanda) because sanda is usually learnt only on top of the wushu basic techniques, because having the acrobatic background, it is easy to fight with more muscle efficiency and greater coordination and balance :)
@rebelpiper89 actually proper wushu isn't just the acrobatics, i did wushu since i was 9 (i'm not 19) and i learn both the acrobatics and the combat (sanda) because sanda is usually learnt only on top of the wushu basic techniques, because having the acrobatic background, it is easy to fight with more muscle efficiency and greater coordination and balance
@Hongers1 Hey man, totally agree with you on that count, the flexibility and reflex trained during the set routines are invaluable. Personally I make a distinction between sanda and wushu, just a force of habit on my part. Sorry if I gave the impression that I overlooked sanda completely. Glad to know that you're still training!
Real kung fu is actually not very fancy,a good example for real kung fu/shaolin is wing chun,choy li fut and hung gar,etc and it it very deadly ,often going for the kill,never jumpingandstuf. Its just wushu these days,not really for combat but more on health,flexibilitiy and fitness,never for fighting. Some practice sanda bombind wif wushu for actual fighting,without sanda wushu is basically the most useless martial arts,i dont even call it martial arts,its more like gymnastics but with weapons.
it seems everyone on on utube and so forth has little faith in chinese martial arts go deep in to places in china were it is there life and see how long you last half the people out there dont even know what real training is compared to real masters
@thejin666 you do realised most proper sanda schools only teach you if you have the basic acrobatic wushu background, because having such background is an extreme advantage is muscle efficiency, coordination and balance.
chinese martial arts is nah just for combat but it is also to control the energy flow through the body , keep the mind body in proper shape and increase muscle strength everyday
Wushu is amazing and I also practice wushu, but I practice traditional wushu. The wushu you see before you is modern wushu and it is mostly used for demostration and acrobatics but traditional styles are for actual self defense purposes. I myself practice traditional changchuan and traditional bajichuan and just like muay thai, bajichuan focuses on elbow and knee techniques but it also has throwing and it's a powerful style.
Wushu are Kung Fu are often used interchangeabilly for designing Chinese Martial arts.
But Wushu was created by the Chinese Government after 1949 in an attempt to modernize and to unify the old styles, or traditional styles of Kung Fu. Wushu takes its root from Chanquand (long fist), so it has many movements that ressemble gymnastic.
Wushu is mainly used for performances and competition. It's is like a kind of dance.
While Kung Fu focuses on power, while integrating high physical components.
Wushu are Kung Fu are often used interchangeabilly for designing Chinese Martial arts.
But Wushu was created by the Chinese Government after 1949 in an attempt to modernize and to unify the old styles, or traditional styles of Kung Fu. Wushu takes its root from Chanquand (long fist), so it has many movements that ressemble gymnastic.
Wushu is mainly used for performances and competition. It's is like a kind of dance.
While Kung Fu focuses on power, while integrating high physical components.
Wushu are Kung Fu are often used interchangeabilly for designing Chinese Martial arts.
But Wushu was created by the Chinese Government after 1949 in an attempt to modernize and to unify the old styles, or traditional styles of Kung Fu. Wushu takes its root from Chanquand (long fist), so it has many movements that ressemble gymnastic.
Wushu is mainly used for performances and competition. It's is like a kind of dance.
While Kung Fu focuses on power, while integrating high physical components.
Wushu are Kung Fu are often used interchangeabilly for designing Chinese Martial arts.
But Wushu was created by the Chinese Government after 1949 in an attempt to modernize and to unify the old styles, or traditional styles of Kung Fu. Wushu takes its root from Chanquand (long fist), so it has many movements that ressemble gymnastic.
Wushu is mainly used for performances and competition. It's is like a kind of dance.
While Kung Fu focuses on power, while integrating high physical components.
I'm currently a green-white, learnt 'wu bu quan', 'gong li quan', 'nan gun', 'tai ji quan 42' and learning 'tai ji qian 42 (straightsword)'. Learning to use weapons and all is cool, but pretty hard to handle cos of its weight or style of using (based on my experiences). I LOVE WUSHU!!! :)
even though i like learning martial arts for more defense rather then show i greatly admire the skill and speed that chinese wushu shows. even thoguh its mostly show it can be used in real fighting.
o it works alright... and it looks cool--- yes maybe there may be some inefficient movements like turning twice before an attack, but when sparring, that training makes the wushu fighter so much faster and agile--check out "shaolin wushu vs taekwondo"
I took a Wu shu class, with intentions of just learning the fight form. Without knowing what it's supposed to look like, I was confused when everyone was trying to do it fast.
I guess you just have to wing it. In the meantime, I'm looking for a more suited form of fighting.
the the tired old wushu/most effective martial art debate...
Wushu in its 'sport' form, isnt much of a martial art obviously. Sure it retains the martial movements, but the focus is on speed, power and fluidity IN athleticism.. not in combat.
Also, for those of us that enjoy it, its a beautiful and fun hobby that gives you a good strong and flexible body.
There is a martial version of 'sport' wushu, called sanda, which is similar to kick boxing but woth more of a wrestling element.
partly true..the katas ARE just to build up your skills..but when you've got a good dojo and master they will teach you to react on all kind of attacks and if you're in a really good dojo you also do at least semi-contact.and when you are good in this three things (body-and technique-skills, self-defense withapartner, kickboxing) then you're a really good fighter.....for me there is a mental thing too but its not that important when you just wannabe a great fighter....my opinion sry for grammar
Yes, athleticism plays a huge part, which is why any athlete would be able stand their ground better in any situation. Granted, if a Wushu guy stepped into a boxing ring or MMA octagon, he'd lose. But people make Wushu practitioners out be completely weak, which is not true.
If you want to win street fights, take a women's self defense course.
And I don't live in China, but I've competed and have won medals there.
Out of Wushu insults already? Just kidding. I guess I kind of had that coming. But honestly, what would you do against a testicle-kicker?
If there's one thing we have in common it's that no amount of either of our training would stand up to a knife or gunman or any other of the zillion variables you'd run into.
You put on a cup and you spar using a ruleset that allows testicle kicks. Back home in America I sparred with the IIKA, which allowed both kicks and slaps to the testicles. We learned to defend that area really well.
