Zhang Weili - Kung Foot - Senki - Bonus Episode

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Senki - Bonus Episode - Zhang Weili - Kung Foot
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Following Zhang Weili's successful UFC title defense against Joanna Jedrzejczyk on March 7th 2020, here is an unseen section from my interview with Zhang Weili from December 2019. She suddenly asked about my feet as she has been focusing on development of her feet and connection using traditional Chinese martial arts methods and concepts.
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[@oscargr3060]

Her feet seems to be made of steel

[@baraka99]

Congratulations on the champ for beating her toughest and most skilled opponent in the division. Joanna brought her A Game and Weili dealt with it. She has won a lot of fans and showed everyone how skilled and tough she it. Zhang Weili is inspirational and a great role model for women and fighters alike. Go champ!!

[@lbeckford77]

She really is something....!!

[@moisesferrel4137]

Yes i wanna clap her chinese cheeks!

[@chungniem9494]

Joanna was cocky af! Glad she left looking like an alien

[@polyronin]

Eager to learn and good observational skills, noticing and asking about things like this. I like that attitude a lot... 😌 👍 Thank you for sharing this little gem.

[@MuShinMartialCulture]

She is indeed

[@stepanvolk5498]

She is so darn cool.

[@practicalhungkyun]

Awesome, thank you for sharing!

[@jiayodotcom]

So funny that she called out your feet! Means 1) she's very observant and 2) your training shows through your general movement.

[@airtoncosta6994]

Queen weili zhang the best!

[@samuelchau2860]

Thanks for sharing..

[@murilocaruy]

Interestingly enough, I've heard from a Pilates expert: when a person begins to get old and lose good posture, the first thing is affected is their feet. Now the recommendation for gripping the floor with the feet from stance training makes sense a little more.

[@Rokiriko]

Who else came from r/MMA here?

[@leonardjohn3594]

Weili learned to conqueror that part of her body. She is a true champ. Discovered her weakness and attacked. Yay champ!

[@HyperarchFasciaTraining]

Happy to see you interested in Chinese martial arts, let me know if you want to collaborate.

[@MintonBarry]

I Was there.

[@darcebader2126]

Weili is so fascinating. Wish I spoke Mandarin so I didn't have to take her wisdom in through a translator.

[@ctl3636]

伟丽加油。全国14亿人都在背后给你撑腰！勇往直前不畏艰险迎来再一个春天。

[@nathanielbrundige5982]

I noticed Ms. Zhang's trainer pushing on her shoulders. I've seen this type of "testing" in other martial arts, and I wish to learn more about it, but I'm unsure what it's called. I would be very interested in both the anglicized spelling and chinese characters if someone possibly doesn't mind sharing. Thanks!

[@MuShinMartialCulture]

This is hyperarch training which has been systemized by Xie Chong, who is in this video. It is based on his experience with Taiji and traditional Chinese martial training methods.

[@nathanielbrundige5982]

@@MuShinMartialCulture thank you!

[@arbogast4950]

Hsing I builds some serious rooting abilities

[@bigwavesun]

Facts. All the damn standing posture training we do

[@mountainpeakcloud8442]

Interesting. There's this trend called the "barefoot" shoes trend that's been going on for a number of years where the shoes are shaped like the foot, as opposed to rounded or pointy at the toe box, which allows the toes to naturally spread and gain more strength and stability... The shoes also typically have very thin and non-absorbent soles for better ground connection, and no rise in the heel to maintain a natural ankle alignment when standing in a neutral up right position and to maintain optimal skeletal alignment. The typical Feiyue Kung Fu shoes are similar in that they're flat soled, but they have rounded toes which don't let the toes to spread... I bring this up since this video is about feet, but I'm curious if you have any thoughts about this, if you train in bare feet (like standing in Santi), and if you think it really makes much of a difference to the quality of development?

[@MuShinMartialCulture]

It's not about what you do with your feet as opposed to simply what you wear on your feet

[@ambulocetusnatans]

I have bad feet. My feet always hurt the next day after class. I got some new Tai Chi shoes, so I hope that helps.

[@MuShinMartialCulture]

Maybe go to a podiatrist and see where the problem lies?

[@tylerramsey9502]

Oh but when I ask to take pics of feet its weird.

[@MintonBarry]

.Lol smiles

[@johnnyrico7228]

Wow..working feet muscles? I didnt know feet had muscles..this lady is dangerus!

[@lagoso8155]

i wonder how are my feet hummmm but i dont know nothing about this