Pak Mei (White Eyebrow) the “Forbidden” Kung Fu style unveiled.

[@countryman5414]

Great to see this. I am 60 year old now. I been learning this since I was a kid. Taught by my father. His Sifu was Cheung Lai Cheon

[@Laj-t9k]

This is an incredible tribute video. I appreciate the fact that you incorporated images and video from several of the current KZbinrs practicing the art as well. Thank you for your contribution.

[@VirgilJJacks]

As a Judoka who did never was comfortable with punches, Pak Mei did offer a variety of "practical" movements. The training exercises are great !!!

[@Ilaughalot-vb6pt]

Great Pak Mei dedication video. I recognized Sifu Riley in some of the pictures! He has one of my favorite KZbin channels. Beast! I didn't realize you two shared Kung fu! Thanks for sharing

[@Pakua4581]

Hi both Riley and me are Southern Mantis Sifus and go back quite a long way,we are also 8th generation Pak Mei brothers under the same Sifu.Im glad you liked the video

[@Ilaughalot-vb6pt]

@@Pakua4581 cool!

[@samiibrahim5356]

Excellent introduction video on orthodox Pak Mei. I particularly like how it gives solid, accurate information without feeling like a commercial for any particular lineage.

[@Pakua4581]

thank you brother! This means a lot

[@rinojoaquin9876]

thank you for including me to the video.godbless

[@mattgage1021]

Thank you for including some photos of my Sifu and Sigong. 👍

[@Pakua4581]

Hi Your late Sifu was one of my mentors who gave me very good advice.I have included all the teachers who I have been acquainted with in this video.

[@paulie916]

I trained under Eddie Chong in Sacramenro, he must of been in his 70"s (didn't move like he was old), this must of been 20+ years ago. Any word of Eddie Chong around? Great Sifu and amazing person!

[@Pakua4581]

That’s great! Eddie Sifu learnt both Fatsan Pak Mei and Pan Nam Wing Chun when he was in China.I know a few of his students but don’t know where he is currently.

[@pehunter1]

There may be some things in Pak Mei that are unique; however, I do see techniques that I recognize from other styles. They are all connected...

[@Pakua4581]

@@pehunter1 it’s not about the techniques as you will see them across southern Chinese martial arts,it’s the unique underlying body mechanics and power generation engine at work that differentiates the system.

[@spiritboxer]

nice video brother...respects to the authentic Masters who pass down the teachings. I recognize a few teachers I know there

[@Pakua4581]

Thank you Bergman Sifu

[@spiritboxer]

@@Pakua4581 respects

[@FingerLaserZ]

Seems that there's been elements of Tanglang , Hung Gar, and White Crane added to create Bak Mei...?

[@Pakua4581]

Hi Yes you are correct as Pak Mei, Southern Mantis and White Crane all share the same underlying power generation body mechanics (float/sink/swallow/spit) and I consider them as branches of the same river.The tiger aspect of Pak Mei is also similar to hung kuen, Fu Jow Pai and other southern Chinese similar systems. The main disseminator Cheung Lai Chun Sifu was the one who named the style “Pak Mei”after learning from his teacher the monk Juk Fat Won and he also added material from his previous three teachers into the system which he always publicly acknowledged.

[@seekingtruthnotfindingany7301]

Bak Mei was from the southern shaolin temple, it is a tiger crane style.

[@thomasotto8693]

@@seekingtruthnotfindingany7301 :As far as I know it´s mainly TIGER-DRAGON-SNAKE,notice the hands: claw(tiger,dragon)and finger-strikes(snake,biu-gee like in WING CHUN (which is crane and snake)!

[@varanid9]

@@thomasotto8693 It's Tiger/Leopard.

[@Pakua4581]

@@varanid9 Hi, I always wondered who you are as ive seen your informed commentary on Hakka Kuen videos over many years. I gather that you may be a Southern Mantis practitioner? and do we also know each other on FaceBook, martial art forums etc, if so can you tell me who you are.

[@thomasargiro5900]

Thanks for sharing, Yasser. I've watched many Bak Mei videos over the years, always regretted that I never had a chance to study this incredible style of kung fu.

[@slappybagOG]

I believe Pak Mei is the style in the videogame "Sifu"

[@Pakua4581]

Yes you are correct but it is another separate branch called Fatsan Pak Mei.

