Interconnected Kicks of Peng Lai Mantis School

Chen Huangnan performs Greater Interconnected Kicks of Peng Lai school at Confucoius Temple in Tainan City Taiwan. In the Background you hear Shifu, Shi Zhengzhong shouting.

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[nicerperson]

A really impressive form, good skill and balance from this young man, well done! a pleasure to watch :)

[KevinBrazier]

@nicerperson

Thanks, glad you liked it, that is my elder kung fu brother.

[Happyanand69]

Kicks above the waist are normally for training. There are a few exceptions in the rule off course but serious martial artists understand the dangers and problems of giving high kicks. A high kick takes long and your position is compromised because you're standing on one foot and your other is high up in the air. You also need your opponent at a certain distance and whenever this distance changes you are stuck in a long motion. Normally high kicks in kung fu are meant for training of the legs.

[Taijiguy108]

Wow, looks like a good workout! ;-)

[wayoftheforesthand]

@NTNGUYEN its not actually a universal principle. the chinese's do have more then a few kicks they throw right off the floor with no chamber. they are only for exact targets. Yes chambering your kicks does allow for more power, but if your kick is for right under the chin, and yes its hard to do that kick but its not possible, the shoval kick from the floor is more then enough to KO a person. personally a mixture of all three ways of snaping, thrusting or coming straight off the floor works fine

[NTNGUYEN]

@RoyalDragonusa I'll agree with you, that I may not see the angle at which the kick is applied and it may be used in different way than like taekwondo or karate or even many other kung fu styles. But, honostly, I'm a little skeptical about the effectiveness and the power of those kicks.

[Anandfulness]

@RoyalDragonusa There are a few exceptions in the rule.

[RoyalDragonusa]

@NTNGUYEN

You know, I have watched this a few times now. The closer I examine, the better this kid looks. At worst, he's got a bit of a sloppy hook kick in the middle, and a couple at the end when he's getting tired. Even then, everything is chambered the way it should be. Everything has the correct type of power for the kick that he is doing.

[RoyalDragonusa]

@NTNGUYEN

I see a few he floofed through at the end when he was getting tired, but most of those looked pretty good to me. I think the problem is that you do not understand the angle the opponent is on when the technique is used. Nor do you understand the method of power issuing used in the Chinese arts.

TKD has a very limited method of both engagement and power generation.

[NTNGUYEN]

@RoyalDragonusa Fighting Strategies depend on the fighter. And if you're comparing other techniques such as hands techniques then I agree modern taekwondo lacks hand effectiveness. But, I'm commenting on only kicks. Alot of the kicks in the video are not chambered correctly, and that's universal principle to any martial arts, not just takewondo.

[RoyalDragonusa]

Very interesting Form!!! The physicality needed to do a set like this is pretty high The performer did very well!

[RoyalDragonusa]

@NTNGUYEN

I have never been impressed by Tae Kwon Do's Kicking, nor it's fighting strategies.

[RoyalDragonusa]

@Happyanand69

I disagree. In fact, Cung Le used a high kick in a Strike Force MMA match, that resulted in his opponents arm getting broke. It's all about thie angle, entry and timing of the kick.

[NTNGUYEN]

I like the form, and I think the performer did a great job. But, I came from a taekwondo background, and some of those kicks are kinda sloppy and have no real power behind them.