I Saw Sifu Emin Punch a Guy Into the Air! That Fake Viral IG Sifu | The Kung Fu Genius Podcast #87

[@petrossidiropoulos4232]

I followed a seminar by Sifu Emin Boztepe in Italy at the late 90's. Never felt such power and skill by anyone. He also gave a great seminar, he was very enjoyable and open to practice with anyone. He now teaches in konstantinople/Istanbul I believe, I hope he is doing fine

[@Schwartzbruder1]

He's doing seminars again. He just did one in Bulgaria

[@josephkuh3508]

I had the honour during the late 90's that got tested by Sifu Emin, and I can still remembered the intensity.

[@aaronribnicky9917]

Sifu Emin is as legit as it gets. He's studied many other arts, and has a true fighting talent. His speed, power, and control are superhuman. Any doubters have clearly never crossed hands with the man. He's an amazing martial artist and a gracious human being.

[@jasonkeaton5140]

I never met him but i met his students. They can all fight. I was very impressed

[@Kaspar0v1]

"i dont give a shit because i dont give a fuck" - ancient wisdom

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Ancient Chinese secret.

[@elveskickass]

@@TheKungFuGenius I thought Calgon was the ancient Chinese secret?

[@TheKungFuGenius]

That too!

[@martinmora8224]

Thank you Sifu Alex, for this magnificent episode, I couldn't see it live for work reasons, but I enjoyed it very much. A huge fan follower, from Cuba.

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Thank you!

[@ramondiaz2851]

The Gracies knew he was high level sifu Emin that is , that they told him that he has to wait in line!! But they offered Mike Tyson to fight in the UFC, right away because they knew he had no knowledge of martial arts!! But Mike was making more money in boxing than the UFC, so he turned the Gracies down!! Sifu Emin had alot of knowledge in fighting including the ground game & he knew it's weaknesses!! His high level attributes was the major threat!! In fact he wanted to challenge the Gracies with no RULES!!

[@darkhorse888]

What a load of tripe. For one boxing is martial arts. Show me evidence of your claims.

[@ramondiaz2851]

@@darkhorse888 you are right boxing is a form of martial arts, I knew that ! But I was talking about it as a whole!! Not partial for example if I say I do not believe in styles ,what I really mean is I do not believe in just one way in doing things!! As in Mike Tyson case !! He did not know it as a whole & the Gracies knew that all they had to do is get inside Mike's Tyson's ARMPIT & his boxing skills would be useless because the suffocation range or grappling range which Mike Tyson has no clue !! So as a whole Mike Tyson had partial knowledge & in the mma world you have to know martial arts in a whole spectrum of colors!!

[@darkhorse888]

@@ramondiaz2851 in UFC MMA as you were talking about there wasn't anyone that knew all the colours. same as today in the modern MMA -

[@ramondiaz2851]

@@darkhorse888 absolutely 💯 % brother you are right!!!

[@jasonkeaton5140]

Well challenging the greatest boxer is always a publicity stunt. Accepting a challenge by a large, skilled martial arts guy is riskier and may not pay out as well lol

[@okane1993]

Dre's pronunciation of Boztepe's last name is pretty damn good. Being half Turkish with a Turkish name, I'm impressed!

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Gray Hills!

[@LouKiss]

An “associate” of Jerry Poteet wanted us JKD instructors to learn WC from Emin’s videos after seeing the video of his fight. I asked her if she ever watched UFC. She claimed the Gracie’s already have too much money.

[@Garrett316]

RIP Antonio Inkoi

[@shawnl.8921]

"Ultimately, It's Just You...!" Bravo. Marvelous distillation of The Universal Truth! St. Bruce would be proud. And man, does that Emin really have a grasp of the concept of 'suffering' or what? Such charity.

[@JKDVIPER]

38:36 to me.. the wall bag was really just something that gets you used to piercing the target. Basically stabbing our bottom 3 into the bag in an explosive motion. It’s just an extension of the elbow. Timed correctly, we can peel off a spike, remove it, that as another lands. But again. Focused, accurate, speed, power, intensity. Using the body to beef it. 😉🤟🤛👍😀

[@JKDVIPER]

44:12 the reason I do all heavy bag is that. 1. HITTING Hard as possible suddenly. Full power. Full speed. It develops you into a walking punch muscle. 😉🙏💯

[@colreef]

Yet another thoroughly enjoyable episode.Packed with great stories, good info and a sprinkling of hot nonsense!!

