18 LOHAN - South Shaolin Form - Master Ji Jian-Cheng

[ncigntujyang]

All Kung Fu forms are similar to each others. Some are newly develope by some current masters but mostly like one southern china master says to me while I was visiting them last year...."only the 73 or 75 form movments are still the most traditioanal one and still remain secret in our book...the rest are newly deveope and some time is for excercising for the healthy of our body...not a truely fighting techniques". This master who says these words are 89 years old live in Pe Yeng, Pengbia Prov

[ThePs969]

it looks really cool !

[blackflask]

Now THAT is a fighting form! 100% practical, knees, elbows, straight punches and kicks, explosive forward motion. I love the big swinging hammerfists he does at the end, just after the double elbow strike. SMASH!

[djephexx]

is this tecktonic or shuffling???

[kuntybollex]

impressive

[junlong0107]

Beautiful....full of power and energy. Similar to the Baji Quan developed by Chinese Muslims also.

[HushhhPaw]

:34 just fantastic!

[TheJDMsamuraiwarrior]

lohan form :)

[alekx58]

oh this like very it is the lohan kata

[zwukudu]

He's blended some Hsing I into this form, the expression of Hsing I and Shaolin are very different, so it appears that he's working up some kind of hybrid art. That's not wrong, but it's not pure Shaolin.

[jin54363]

is this like the kata in karate?

[ironlegdave]

It's definitely real kung fu. 

[GreenGold33]

I like this form a lot. Very crisp and powerful and the transitions flow well.

[Kinghercules]

Is this how it was done over a thousand years ago?

[stealthassassin8]

some of the moves i have seen in Ba ji Quan

[Kruelwanderer911]

It's amazing.. He's probably not even really thinking about his movements, he's THAT good at them.

[Kruelwanderer911]

I'm going to watch this many many times to master the style and breathing, so I too can know a Shaolin form.

[SHAOLINZI]

nice definition.

[NKSK007]

To people who think this is easy: try doing it for real, it's F@&^%# hard as hell! After doing about 5 techinques, you get tired.

[TurkeySan]

@NKSK007 ooh tired more than from max sprint.

[NKSK007]

@TurkeySan That's true, can't argue with that lol

[krzintegraboi]

umm ucf will tell which person is better but not style since there are lazy people in every style

[EDKF80]

xing yi..... :-((

[micsir888]

@EDKF80 what do you mean by xingyi. Have you ever sen any xing yi?

[laurentgarciaatc]

yes i think it's a north style

[kaimen]

what is this? south shaolin? not at all it has hsing yi movements, northern movements, wushu modern "shaolin like" moves...definitely NEW STUFF

[rabbitnuts666]

I'm still wondering if a professional heavy-weight boxer could beat the shit out of this guy...some masters are skinny but all muscle, some are a bit muscular...this master looks out of shape. I still wonder how much brute strength would win over expertise...there must be a point where the two lines meet...

[slaveofawal]

experience=expertise the one who is in control more wins an i say A master could take a boxer because kung fu is more mental then anything an boxing is just simple n effective but the mechanics isnt all that great like the world is swooning over lol i dont like fat tai chi guys ahahaha everyone has dislikes

[ChineseOpera8]

Both Northern & Southern temples have Monks and Nuns,..and , of-course' The 18 Monk Forms,(over 300 variations) were not locked into just one area of China!

The 'flow' of this form is correct! The idea of 'store & release' energy is sometimes explosive , as in 'fa-jing'!

Jie ge' si hen hao 'shi ba lo han' lu fa! duo xie ni, Si-Fu Mark

[yusha33]

flow isn't right

[ExDeeXD]

hahaha

[dHARMa187]

Southern Styles really have alot of practical stuff! Why is this form called 18 Lohan? I know of other forms called 18 palms or hands of Lohan, (sometimes Arhat or Buddha), but I never seen a Southern!

[lpvine]

Am I being weird, or do I notice some movements in the form demonstrated that are similar to xingyi?

[A329M]

You are not being weird. Some of the movements are very similar to parts of the Lian-Huan (linked form) from Xingyi.

[ironlegdave]

@A329M 0:59 seconds... chicken shape, chicken shape, split, split, beng, heng, beng. I know lian huan.

