Chinese kung fu master’s ‘iron fist’

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A kung fu master in eastern China’s Zhejiang province has been practising the “iron fist” for more than 20 years. Yuen Hai can smash objects with his bare hands and hit an iron nail into a wooden block.
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[@nameisname5566]

him : destroys bricks effortlessly me : getting a cut just by opening some random books

[@pritambhardwaj3756]

me : got fainted after watching this video

[@charlietube7165]

Wow paper cut, that's very skillful

[@twopercentflat4766]

iron fist: *exists* paper: *"finally a worthy opponent."*

[@pbabuik]

If you look closely at 1:53 you'll see the bricks already have cracks where they break

[@twopercentflat4766]

@@pbabuik yeah, I did notice it for the bricks. But I didn't see anything with stuff like the glass bottle, so I'm left a bit confused.

[@Mariobrownio1989]

He has been punching sand bag for more than 20 years to get tough skin on his fists. Mad respect.

[@markbartholomew1749]

That ain’t Jack. I tuneup on dumpsters

[@hexkwondo]

But can he actually fight though?

[@fuggof2578]

@@hexkwondo lol keyboard warrior. He can. Don't accociate him with the other kungfu masters. They are fake. This is what real kungfu is. Kungfu is the ability to adapt in fights

[@eyeofzauron1517]

@@fuggof2578 The guy was just asking?

[@Mariobrownio1989]

@@hexkwondo It depends on his skills. But you can bet that his punches, when they land, are way more powerful than most fighters.

[@bubster7027]

This looks legit, even his Skin on the hand has changed from all that training

[@ArsipGameAndroidJadul]

He hand skin its look .. is that okay ?

[@bubster7027]

@@ArsipGameAndroidJadul no idea if it's ok.but it looks like it hardened.

[@ceruleanmemoir]

@@bubster7027 Yup it looks like he has activated armament haki from One Piece XD

[@ArsipGameAndroidJadul]

@@bubster7027 so hardened, is that not skin infection ? Or Need Medic Treatment ? Scared That Cancer Or Something Hahahaga

[@Olzme]

@@ArsipGameAndroidJadul it said he was training his hand for 20 years so it's probably not an infection.

[@wellokayyes1266]

He got bullied by kids in school. They told him to grow thicker skin. So he did..

[@taoist32]

Yeah, but only his right hand.

[@fadelalturki5360]

This comment is underrated

[@mboihk3796]

I was bullied by one guy in high school. I asked my dad to let me learn Kung Fu not because I wanted to beat him but I was interested in it. He let me learn to one of his friends and I could only learn two months because I had to prepare for higher studies. One day that bully challenge me and with two back kick, he gave up. Since then he didn't even dare to see my face.

[@aungmintun6924]

@@mboihk3796 me either but I chose very easy way. I found steel rod and hit the bully head by ambush😁. He also dare not watch my face either

[@charlesbetancourt7337]

@@taoist32 Some traditional kungfu schools believe you shouldn't stress your left side because it"s your heart side. Also if you have to hit your kids, you'd use your left side

[@pandahub2192]

This shows the true power of human ability, if you are dedicated enough *you* can do anything.

[@teachingclinic2378]

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[@renz1013]

Thee had been many examples of people like these in history with some have disturbing results but still this is very true

[@PureVikingPowers]

Anyone that is a street fighter would win over a Chinese kung fu master it's like a dance. Search for Xu Xiaodong he beat all masters in China so he got in big trouble with CCP for exposing them. He wins in 2 punches the videos are so funny en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Xiaodong

[@jackl2257]

@@PureVikingPowers any kongfu master willing to fight in mma is like any boxer willing to fight in a wrestling match

[@blastroisehunt6546]

@@PureVikingPowers you don’t need kung fu or fighting experience when you can literally will rip out anyone’s throat... fatality lol

[@adibabrar1702]

So sad that people like him get associated with the fake gurus who can "knock some out" by looking at them.

[@icecream_philosopher]

Ikr. What's more tragic is that it's so hard to cultivate such skills over a lifetime of training, yet so easy to imitate the effects of these skills through trickery and illusion

[@XiaoYueMao]

fyi, the reason techniques like this, and the malasyian guy with who can stab his finger into coconuts, works. is by self injury. you keep breaking the bones in your hand/finger and let it reheal, over and over for decades. the bone grows back thicker and stronger every time, and the end result is a bone strong enough to withstand stuff like this

[@kennyljs]

Once that Chinese MMA guy gets to him.....