[@JKDVIPER]

53:00 on the lop bong thing. 1. BONG we go on top as LOP SAO. Underneath Fook SAO. Cover. Inside PAK SAO. 😛☮️

[@Chris-lc5vf]

Hi KFG, what are your opinions on the bullworker/ tensolator? Bruce Lee used to use one based on John Little's book and Ted Wong had an old article where he mentioned that Bruce practiced lap sau and punching with it. Good supplementary training or way to switch up a routine on top of the more fundamental weight training and the rest? Thanks!

[@benlawson3851]

Another great episode, guys, thanks so much!

[@hotlanta35]

I saw a video of Sifu Emin doing chi sau at the speed of light on someone , it looked like it was from the early to mid 90s

[@JKDVIPER]

Here’s an idea. 1. STAND ORTHADOX ON THE LEFT OUTSIDE PEG. 2. LEFT HAND PAK SAO Step in to BUI GEE right hand. Cheung choy left hand. Left hand FUNG HAO right hand low punch. Inside left peg JUM SAO roll back to the edge of the left peg. GAANG SAO QUAN SAO PING CHOY. A gaang left hand up top. Quan sao right hand BUI GEE left hand BONG. Forward palm basically. And crash. Ping choy left hand right hand PAK SAO. Screw to center. Hit the center pole with a corkscrew punch. Pai JAANG. Hit both sides and shift to right peg. Southpaw position. Right hand BUI GEE left hand PAK SAO inside right peg.cheung choy with pak. Huen sao roll to edge. GAANG QUAN PING and pass to the outside right peg. Right hand pak left hand bui gee right hand cheung right hand Fung hao low punch left hand. That’s a VIPER SET. Now... lol. 😉🤟💥💯

[@JKDVIPER]

55:42 ⚠️HUH? How about a million ways possibly? 😂❤jeez guy. How do I win? 😂

[@JKDVIPER]

22:10 I was in China town Boston walking around one day with a flask and nothing particular to do. So I stopped at the park I go to.. and the guys were all playing chess. I started doing forms. I guy said”Hey! Where did you learn your Kung fu? Here.. I’ll show you how it’s done. So we had a conversation real quick. I asked him. How come you don’t collect? He said “Whats that? I said? Huh? Collection.. you know. TAN BONG FOOK PAK LOP? Like subdue the opponent? Control? He tried a tan sao to lan wah kuen so I put my hand on his head and double fooked him. I explained. The hit is where it’s at. Tan is a fire element. Huen sao is water. Hitting is easier than trying to catch somebody on the first action. ☮️💯💥😉🤟

[@ramondiaz2851]

If Sifu Emin had beaten Gracie, wing chun would have been the most famous martial arts in the world!! or would have never been disrespect by the sports fighters today!!

[@lionsden4563]

Stop dreaming.

[@ramondiaz2851]

@@lionsden4563 dreams can come true!! Do not underestimate anything!!

[@jasonkeaton5140]

He wouldn't have fought Royce. Most likely renzo or Rickson. That would have been a fight.

[@voiceoverandmocapguy]

Looks like I missed this one. But Emin has been such a controversial and interesting figure. I've heard so many stories of him pressure testing his skills. And some stories of others getting the best of him.

[@bluez4u2]

In the mid to late 90's at a GM LT seminar in SA I saw Sifu Emin do almost the same thing to Sifu KS from AZ. I believe, although not certain, that he and GM LT had had a disagreement about either what was to be taught at seminar or fees. Sifu Emin was upset and took it out on somebody. Sifu KS legs flew up in the air and he landed on his elbow hard. Felt bad for him.

[@MightyStartup]

Hi Alex - REALLY enjoying your channel!! Thanks for putting this content out and hope we can cross paths one day, from a fellow WTer (student of Ralph Haenel). Cheers!

[@prohumorist]

Hey, thanks for answering my two questions. I did mean in a self defense scenario, as opposed to just brawling with randos on the street. I need to be more specific with my questions next time. Also, I was surprised to learn that in the small podunk English seaside town I grew up in I had more access to Jackie Chan movies than you did in Jersey. That blew my mind. Thanks again.

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Great questions!

[@senpuuryu]

Sifu Alex, Do you think it is high time for Wing Chun competitions to happen in the different parts of the World? Benny Meng of the Hung Fa Yi Wing Chun in the US is making Wing Chun competitions, but I rarely see much about it because probably only a few are joining for the combat. Would competitions of forms and full contact fighting with rules, going to help in making Wing Chun more effective for Ring Combat? Thank you and keep being awesome.

[@glyn3698]

Love the show....I'm gonna start taking wing chun lessons locally to learn something different....big fan from Scotland 💦

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Awesome!

