Tai Chi - Hsing Yi - Bagua - 1 (out of 5)

Grand master Hung I Hsiang (1925-93)
These 5 parts, shows the full serie: Tai Chi "The Soft Way"
These recordings are from the, BBC Documentary series (1983): The Way Of The Warrior!

BBC docu "Way of the Warrior"
The series was originally broadcast by the BBC in the early 1980's and was comprised of 8 episodes which featured top Masters of each system. Each part lasts approx 35-40 minutes so the total content is approx 5½ hours long. It is not intended as a training tutorial. It is a documentary going into the rich historical background, philosophy, methods and practices of each system. Each part has numerous footage of demonstrations, explanations and practical applications. Whichever martial art system you may be studying this is a very absorbing and inspiring series.

The series is comprised of:

1 Shorinji Kempo 'The New Way'

2 Kalari 'The Indian Way'

3 Aikido and Kendo 'The Sporting Way'

4 T'ai Chi 'The Soft Way' - also included Hsing Yi and Ba Gua

5 Eskrima 'The Philippino Way'

6 Karate 'The Way of the Empty Hand'

7 Kung Fu 'The Hard Way'

8 The Samurai Way

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Hung
• I-Shiang
• Taiji
• Hsing-yi
• Bagua
• Soft
• Internal
• Kung
• Fu
• TheWayOfTheWarrior

[joncobber]

wots with the karate suits at 4:31 ??

[skytte71]

Grand master Hung I Hsiang, liked some of the Japanese way's/traditions, and adopted/incorporated them into his own teachings.

[RisingfireX2]

why is your grafic so shit

[skytte71]

What do you mean?

[xxdesiredloginnamexx]

Because it used to be on a VCR tape, I believe.

[skytte71]

oh yes, of course! Doh :-P

Its from an old videotape (VHS), which has been converted to digital media.

The original (VHS) is actually worse, on some parts.

[cuevasdecamuy]

"this was not filmed in slow motion"..hillarious

[Indra420]

JOBEBOBE, I have seen this interview many times and there are helpful truths contained in it, but is important to realize that Bruce was not the forefront of martial arts in his day, he was simply the most famous. Many many masters twice his age were much more skilled and insightful, especially internal artists

[geodiomio]

for friends of the martial arts note that the entire extraordinary BBC seres can be viewed at ovguide.com

[magickalcat83]

Does this have anything to do with people walking along, swimming their arms which hit in the front and back or patting themselves as they walk? I see that a lot and would really love to know why they are doing it.

[TheaSinensisSerpenti]

@guynamedtroy

Actually he studied Southern Shaolin (mainly crane) as was the tradition in his family before he learned the internal arts. He started using the Gi's after he traveled to Japan and Okinawa and was impressed with the discipline and systematized teaching methods.

[TheaSinensisSerpenti]

That's why when he left to return to the U.S. master Hong gave him a certificate saying that he had a been given a master level black belt in Xing Yi "Karate" and permission to teach the system.

[TheaSinensisSerpenti]

@cloud0123 Yeah that's partially true but mainly he liked the discipline and systematized teaching methods used in Japan. My teacher studied with him in the late 60's and he knew that in the west at that time westerners associated Asian martial arts with Karate and that Xing Yi and Ba Gua were unknown. He also knew that most people associated mastery with a black belt.

[jacksawild]

I'd never heard of this. Good stuff.

[melbournaut]

0:33 "2 weeks"

[williamwilson666]

@joncobber It does look a bit weird I'll grant you, but he saw Judoka using the system of grading levels of practitioner by belts and the formality of the gi.

[joncobber]

oh rite, ok

this interseting but seems bit unusual (no offence)