[@slappybagOG]

@@Pakua4581 Nice! Great video btw, subbed

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

The video game pak mei isn't the true pak mei kung fu coming from the lineage of Cheung Lai Chun and kwong man fong

[@stevemeisternomic]

This KZbin algorithm is downright psychic. Was just thinking about this idea without even knowing the name and this video just popped up.

[@paulie916]

Literally same day for me!!

[@stefanschleps8758]

The universe is mysterious like that. As my teacher often said; "When the students ready the teacher appears." Keep practice, train for life. Laoshr #60 Ching Yi Kung Fu Association

[@blinxcoppola4246]

Southern Mantis guy here. Thanks for the video, it's very informative and i can see many similarities with mantis. Which animal forms are used in Pak Mei; I've heared that they mainly focus on tiger/leopard, or does that only apply to Fatsan Pak Mei?

[@Pakua4581]

I am Southern Mantis as well,6th generation lineage disciple. Pak Mei is mainly Tiger and Leopard.

[@hardyho]

where can I learn?

[@Pakua4581]

Let me know where you are based so that I can guide you to a teacher.

[@MrRourk]

Can you do a video explaining the different styles of White Eyebrow / Pak Mei?

[@Pakua4581]

@@MrRourk Hi There are two distinct lineages of Pak Mei One branch stemming from Cheung Lai Chun Sifu and practiced by the ethnic Hakka and the other is the Futsan branch stemming from Lao Siu Ling Sifu. Cheung Lai Chun learnt his Pak Mei from the monk Juk Fat Won and Lao Siu Ling learnt his Pak Mei from the classmate of Juk Fat Won called Fung Fo. Both lineages share the same names of the form sets but differ greatly in terms of execution and differ greatly in the end expression. I have friends who train Fatsan Pak Mei and from what I can assess it is a very formidable system. Thank you for your suggestion I will look into this.

[@MrRourk]

@Pakua4581 thank you for being so clear. Others make this so muddled.

[@KieronDillon-w7b]

Really , beautiful!.

[@moepanetta9028]

Love 😍 it, my pak mei is also from cheung lai Chung. 😊

[@Pakua4581]

That’s great to know, which lineage are you a part of? Ng Wu Sei Hoi !

[@moepanetta9028]

@@Pakua4581 cheung Lai Chung.

[@saberserpent1134]

Dang, Sibak, this vid blew up!! Thanks for including me in the vid!!

[@Pakua4581]

@@saberserpent1134 you’re welcome! I had asked everyone if I could include them and you were one of the few that responded.Im surprised at the number of views myself.

[@saberserpent1134]

@@Pakua4581 Turned out great!

[@Useruser-x2i]

We love pai mei secretly hey? 😂long Live Pai mei !

[@Pakua4581]

Yes,we do indeed 😊

[@azarazar007]

Absolutely

[@ObservantPiratePlus]

Interesting.

[@EricGraham-h6s]

The Kung Fu Movie Clip that you showed at the End Was Not Pak Mei., That Was “Wing Chun vs Dragon”..

[@Pakua4581]

The guy in yellow is Frankie Chan and he is a Pak Mei practitioner so it’s essentially Wing Chun against Pak Mei (maybe passed off as Dragon for the film).He used Pak Mei and Tae Kwon Do kicks for the action in the film.

[@EricGraham-h6s]

@@Pakua4581 Nope, It was Dragon. It’s called ACTING.

[@Pakua4581]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5iXq3dmm9yshsUsi=otUy83je2KBGEcW3 14:28 mark,he says it himself that he is using Pak Mei,in this day and age research is easy…..

[@antwango]

@@Pakua4581 There are similarities / crossover between Pak Mei / Wing Chun / Preying Mantis / dont quote me but i think they all have a similar Bil Gee knuckle strike etc, they all have Chi Sao sensitivity practice etc..... And all 3 styles feel like your being constrained... your compressing and narrowing the trunk and torso or making the torso / trunk a smaller tighter target..... I played around with Pak Mei and was taught Northern Mantis and was obviously interested in Wing Chun.... All 3 are like rival styles, there are others similar as well.... the point striking is inherent in Wing Chun and Mantis etc for example Oh and Frankie Chan was also supposedly a Wing Chun expert hence the Prodigal Son.... i dont want to say ALL 3 styles are interchangeable because i would be hunted down.... but what i mean is the concept of close quarters, locks and traps.... i know Mantis the finger nails of the thumbs and index finger? was kept long and sharp! so if you practiced one finger pushups youre practically a lethal weapon tearing and slicing and cutting veins and arteries, eyes and necks just with your fingers! This is why kung fu was never taught to foreigners! Now it doesnt matter if i just comment in the video, there is noone alive that is dedicated enough... most people think MMA is martial arts lol and a week or a couple of yrs fighting means youre an expert in all martial arts

[@FuryoTokkosho]

You have some styles that need to be mixed to unfold their full potential like baji and pi gua for example.