[@sleepyrowdy1826]

@Fei Long 黄飞龙 wow calm down

[@MasterofPlay7]

it's true, he should be called professional stuntman, has nothing to do with martial art or fighting..... He'll probably get KO by boxer or kickboxer in a ring

[@asian6oy]

*Me, when I get home after having been tested by rude customers at work the entire day:*

[@charlietube7165]

@Li Zhi-qiang - META LOL

[@raven2644]

Lol tf?

[@Clarity520]

Am I tirED or are people just tirING

[@AaronsVlogTube]

@Li Zhi-qiang - META 🖕🏼

[@PureVikingPowers]

@@AaronsVlogTube Anyone that is a street fighter would win over a Chinese kung fu master it's like a dance. Search for Xu Xiaodong he beat all masters in China so he got in big trouble with CCP for exposing them. He wins in 2 punches the videos are so funny en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Xiaodong Tai Chi Master Makes Excuses For Losing To Xu Xiaodong In 3 Seconds. Shaolin Master, Iron fist, kung fu he's playing with them and then destroy them

[@Corrimba5726]

Imagine what pain he had to go through to train that hand :0

[@salumtummundi9462]

He has training and recovery that's essense of kung fu

[@sorryilikeyou9803]

@@username66448 even if they have itll still hurt a lot because the main importance is the skin

[@3p3p]

Look his right hand looks deformed

[@salumtummundi9462]

@@sorryilikeyou9803 You talk like you know and do it lol

[@salumtummundi9462]

@@3p3p U think he can break bricks with a normal hand like ours?

[@ceruleanmemoir]

Even looking at him practicing his "iron fist" training gives me that sensation of pain.

[@cringyhuman3210]

Yeah it feels like my hand breaking

[@Cjxtreme66]

His hand is still swollen. The nerves are probably shot as well. But you can't knock that commitment.

[@rickyssj7695]

Exactly he basically lost all feelings on his hand and is just hitting objects with his thickened skin still pretty cool ngl

[@orangutank626]

@@rickyssj7695 Bro its no cool, he will unfortunately loose the ability to open and close his hand

[@PyroPuffs777]

@@orangutank626 well he was able to do it fine in the video. The skin isn’t the only thing that was hardened.

[@taoist32]

@@PyroPuffs777 That’s what she said.

[@chilly1661]

@@taoist32 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lisuicenlisuicen5396]

This guy one punch to your face will send you to heaven directly...🤣

[@burung81]

if you qualify for heaven ..lol

[@3p3p]

Punch with back hand?

[@robertmiller8110]

Express route 😂

[@kaelthunderhoof5619]

Hard hands doesn't equal to strong punch.

[@cringyhuman3210]

@@kaelthunderhoof5619 no but he can punch destroy bricks with his hand lol

[@PyroPuffs777]

Iron Palm training calcifies the bones in the hands and makes it very tough and hard. From what i hear it’s not painful but it definitely takes a while to achieve.

[@ValeRay2]

Not painful....?

[@doctorbigsmiles]

It's definitely painful, the technique is to practice until you do some damage, that requires you take a month or two to recover. Then repeat. And you practice until it hurts too much, then you rest until later or the next day. Eventually you do some damage that forces you to take a month or more to recover. But you're not simply going for maximum damage/ pain, you are trying to practice just under that threshold, until you feel strong pain. Punching wood, stone and metal. Each time you recover after some weeks, your fist is a bit more flattened, toughened and you can hit a tiny bit harder without pain. But you're always practicing until it hurts too much. It's fun, if you enjoy a little pain, passion and then progress.

[@CultureSamurai]

@@doctorbigsmiles oss

[@Awakenedmind333]

@@doctorbigsmiles I don’t think this is the proper technique. Maybe a quick fix technique but one will definitely get inflammation in the long run this way.

[@gendoruwo6322]

this kind of training/conditioning should be started when young.

[@joebloggs9738]

It's so nice that Yuan Hai has taken the time out from his other role of single-handedly shaping the hulls of the Chinese Destroyers to be with us today.

