Master of Taiwan ep4 - Long Fist Mantis with John Eusebio & Yoshida Naotsugu

In this part, I head over to the original school of Gao Dao Sheng to meet two of his original students to learn more about the style of Long Fist Mantis. Find out more about their school here: / gaodaosheng
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[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

So excited to be finally releasing this series! Aside from that, have you checked out my latest tutorial yet? If you want to learn the classic Mantis Fist form White Ape Steals Peach, you can check it out at vimeo.com/ondemand/toutao and use the code TAIWANMASTERS to get 10% off!

[@phuongtrangdo]

The explanation of TangLang Shou around 3:00 is very useful for me. The transition of arms’ move is so great

[@simpleman8644]

I’m an FMA guy but man you make me want to work on my kung fu when I watch your vids. When I was training kung fu was late 80’s through the 90’s and very early 2000’s. Back then it was almost impossible to find a legit teacher in the SouthEast USA. With KZbin we are very blessed to be able to see things like this. In the 80’s this video would be 59.95 and take 16 weeks to arrive 😂

[@ambulocetusnatans]

Yes, and 59.95 was a lot of money back then. I remember buying an expensive VHS tape and being so dissapointed when it was only 25 minutes. I see some of those old videos on youtube now and I think "I'm glad I didn't buy that one."

[@simpleman8644]

@@ambulocetusnatans yes!! And where I was we had a serious drought on good martial arts. So my friends and I would buy all the tapes and books we could! We were convinced at 8 years old, that we were going to invent the next big ninja style! Haha good times!

[@Metaphysicaljournal]

I like the historical perspective you add to paint the context for the backdrop of when these masters honed their arts.

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Thanks!

[@danielbarth]

It's a pity so few CMA styles properly train their foot trapping and sweeps. It's prominent in pretty much all of them, but most practitioners never learn to apply it. Nice to see some ideas for application.

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

For sure

[@poorkwamoi]

Nailed it! It's there but you don't see it during utilized when they are "fighting"..

[@VanishingNomad]

I had to go to Kuntao Silat and some Serak to learn all of that. Once I did, it was CLEAR in all my Kung Fu forms.

[@zzytoune123]

Thank you dearly Will for this great documentary. (And all other ones), great job really. Much love from Belgium!

[@potter3050]

You're living the dream Sir! Thank you for hardwork making vids and preserving history that could be lost. Keep doing videos, im sure there is wild and varied kung fu youve yet to present.

[@violentfox]

It’s interesting how the las few movements (stepping out with the hook, shortening the distance, and then raising the knee and slapping the fist at the other hand) resemble the first movement of the Chen-style TJQ, 金刚捣碓 Jīngāng dǎo duì.

[@VanishingNomad]

Thats because Taij and Mantis have a shared root in Shaolin Tai Tzu Chang Chuan. They actually share a lot of techniques. Tong Bi and Tong Bei are also in that same family of styles.

[@botanicalbiohacking6065]

The footwork usage is half of 8 step, the rest being bagua stepping. I haven’t seen mantis footwork apps shown online like this. Great work.

[@UatuEd]

I cannot speak for 8 step, but the footwork (IMO) is not really like bagua stepping; both are great and applicable, but the characteristics/methods are generally different.

[@botanicalbiohacking6065]

8 step mantis took bagua stepping to add to the mix

[@MarcoRodrigues82]

@@UatuEd I think he meant that in 8 step, half is what is shown in this video, and the other half is bagua stepping.

[@UatuEd]

@@MarcoRodrigues82 Ah - if so, then my bad! :D

[@MarcoRodrigues82]

@@UatuEd don't worry. I only understood completely after the second comment.

[@D--man]

Thanks for the video! Enjoying the Taiwan series!!!

[@ruiseartalcorn]

This is fascinating stuff!!! Many thanks :)

[@KarateDoMX]

Amazing stuff They are amazing. Greetings to Yoshida Naotsugu from Mexico

[@MarcoRodrigues82]

Great stuff, worth the waiting.

[@Tunks1]

Good stuff! 👏👏👏

[@weshayter7903]

Great video 👍👍👍

[@marcellc4442]

Love it

[@erichwebb8312]

Thanks for the share ….. take care ✝️

[@ambulocetusnatans]

I really like the technique at 7:40 . Nice footwork.

[@MrLouladakis]

Another great video!.

[@CJ-uf6xl]

That looked like great fun 👍

[@TheLockWhisperer]

Awesome

[@huntergrant6520]

Great job. I'm Switzerland with Joel Acherman.

[@Gambitfan]

Peach in his natural element; talking about Mantis Fist. 😆

[@ericb3810]

This is really good work, once again! The Chang quan influence seems strong in this style, isn't it?

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Yea. Definitely an influence

[@mitch_605]

Great video and really interesting school! How different is this Mantis Hands Form compared with what you learnt under your teacher in Yantai?

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Overall not much different. Just a few details in the way some moves are done

[@mitch_605]

That’s really cool, thanks for another great video Will!

[@MarcoRodrigues82]

@@mitch_605 I believe this is the most different version I saw online. The rest is pretty much the same with few details done in other ways. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3bJm4pteZuFps0

[@UatuEd]

Interesting that you learned tanglangshou in the mainland, too! Surprised that it exists at all there.

[@Veepee92]

If you watch couple more old videos from the channel, you'll learn that it's not surprising at all.

[@ambulocetusnatans]

I've seen that more than once where a routine is basic to one style, and rare or advanced in another.

[@akadj4658]

超棒的影片。

[@VanishingNomad]

I have a question, What "Kind" of Long Fist is this? what is the name of the branch, and what is its history?

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

I would assume Taizu Changquan, as that is the main Long Fist style in the part of Shandong Gao Dao Sheng was from

[@outofthebox7]

Are we losing the forest to look at a bush? My question is, in this day and age, what does all this practically amount to? Is it practical in a fight? For who? How many years must a person train to be able to fight a trained fighter or capable street fighter? What is the point of learning all the details and nuances when they DON'T MATTER in a real fight? I am for the art aspect, but that, cannot go against the martial aspect that was intended to save your life, not just to be a artistic discipline. Do you know how close to impossible it is to block someone? Do you know how to penetrate and strike someone within chaos? Can you stand being punched by knuckles or kicked by shins etc. Do you know how to fight once you are hit hard and will you? These are some fundamental aspects in regards to self-defense, but are they of your kung fu, or anyone's kung fu? Where I am getting at, is that your proper methodology of training for a real assault is not found in kung fu schools, only the ideal sequences imagined, but never actually trained to be applied. That is why you see that no kung fu man will ever uses his moves and postures and stances and footwork in any type of fight; it's only for the class and that should ring a bell. Martial arts without realistic training is a charade, it's fiddling your finger in a fight, it's upholding a tradition for the sake of tradition. At the end of the day, how will any of you know if they can - not fight but - defend themselves? All those great and practical moves, never become practical for anyone. The tragic truth for almost all martial arts.

[@jacobharris954]

What was pointless rant about

[@BrokenToothEnt]

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[@dahirouhann9875]

Thats my style, from Qingdao.