Thanks! It's always interesting to hear from other martial artists who have similar drills to ours. 🙏

Thank you so much! 🙏

This video features the full routine with commentary. 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIa4o4ytmdB6rNksi=i5FTdMtOSHffBOwv

@@namyang1954 @immortalwarrior2406 Highly recommend! That's an awesome video.

Awesome Insight. Thank you! 👊🫷

Hey! This is the same reason for me. 👊🫷

Keep up your good work Darren, Iain. 🙏🏻

@namyang1954 thanks. You too!

That's amazing. Thank you for letting us know why you train! 🙏🙏

Thank you 🙏

Hi @SouthpawJoe. Our video shows at a normal speed for us. Is your playback speed for the video set lower than 1x? You can check on the settings cog wheel under "Playback speed".

Thanks!

Thanks for your insight Hassan. 🙏🏻. ‘Coconut’ was the word that Stephen Tam used and it was he who taught me about these deities. It seemed to be the term in general use amongst these guys in Geylang. They were most certainly not academics or linguists. They had not received much formal education. They were real old style Kung Fu men. And I consider myself privileged to have known them. 🙏🏻

We really like it too, Jack Eve!

Thank's Thomas!

Thank you so much, Zak. We very much look forward to having you with us!

Great question! It's known as the "Sum Chien" Face. You likely see a few variations, and even names for it, once you start exploring different arts that still do this - check out the famous Shaolin monk Sek Koh Sam demonstrating the expressions of the 18 Lohons. There are a number of reasons to why we do this in our freehand routines, including opening up both the senses and the meridians and developing the tendon in the face and head, even conditioning. The most interesting, though, is the effect it has on our emotional state and how we work through our kung fu with it. :)

Sincere thanks Doctor Bakhtiar. 🙏🏻

😊. Thank you for your insightful comment. You know this subject well Doctor Bakhtiar. 🙏🏻

Thank you Aiden!

Take it very easy. Progress slowly but surely. Injuries really hold you back so don’t risk getting injured. With age comes patience - which gives us old guys an advantage. 😆

Thank you so much Doctor Bakhtiar. 🙏🏻

Very many thanks for your comment Hassan. 😊. You are quite right about the Kung Fu societies in Geylang. We were based in Lorong 6. Of course as an ‘ang mol Kao’ (red headed monkey) I was never going to progress in the secret societies. Actually Master Tan didn’t want me to have any part in them and kept me out. Looking back he was right. Now Singapore has changed beyond all recognition and both Master Tan and Steven Tam have passed. A great era but not one that will be repeated. 🙏🏻

On a side note. Dua ah pek and ji ah pek, in mandarin da er ye boh has nothing to do with coconuts at all. “Ye” can mean coconut but that is a different word with a different intonation from ye which actually is referencing an elder uncle. So the gods of hell are big and second uncles of hell and not “coconuts” just fyi.

I bet you would. That’s what make you special Rob! 👊🏻

It's am exercise u flid! It's for building snap and elasticity ur and idiot!

The snap at the end is serious Master Iain!

Your Religion has nothing to do with this.

@@moldvox Learn to read kid, the title of the vid asked a question, I answered it. Never implied it had to do with him, just me.

This is a good answer. Clearly it comes from a Christian perspective but nothing wrong with that, we respect all religious beliefs. For the record, Taoism has no Satan and no one God. But it definitely still has a hell. Thanks for your comment. 🙏🏻

@@namyang1954 Thank you sir, that was all that was inferred, as it was my answer to the title question. Yes, two different perspectives, with the same name of Hell, As said its still a great vid, thx for the reply brother.

I wouldn’t say that. But then I don’t scare easily! 😆

I think that this is one of our best yet! 😊

Great to see that you are still with us Dave, Iain. 😊

Thank you Lisa!

It's a favorite for sure!

You're welcome!

Well done, Thomas!