[kaindrg]

@lpvine in chinese martial arts some style will always look like another style some where

[VLingLing]

u think its simple but it's not...=.= man,....

[trueandliving]

Thank you for sharing

[jaygmui]

he looks like a wing chun master

[paulnnikki]

Looks nothing like Wing Chun. Or did you mean the guy rather than the art?

[jaygmui]

lol i thought it was another vid hahaha

cuz i was looking at wing chun at the same time i posted taht comment

[cheeos]

@paulnnikki i guess wing chun doesn't use a vertical fist? or did wing chun not develop out of shaolin kung fu? sorry if my sarcasm sucks

train well

[alisnake222]

thats realy good moves and is realy hard to do it u need at lest a master to teach it to u

[moustafawushu]

Traditional wushu always win

Realy great master!

[partzchinchankimpang]

In the video....can he make the style more smooth!!

[haribon22]

modern wushu is more appealing

[MaBu888]

Everyone must think like you becasue you are obviously right.

[7Matahari7]

it looks pretty, it shows high level of discipline and human self mastery, but I wouldn't rely on it alone to protect myself. with some traditional exercises and principles mixed with it could be very interesting.

[Liniang]

This clip is taken from a video Master Ji made several years ago. The video contains some traditional neigong and body-toughening exercises as well as the form, applications, and a staff form. Maybe some more of the vid could be posted.

[SiFudale]

This is an interesting routine, I am a student of Master Ji and I can see signature movments from a number of the styles he teaches. In the form shown here, there is Ba Ji Chuan, Hsing Yi Chuan, Black Tiger, a couple of swimming dragon ba gua movements, along side the Lohan etc.

[smithy0782]

Hey man it's the other way around all the modern offshoot styles take foundations from shaolin forms like these.

[7Matahari7]

you really think so?

[smithy0782]

yes I do I study old form shaolin and 18 fists is a very basic form that many style branches today take foundations from

[7Matahari7]

Do you think there were any martial systems in China be4 Shao-lin?

[smithy0782]

Of course there were any system of fighting can be considered a martial art. Boxing and wrestling are the oldest forms of fighting. Shaolin is not the oldest fighting system around .

[andyperzzoon]

boxing and wrestling are not the oldest forms of fighting...Kung Fu is more then 2000 years old and are the base for all forms^^

[LoganBruneau]

Actually Greco-roman wrestling dates back to over 3000 years ago and some African forms go back over 5000 years.

[anhkhoinguyen]

go look up greco-roman wrestling. dispite its name its not geek or roman but a 19th century french form of upper body show wrestling that has nothing to do with the old roman or geek forms...=P its more of a recreation of old wrestling from folk wreslting. anyways chinese shuai chao is 3000 yrs old and very well documented n is still practised, greek wreslting is maybe even older but has "died" out n not related to the newer olympic or folk wreslting of today lol

[anhkhoinguyen]

your right, western boxing of the ancient period died out along with there wrestling, these modern boxing or wrestling today is just a reinvention with no relation to its ancestor styles while chinese kung fu has never died out and is still practised to this day. but kung uf is not the bases of all martial arts, highly influcened other styles but not the origin of all. many arts developed on there own in the battle fields of asia.

[Liniang]

It does indeed seem to recall aspects of different styles. A bit at the end looks something like a sequence from the Lian-Huan (linked elements) form of Xing-Yi. But a superb demonstration though.

[Taijiguy108]

Interesting. It's a combination of stuff from different styles. Part looks like chang quan, part nan quan, there's a little pigua zhang section, and xingyi quan too.

[eugeneshaolin]

I agree. This is a great performance. Thanks for posting.

[au52ll17]

There are quite a few forms using the name '18 Lohan' or 'Luohan' 'Luo Han' '18 Arhats' etc. This is not the more well-known Northern form or the one from Shaolin Temple. This one is a form developed and practiced mainly in Zhejiang Province, S.E. China.

[informationpoint]

I agree. It is not the type of 18 Lohans I am familiar with myself - but whatever version it may be, this is a fantastic demo.

[deadmonks]

Great performance! The speed, power, aggression, fluidity, it's all there. More from this guy please.