[@uzbek_warrior2348]

His brother would be the luckiest...he can take him for every school brawl😁😁😁

[@SomeOne-bs1rd]

And the unluckiest, in casehe had a fight with him

[@eghosa2705]

@@SomeOne-bs1rd 😂😂😂😂

[@cringyhuman3210]

@@SomeOne-bs1rd yeah if his brother fight him then lol

[@-Saitama]

I remember a scientific explanation about this, not sure about the correct terms but basically you gotta break your hand multiple times causing lots of microfractures, these microfractures will eventually heal creating more "bone" and so you get a stronger fist in this case, he's crazy. Correct me if i'm wrong, it's been a couple of years since that video

[@bluelantern4223]

Wolff’s law.

[@perfectstudents8361]

It hurts just by watching him performing his skills.

[@carsonmaster4638]

My hand is starting to hurt just by watching this video

[@thtupid]

Just one hand? Guess he saves the other one for...'finer things'...

[@GlorifyLife]

😭😭😭 I feel sorry for his left hand not getting treat & love.

[@genosvarmillion8614]

Feeling sorry with someone who dedicated himself to be that strong by going through harsh training is truly disrespectful

[@JDarkAngeI]

@@genosvarmillion8614 I'm pretty sure it was a joke. I mean he's talking about the other hand, not the person as a whole. Did you read it correctly.

[@koolkat5217]

He's keeping that hand soft...for other uses.

[@vex_13]

@@koolkat5217 😏

[@juemean5824]

That in some cases are done in purpose. Like this training makes your fist harder but also loses its agility. So some people do it single-handedly and perform another martial art using the other hand. Like if you use knife on left hand and sword on the other, it would be less predictable than using the same weapon.

[@LeeFav.]

When I saw him punch the brick, I scream ONE PUNCH

[@eternal_seokjin7441]

That is outstanding. Although the wine bottle one is a party trick, it doesn't take an iron first to do it.

[@renz1013]

yeah but asides that its really impressive

[@xmb6793]

yeah.. but to do it with back fist actually impressive. i usually use palm strike. it's easier.

[@wolf-mv1dr]

Most people palm strike tho. Not back fist

[@erickruckenberg8716]

0:57 thats not just strength! This water cup barely moved!!!!!! Thats super human.

[@SadaParkour]

"Without hurting his hands" rofl... His hands are litterally destroyed !

[@chaken6187]

He has achieved Iron Fist, the 1st achievement to become Iron Man. Keep it up!

[@deschan2246]

Wat for? No money to buy hammer?

[@chaken6187]

@@deschan2246 idk... he doing his way.

[@cooldude-mi9wz]

Now he needs some iron thighs

[@originalcharacterplznostea2749]

Finally, someone who claims to have an "Iron Something" and can actually back it up unlike other frauds.

[@RamgateTV]

He practice it for a years his hand can tolerate the pain that's amazing.

[@sebastien3140]

Fun fact: the bottle that broke like he smahed the top and it broke its actually easy to do watch mark rober's vid

[@demigurlxd5781]

Don't have to, just go to any bar to see this trick bartenders love to show it off.

[@hautakleightontam771]

Reminds me of 'Oldboy', as the hero trained his fists by hitting a wall.

[@XxAIZxX]

How real conditioning old styles are, not like today where you jump around hoops and spin delicately

[@RpMTarTar]

Him when young: Gets Bullied Him now seeing the Bully: Time For Revenge!

[@mandarin1257]

He rules the world of kung fu with an iron fist.

[@lbrambo5623]

I seen his recent Guinness world record most nails through wood smashed in barehand ….Quite impressive.

[@wahyuhadinoto478]

Me Read the title : wow that's cool After see min 1:08 : dude, you need doctor

[@andreasstam7411]

@Fei Long 黄飞龙 what about smoking?

[@robbierotten2024]

@Fei Long 黄飞龙 because if he wants to prevent permanent debilitating damage to his hand he should *probably* get it checked out. An iron fist isn’t worth much if their nerves get shot out super early and you can’t even close it by the time you’re 35. Either way he’s definitely going to feel it when he gets older, the pain in that hand will be insane for a very long time later in life, probably until his death.

