NTD's Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Competitors

Anchor:
NTDs Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Competition wrapped up this weekend, lets take a look at one competitors perspective on the principles and values behind his chosen martial arts form.

Story:
Chinas 5000 year history has given birth to many forms of Martial Arts. These forms were all vividly displayed at this weekends competition.
One competitor Marcus Leonard from the Jaw Ga school shares his insights on the difference between contemporary and traditional martial arts.

[Marcus Leonard, Martial Artist]
Traditional had to do with combat, everything was combat, the emphasis was fighting, so it was more of a means of survival, than a means of performance

In traditional martial arts there are principles behind each school. Many Martial Arts forms are not only about combat, they also include profound cultural and ethical understandings.

[Marcus Leonard, Martial Artist]
4:30
First before anything else, respect the founder, respect the teacher, respect the teachings, learn kindness, learn justice, then learn Kung Fu, after you learn Kung Fu you can protect yourself, but if you are a true hero, a true Kung Fu man, you will not abuse your power, if you meet a student and you know him to be an evil person, then you should not teach him for ten thousand pieces of gold.

Markus talks about his favourite aspects of the Jaw Ga discipline.

[Marcus Leonard, Martial Artist]
Id have to say its the fan, but Im proficient to compete with the broadsword, spear, dagger

On location at the Armory Centre, Washington Heights, this is Nicole Mccaw.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• ntd
• ntdtv
• news
• Chinese
• Traditional
• Martial
• Arts
• Competitors

[wuxipoo]

.15 seconds is contemporary wushu, jr. chanquan to be exact, not traditional.

[BobagemLixo]

schellwardee: origami is Japanese

[schellwardee]

Well I'm proficient in hitting pretty hard, bruise making, chinese burns, stick throwing, origami and Kong food, especially sweet and sour....

[AlexnicholasBlakely]

what is your favorite form marcus?

well i enjoy the fan...but i am proficient in the broadsword, spear, dagger, throwing axe, sword and sheild, nunchuku, katana, shurikens, guns, origami, sushi, ummm throwing daggers, halberd, short bow, long bow, bo staff, jo staff, ummm what else is there, o yea walverine hand bades, javelin, throwing shoes, elbow spikes, and the fan...again. this guy is a warrior lol

[bshitter]

This guy knows more than I do on Kung Fu. Thumb up. Good job.

[Parmazano]

awsome!

thanks for putting this up here, people can learn from this.

sub 5/5