Besides, I don't know if you have ever used it in a fight, but I used to punt people in the jumblies all the time on the playground when I was a little kid, and it didn't end or win the fight for me. All of my victims are still alive today. :-P
Ask any Wushu practitioner and they'll flat out say that you can't use Changquan, Nanquan, etc to win a fight.
However, any athlete of the who seriously trains as hard as you train in Wushu is a force to be reckoned with. (you wouldn't want to fight an NFL or NBA player, now would you?)
And Wushu/Tai Chi in Memphis? Holy fuck, Please excuse me while I bow down to you, O enlightened one of Memphis.
Then what's the problem? You agree with me that most wushu people don't fantasize about being deadly.
So you live in Beijing then, right? And for the record, I'm not in Memphis any more.
If all you think counts in combat is general athleticism, then Michael Phelps and Lance Armstrong should be able to beat down most people too, right?
If they aren't actually fighting resisting opponents in their training, these guys are gymnasts/dancers. Consequently they're athletic, but not skilled.
I think traditional martial arts are good for fighting, because what I am being taugh works well and is based on aggression and defence - I can defend agains groin kicks perfectly by lifting my leg or simply stepping a halfstep to the side and kick to the knee with a low sidekick and then punch em in the face with palms or fists.
i take it that this instructor plays badminton? haha i like his yonex shirt but anyways, pretty good video, too bad wushu wasn't presented at the olympics =[
As a former wushu practitioner I can state that it is pretty and not for practical use. It's ART, not fighting, and most of us don't pretend we're deadly kung fu killers. We enjoy the movement and being able to do some cool stuff nobody else can do. Dark515Rogue needs to leave his fantasy world and either enjoy the dance or learn to fight somewhere.
Oh, and imagine a drunken redneck with an iron bar...he would destroy you too.
Well, drunkenness has a way of inhibiting performance :)
It is clearly a sport art, however. Nothing wrong with sport arts--lots of martial arts fit into that category--but that's definitely different from a "practical" art.
you practiced wushu at the wrong place then. wushu is about how you train the body. a good wushu practitioner has speed power flexibility accuracy and balance. all the qualities of a great fighter most people who are taught in america are taught poorly so they cant apply it to a fight.
show me a street fight in a ring. these guys have all those qualities in their punches and kicks a gymnast dose not have those. its not about what style you practice its about the practitioner
It's about HOW you practice. Explain this logic for me:
People who AT LEAST fight in a ring are less likely to be able to fight outside of the ring than people who DON'T EVEN fight in a ring. How does that work?
People love saying that there are rules in the ring and not in the street, but what rule could possibly be more restrictive than, "We don't spar, we only do forms and choreographed drills?"
The worst boxer on Earth trains more realistically than someone who doesn't even hit people.
ok... i can tell you have no idea how real wushu practitioners actually train. if you did you would know that they train to be able to do anything with their body. if you are trained to be able to kick punch and dodge in any way. you could apply that in or out of a ring with or with out rules. Wushu practitioners dont only do forms and choreographed drills thats just what misinformed people think.
DO YOU FIGHT? Do you spar? With or without gloves, pads, rules or whatever, do you and your fellow students go to the kwoon and try to hit one another while not being hit yourselves?
I also remind you that I really trained wushu. I said that in my first comment.
I shouldn't double-comment, but I'll try one more time:
I can twist my wrists and stomp my feet any way I want quickly and accurately. If I know how to do that I should be able to drive a Formula One race car perfectly at need. Does that make sense to you?
Doing it and applying it are not the same thing. All training is specific, not general. You won't get better at hitting people without hitting people. You won't get better at dodging if nobody ever tries to hit you.
i have fought many times two on one one on one hell ive even had a knife pulled on me during a fight. knowing how to punch kick and dodge is all you need you can apply it in any way. and may i ask under whom did you train in your wushu? and of course it doesnt make sense that you can drive formula 1. martial arts is the art of combat. if i can do martial arts i have a foundation for fighting not brain surgery of car racing.
If you have never applied your martial art, you don't just innately have the ability. Kicking and punching air and blocking attacks you know are coming isn't the same or even very similar.
How do you even know the punches and kicks you're learning in wushu actually work? I can think of several (most) kicks I learned in wushu that would result in an injury or at least a fall for the kicker if they landed.
...and Greater Memphis Wushu/Tai Chi in Memphis, TN.
ok next time some one tries to mug me ill grab my camera. round house front kick side kick you can use any of them. from the sound of it your teacher never taught you how to apply the moves. some of the kicks are just for show. you would have to be an idiot to attempt them in a fight but none the less they are still greatly beneficial to learn
You don't GET TAUGHT how to apply techniques, you PRACTICE applying them. Kicking air doesn't give you the ability to hit a person who is trying not to get hit while trying to hit you back.
You'd be surprised how the mechanics of say a roundhouse kick change if you start fighting full contact. Hitting a person isn't like hitting a bag and it isn't like hitting nothing at all.
Ok I'm going to stop arguing you can choose to believe what ever you want but i know what I'm arguing is true for me and the other people i train with. just because you couldn't make due with it doesn't mean others cant
In the end, wushu is still a martial art. So even though the focus is on performance, training wushu still has many benefits that can be applied to combat.
Obviously, these benefits are useless without the proper mindset, and application training. In the end a good wushu practitioner who plays around with some combat will beat a so-so mma guy. This goes the other way too. The reality is though, wushu's high standards often give them rougher training than most "traditional" styles.
quick, everyone bow to the mma fanboy, champion of the internet. may your hatred one day cure your personal feelings of inadequacy towards martial arts as a whole.
whatever wushu lovers get out of doing wushu, they're getting enough out of it to not be shit disturbers. i guess that's not how it works for guys who were enlightened by a few UFC fight nights after failing at their neighbourhood wushu school. enjoy your bashing, maybe it'll make up for the times you were beat up in high school.
Wow, evidence, logic and clear writing are trumped once again by ad hominem attacks. The closest electronic equivalent of being exactly the kind of thug you think sport martial artists are.
If you read, you'll see that as a former wushu practitioner I was trying to point out that most of us DON'T think we're human weapons like you and calwudude and don't want the art to be tainted by LARPers like you.
