Way of the Warrior: Tai Chi, Xing Yi, Ba Gua (1/5)

This BBC series and its companion book changed my life. It was the first book I ever bought on the Martial Arts. I never thought back then that I would actually learn the Ba Gua Zhang and Xing Yi Quan that Hung Yi Xiang was teaching....

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[TaoBoxer]

Maybe this young boy from beijing is correct. Afterall, the Communists have immasculated Kung Fu in the mainland for 50+ years. Of course.... This video is taken in Taiwan where full contact lei tai and streetfighting was and is very common. Hung Yi Hsiang is a legend and needs no defending.

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[TaoBoxer]

There are some technical errors that smack of old world Occidentalism, but as a wide eyed teenager however, being exposed to these arts for the first time, it was seminal in my development. It actually reminds me of the Blofeld story of falling in love with a Buddha at an early age, a love that later led him to an entire life spent in Asia.

[TaoBoxer]

I think the project taken as a whole was pretty ambitious and they interviewed some reputable people (Hung and OTake). Honestly, as much as I like the book, it isn't anything special.

[TaoBoxer]

Thankyou for taking the time to put the BBC's work, which was never made for sale to the public, online. We all appreciate your time and effort to bring Hung Lao Shi (as well of as the rest of the series) to the world.

Cheers

[xyq]

Wombat go fuck yourself. Please show us some wushu from Beijing, where no fighting skill is allowed. You are a complete joke with no knowledge of Baguazhang. If you had any you'd know that the lineage of Hong Yi Xiang of Taipei is very strong indeed.

[chunny1991]

At 1:40 when the narrator says "This is not filmed in slow motion" just cracks me up.

Thanks for the uploads :)

[MrAgusrio]

I think this is the secret of shaolin kung fu. whether I am right? why now so spread out like this? is there someone who can explain this?

[Frequent2001]

@TaoBoxer

its true what you said about the communists, its incredible the number of people online who believe that contemporary wushu you see in demonstrations or newer movies about so called shaolin monks teaching in china, and believe its the authentic kung fu. These people have claims like Oh i am a 35th generation shaolin monk etc... but the truth is, most of the kung fu masters had to leave china when the Communists started to oppress them.

[SilverGunZoO]

lol what a joke

[danplasma]

he lives through this video, well done, you can see who he was, a great master, and a good man...

[dreamcastII]

Love that clicking neck sound at the start. Note the jaw is lax when he does that.

[iuh123]

coz in fujian they speak hokkien, same at taiwan along with mandarin

[iuh123]

taiwanese is also known as hokkien from the place in the south east of china, known in mandarain as fujian

[speakingheart]

thanks, cool, youtube has educatonial value!

[nanhuazhenren]

taiwanese mandarin is pronounced so differently that people from beijing wouldn´t understand taiwanese people.

[speakingheart]

translate taiwanese to mandarin...???Mandarin is official language of Taiwan, isn't it?