[@drukpakunley5659]

Divine Grace

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

I can see some techniques that the Okinawans took from Chinese martial arts and mixed with the Okinawans grappling art called tode this was the formation of karate

[@Pakua4581]

You are correct Sir,the Okinawans learnt Fujian White Crane and 5 Ancestor Fist and transplanted them to their island.The basic core of the body mechanics which is found in the Okinawan karate San Chin training form set which is a mainstay of both aforementioned systems is what is also present in the Hakka Kung Fu systems of both Southern Praying Mantis and Pak Mei (as well as others).

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

​@@Pakua4581 hi thankyou very much for your reply it's greatly appreciated I studied Okinawa karate for 5 years koryu kenkyu Kai the teacher was very keen to stress we study hard the Chinese history of Okinawan karate which I found to be interesting You will of heard of hanshi Patrick McCarthy and his translation of the bubishi the Bible of karate great book 👍👍

[@robertmallory1877]

I believe styles like Bak Mei may have had influence on the Indonesian styles of Silat. Just my theory that this might be the case!

[@philippschwartzerdt3431]

How does this compare to other martial arts in direct combat comparison? I understand a lot in Kung-Fu has its value in enhancing concentration, coordination and inner & outer balance.

[@SHAOL1N_GODL1NG]

Depends on the practitioner

[@DAlienzombie]

Knowing about angles and thrives without minding and time. Brings the center of the whirlwind. Kinetic form is mostly reached by a survival dance, and the meditation after.

[@Kungfujourney]

Very good Sifu

[@dominadorjr.abalos126]

Pak Mei Kung-Fu should have a great invigorating diet and vigorously thrusting attack of force from YIN YANG of Push and Pull with rythym and internal focus and emotion, focusing in one point precision. also using energy from mental to physical in a synchronized execution.. fulfilling PAK MEI Kung-Fu is refreshing after you overcome the final push.

[@Vekren]

Kinda reminds me of Pai Mei the Master in Kill Bill.

[@Pakua4581]

Hi Yes, the master in Kill Bill is modeled after the priest nicknamed Pak Mei who is the founder of the style.His appearance was also copied as the look and get up of some villains in the old Hong Kong Shaw Brother movies.This was because according to some legends it was the priest Pak Mei who was responsible for the burning of the Shaolin Temple and allegedly while the temple was being burnt down he was fighting the head Abbot and killed him in single combat.

[@PantherFist1972]

Very good video, but really it just focuses on one lineage of Bak Mei, very different to for example the Fut San lineage. Nonetheless a very very very good videk on such an amazing and deadly system.

[@Pakua4581]

Thank you, my focus on a single lineage was deliberate as I wanted this to be a homage to my pai and also a way to spread awareness for my classes. I may make a separate video on Futsan Pak Mei at a later date.

[@KieronDillon-w7b]

Reminds me of pangai noon.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Few people know this art. Respect. Laoshr #60 Ching Yi Kung Fu Association

[@segurogarrido-mv4hy]

Existe una rama de Pak Mei de Foshan. Linage Lao Siu Leung.

[@Pakua4581]

Thank you, that is a very different branch and can even be said to be a separate system, I have friends who train in it and it is a very formidable style.

[@Buzzard061]

Pak mei southern, so it's Cantonese?

[@Pakua4581]

@@Buzzard061 it’s Hakka

[@tonytomahawk5160]

I don't know much about Kung Fu other than Shuai Jiao but I like Pak Mei. It reminds me of some Silat. Both hands move as one. I'm also interested in the Hakka variety.

[@joshen6010]

If my memory serves me right,the villain of the Kung Fu movie was ended by his balls being crumbed.I watched the movie with my mum for the 1st time before I went to school in the late 80s. Is this movie called 'The Invincible Armour' in English?

[@timmccarthy3034]

GREAT FILM...