Also, I'm pretty sure I'm not the one who brought up MMA. Envious? Projecting a bit?
wushu practitioners don't think they are weapons. do they have the option? yes.
your original post had a point, now you're just picking fights. in every martial art there'll be hard working, realistic people, and those who live in a dream world. why bother changing that? it'll always be the case. you used to do wushu? if you don't think it's a worthy supplement to fighting, then you're as wrong as calwudude.
Sure, I got drawn in, but look at it from my perspective:
I train in a place that produces professional K-1, karate and Shooto fighters. People come out of our classes every night with black eyes, broken ribs, toes, noses, fingers, teeth, etc. The good ones and the bad ones.
Then some guy says because he can jump in the air and spin 720 degrees with a "sword" made of the same thickness of metal as a soda can, that he's the equal of a real working fighter...
1. The fantasy will get somebody hurt because he will be confident in skills he doesn't have. Most people aren't willfully ignorant. They've been mislead. I don't think they deserve to get hurt for that.
2. The people selling the fantasy are defrauding everyone they come into contact with, because they tell people they're selling something they aren't. "This is really fun!" is cool. "You will be able to defeat multiple attackers!" is not.
fair enough. i'm a fighter that went to wushu afterwards, and it drives nuts when people tell me it has zero benefits.
it's certainly not as hardcore as straight up fighting, but with a bit of off-training and sparring they can be decent.
but yes let's finish on agreeing, the current evolution (or devolution) of wushu is a little too disgustingly flashy, and anyone who thinks they can fight on wushu alone is a moron.
And I'll concede it has benefits too. Hell, I remember back in the 80s when people discovered teaching NFL players a little ballet improved their balance and flexibility.
see this is how most americans and europeans learn wushu the way i learned it was having the basics pounded into me we hardly focused on acrobatics at all if taught properly your body will be perfectly ready for fighting. i only ever practiced wushu and i have no problem fighting people who do bjj muay thai or any kickboxing style wushu is great for training the body. we dont start on a weapon until youre very well developed which is usually one or two years into it
It's not dancing, idiot. In wushu you TRAIN your body, you learn SELF-DEFENSE, you take CONTACT with your body, you learn Qi Gong and Tai chi (one of the most effective self-defense martial art) and you practice using WEAPONS (imagine a wushu martial artist with an iron bar.. He would destroy you) both for exhibitions and FIGHTINGS.
Or at least.. My Sifu teaches me this way. Don't judge what you don't know ^-^
This is the most useless martial art in all of China. Also it is not as hard as he says it is. It takes less muscles and strength to practice wushu than traditional martial arts.
this is true if you're referring to PURE traditional martial arts, done the old way. but in this day and age, most "traditional" schools have weaker basics than wushu schools, and this is heavily due to the fact that wushu forces certain standards. besides, 90% of "traditional" teachers in north america are just fucking hacks who saw wushu once, tried, failed, and had a big enough wad of cash to open a school.
where i trained we spent an hour and a half doing basics and do the set 2 or 3 times most people dont pass the beginners set until about 6-7 months some people take a year. then you do an open fist set then when youve started to grasp that you can learn a weapon. the force of my punches and kicks made my muay thai friends look like wimps and my friends were by no means weak. its a great way t develop strength if youre taught properly
i agree. i used to do lots of fighting and traditional before. after having done wushu and returning to sparring, i found that it has benefitted my fighting abilities.
speed, cleanness, explosiveness, leg strength, amongst many other things.
u cant judge in that way as nanquan and changquan serve its own purposes. nanquan is more for close combat while changquan is long ranged combat. thus it is different
Contemporary Wushu is based on Traditional Wushu, not Kung Fu. Kung Fu is a misused word in the U.S. It means "hard work" or "cultivated skill". You can have good cooking kung fu, good chess kung fu, etc. Wushu directly translates as Martial Arts. What's with all the kungfusion in the U.S.?
Basically kung fu and wushu directly mean martial arts and specifically pertain to chinese martial arts. I may have some of it mixed up but i jsut started wushu and tae kwon do
this wushu is an art. if you were listening it was explaining how this is more focused on acrobatics because they are for forms. karate's a copy cat of kung fu.
just flips isn't as effective as a real combat art. and combat arts don't look aesthetically pleasing.
What sport is a better compromise than wushu? The closes thing I can think of is capoeira, but it leans too much towards dance. i would suggest karate, but weapon sequences and team fight sets are boring.
Wushu is a mordern Olympics Sports;which is going to be officially recognised in the 2008 OLYMPICS...!And now Jackie chan is making a movie called WUSHU#
Kung fu or gongfu or gung fu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a Chinese term often used by speakers of the English language to refer to Chinese martial arts. Its original meaning is somewhat different, referring to one's expertise in any skill, not necessarily martial.
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this martial arts amazed me that much. thanks so much for sharing this video, please share more. :)
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iMisogynist 5 months ago
Nope, it has alot of underlying principles of kung fu that most people cannot see. The wingchun center line theory is applied to Sanda fighting, choi li fut circular movements and strikes,Northern shaolin kicks are also in there, and of course Shuai Jiao wrestling is in there too.It's more of how the person is thinking when they fight, not just what it looks like when they hit. Kickboxing is not Sanda.There's only so many ways the human body can attack, all MA have similar moves,cause same body
GuamKomudo 5 months ago
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iMisogynist 5 months ago
looks like dancing.
omenakookos 6 months ago
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JETKnockout 7 months ago
The video was very informative. Thanks to the video makers and publishers.
GaolisVideoLog 8 months ago
on every martial clip i see i read comments off styles i have self defended my style bullied back i wuold like to learn wushu i have just itf tkd and i have no buble for it i have created a new my first buble was get bursted when i heard its a sport then it come a new when i watched tkd vids but my buble is smal.
blackbelt807 8 months ago
yes ... -__-
poko409 9 months ago
@poko409 how dyou know lool but yeah i think its really our school
jkzseven11 9 months ago
hey, i just wanted to know if this video was done in montreal catholic chinese school?
jkzseven11 9 months ago
@jkzseven11 Obviously Wushu was originated in China. In that time, most Chinese were Buddhist. This was probably in a Buddhist temple. But I really don't know.
Brutaka921 8 months ago
@TheNiggerXavi
sure you are :)
ps. Obvious Troll is Obvious.