[@scratchthesurface8084]

Loool 2012 i was part of the budo gala where Van Damme was there :) You guys are really interesting and i like what youre doing and id have a question for you what do you think about simultanously training martial arts? Do you think going one by one is the better solution?

[@JKDVIPER]

Awesome episode.

[@darkhorse888]

Have you guys trained with the CST Mindful Wing Chun guys?

[@calvinchua8710]

Totally understand < about moving on' i am a student of david P' lets focus on the art ;)

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Greetings from NYC!

[@sardalamit]

Oh shit! He's finally gonna talk about Emin vs William C!! 😂

[@sardalamit]

Hello Sifu Alex! As someone with multiple schools in the US (and some of them with stiff competition!), a magazine, books, immersion courses and on and on..you've done very well for yourself in the field of Physical Culture! Any material you went through, that you now recommend that sharpened with your business acumen? I was a lecturer of Fitness Sciences for almost a decade. Now that I'm venturing into the commercial field and dealing with clients (and not diploma pursuing students) I am falling short on some things. I'm sure lots of martial arts teachers are facing the same. Thank you!

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Awesome question

[@ramondiaz2851]

Sifu Emin in his prime to me is the greatest wing chun fighter!! He had high level ATTRIBUTES!! That I never seen in a wing chun artist!!

[@Danny-el7ok]

Why didn't he fight William cheung using wing chun he wanted to make a name for himself ye used grappling against cheung

[@lionsden4563]

@@Danny-el7ok, Because he's also a Wrestler (a bad one that is) and William Cheung suck.

[@Danny-el7ok]

@@lionsden4563 he should have used wing chun against wing chun

[@johnlee5423]

Ramon Diaz you have obviously never saw Master Wong

[@Danny-el7ok]

@@johnlee5423 tell master wong to fight mma in a cage beat he gets his ass whooped oh he's not a master he's too young sounds like he's a big ego

[@BASED-SENSEI]

Omg...i cant stand that wing chun sped up guy...Nice

[@TheKungFuGenius]

I know, right?

[@aquaticlibrary]

GM William Cheung’s takedown defense is about to be on display 😂

[@petrossidiropoulos4232]

Great podcast,my compliments to KFG and team. If you could beat someone's ass and stay unpunished (in some parallel universe or whatever) which one would that be? Bill Nye, Beerdy, Dreison, Dr Ison, some famous chi blaster con man, all of them together? Kind regards, (the British guy is hilarious)

[@TheKungFuGenius]

This is a great question

[@fletchkeilman2205]

Gooch has many meanings

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Indeed

[@stevenlees8504]

KFG, are you related to Ed "That Lucky Man" Powers?The resemblance is uncanny.

[@TheKungFuGenius]

He’s my son

[@chrismcdaniel475]

Was it the Terry Silver's silver bullet punch that Sifu Emin did?

[@TheKungFuGenius]

No one does the Silver Bullet except Terry Silver and the Cobra Kai students blessed to learn it.

[@chrismcdaniel475]

@@TheKungFuGenius well well well. Is that right? 😏

[@ericrecano8557]

Sifu Emin from the stuff I’ve seen of him is one of best Wing Chun guys . Extremely Quick, powerful, and just physically imposing. Love the story about punching that guy horizontally-meaning he has true stopping power in his punches and not just a push

[@tk36864]

It was great to hear stories about Sifu Emin. Have you any others of Sifu Sergio, and have you ever met Sifu Fernández?

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Sifu Fernandez taught me to say a few bad words in Italian. I had a good time when I met him in Hong Kong, although we knew him as Paul Corti at the time. As for SS, if you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, you shouldn’t say anything.

[@Polentaccio]

@@TheKungFuGenius i knew his last name didn't line up! An Italian with a Spanish name....hmmmmm. he's got game though no question.

[@AztecUnshaven]

@@TheKungFuGenius Correct me if I'm wrong, but Sifu Fernandez aka Mr. Corti was the one that was originally gonna fight the dudes from Fight Quest in the Hong Kong episode, no?

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Yes!

[@JKDVIPER]

23:00 now Alex. What happens when we have a guy who can really do it. I mean in person. 4 real. When somebody is resisting you. See.. I think the guys who hide behind a black belt thinking rank or lineage is an indicator as far as what’s gonna win the day in real life, fool themselves more then anything.

