More "rarely seen" Ditang Kung Fu

[hungmanhtran]

looks like every form i've seen a shaolin monk do.

[yungthugjase]

it is a form similar to gymnastics i would love to see him try this against a mma

this guy = 1 punch knockout

[UchihABitachi]

@yungthugjase  A "form" is just a bunch of routines knitted together for practicing those techniques. You do not practice in a fight and since you mentioned MMA, you bet your ass he'd do his best not to get hurt instead of doing headflips.

[darthmooman]

way to replace the real audio with terrible fake sound effects... thanks, retarded chinese editors!

[wushunate1]

Oh! and I've learned ditang is a style focused around falling.

[Maingus]

Ditang isn't a wushu style, it's more traditional. I believe, may be wrong, but I believe this is Grandmaster Hu back in his younger days. Met him in person, he's amazing.

[leslien92]

hey hey is that hu jian qiang?? yay if it is, if not whoops

[taijiguy]

yay, 'tis Hu Jianqiang.

[wushunate1]

This just looks like drunken without stumbling.

Wouldn't a martial art that doesn't promote combat and fighting teach someone the true meaning of martial arts? Learning martial arts so you don't have to use it.

[IrishSpaniard]

no modern wushu is for combat anyway, it's a fucking performance art. I know traditional ditang and traditional drunken, neither one is the least bit ineffective.

[619shocker]

thank you

[Wr2]

Everyone calm down, ditang originated as a ground excercise set to learn how to take hits, throws and falls. Overall this was created to be an excercise set to aid an actual combat fighter in strengthening the neck and limbs. You must keep in mind the stronger the neck on someone usually the harder it is to knock them out. LOL Just food for thought =P

[MinotauroNog]

As far as I understand being knocked out has to do with a nerve behind your jaw, hence the term "weak chin".

[ReijiTaro]

Only if they hit the chin. ^_^

[godslayer22ca]

are you kidding me? you could never win a fight like that ahhahaha

[XtheMercenary]

Style...form...same thing. You could use that in a fight just as much as drunken boxing. But I really think it'd be more for training your acrobatics.

[mitchtang]

If it's not a fighting style, then it shouldn't really be called wushu, because the meaning of the word says it all, the art of combat. not fighting = combat? let's just keep it at chinese break dancing.

[jimnumberuno]

it is a form used to make your body hard and strong, it helps when u try to build chi.

[wushunate1]

WuShu doesn't mean art of combat. WuShu literally means Martial (Wu) Art (Shu).

[Maingus]

Wushu means war like art

[wushunate1]

Wushu means "martial art". Traditionally WuShu was a reference to all martial art. But as contemporary martial art grew more popular, people referred to it as wushu and older styles as kungfu.

[Maingus]

I know in my school, where I learn Wushu and Traditional Wah Lum, It means "War Like Art" where my teachers learned it from their master, Grandmaster Hu. And Older "styles" aren't refered to as "Kungfu" The martial art is refered to as Kung Fu as a base. Each style is still called their style, whether it be Shaolin, Plum Flower, any of the animals, Family style, Wushu, Wah Lum, choy lee fut, or any of the other 'styles' of Kung Fu. Older Kung Fu is just called, "Traditional Kung Fu."

[wushunate1]

Kung Fu is time and energy so It can apply to anything that takes a really long time.

My WuShu teacher Li, Tian Yuan (she has videos on here) says it directly translates as martial art.

I have to say we are both technically right because martial means warlike..... XD

I do contemporary Changquan, have begun to learn a contemporary Nanquan form and mainly practice traditional Northern Longfist.

[foldedcrane]

Where do you study wah lum?  Florida, TX, Boston?

[XtheMercenary]

It gives you the power to slow down time, too :P

Very cool.

[mitchtang]

yeah, it was pretty cool to see that someone who learned this form can do head flicks in slow motion. I wonder how long he had to train to master that. haha.

[weeksoz]

And break dancing was born

[m4rcc0z]

hahaha its not drunken, its ditang chuan, a really acrobatic wushu style, along with chang chuan they have alot of jumps and that kind of stuff

[DarkProject]

yup, i'm not familiar wit ditang, but it did look like wushu, altho, in wushu there is more "air", this style was less jumpy but very usefull, also some parts reminded me of drunken fist.

[mpressiv3]

very cool drunken style kung fu form

[elliotjb]

he didnt throw a punch....

[syrovision]

this isnt fighting style, its a form.