'nuff said
Vemutin 9 months ago
Tai Chi is awesome. Don't you guys wish you could learn from one of those Wise Monk Masters? xD
I dunno, I would. You know, like in the movies.
(and no I don't judge it from the movies, I know it takes practice and determination to become fast, fluid and precise, I practice WIng Chun :D)
KixxSasuke 10 months ago 3
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MARTIALGraB 10 months ago
The word Wushu is the Chinese equivalent for Budo - ie a genral word for all (Chinese) martial arts. It includes everything from Tai Chi to full contact kung fu styles.
Didrik70 11 months ago
haahah! i wouldnt want to rely on THAT to protect me on the street traditional tiger style all the way
Taud 11 months ago
lol wushu is like entertainment for stupid people such fuckry SMH but with more tai chi which is basically using yur life energy all this shit can be done easily who gives a fuck that you can flip in the air before you die!!! lmao such fuckry
TheNiggerXavi 1 year ago
@TheNiggerXavi
ah, well you're a nigger, nuff said
Vemutin 10 months ago
@Vemutin the colour of a persons skin varies due to environmental factors like the sun causing mutation in the gene for skin colour after many generations of people get exposed to this intense heat. Eventually the whole world will be black if the ozone layer decomposes any further so please if you dont have anything good to say SHUT UP YU BLOODCLAAAT MOUTH PUSSYHOLE CAUSE ME COME FROM JAMAICA AN ME WILL FUCK UP YU PUSSYHOLE WID RIFLE YU BOMBOCLAUT FUCKING RACCIST !!!!!
TheNiggerXavi 9 months ago
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TheNiggerXavi 1 year ago
tai chi...... thats is not a martial art our a form....it is a tip of gymnastics that is a lot like ioga.
FFomegAAA 1 year ago
@FFomegAAA
well look at real tai chi the basic movements seam pretty much like a martial art slowed down
and if i remember correctly that is the basis of its learning you do the movements slowly and when you master them perfectly you make them faster and seek perfection at the new speed then again faster etc...
in the end tai chi is supposed to be very powerful as the movements are aimed to be performed perfectly
of course in western society its been diffused and diluted and less potent
romeoneverdies 11 months ago
@FFomegAAA Tai Chi makes Yoga seem easy. You've obviously never done tai chi.
Jaygenius 11 months ago
@FFomegAAA enof of both
FFomegAAA 11 months ago
@YyJoBb None, height is very much genetics.
Therefore, the actual question would probably be,
"which martial arts will prevent you from growing taller?"
chrisdottanck 1 year ago
@rebelpiper89 LOLLOLOLOLLOLOL MY SIFU EVEN ADMITS THAT THERE ARE NO APPLICATIONS TO MODERN WUSHU. TRADITIONAL WUSHU YES BUT NO MODERN WUSHU. YOU WANT TO TRY TO APPLY A TORNADO KICK INTO SPLITS?
iHornyTroll 1 year ago
@iHornyTroll Ah hell no, I'm not suicidal. I wasn't referring to the acrobatic stunts in my comment actually, but then again considering that modern wushu is made up of nearly nothing but those, I guess you have a valid point... Was just thinking back on some of the routines about 10-15 years ago which resemble the more traditional forms with only a few stunts thrown in. Things have changed quite a bit in that short span of time.
rebelpiper89 1 year ago
it's hard for me to admit, but i agree with some of the haters. contemporary wushu is useless in a fight. yes, it always comes down to the skill of the fighter. but there always needs to be some degree of scrutiny towards the style itself (you won't get anywhere as a martial artist if you don't know the weaknesses of your art). and simply put, wushu is not a "martial" art. it's a performance art. it's purpose is not rooted in combat application. it's for fitness and aesthetic pleasure.
jakeisawesome91 1 year ago
@rebelpiper89 that is so very true. There has been a time where myself (I am a ex-2nd degree in some mma-mixed korean crap martial art) and I had to run from like 5 guys. I managed to scare of the leader when he cought up to me, cas I had a weapon on me, it was a stick lol, but my words were good enough.
Anyway, yeah it all depends on the fighter and not every fight has to involve fists nor technique. And if there IS one technique, then it is the mind at best :).
Gotta run for work now.
kuru2k9 1 year ago
The title should be chaged to "Martial Sports" of wushu ,coz its useless in a fight,most for display urposes and point scoring,no street fighting applications
MechPhantom 1 year ago
@MechPhantom
street fighting involves swift kicks to the nuts, knives and guns.
540Stumble 1 year ago
@540Stumble SOO true bro smart !!! see ya
MechPhantom 1 year ago
id rather know wushu than to know nothing at all like 80% of the worlds population lol. but hell, nan quan gonna make u stronger. chan quan is gonna make you faster. weapons gonna help you when u find a broomstick laying around and need to use it lol. basically, wushu is helpful.
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@rebelpiper89 actually proper wushu isn't just the acrobatics, i did wushu since i was 9 (i'm not 19) and i learn both the acrobatics and the combat (sanda) because sanda is usually learnt only on top of the wushu basic techniques, because having the acrobatic background, it is easy to fight with more muscle efficiency and greater coordination and balance :)
Hongers1 1 year ago
@rebelpiper89 actually proper wushu isn't just the acrobatics, i did wushu since i was 9 (i'm not 19) and i learn both the acrobatics and the combat (sanda) because sanda is usually learnt only on top of the wushu basic techniques, because having the acrobatic background, it is easy to fight with more muscle efficiency and greater coordination and balance
Hongers1 1 year ago
@Hongers1 Hey man, totally agree with you on that count, the flexibility and reflex trained during the set routines are invaluable. Personally I make a distinction between sanda and wushu, just a force of habit on my part. Sorry if I gave the impression that I overlooked sanda completely. Glad to know that you're still training!
rebelpiper89 1 year ago
those performers suck
Strat4Lyfe 1 year ago
Great vid!
kann mir jemand nen paar Videotutrials zeigen bei denen man das bei 0:40 lernen kann danke!
Can someone show some vids, how i can learn that at 0:40 ?
thx :)
BoMbErSwArRiOr 1 year ago
@BoMbErSwArRiOr its called kip up, i think
Hastalamangousta 1 year ago
Real kung fu is actually not very fancy,a good example for real kung fu/shaolin is wing chun,choy li fut and hung gar,etc and it it very deadly ,often going for the kill,never jumpingandstuf. Its just wushu these days,not really for combat but more on health,flexibilitiy and fitness,never for fighting. Some practice sanda bombind wif wushu for actual fighting,without sanda wushu is basically the most useless martial arts,i dont even call it martial arts,its more like gymnastics but with weapons.
