Eagle Claw Kung Fu sabre form Ng How Do

This is Ying Jow Pai instructor Michael I Schiller performing Ng How Do (The Five Gaurdians Sabre) at Ying Jow Pai Brooklyn Chinese New Year of the Tiger.
It has been edited because Sifu Shum doesn't like putting up whole forms due to thieves and style biters. Respect.

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[schillersgarage]

This is an interesting dialogue, one that we are fortunate to be able to have thanks to our constitution and the first amendment. As for the song, it is by Wu Tang Clan and producer RZA who is a student of the Shaolin monk Shi Yan Ming. Shifu Ming clearly has no problem with the Wu's music, or with the fusion of hardcore rap and kung fu. Neither do I. Raw forms of artistic expression are not always for every audience. Kung fu films are not always for kids either, many feature graphic violence

[schillersgarage]

...including bloody demonstrations of what these weapons forms were originally designed to do: beheadings, guttings, severing limbs, etc., things that make a few bad words seem pretty harmless. It's up to the parents to filter out what their kids digest. I agree that we should not teach our kids to use foul language, but I do not think that censorship of self expression is the answer either. It is through self expression that we vent frustrations constructively.

[jfu222]

Perhaps an (Explicit Lyrics) listing in the title of this post would make the parents happy. And of course tempt minors to click on it.

-Other than that, your opinions on how this represents the system are about as meaningless as my arguments against them.

-It's closed minded, over opiniated dudes like you that are always the ones yacking away at school instead of training. (talk fu masters)

-As if your opinions were the ulitimate guideline for self expression. What a joke.

[dmyingjow]

This is crude and abusive and takes away from the beauty of the system. I am all for freedom of speech, but any child can get to youtube and this is not the way I would like the system portrayed. Play it for your mother, maybe she thinks its cute but then again we all come from different backgrounds. I am educated, try to set my standards higher than going to the lower common, street talk done by individuals trying to impress young vulnerable teenagers in hope to make a buck off them.

[jfu222]

I'm telling on both you.

[wuxipoo]

You should do that. It's not the music; it's the language. Rap music is fine but foul language is just crude. That's all I'm saying. In all the YJP you know, why don't you post some videos of competitions or demos where the performer is actually using foul language in the performance.

[trivium666fan]

@wuxipoo

Really? That's what you believe? I'll go talk to Sigong Leung Shum what he thinks about that. I've studied YJP for years with many of the people involved in martial arts also participating in all kinds of other activities. People find all kinds of things entertaining, and you thinking that suddenly this style of music can't be placed to martial arts is nothing more than pretentiousness and self-importance by your part.

[wuxipoo]

@trivium666fan It's not insulting, only crude and out of place. We watch plenty of videos and make them as well. This is the first one we've come across combining CMA and this type of language together. We also know many Chinese martial artists throughout the world. None of them would use music with foul language in their performances or videos. It does a disservice to the art. But I don't expect you to understand that. Sorry if you're the one offended.

[trivium666fan]

@wuxipoo

If you consider this kind of stuff insulting, you are a very closed-minded individual. And to say something like, "I'm really surprised that someone involved in Chinese Martial Arts of your caliber would make such a poor choice," is so offensive and makes you seem so sensitive that I'm shocked you watch ANY YouTube videos to begin with.

[wuxipoo]

@MartialArtWay You're right, I don't like it and yes, I also would not play it for my daughter. She hears plenty of that in school, etc. but really wouldn't expect it from a fellow martial artist, traditional or not.