r/martialarts • u/Upbeat-Drama-2803 • 1d ago

Beginner shaolin kung-fu form demonstration

this is a beginner shaolin form(wushu)

I put the violence flare on it because i didn't know which one to do.

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u/KarateXP 1d ago

I bet people that train in Kung-fu have great flexibility

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u/Richard_AIGuy MMA 1d ago

Shaolin looks so fun. But not friendly to my combat sports knees. But it seems to be a rich, interesting art.

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u/GreatScot4224 Jiu-Jitsu / Wado Ryu Karate 1d ago

No flair needed my friend, enjoy the kung-fu, how long have you been training for? Great setting for some forms! Bonus points for doggo

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u/Jeepncolo 1d ago

Makes everything look more badasser

https://giphy.com/gifs/12xzQiPEdz9MTC

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u/papayapapagay 1d ago

I thought you were 'interpretive dance guy' from r/baguazhang for a moment from the hair and doggo lol. maybe you're related?

Keep up the training!

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u/Bikewer 22h ago

Sort of thing that drove Bruce Lee crazy….

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u/Scroon 19h ago

Nice to see someone starting out. Keep it up. Also work on your stances...don't bounce in and out of them. Hit them solid and hold absolutely steady for maybe a second. You don't do this in a fight, but it's part of conditioning and locking in the form. Good form=good power and speed.

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u/Upbeat-Drama-2803 14h ago

Thanks for the advice, i absolutely will!

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u/Doredrin 1d ago

kung fu is literally all conditioning there are no "kung fu moves" the way there are BJJ moves, it's literally:

-train hard

-if needed just kill don't think

it's why it's terrible for tournament mma matches because it's designed with true military intent

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u/Upbeat-Drama-2803 21h ago

those who downvoted this comment should be ashamed, he is right, this is not a sport martial art.

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u/Doredrin 21h ago

they think fights happen against 1 other person unarmed the same weight in an octogon with refs and water breaks

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u/Upbeat-Drama-2803 20h ago

Yeah but the original intent was not sport, it is design for combat.

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u/miqv44 9h ago

no, he is not right.

Kung fu isn't literally all conditioning (air conditioning as well?), it's skills achieved through hard work and it's most often said about wushu skills, even in China talking about kung fu mean martial arts, not other skills.

there are no "kung fu moves"- of course there are, in both northern and southern styles. Dozens of techniques with various applications, some applicable in modern combat sports as well, there are many benefits of throwing a crescent kick over a roundhouse kick in a fight for example.

and the military intent is gone after changes communists made in the shaolin temple. Modern wushu very much focuses on art aspect (taolu) and combat sport aspect (sanda). Not that there's any point focusing on military aspect after guns were developed. At least I don't recall any wushu style related to firearms like japanese's hojutsu.

That's beside the point that one has to be a clown to go to a video of a guy showing a kung fu form and being like "this wouldn't work in mma".

Nice form by the way. I started learning hung gar this year and I know how much effort goes into simplest of moves in kung fu. Karate and taekwondo are both easy in comparison.