MechPhantom 1 year ago
Too bad I only know the basics.
joel5673ify 1 year ago
it seems everyone on on utube and so forth has little faith in chinese martial arts go deep in to places in china were it is there life and see how long you last half the people out there dont even know what real training is compared to real masters
greeneyedickhead 1 year ago
the whip is the hardest soft weapon out there, harder than any long weapon to master.
31rS3RP3N7 1 year ago
wushu is for display, train strength and flexibility, sanda is for actual combat
thejin666 1 year ago
@thejin666 you do realised most proper sanda schools only teach you if you have the basic acrobatic wushu background, because having such background is an extreme advantage is muscle efficiency, coordination and balance.
Hongers1 1 year ago
@Hongers1 did i not say train strength and flexibility -.-
thejin666 1 year ago
chinese martial arts is nah just for combat but it is also to control the energy flow through the body , keep the mind body in proper shape and increase muscle strength everyday
colinmoras 1 year ago
Wushu is amazing and I also practice wushu, but I practice traditional wushu. The wushu you see before you is modern wushu and it is mostly used for demostration and acrobatics but traditional styles are for actual self defense purposes. I myself practice traditional changchuan and traditional bajichuan and just like muay thai, bajichuan focuses on elbow and knee techniques but it also has throwing and it's a powerful style.
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aceformatch 1 year ago
Wushu are Kung Fu are often used interchangeabilly for designing Chinese Martial arts.
But Wushu was created by the Chinese Government after 1949 in an attempt to modernize and to unify the old styles, or traditional styles of Kung Fu. Wushu takes its root from Chanquand (long fist), so it has many movements that ressemble gymnastic.
Wushu is mainly used for performances and competition. It's is like a kind of dance.
While Kung Fu focuses on power, while integrating high physical components.
binxia 1 year ago
@binxia wushu means martial arts and kung fu means hard work.
darksantos1 1 year ago
Wushu are Kung Fu are often used interchangeabilly for designing Chinese Martial arts.
But Wushu was created by the Chinese Government after 1949 in an attempt to modernize and to unify the old styles, or traditional styles of Kung Fu. Wushu takes its root from Chanquand (long fist), so it has many movements that ressemble gymnastic.
Wushu is mainly used for performances and competition. It's is like a kind of dance.
While Kung Fu focuses on power, while integrating high physical components.
binxia 1 year ago
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Wushu are Kung Fu are often used interchangeabilly for designing Chinese Martial arts.
But Wushu was created by the Chinese Government after 1949 in an attempt to modernize and to unify the old styles, or traditional styles of Kung Fu. Wushu takes its root from Chanquand (long fist), so it has many movements that ressemble gymnastic.
Wushu is mainly used for performances and competition. It's is like a kind of dance.
While Kung Fu focuses on power, while integrating high physical components.
binxia 1 year ago
Wushu are Kung Fu are often used interchangeabilly for designing Chinese Martial arts.
But Wushu was created by the Chinese Government after 1949 in an attempt to modernize and to unify the old styles, or traditional styles of Kung Fu. Wushu takes its root from Chanquand (long fist), so it has many movements that ressemble gymnastic.
Wushu is mainly used for performances and competition. It's is like a kind of dance.
While Kung Fu focuses on power, while integrating high physical components.
binxia 1 year ago
hahaha, that is cute. sweet little pu...haha
showman188 1 year ago
OH SHit! I Train There!
MaximumOfaHero 1 year ago
i wnna learn wushu
geniousdeeson 2 years ago
I'm currently a green-white, learnt 'wu bu quan', 'gong li quan', 'nan gun', 'tai ji quan 42' and learning 'tai ji qian 42 (straightsword)'. Learning to use weapons and all is cool, but pretty hard to handle cos of its weight or style of using (based on my experiences). I LOVE WUSHU!!! :)
gartini 2 years ago
even though i like learning martial arts for more defense rather then show i greatly admire the skill and speed that chinese wushu shows. even thoguh its mostly show it can be used in real fighting.
FALLEN9336 2 years ago 2
WTF! Just one JAB
TheLibertard 2 years ago
my god i love the athletic abilities of these guys but i dont see these moves being used in a fight
535manbearpig 2 years ago
That's the thing though, the core of it isn't meant to be used for fighting.
Sekkira 2 years ago 4
LMAO O-O THATS MY CHINESE SCHOOL XD
WolfFangX445 2 years ago 2
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man,karate is the most popular fighting.
and i do it.
Jow279 2 years ago
there is no such more popular...every style have is own caracteristics and popularityes, i do karate and wushu .
halamcheng 2 years ago
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i thought it is taekwondo
26jess 2 years ago
hahaha,keep thinking.
it`s not
Jow279 2 years ago 4
I'm sorry, but check your information before you post it. There are more taekwondo schools in American and around the word.
26jess 2 years ago
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whatever,Karate is the most POPULAR
and,dependens where you are talking about..
japan is more karate,america also has LOTS of karate academs.
Karate is the best,and most popular
Jow279 2 years ago
nice to express your own opinion. but since its the best to you, doesnt mean everyone need to take it.
iuno6 2 years ago
but they cant never beat wushu i guarantee that. what wushu has karate cant offer at all
jietming 2 years ago 2
It's fact,facts can't be changed by what u say
Jow279 2 years ago
if is taekwando, wushu will be 10 times better
jietming 2 years ago 2
Anybody know the NAME OF THE SONG playing in the background?
CainMartyr 2 years ago
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looks like a homosexual mateing dance
gerbilehunter 2 years ago
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u are homosexing bastards.
jietming 2 years ago
大哥你的英文讲得真不错
keidorock 2 years ago
I done this for many years.. It´s sad how most Traditional Martial Arts have been Alterd..I dont think this has..