[@aquaticlibrary]

What do you think of Warriors Two and Prodigal Son? Sammo Hung choreographed and was said to have learned his Wing Chun from Leung Ting. Also saw him with Leung Ting on “mind, body and kickass moves” with that Kung fu magician Chris Crudelli

[@TheKungFuGenius]

I’ve talked about those films a few times especially in season one. I’m not sure exactly which episode because we usually tackle a number of topics per episode. Sammo did not learn WC from LT at that time, the consultant was Guy Lai.

[@aquaticlibrary]

@@TheKungFuGenius follow up question, did Jackie Chan learn from LT for Rumble in the Bronx 😂

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Great question, but no! That photo of Jackie Chan and LT together is actually from the early 2000’s, probably closer to 10 years after rumble in the bronx .

[@aquaticlibrary]

@@TheKungFuGenius thank you for all this context!

[@luisherrera4871]

Hi Sifu Alex, love the podcast! You guys are awesome! I have two questions that I'm hoping make it to the podcast to have them answered. First question is with all the Wing Chun out there no matter the lineage, you always seem to see just chain punches. You never really see Wing Chun guys throwing hooks, or upper cuts like the lifting punch in WT. Why is that? Also it seems to me like some Sifu's structure their students membership within their associations so as to keep them loyal for years and taking more than a decade to learn the entire system including the weapons. Honestly at times I felt like Leung Ting had a similar structure. Having trained in Kung Fu over 25 years I know the importance of solid basics and fundamentals but I've also seen some students with the ability to pick up quick. Has breaking away from the IWTA allowed you to have the freedom to have students excel at their own pace? Thank you! Much respect to you. You are one of the few instructors that I admire that teaches very well, in fine detail and is very astute and can explaining things clearly.

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Great question, thanks!

[@DrTzeus]

Thanks!

[@DrTzeus]

Love the shirt,....

[@DrTzeus]

The Universal Truth is a bit more than that Sifu....There really is a best way to do it using all the technology and science availible. "Better is the Enemy of Good" Si-Geung KRK. But it is We the PEOPLE that get in the way... First the best way to do it biomechanically (including reaction time, the process of programing for use under stress, and for use in fighting not sports) and then second the best way to use this with each individual body. Third the truth with any human social engagement involves culture and religion,...and EGO, POLITICS, and LIES. You discribe the science half and touch on the cultural issue (reach underneath for backfist). But the Universal TRUTH is people do it. Most macho male egos won't accept theory from someone else, it is a "prove it to me" mentality...so Martial Arts constantly restarts itself with blunt force trama fueled with rage and slowly works it's way out of the ego trap for each of us individually. THe martial art itself is constatly restarting at the beginning. We COPY the big strong hero and then invent reasons it won't work for the small wristed 150 pounders...The hero worship and failed science is part of the Universal Truth too, a part we do not seem to be overcoming culturally very well. Thus, hundreds of styles and "best ways" to learn martial arts...all trying to find the same thing.

[@Saludtotal48]

emin boztepe is one of the toughest wing chun practitioners

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Agreed

[@yung54]

The old inside Kung fu magazines… classic I used to order randy Williams’s videos. Probably still have them. ☝️

[@Schwartzbruder1]

Surprised any BS got around in Yugoslavia given how established Leung Ting WT was out there...though i really shouldnt be surprised

[@davidreynolds2126]

I like the He-Man t shirt 😎👍

[@BillSengMA]

Hahaha that’s great. I am a dinosaur I guess 😉

[@candymantackle5684]

Most people don't know the first ufc story....would be huge. You have to deal with some shit, but huge🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@colreef]

I gotta feeling there's going to be a whole lot of hot nonsense in this episode. Possibly enough to sink a battleship!

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Always hot, always nonsense

[@facudassieu7114]

Hello Sifu and the gang! How you doing? What do you know about "Tang Yik Weng Chun" (Weng with an e) and their forms? ¡Saludos desde Argentina! :)

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Great question, but I don’t know too much maybe I will get a guest on the podcast who will know more than me!

[@facudassieu7114]

@@TheKungFuGenius thank you so much for the answer and the amazing episodes 🙏

[@junctionstreettigers8926]

I once saw an Irish Dim Mak master make 3 guys fall over without laying a glove on them. His secret? He bought them 5 pints of the black stuff each 😂

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Makes sense!

[@Schwartzbruder1]

Well past the point of tiresome seeing that so called master all over the place

[@TheKungFuGenius]

If anyone had the production company that he has behind them, they would also be a viral martial arts sensation. No proper credentials necessary!