[@equiaux_music]

That hand looks legit

[@bboyshinny]

I find him more terrifying then the boxing competitors

[@joanneng9145]

You can strengthen your muscles and bones too with strength and weight training. This is very important otherwise later in life your muscles reduce each year and you get weaker and bones become brittle

[@hanchiman]

The creator of Kyokushin karate Oyama Masutatsu also practiced in splitting a stone with his barehands for a long time

[@Cornelius91]

Turned his hand into a boxing glove no cap

[@mikebeatstsb7030]

Ahhh, easy as that... Just spend 20+ years punching sandbags and you're there 👌🏼

[@Chevy4109]

Imagine receiving a punch from him... How many teeth will fall out...

[@garryjohnson6794]

His punch is not as strong as you believe,.the key actually the calluses in the back of his right hand..but you dont punch using that though.Well,that would be different story if he slap you with the back of his right hand 🤣🤣

[@Chevy4109]

@@garryjohnson6794 😂🤣👌🏻 that's true. I think strong and powerful punches come from those professional heavyweight boxers like Ali and Tyson...etc but still his hand looks scary with all those calluses... 😅😅😅

[@akhil7939]

Remind me to never get beaten by this guy 😂

[@TravelingSoloLogs]

Who needs tools when you have this guy 😂

[@UnleashedTraining101]

There is iron fist and then there is crippling your hand completely.

[@letsplay3728]

The legendary Dim Mak

[@paulsimon6378]

He's a Hulk!

[@mesajongte]

He looks and seems more legit than 'some Shaolin kung fu monks' on KZbin.

[@ethan1036]

Looks like he went on a legendary quest to get those

[@zendude123]

That “iron fist” must come in “handy” for him 😂😂😂

[@MrTrollbaby]

He must use that "iron fist" to "iron clothes" 😐

[@poonhound9377]

This guy will get arthritis if he doesn’t already have it.

[@jacobharris954]

No, the opposite will happen

[@undrgrnd734]

Man has no more nerves in his hands bet

[@nerd3350]

Bro he probably has so sense of touch one his back of his palm and also probably the most complex broken and remerged bones in his hands all his skin got so tough just like those who walk on their bare foot a lot the heels are probably super tough 🦶

[@OrganicStuff1]

Bro I tried that nail and it went right through my skin , granted it was the other side but still

[@cringyhuman3210]

Lol it says don’t try it at home 😂

[@cutcc]

This guy should be the next character in Tekken. An actual King of Iron Fist ^_^.

[@drunkenlancer5895]

They really liked showing that clip of him hammering the nail lol

[@gmalilgarden]

Did anyone notice that his iron fist looks bigger than his other hand?

[@potatomatop9326]

The fruits of watching the girls and johnny sins all day: Iron Fist.

[@ssjn2831]

Pervert mind , put judgements on your mother's character and not others

[@potatomatop9326]

@@ssjn2831 there's always one of you virgins.

[@leaguesyndrome5224]

@@ssjn2831 he’s just joking don’t take it to heart

[@erickruckenberg8716]

This is a very old martial art tradition to strengthen the body. Takes years and years and dedication to achieve this. Respect.

[@dasu-beida]

His hand looks like a glove now

[@irham191]

After years of training finally his hand is numb enough to hit anything

[@unamistone1906]

His hand is big bc i think bc the blood cloth on the capilaries that he had cuased over time. Basically those cloths hardened and the hands become so inflamed.. thats why its big. He is literally cuasing trauma towards his hand. What he is doing is actually self harm. Really bad.

[@frikandelkroket9335]

The hand is disfigured. All the nerves must have died. For self defence against bullies other methods are more effective.

[@sandes7624]

I can feel his pain, just by looking at this..

[@kingghidorah5478]

Me after an argument with my Parents:

[@YuvrajSingh-cd7cu]

Yuan Hai: I can smash brick and bottles with my hand. Xu Xiodong:Hold my Thai Pads

[@mrinal2844]

😬বাংলায় একটা কথা আছে,😬 "শরীরের নাম মহাসয় যাহা সয়ায় তাহাই সয়"।👌👌👌

[@jamiesilver8857]

ekdom

[@KVShowSubs]

1 year later, no more self pleasure.

[@markrossmeisl4040]

He demonstrates how to do the one inch punch. When I tried the movement correctly, the way he uses his waist, to excelerate the power behind it, I could feel the power of it when executed correctly ....try it you see what I meanll like it! Immediate confidence shoulders back!