[@TheOmarMethod]

Respect 🙏🏿👊🏿

[@NorbertoAyala]

It remember me Hung Gar,both are from south and use internal force and low stances.

[@Pakua4581]

From what I know Hung Kuen starts the internal training at a later stage through their Iron Wire Form set, Pak Mei starts this training from the outset with the Jik Bo form set, Pak Mei also does not have the low stances common to Hung Kuen.

[@change9929]

Whatever you said holds ttrue for all martial arts.

[@Pakua4581]

Yes that is true

[@Wuei108]

Dayli practise of Kung Fu or Yoga changes a mans life to better in a secret way. There is no use talking about that. You must try it.

[@ikvangalen6101]

Pak mei in Dutch is catch me!😂

[@slickrick873]

Pak mei, todë the combined masterful art. Why you so angry! You not ready yet, thank you thatll be 500 dolla.

[@drukpakunley5659]

JUST subscribe again

[@levinav2297]

Five-Point-Palm Exploding-Heart technique.

[@gotowealth]

Jackie chan claimed he did pak mei. really ?

[@Pakua4581]

@@gotowealth yes,he studied Pak Mei under Tang Cho Tak Sifu who is the head of the UK lineage.There is a small clip of him in my video showing it at a radio station.

[@TeShan-lf7kq]

🙏🎸☯️🕉️

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

You got some things wrong, pak mei first student was wong Wei than shut fat wan who had another student which Cheung Lai Chun met at that time Cheung Lai Chun was a master of others styles like Lee family and dragon style, shut fat wan was a wandering monk he didn't have a temple but took Cheung Lai Chun to the temple to learn pak mei kung fu and Taoism meditation and secrets, after that he when on to society and create a school he had many students but only taught true pak mei kung to some selected students because some tried to take him out, Cheung Lai Chun had over 60 fights he never lost and defeated many masters, used to train 10 hours a day every day his last true student was kwong man fong who came to America in the 1970s kwong man fong had many students and was extremely skilled powerful and a Taoism practitioner, now his school is under sifu Edgar wong, in canal street Manhattan New York city, also now the first form they teach you is sup gi, not yip bo because yip bo need alot power to develop chi , you need many years to raise chi and make yip bo effective also you need to be relaxed and tense at the last moment to make each strikes affective fast and power, also you didn't talk about scary power which not many practitioners nowadays know how to develop, there are some secrets form that are only taught to trust students, pak mei takes over 25 years of training the right way to develop skills, also pak mei isn't true pak mei kung fu without the Taoism, most of the pak mei showed today is a hakka style like the France guys one fat san pak mei isn't from the lineage of Cheung Lai Chun, they don't even have pictures of Cheung Lai Chun and shut fat wan on their schools,

[@Pakua4581]

Thank you,I know all of this as my lineage is from Tai Sigung Ng Yiu who was one of Cheung Lai Chuns early 5 closed door disciples.This is a general video meant to spread awareness and not a magazine article. Juk Fat Wans student was the one who Cheung Lai Chun met at a restaurant and was defeated by him,the student used the ‘monk removes cassock’move to throw Cheung into an aquarium which resulted in his face getting cut(the scar was visible throughout his life).Cheung took a lot of eggs for the then 90 year old Juk Fat Won (he liked eggs) as a present and sold off some of his ancestral land so that he could learn from the old monk. The Sup Ji set comes from Lo Mun Gwa or Wanderer Style,The Sam Mun set comes from Li Gar and the Ying Jow Nim Kiu set comes from Dragon shape and these three were what Cheung Lai Chun had learnt from his earlier three teachers and added these sets as a homage to them (he incorporated the unique Pak Mei mechanics into all three)and Always acknowledged their origin.(do you want me to add more info?) You are incorrect about the startle power taking 20 plus years to develop as it takes a year of correct training at the most.This was a tale told by the old masters as a way of protecting their own status. I am also a 6th generation master of an old Hakka Mantis system and my lineage has very specific training methods for this power development and I give a personal guarantee to my students that they would develop this power within a set time frame,till now this has always been the case and I speak from my own experience. You are right about the Taoist part as that is where the “Sine Kung” or spirit Kung fu learning comes from (the altar and shrine would have the “inverted fire”symbol that alludes to this). Have a look at my other videos to see the short power at work. Be well

