Kung Fu in the Early 20th Century - The Central Martial Arts Institute

[@yucong8724]

Being Chinese myself, what you've discussed in many of the videos are extremely objective and well-sourced. I really enjoyed watching your videos and knowing more about my own culture! However, it is unfortunate that few people in our younger generations know even a fraction of your insights, nor care to know. I appreciate that you are sharing these with us on YT!

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Thanks and glad you enjoyed. I suppose with the rapid pace of development and competitiveness of Chinese society, martial arts just aren't a priority. Hu Zheng Sheng explained it pretty well in the interview I did with him.

[@DG-oo8zf]

Glad youve laid it out for the HUGE chunk of those that dont understand how this has been organized over the century. Many believe the highly popularized notions that these concepts have been together since the beginning.

[@MMABreakdowns]

This video was fantastic. So, I believe Chinese martial arts needs a reconstructionist movement. I've done a lot of work in the last few months trying to analyze and figure out the forms and the movements and how they're actually supposed to function. And while I feel like I've figured out the missing piece that makes Chinese martial arts "work" ( It's wrestling. Clinch fighting and wrestling.) I had trouble figuring out what happened and how it got like this. And this video helped tremendously with answering a lot of questions I had. Once again, thank you for your hard work and dedication with Chinese martial arts and making these videos for us. I know this video is about two years old, but I wanted to leave this comment.

[@bpsutherland]

Fascinating, it seems kung fu history is pretty hard to come by. Thank you for this rich contribution.

[@mooyingmantis]

Fascinating historical information! Thank you!

[@DaWeiGongfu]

Awesome video. The archival footage you put in to illustrate your points is amazing.

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Thanks Dave. Took a lot of searching around to get it all!

[@DaWeiGongfu]

I bet! The hard work shows!

[@ChineseWrestlingCeKungFu]

I loved all the information, but I think it was missing to talk about Gu Ruzhang of Northern Shaolin, because he was very important to Jing Wu for The Central Martial Arts Institute! But overall I really enjoyed this video !!!!

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

there's quite a lot of important people in Jing Wu and CMAI

[@ChineseWrestlingCeKungFu]

Really, True, looking at this aspect. you're absolutely right!

[@unmapped89361]

Hey, thanks for the content. You mentioned another video (on Patreon) about the "Wu Dang myth". Can't find it on your Patreon. Do you have a link or some other hints? Thanks!

[@tombouie]

Enlightening

[@cindydeleon3352]

Great information Will, Thanks for getting the truth out, and giving us the details on this. I have long suspected this is the cause of large number of forms being added to each system. (fitness)

[@cindydeleon3352]

Tony Puyot = Wai Hing

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Ah, hey Tony. Glad you enjoyed the video. Yea, it was around this time when the large amount of forms became popular. Look at jingwu as well

[@DougSwiftLovesKungFu]

Super interesting, I should really brush up on my Chinese Martial Arts history. Ha Ha. Where do all the smaller traditional village styles fit in to this? Did they get merged into the standardised systems too?

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Some would have been untouched I guess, some heavily affected. I guess it would depend on a number of factors

[@mahaganpatiproductionsgoa.2142]

Interesting information. Thank you.

[@romanshliachovski8550]

Thank you very much!

[@coreyrutherford7231]

Did the boxer rebellion influence that stereotype about martial artist's as well?

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Most definitely. I’ve been thinking about doing a Boxer Rebellion video for a while too, just not sure how to approach it

[@coreyrutherford7231]

@@MonkeyStealsPeach It would make for a good video. Also a video about the differences in seven star, plum blossom, and six harmonies mantis would be cool as well. Thanks for the videos Will, I appreciate the mix of history, culture, and practically of chinese martial arts.

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Thanks man. Thing is I dont know anything about Six Harmony Mantis except its a hybrid style. I might try and hook up with Seven Star friend at some point to do a comparison vid of our relative styles

[@coreyrutherford7231]

@@MonkeyStealsPeach That would be cool, I think it would make for a very interesting video. I did a little research into six harmonies mantis and it seems to take the principles of six harmonies boxing. From what I have seen it focuses on short range fighting, controlling, trapping, and they appear to use a fist similar to the ginger fist.

[@JonathanKrehm]

Excellent

[@eatingbitter1756]

7:28 could i get a spelling for the "Chinese strong man" you mention here, i tried wong zhu ping, thanks

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Wang zi ping

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Zi-Ping

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

I love your channel name!

[@MasKpt]

Interesting content, but I would recommend you to prepare a script before presenting the content. The constant breaks to organize your line of thought start to become very tiresome for the viewer after a while (at least for me). Still, I enjoyed the vid and hope this channel keeps growing ;)

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

sorry for that. I try to avoid scripts as it feels too unnatural, but Im still working on my presentation. Appreciate the honest feedback and will keep working on it!