MisterGlennQuagmire 2 years ago
does this actualey work in real fighting or is it just to look like you know how to fight
twistedwest1 2 years ago 4
o it works alright... and it looks cool--- yes maybe there may be some inefficient movements like turning twice before an attack, but when sparring, that training makes the wushu fighter so much faster and agile--check out "shaolin wushu vs taekwondo"
vcubed3 2 years ago
I took a Wu shu class, with intentions of just learning the fight form. Without knowing what it's supposed to look like, I was confused when everyone was trying to do it fast.
I guess you just have to wing it. In the meantime, I'm looking for a more suited form of fighting.
Thanks for posting! This helped...
7BlueQuartzL 2 years ago
if you want to learn full contact kung fu you should try sanda or sanshou
kalesteinsegek 2 years ago
Practical or not, I think I'd still enjoy learning it. 'Nuff said. ;3
NonstickGlue 2 years ago 24
So would I. You know, it kinda reminds me of ballet and contemporary dance.
alonelychild 2 years ago 2
1:53 . Look at the background xD
VBFilms 2 years ago 4
Hahahahahaha...Chicken...Quack Quack Quack, check out 1:49 as well lol XD
mustasa1990 2 years ago
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Looks like ballet on steriods.
nizamm 2 years ago
the the tired old wushu/most effective martial art debate...
Wushu in its 'sport' form, isnt much of a martial art obviously. Sure it retains the martial movements, but the focus is on speed, power and fluidity IN athleticism.. not in combat.
Also, for those of us that enjoy it, its a beautiful and fun hobby that gives you a good strong and flexible body.
There is a martial version of 'sport' wushu, called sanda, which is similar to kick boxing but woth more of a wrestling element.
berinjiajia 2 years ago
Shablam. I agree so much, it hurts.
hieverybodywhatsup 2 years ago
partly true..the katas ARE just to build up your skills..but when you've got a good dojo and master they will teach you to react on all kind of attacks and if you're in a really good dojo you also do at least semi-contact.and when you are good in this three things (body-and technique-skills, self-defense withapartner, kickboxing) then you're a really good fighter.....for me there is a mental thing too but its not that important when you just wannabe a great fighter....my opinion sry for grammar
jabcrossdany 2 years ago
Yes, athleticism plays a huge part, which is why any athlete would be able stand their ground better in any situation. Granted, if a Wushu guy stepped into a boxing ring or MMA octagon, he'd lose. But people make Wushu practitioners out be completely weak, which is not true.
If you want to win street fights, take a women's self defense course.
And I don't live in China, but I've competed and have won medals there.
hieverybodywhatsup 2 years ago 3
I honestly suspect you of trolling after "If you want to win street fights, take a women's self defense course."
MrGalt 2 years ago
Out of Wushu insults already? Just kidding. I guess I kind of had that coming. But honestly, what would you do against a testicle-kicker?
If there's one thing we have in common it's that no amount of either of our training would stand up to a knife or gunman or any other of the zillion variables you'd run into.
hieverybodywhatsup 2 years ago
You put on a cup and you spar using a ruleset that allows testicle kicks. Back home in America I sparred with the IIKA, which allowed both kicks and slaps to the testicles. We learned to defend that area really well.
Besides, I don't know if you have ever used it in a fight, but I used to punt people in the jumblies all the time on the playground when I was a little kid, and it didn't end or win the fight for me. All of my victims are still alive today. :-P
MrGalt 2 years ago
Ask any Wushu practitioner and they'll flat out say that you can't use Changquan, Nanquan, etc to win a fight.
However, any athlete of the who seriously trains as hard as you train in Wushu is a force to be reckoned with. (you wouldn't want to fight an NFL or NBA player, now would you?)
And Wushu/Tai Chi in Memphis? Holy fuck, Please excuse me while I bow down to you, O enlightened one of Memphis.
hieverybodywhatsup 2 years ago
Then what's the problem? You agree with me that most wushu people don't fantasize about being deadly.
So you live in Beijing then, right? And for the record, I'm not in Memphis any more.
If all you think counts in combat is general athleticism, then Michael Phelps and Lance Armstrong should be able to beat down most people too, right?
If they aren't actually fighting resisting opponents in their training, these guys are gymnasts/dancers. Consequently they're athletic, but not skilled.
MrGalt 2 years ago
I think traditional martial arts are good for fighting, because what I am being taugh works well and is based on aggression and defence - I can defend agains groin kicks perfectly by lifting my leg or simply stepping a halfstep to the side and kick to the knee with a low sidekick and then punch em in the face with palms or fists.
1PostPoMoMaN1 2 years ago
Finally, an intelligent comment. Thank you.
hieverybodywhatsup 2 years ago
i take it that this instructor plays badminton? haha i like his yonex shirt but anyways, pretty good video, too bad wushu wasn't presented at the olympics =[
Aznremix 2 years ago
As a former wushu practitioner I can state that it is pretty and not for practical use. It's ART, not fighting, and most of us don't pretend we're deadly kung fu killers. We enjoy the movement and being able to do some cool stuff nobody else can do. Dark515Rogue needs to leave his fantasy world and either enjoy the dance or learn to fight somewhere.
Oh, and imagine a drunken redneck with an iron bar...he would destroy you too.
MrGalt 3 years ago 4
Well, drunkenness has a way of inhibiting performance :)
It is clearly a sport art, however. Nothing wrong with sport arts--lots of martial arts fit into that category--but that's definitely different from a "practical" art.
WinterAyars 3 years ago
you practiced wushu at the wrong place then. wushu is about how you train the body. a good wushu practitioner has speed power flexibility accuracy and balance. all the qualities of a great fighter most people who are taught in america are taught poorly so they cant apply it to a fight.
calwudude 2 years ago
You know who can apply his skills in a fight? People who practice arts that actually spend time in the ring in a regular basis.
A gymnast has all those qualities you're mentioning and nobody claims that He Kexin or Dominique Moceanu can fight.
MrGalt 2 years ago
show me a street fight in a ring. these guys have all those qualities in their punches and kicks a gymnast dose not have those. its not about what style you practice its about the practitioner
calwudude 2 years ago
It's about HOW you practice. Explain this logic for me:
People who AT LEAST fight in a ring are less likely to be able to fight outside of the ring than people who DON'T EVEN fight in a ring. How does that work?
People love saying that there are rules in the ring and not in the street, but what rule could possibly be more restrictive than, "We don't spar, we only do forms and choreographed drills?"
The worst boxer on Earth trains more realistically than someone who doesn't even hit people.
