MASTERS OF EAGLE CLAW - The Legacy of Grandmaster Shum

MASTERS OF EAGLE CLAW - The Legacy of Grandmaster Leung Shum’s Ying Jow Pai
Directed by: Michael Schiller
Produced by: Lenny Aaron
This documentary is replete with secrets of the Eagle Claw kung fu system and Wu Tai Chi Chuan along with philosophical gems from Grandmaster Leung Shum himself.
It combines exclusive interviews with rare, never before seen footage of Grandmaster Leung Shum and Great Grandmaster Ng Wai Nung filmed in Hong Kong in the 1960s.,
Eagle Claw kung fu is one of the oldest, most complete, and devastating of the surviving Northern Shaolin styles. The style is said to have started ca. 1130 AD, at a time of Mongolian incursions into northern China, General Ngok Fei learned techniques from a Shaolin monk named Jow Tong. Ngok Fei adapted and taught these techniques to his army which went on to many battlefield victories. These techniques were called “108 Fighting Techniques”. Later, during the Ming Dynasty, a monk, Lai Chin, created the Northern Eagle Claw by combining General Ngok Fei’s 108 Fighting Techniques with the Faan Tzi system, an acrobatic style.
In the 1920s, one of the top fighters in China was Eagle Claw master Chan Tzi Ching. One of his top students was Ng Wai Nung, who went on to study and assist another famous Eagle Claw master Lau Fat Mon. Leung Shum is Grandmaster Ng Wai Nung’s godson, and pioneered Eagle Claw kung fu in America in the 1970s.
This documentary combines exclusive interviews with Leung Shum with rare footage of the Eagle Claw kung fu system and never before seen footage of Grandmaster Leung Shum and Great Grandmaster Ng Wai Nung filmed in Hong Kong in the 1960s. Both a history of the style and a biography of a living legend of the martial arts world, this documentary is replete with secrets of Eagle Claw kung fu system and Wu Tai Chi Chuan along with philosophical gems from Grandmaster Leung Shum himself.
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[@GMS_MCMI]

Eagle Claw is truly the brother/sister style of 7 Star Mantis, not only because some Eagle Claw has been recently added into it, but because philosophically, they both share many of the same Principles of sticking, locking, sweeping. grabbing and pulling, controlling the opponent. Excellent Documentary.

[@jlgandulla]

I had the privilege to spend a weekend learning the 108 steps eagle claw system with GM Shum and he's absolutely awesome as a person also , he's got a great sense o f humor.. I to this day I treasure those few days...

[@stevenharris4933]

TRULY SUPERIOR! A great style and one of the best documentaries about traditional Chinese Martial Arts in the English Language!

[@808fdup2]

Ying Jow Pai is awesome!!! I learned Hung Gar at Siu Lum Pai Kung Fu Association in Hawaii and its founder is a man named Bucksam Kong... His first style was actually the Eagle claw system, taught to him by his mother.. Then Bucksam Kong went on to study privately with the treasure of Hung Ga, Lam Jo, and became a top student of the Great grandmaster Lam Jo and went on to open a Hung Kuen school on Honolulu, Hawaii which led to 4 schools through out the island of O'ahu in the late 60's and early 70's til now... and ironically, even tho this is a story of Hung Ga, it all started with Bucksam Kong being taught the Eagle claw system as a child.

[@breakingdragon22]

One of the best schools in old NY was on 34th and 9ave great teacher and awesome students I miss it now it's a sleepy mattress store and I also miss old China town it was such an adventure

[@techromancer1]

awesome documentary. ..I always wanted to meet sifu leung shum

[@shoa4566]

I am not an eagle claw practitioner. But I do love Kung fu lore.

[@tweetalig]

This is awesome!!!!!

[@lennyjackson7467]

what great man so humble.

[@lilylily5553]

very great master !

[@leechuechoryang4216]

We need a master in NC.

[@GMS_MCMI]

oh it works, lol, I have been on receiving end, lol, thats how you know, when someone grabs you with eagle claw and you try to escape using chin na or jiu jitsu, you can feel the difference. I don't practice eagle claw, but I respect it and would love to learn in the future.

[@spiritualphysics]

I have been studying Tai Chi and looking for a hard system to balance it. I have been wondering about crane and tiger styles, but eagle claw seems to have the finesse/flexibility of crane and the power of tiger. Further study required but I am impressed by this documentary. Thanks for sharing. Yes love.

[@beethao9380]

I think Tony Jaa incorporated muay thai with tai chi. That would be ultimate hard style to go with tai chi.

[@yagousera]

No, that would not be wise to incorporate a hard style with tai chi. Ying Jow that sifu Leung teaches is northern it's soft and he also teaches The yang tai chi. Tai chi is the queen of all boxing, it's best you master tai chi by mastering your breath because one if you ever master a tenth of it you will not need another style.

[@spiritualphysics]

Yago Usera Thank you for Ur thoughts. Although I am relatively new to playing the Tai Chi form (Chen old frame) I have been studying the ideas for more than a decade and a half. I agree that Tai Chi is complete as regards health and self defense. However I also enjoy combative acrobatics. Light Style Kung Fu, Capoeria and Eagle Claw look like fun to me. Also they teach a sense of upside down balance which seems foreign and unnecessary to Tai Chi. I will continue to grow, learn and practice. Be well.

[@videoport]

Sifu Shum taught Wu Style Tai Chi. Not Yang

[@yagousera]

Yes ,your right, thanks for that correction.

[@circlewalkingcat]

This, along with Pak Mei, looks very interesting. And there are schools for both in NYC.

[@curryminer8640]

Good for balance looks like good style

[@stuforty2]

very interesting video, I didn't realise Eagle Claw and Tai Chi Chuan had similarities :)

[@Trovao13]

Very good See TROVÃO TREZE

[@curryminer8640]

Northern mantis is cool

[@christianschaffhauser5758]

Very pretty - but it won't work

[@joelquebec]

You go find a master and prove it. Let us know how that works out for you.

[@VegetoStevieD]

wont work to do what?

[@christianschaffhauser5758]

joelquebec still trying to find one but at my locations is no one around training Eagle Claw. I can tell you from other Kung-Fu styles (Wing Chun and Shaolin) but it didnt work for them as soon the opponent has a small martial art experience, or moving more aggressive like it is on the streets or in a competition. Don't get me wrong I respect all martial arts, and studying them, but I think some are not for fighting in this time anymore. You see it best at Aikido, the old Kung fu styles or tai chi. No one is attacking with a knife like that way or punches in the way it is practiced. And as you practice so you will fight.

[@WarriorOfTheHeavens]

I guess it's called adaption... what you are saying is true, but if we learn differnts styles and forms of kung fu to the point it really is MMA we can therfore adapt to todays world.