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 Жыл бұрын
The explanation of TangLang Shou around 3:00 is very useful for me. The transition of arms’ move is so great
@simpleman8644 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
I like the historical perspective you add to paint the context for the backdrop of when these masters honed their arts.
@MonkeyStealsPeach Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@danielbarth Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
For sure
@poorkwamoi Жыл бұрын
Nailed it! It's there but you don't see it during utilized when they are "fighting"..
@VanishingNomad Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Thank you dearly Will for this great documentary. (And all other ones), great job really. Much love from Belgium!
@potter3050 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
8 step mantis took bagua stepping to add to the mix
@MarcoRodrigues82 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
@@MarcoRodrigues82 Ah - if so, then my bad! :D
@MarcoRodrigues82 Жыл бұрын
@@UatuEd don't worry. I only understood completely after the second comment.
@D--man Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Enjoying the Taiwan series!!!
@ruiseartalcorn Жыл бұрын
This is fascinating stuff!!! Many thanks :)
@KarateDoMX Жыл бұрын
Amazing stuff They are amazing. Greetings to Yoshida Naotsugu from Mexico
@MarcoRodrigues82 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff, worth the waiting.
@Tunks1 Жыл бұрын
Good stuff! 👏👏👏
@weshayter7903 Жыл бұрын
Great video 👍👍👍
@marcellc4442 Жыл бұрын
Love it
@erichwebb8312 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the share ….. take care ✝️
@ambulocetusnatans Жыл бұрын
I really like the technique at 7:40 . Nice footwork.
@MrLouladakis Жыл бұрын
Another great video!.
@CJ-uf6xl Жыл бұрын
That looked like great fun 👍
@TheLockWhisperer Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@huntergrant6520 Жыл бұрын
Great job. I'm Switzerland with Joel Acherman.
@Gambitfan Жыл бұрын
Peach in his natural element; talking about Mantis Fist. 😆
@ericb3810 Жыл бұрын
This is really good work, once again! The Chang quan influence seems strong in this style, isn't it?
@MonkeyStealsPeach Жыл бұрын
Yea. Definitely an influence
@mitch_605 Жыл бұрын
Great video and really interesting school! How different is this Mantis Hands Form compared with what you learnt under your teacher in Yantai?
@MonkeyStealsPeach Жыл бұрын
Overall not much different. Just a few details in the way some moves are done
@mitch_605 Жыл бұрын
That’s really cool, thanks for another great video Will!
@MarcoRodrigues82 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
Interesting that you learned tanglangshou in the mainland, too! Surprised that it exists at all there.
@Veepee92 Жыл бұрын
If you watch couple more old videos from the channel, you'll learn that it's not surprising at all.
@ambulocetusnatans Жыл бұрын
I've seen that more than once where a routine is basic to one style, and rare or advanced in another.
@akadj4658 Жыл бұрын
超棒的影片。
@VanishingNomad Жыл бұрын
I have a question, What "Kind" of Long Fist is this? what is the name of the branch, and what is its history?
@MonkeyStealsPeach Жыл бұрын
I would assume Taizu Changquan, as that is the main Long Fist style in the part of Shandong Gao Dao Sheng was from
@outofthebox7 Жыл бұрын
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.