[@MintStiles]

This is one of the few videos where this is actually likely real. That said... Hello early onset arthritis. just not worth it in the modern world. You also see these with the old Karate and Kempo guys - fist of steel. Just like everything that you over use, they breakdown early.

[@watchman835]

好了，就等徐晓冬了。

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

他又不是練格鬥或有接觸打斗。只是純粹的強化拳頭而已。

[@joshhhh8858]

He does remind me the iron fist in Marvel.

[@FarizTrinidad]

He knows how to train these hands.

[@factstudioofficial93]

This is 1 of the 72 techniques, imagine him successfully practicing all the other 71 techniques.

[@ghostdeluxxe]

My personal favorite of the 72 Techniques of Shaolin is called the Skill of Light Body. Basically, the monks would get a large container and fill it full of water, then they would walk along the rim of the container (think like a large barrel). The trick is that they would also wear a vest and slowly add rocks or steel shot to the vest to increase their weight, while also taking out a cup of water from the container, little at a time, maybe once a month. Once they could walk along the rim and it was empty, they'd switch to a woven basket full of steel shot and repeat the process. Now here's the cool part, after finishing the basket training they would make a pathway of sand and cover it in a couple sheets of rice paper, and walk on the paper. The idea is that over time, they could walk on the paper without leaving behind any trace of a footprint, and the paper was removed as they progressed until no footprints were left behind at all. The last stage of the skill is achieved when Monk could walk on grass or snow and leave no trace, then they could remove the weighted vest. It's rumored after the vest was removed they could walk on water and leave no ripples as they moved. It should take no less than 12 years to achieve this skill, and quite honestly, it's probably the most absurd one I've ever heard of, but now that you know the steps, what will you do?

[@AjayKumar-vr2pe]

wow. he is super strong. all respect to him.

[@StephanieHua]

That hand is like a mix of a hardened bruise, calluses, and possibly a tumour.

[@whyyoumadbro2370]

I can see that the skin on his hand sort of adapted and gave him I'm guessing as hard or even harder than rocks.

[@zuhaoaoao]

the bottle smashing is just physics

[@MegumiHayashida]

If he's right-handed I don't want to be his dingaling after NNN.

[@thekingnoob5471]

YOU CAN SEE THE EFFORT ON HIS HAND

[@kennedyursuaofficial6377]

Thats some thick callous

[@sharmove1981]

What sandbag he's using? Anyone?

[@CHADCONTEXT]

His hand has formed a thicker skin. The form of his hand reminds me of Doppo Orochi from Grappler Baki series.

[@goodday29994]

In Indonesia we break iron bar only with a sheet of money!

[@talltree4252]

Anyone who is dedicated focused the body re adapts transforms no secret here.

[@noonedude101]

Breaking the bottom glass out of a bottle with your fist is an old bar trick. You leave a little liquid in the bottle and whack the top and it creates a surprisingly intense hydraulic force on a part of the bottle that isn't strengthened for it. The rest of this stuff is intense.

[@SoulAndSword115]

One punch man irl be like

[@ScottishGoldHunter]

Some people really do have super human strength😀

[@aynakugab6947]

Those hand literally look like gold

[@softwareengineer9435]

Come fight in the UFC and prove yourself, enough breaking boards. lol

[@trueweebs4835]

Dude those hands are literally crying

[@TiNzZiiEe]

Hulk’s hand ✊ but only the right one

[@xt3916]

You can tell it's mind over matter. He does feel pain by slowing down you can see his hand shaking nonstop from the pain shockwave after he was done nailing the nail into the board

[@Kelp555]

Hi does anyone know how this is possible

[@andriimammashuri1186]

Dude hit the nails with his fists, but my legs were limp

[@mohamedshooqi9572]

When Chinese super league players prefer Kung Fu instead of tackle.

[@AB-it8hd]

Reminds me of the people that strengthens their fist by hitting brick walls and trees

[@ragnaplay343]

I know someone who really train his fist like this guy, and i can say he is legit. His fist swollen (or you could say thick) and the skin looks refined as if he got wounded so often..

[@cringyhuman3210]

Thiccc

[@sugacanebeats17]

What does the scouter say about his power level?

[@TheOrisya]

Dress him as an old man and fly him to the US.

[@saims.2402]

Watching that was painful. Very tough guy.

[@michaelmayhem123]

The only thing this guy mastered is pretending to punch hard.