[@chrisdinneen9287]

Hi Sifu Alex, Dre and fellow Englishman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Mikey Dee Alright brov!👍. Sifu Alex at the Wing Chun school I train at they teach the wall bag form I said to my Sifu who runs the school his been practicing wing chun for 30 years and I told him what you said about the wall bag form being invented in Germany and he said that he's been practicing the wall bag form for many years since he started and he knows it came from IPman. His student was one of the first to leave Hong Kong to teach and he was teaching it when he came over to England,Essex my Sifu said I cant remember his first name but his last name was Lou. Also on insta you put up a training video where you was talking about not having much space to train in certain places like where you were on the balcony of that cruise ship you put up a list of technices that we could do. So I screen shot the the page and use it as a work out for my training I've added to it but find a very good work out/ training tool so I would like to say thank you for that. Keep up the great work 👍

[@TheKungFuGenius]

The Kuen To form in Wing Tsun came from Ip Man? Or are you from another lineage?

[@TheKungFuGenius]

This is a Wing Tsun (WT) Leung Ting specific thing. I don’t think we are talking about the same thing.

[@chrisdinneen9287]

@@TheKungFuGenius you did say The Kuen To Form was made up in Germany or is this a joke that I've completely missed😂

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Yes in the Wing Tsun organization - I was clear about that (I thought so at least) in the vid

[@chrisdinneen9287]

@@TheKungFuGenius you were clear about that in 2 vids. Wires have been crossed then I think Sifu Alex 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂👍 basically you say the Kuen To was made up in Germany! My Sifu said that it came from ipman because his student taught it to them

[@junctionstreettigers8926]

Il be having a hot Irish whiskey to watch this hot nonsense, HUP outta that the KFG 💪

[@sardalamit]

Alex, you are really good at this! The video is not even up and I'm seeing comments! Maybe start a parallel channel with some of your other interests? If I could vote on it, I would say KF movies. Or maybe it could be something not at all related to physical culture. Best of luck!

[@maykellavarrereschavez664]

Thank you very much Sifu Alex Richter. Now I'm going to watch the video. good if the cyclone allows it and they don't cut the electricity today. because if they cut the electricity I don't have internet connection

[@shadscott469]

Hello Genius, can you please elaborate on what you think about the myth that Bodhidharma taught Kung Fu to the Shaolin monks? Also, where do you think Wing Chun likely originated from?

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Great question

[@wutang_batman]

Hey kung fu genius. Beerdy is at it again. If you haven't already seen it he has a new video "Jackie chan and sammo hung know how fast bruce lee was". He's talking pure bull@#%t in the first minute. Please do a reaction to it.

[@TheKungFuGenius]

Thanks for the suggestion, we are definitely going to start reacting to his videos more regularly. They are a never ending source of “content”

[@ramondiaz2851]

Sifu Emin is a strong ,fast & powerful wing chun fighter!!!! He wanted to challenge Royce in the UFC!!!

[@Danny-el7ok]

I put my money on Royce or rickson

[@ramondiaz2851]

@@Danny-el7ok I tell you friend that if Royce wins against EMIN maybe!! But Royce will not make it to the 2nd round!! Like what that Samoan pounding the shit out of Royce that Royce could not fight again because he could not SEE!!! HE TOLD HIS FATHER NO MAS!!!!° & the Samoan lost because he was gased the HELL OUT!! image if that was EMIIN throwing extreme straight blast between Royce inside guard 100 miles an hour literally speaking getting a busted nose!! The hell with seeing TRIPLE!! the blood that Royce would see running down his nose would have caused OXYGEN DEPRIVATION plus the cracked nose!!! As far as the undefeated RICKSON!! He would not participate in it because of the rules!!

[@ramondiaz2851]

@@Bartron_Flat_Earth show me !! Where Emin did not want to fight him & I will shut up!!

[@Danny-el7ok]

@@Bartron_Flat_Earth bjj beats wrestling by submissions

[@ramondiaz2851]

@@Bartron_Flat_Earth I think you are right that if no biting ,eye gouging & groin strikes! Emin would have turned it down!! I think I remember reading that !! But I am sure if these 3 principles was added in EMIN would have definitely had a GOOD CHANCE of winning! ANTI GRABBING TECHNIQUES WORK!! WING CHUN loves the centerline !! & remember STYLES MAKE FIGHTS ,BUT, RULES MAKE STYLES!! It is a SHAME that Royce would fight a incompetent BOXER!! Who had no footwork, rhythm or even a game plan!! He was a sick boxer with asthma !!! & just wanted to get a good PAYCHECK out of that f,,, ing CAGE!!!! YOU SHIT TALKER!!

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All people are potentially at risk legally if they injure someone... It's called assault.

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