MrGalt 2 years ago
ok... i can tell you have no idea how real wushu practitioners actually train. if you did you would know that they train to be able to do anything with their body. if you are trained to be able to kick punch and dodge in any way. you could apply that in or out of a ring with or with out rules. Wushu practitioners dont only do forms and choreographed drills thats just what misinformed people think.
calwudude 2 years ago
DO YOU FIGHT? Do you spar? With or without gloves, pads, rules or whatever, do you and your fellow students go to the kwoon and try to hit one another while not being hit yourselves?
I also remind you that I really trained wushu. I said that in my first comment.
MrGalt 2 years ago
I shouldn't double-comment, but I'll try one more time:
I can twist my wrists and stomp my feet any way I want quickly and accurately. If I know how to do that I should be able to drive a Formula One race car perfectly at need. Does that make sense to you?
Doing it and applying it are not the same thing. All training is specific, not general. You won't get better at hitting people without hitting people. You won't get better at dodging if nobody ever tries to hit you.
MrGalt 2 years ago
i have fought many times two on one one on one hell ive even had a knife pulled on me during a fight. knowing how to punch kick and dodge is all you need you can apply it in any way. and may i ask under whom did you train in your wushu? and of course it doesnt make sense that you can drive formula 1. martial arts is the art of combat. if i can do martial arts i have a foundation for fighting not brain surgery of car racing.
calwudude 2 years ago
Video or it didn't happen.
If you have never applied your martial art, you don't just innately have the ability. Kicking and punching air and blocking attacks you know are coming isn't the same or even very similar.
How do you even know the punches and kicks you're learning in wushu actually work? I can think of several (most) kicks I learned in wushu that would result in an injury or at least a fall for the kicker if they landed.
...and Greater Memphis Wushu/Tai Chi in Memphis, TN.
MrGalt 2 years ago
ok next time some one tries to mug me ill grab my camera. round house front kick side kick you can use any of them. from the sound of it your teacher never taught you how to apply the moves. some of the kicks are just for show. you would have to be an idiot to attempt them in a fight but none the less they are still greatly beneficial to learn
calwudude 2 years ago
You don't GET TAUGHT how to apply techniques, you PRACTICE applying them. Kicking air doesn't give you the ability to hit a person who is trying not to get hit while trying to hit you back.
You'd be surprised how the mechanics of say a roundhouse kick change if you start fighting full contact. Hitting a person isn't like hitting a bag and it isn't like hitting nothing at all.
Again, do you fight in your kwoon?
MrGalt 2 years ago
Ok I'm going to stop arguing you can choose to believe what ever you want but i know what I'm arguing is true for me and the other people i train with. just because you couldn't make due with it doesn't mean others cant
calwudude 2 years ago
In the end, wushu is still a martial art. So even though the focus is on performance, training wushu still has many benefits that can be applied to combat.
Obviously, these benefits are useless without the proper mindset, and application training. In the end a good wushu practitioner who plays around with some combat will beat a so-so mma guy. This goes the other way too. The reality is though, wushu's high standards often give them rougher training than most "traditional" styles.
yaojianan 2 years ago
Define rougher training. Do you get hit? Just because you use painful stances and do intense acrobatics doesn't mean you can take a hit.
Where's your evidence that a good wushu practitioner will beat an MMA fighter? You don't have any because there isn't any.
MrGalt 2 years ago
quick, everyone bow to the mma fanboy, champion of the internet. may your hatred one day cure your personal feelings of inadequacy towards martial arts as a whole.
whatever wushu lovers get out of doing wushu, they're getting enough out of it to not be shit disturbers. i guess that's not how it works for guys who were enlightened by a few UFC fight nights after failing at their neighbourhood wushu school. enjoy your bashing, maybe it'll make up for the times you were beat up in high school.
wooshoo 2 years ago
Wow, evidence, logic and clear writing are trumped once again by ad hominem attacks. The closest electronic equivalent of being exactly the kind of thug you think sport martial artists are.
If you read, you'll see that as a former wushu practitioner I was trying to point out that most of us DON'T think we're human weapons like you and calwudude and don't want the art to be tainted by LARPers like you.
Also, I'm pretty sure I'm not the one who brought up MMA. Envious? Projecting a bit?
MrGalt 2 years ago
wushu practitioners don't think they are weapons. do they have the option? yes.
your original post had a point, now you're just picking fights. in every martial art there'll be hard working, realistic people, and those who live in a dream world. why bother changing that? it'll always be the case. you used to do wushu? if you don't think it's a worthy supplement to fighting, then you're as wrong as calwudude.
wooshoo 2 years ago
Sure, I got drawn in, but look at it from my perspective:
I train in a place that produces professional K-1, karate and Shooto fighters. People come out of our classes every night with black eyes, broken ribs, toes, noses, fingers, teeth, etc. The good ones and the bad ones.
Then some guy says because he can jump in the air and spin 720 degrees with a "sword" made of the same thickness of metal as a soda can, that he's the equal of a real working fighter...
MrGalt 2 years ago
Why fight the fantasy? Two reasons:
1. The fantasy will get somebody hurt because he will be confident in skills he doesn't have. Most people aren't willfully ignorant. They've been mislead. I don't think they deserve to get hurt for that.
2. The people selling the fantasy are defrauding everyone they come into contact with, because they tell people they're selling something they aren't. "This is really fun!" is cool. "You will be able to defeat multiple attackers!" is not.
MrGalt 2 years ago
fair enough. i'm a fighter that went to wushu afterwards, and it drives nuts when people tell me it has zero benefits.
it's certainly not as hardcore as straight up fighting, but with a bit of off-training and sparring they can be decent.
but yes let's finish on agreeing, the current evolution (or devolution) of wushu is a little too disgustingly flashy, and anyone who thinks they can fight on wushu alone is a moron.
wooshoo 2 years ago
And I'll concede it has benefits too. Hell, I remember back in the 80s when people discovered teaching NFL players a little ballet improved their balance and flexibility.
MrGalt 2 years ago
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Are you serious about the ballet??? Who the blazes was bored enough to actually test out that theory (which is pretty cool by the way)
rebelpiper89 2 years ago
would you mind explaining to me where i am wrong?
calwudude 2 years ago
You don't care anymore, remember?