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

@Pakua4581 if you think the real pak mei kung fu can be mastered in only 6 years you haven't reach the highest level, I have seen with my own eyes scared power how fast and explosive some of the highest level students are and even them are as good as kwong man fong let alone Cheung Lai Chun, the fat san pak mei and the one you showing in those videos aren't as explosive and fast and the ones from kwong man fong school

[@Pakua4581]

@@alsimmonshellspawn6021 Thank you and good to know, from what I can tell from your statements is that you may have not been dealt the right cards, good luck with your training. I do like what the current Sifus of the Kwong Man Fong lineage showcase and they have a great skill set, however, many others in different lineages share the same skills (its not rocket science and we are also in the 21st century with easier access to knowledge). Also Fatsan Pak Mei is a different system and not mentioned anywhere in my video, it is a very formidable style and not one to be messed with. Incidentally Scared power needs to be felt and not seen.......

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

@Pakua4581 if your sifu doesn't practice Taoism meditation he isn't at the highest level and even if we are in modern times many grandmasters would never share all their secrets to their students

[@Pakua4581]

@@alsimmonshellspawn6021 Please dont assume things based on visual short videos. I gave you enough of a hint with the "inverted fire' reference which if you were privy to anything you would have gotten the message. I am an inheritor of the Taoist Sine kung practice which includes the method, the mantra and the altar for my Southern Mantis pai, and you are correct that not everyone gets this knowledge as it is for closed door disciples (understand this point and how it pertains to my sentence). I will not be engaging with you going forward so please move on if you dont like my video/channel.

[@laorhino9702]

I have seen and heard this before, when in the ring these guys looked like fools.

[@cynobihanzo2678]

There are videos of some of yasser's kung fu brothers taking first and second place in sanda 🎉 tell us all,what do you look like in the ring?

[@indigostarr3223]

Dit dar jao

[@Pakua4581]

Yes you are correct, I did not mention Jow/liniment on purpose as It would confuse a layman who is watching the video so Dit Dar medicine is how I stated it.

[@indigostarr3223]

@@Pakua4581 my teacher when I was younger used to make us put this stuff on after training..all I remember was it stunk and made my hands hot but sped up the healing process..I was to young to really understand.

[@timolundberg4083]

Does it work in practice...I wonder...seems like just waving goodbye to somebody...heh heh...

[@no-one9484]

I’m sure Xu Xiaodong would be happy to give it a test :)

[@Pakua4581]

It works very well in practice,most of the Triad (Chinese mob)enforcers are Pak Mei guys…..

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

​@@Pakua4581 no offense intended to you sir I find your statement a little hard to believe I'd more likely to believe Chinese triads are trained in something more practical like the Chinese version of Japanese Jujitsu /judo I can't spell it but I'm sure you know what art I'm referring to ?

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

​@@Pakua4581(Shui jao) I think this is the wrong spelling it's the age old Chinese grappling art

[@Pakua4581]

@@joeblogs-vx4ep hi, The main disseminator of Pak Mei,Cheung Lai Chun Sifu,had a large student following in the Triads as well as personal friends who were very high up in the chain of command.I myself had a mentor in Hong Kong who passed away during Covid times who was an enforcer, and he was so formidable that even in his 70’s he was asked to mediate difficult cases.The guys who trained the system trained only the bare bone ‘snippets’ so to speak and usually focused on the two forms Jik Bo and Gao Bo Toi as well as some San sao combinations and they were hard as nails. Pak Mei is very practical,I came into it after decades of Tae Kwon Do and Japanese Jujitsu training (black belts in both systems).

[@RobertSmith-us7gs]

Outdated and useless,except for exercise

[@Pakua4581]

Not really,if one focuses on the underlying principles and concepts and trains the system correctly and keeps a focus on how to counter what is out there (ie 21st century combative,MMA etc)then it’s highly lethal in application.

[@FuryoTokkosho]

Some asian fighting styles have more to it than meets the eye, but on the other side i am sometimes not sure if the chubby guys dressed in carnival costumes do represent them properly. Maybe they want you to think that way like the native americans that were dressing like clowns in order not to scare people, who knows.

[@FuryoTokkosho]

Some of the guys displaying their style rather remind me on the video How To Get Banned From Karate. Shayne Smith, too. Than on the video Huaquan Fist | 滑拳, who seems to be a way more serious fighter even in old age.

[@jameswilsoncomedy444]

Kung fu Is awesome and has loads of great training techniques and ideas . The hate it gets from the cultist losers is ridiculous.