MrGalt 2 years ago
so so wushu
wushugod187 3 years ago
my life :)
Praethorianscccp 3 years ago
woah i like those monks at the end freaking wicked speed
ChaoticGodz 3 years ago
The guy at 1:07 seemed to have the best movement and agility.
ComicBookGo 3 years ago
I take that back- the guy at 2:33 is definitely the one with true prowess. But he looks veteren, of the students it would be the 1:07.
ComicBookGo 3 years ago
see this is how most americans and europeans learn wushu the way i learned it was having the basics pounded into me we hardly focused on acrobatics at all if taught properly your body will be perfectly ready for fighting. i only ever practiced wushu and i have no problem fighting people who do bjj muay thai or any kickboxing style wushu is great for training the body. we dont start on a weapon until youre very well developed which is usually one or two years into it
firstmanshot 3 years ago
i'm pretty sure in a real fight, dancing wouldn't work
DeadManWalking669 3 years ago
It's not dancing, idiot. In wushu you TRAIN your body, you learn SELF-DEFENSE, you take CONTACT with your body, you learn Qi Gong and Tai chi (one of the most effective self-defense martial art) and you practice using WEAPONS (imagine a wushu martial artist with an iron bar.. He would destroy you) both for exhibitions and FIGHTINGS.
Or at least.. My Sifu teaches me this way. Don't judge what you don't know ^-^
Dark515Rogue 3 years ago
i wish i could learn wushu, there is not kung fu schools in NJ. FUCK MAN!!
calito0010 3 years ago
Zhang Li Peng's Tai Chi Academy teaches wushu. Look it up. Or ask Xiolinlong. He made comments on my page.
Nameless2k6 3 years ago
where da acadamy is located?. tell me please my friend.. i want 2 learn.
calito0010 3 years ago
there is a hung gar school in clifton!
sanddocon 3 years ago
seriously. there are TONS of wushu schools in NJ. very decent ones too. google that shit.
wooshoo 3 years ago
my mom wanted me to take like wushu kung fu etc. mostly chinese martial arts but instead i picked tae kwon do ramdonly
c4nd4c3tkd 3 years ago
That presenter has the charisma of a cauliflower...
Antitank1350 3 years ago
This is the most useless martial art in all of China. Also it is not as hard as he says it is. It takes less muscles and strength to practice wushu than traditional martial arts.
xiaolintraditional90 3 years ago
this is true if you're referring to PURE traditional martial arts, done the old way. but in this day and age, most "traditional" schools have weaker basics than wushu schools, and this is heavily due to the fact that wushu forces certain standards. besides, 90% of "traditional" teachers in north america are just fucking hacks who saw wushu once, tried, failed, and had a big enough wad of cash to open a school.
wooshoo 3 years ago
where i trained we spent an hour and a half doing basics and do the set 2 or 3 times most people dont pass the beginners set until about 6-7 months some people take a year. then you do an open fist set then when youve started to grasp that you can learn a weapon. the force of my punches and kicks made my muay thai friends look like wimps and my friends were by no means weak. its a great way t develop strength if youre taught properly
firstmanshot 3 years ago
i agree. i used to do lots of fighting and traditional before. after having done wushu and returning to sparring, i found that it has benefitted my fighting abilities.
speed, cleanness, explosiveness, leg strength, amongst many other things.
wooshoo 3 years ago
nanquan is better than chanquan? i dont think so. nanquan = not flexible changquan = flexibility and skill
LP4H3 3 years ago
u cant judge in that way as nanquan and changquan serve its own purposes. nanquan is more for close combat while changquan is long ranged combat. thus it is different
jietming 2 years ago
yeah i agree nanquan way better than chanquan
shaolindude1 3 years ago
his moves in changquan sucks. No flow. No fluidity no stance.
TalesInc 3 years ago
Wushu is extreme sport, and its based on
kung fu, which is still not a sport and it
will never be...
ApachiKP 3 years ago
Contemporary Wushu is based on Traditional Wushu, not Kung Fu. Kung Fu is a misused word in the U.S. It means "hard work" or "cultivated skill". You can have good cooking kung fu, good chess kung fu, etc. Wushu directly translates as Martial Arts. What's with all the kungfusion in the U.S.?
ImperialWushu 3 years ago
Basically kung fu and wushu directly mean martial arts and specifically pertain to chinese martial arts. I may have some of it mixed up but i jsut started wushu and tae kwon do
Soldier0Cross 3 years ago
Kung Fu directly means "hard work or cultivated skill"
Wushu directly means "martial/military arts"
Am I not saying it right?
ImperialWushu 3 years ago
Makes sense, thanks much
Soldier0Cross 3 years ago
How is this not a sport?
Soldier0Cross 3 years ago
this wushu is an art. if you were listening it was explaining how this is more focused on acrobatics because they are for forms. karate's a copy cat of kung fu.
luorongqian 3 years ago
looks a bit pansy, id doesnt look as good as just doin flips and isnt as effective as other martials arts so i render it a fail
silenthicks 3 years ago
dumbass
Xplodz 3 years ago
i kno u are but wat am i
silenthicks 3 years ago
sorry i posted in the wrong video. multiple youtube windows ftl
Xplodz 3 years ago
noob.
himynameisrelik 3 years ago
haha you must spend too much time on the computer to call someone a "noob". make some real friends.
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himynameisrelik 3 years ago
just flips isn't as effective as a real combat art. and combat arts don't look aesthetically pleasing.
What sport is a better compromise than wushu? The closes thing I can think of is capoeira, but it leans too much towards dance. i would suggest karate, but weapon sequences and team fight sets are boring.
combax 3 years ago
karates pretty effective, my friend does it and learns everything
karatemaster64 3 years ago
Wushu is a mordern Olympics Sports;which is going to be officially recognised in the 2008 OLYMPICS...!And now Jackie chan is making a movie called WUSHU#
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them guys r pants!
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Oh yea that hurt and only retards use the "your mom" shit.
apexi957 3 years ago
Kung fu or gongfu or gung fu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a Chinese term often used by speakers of the English language to refer to Chinese martial arts. Its original meaning is somewhat different, referring to one's expertise in any skill, not necessarily martial.
darealforrest 3 years ago 6
wushu & kung fu are NOT the same!!
dumbass
ommoordkill 3 years ago