Johnny

The prince in a pauper's grave.

[somepeoplecallmeross]

The Sup Baat San Sao (18 Separate Hands) are believed to be a rare and informal part of the Yip Man Wing Chun Kuen system taught by the late Yip Man to some of his early students. They are typically organized as follows (though thusfar only a small sampling has been possible):

1. Pien San Choi (Side Body Punch)

2. Pien San Tan Da (Side Body Disperse and Hit)

3. Pien San Jut Da (Side Body Choke and Hit)

4. Pien San Gaun Da (Side Body Cultivate and Hit)

5. Pien San Pak Da (Side Body Slap and Hit)

6. Tan Da Seung Chung Choi (Disperse and Hit with Double Punch)

7. Seung Ma Lien Wan Choi (Chasing Horse Linked Chain Punches)

8. Seung Ma Jing Gerk (Chasing Horse Straight Kick)

9. Dai Bong Saam Gwok Pak Da (Low Bong Triangle (Step) Slap and Hit)

10. Kwan Sao Po Pai Sao (Twining Hands Shield-Holding Hands)

11. Bong Sao Lop Sao Jong Jeung (Wing Arm Grasping Arm Thrusting Palm)

12. Gum Sao Saam Gwok Pak Da (Pinning Hand Triangle (Step) Slap and Hit)

13. Gwun Ma Jin Choi (Pole Horse Arrow Punch)

14. Seung Lop Sao Gerk (Double Grasp Hands Kick)

15. Gaun Sao Po Pai Sao (Cultivating Arm Shield-Holding Hands)

16. Gwai Ma Jin Choi (Kneeling Horse Arrow Punch)

17. Huen Kao Sao Saam Go Jing Jeung Dae Jeung (Circle and Detain Arm Three Straight Palms Low Palm)

18. Seung Ma Seung Chuen Sao Seung Chung (Chasing Horse Double Piercing Hand Double Thrust)

[kungfukaiju]

Jackie Chan learning Shaolin techniques from a Kid

Its adorable, its funny, and its educational.

[sifu-kisu]

Monk’s spade

[somepeoplecallmeross]

I really want a Monk's spade!

[crossroads-of-destiny]

[avatarparallels]

Remake of (x)

[sifu-kisu]

Practicing kung fu and this guys shows up.

[somepeoplecallmeross]

“When the student is ready the teacher will appear.”

[modernmissbennet]

people in period clothing doing modern things is my aesthetic

[starsfadingbutilingeron]

i can’t believe you forgot the most important one

[modernmissbennet]

thank you! I couldn’t find that one in google!

[revolutionary-pirate]

I would like to add Alexander Hamilton himself to this collection.

[lionowlonao3]

and of course, alexandra dowling using a tablet computer on the set of BBC musketeers 

[rhube]

You forgot my favourites.

[gaslightgallows]

These are all canon.

[somepeoplecallmeross]

Time travel is real!

[irondognewtricks]

“Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just… start.”

Ijeoma Umebinyuo

[martialartsprobs]

I've been practicing Shotokan since last year. Unfortunately, I've had trouble to go to the dojo or practice outdoors these last months due to my job. What can I do to practice more?

Mental practice is very important! Try to visualize as much as you can. Practice whenever you can, even if you can’t fully practice techniques. During your lunch break, walking the dog, anywhere.

[somepeoplecallmeross]

I don't practice Karate so I can't go into specifics but a training method that I got from a friend of mine is good for when you can't get to a class for a some time. He breaks down a form/kata into separate movements then he drills a movement 300 times a day using both left and right sides for a month at the end of the month he reviews the movement in the form/kata and then picks a new movement for the next month. This method gives you an understanding of the movement that would take years with training forms/kata alone making it become natural.

[kestrel-tree]

Someone who can do headstands tell me how to fix this! I can balance like this but fall over if I straighten my legs.

[somepeoplecallmeross]

http://www.beastskills.com/the-headstand/

[avatarsymbolism]

You know, this all sounds like childish boasting until you realize that Aang was just using deductive reasoning to figure out that these guys were likely born post-genocide, thus making it impossible for them to know how to properly fight against him.

Second gif is 100% Aang boasting though, because he’s absolutely right.  

[somepeoplecallmeross]

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." – Sun Tzu

[somepeoplecallmeross]

A few years ago the BBC did a documentary called Extreme Pilgrim where Peter Owen-Jones an Anglican vicar goes to the Shaolin Temple, disappointed with the commercialism of the Shaolin temple he seeks out Shi De Jian who left Shaolin to start is own temple. If you fast forward to the second half of the clip below you will see his experience with Shi De Jian. While there, Peter is is taught to mop, sweep the floor and climb the stairs in a certain way. This idea of combining Martial Art training into every day tasks has fascinated ever since and I am wondering if you have any ideas to do this with my own training?

‘Put your everyday living into Karate and you will find "Myo"’ (the subtle secrets). Master Gichin Funakoshi

[sifu-kisu]

[somepeoplecallmeross]

If I didn't know better I would think this was you going for a bike ride sifu Kisu!

[fuforthought]

Bak Mei grandmaster, Yip Chi Sum, practicing in Vancouver in 1973.

[somepeoplecallmeross]

Got to get me one of those Tiger forks.

[somepeoplecallmeross]

If there is no heaven, where do all the socks go?

[somepeoplecallmeross]

Leung Jan's example?

When Leung Jan retired from his pharmacy in Foshan he returned to his native Gu Lao village in the Heshan (Hok San) area of Guang Dong province. While there, he taught a few local students his synthesis of Wing Chun. Instead of focussing on teaching the Wing Chun forms, dummy set and weapon sets that were choreographed by the Opera members, he focused his training on the forty short routines and San Sao drills, pole techniques and double knife techniques. These became known as the Gu Lao Sae Sup Dim (40 points) Wing Chun system. The 40 points are the loose expression and application of Wing Chun Kuen. The forms Siu Lien Tao, Chum Kiu, Biu Jee and Muk Yan Jong sets, and the Yee Ji Cern Dao (Ba Jaam Dao) were created later. Training in Chi Sao and San Sao are emphasized, as well as practice of the 40 points on the wooden dummy. Since we consider them "points", as opposed to techniques or postures, their applications can be limitless. Each point teaches numerous concepts, and it is the goal of the Gu Lao sifu to teach one how to combine the 40 points. Leung Jan was known as the "King of Wing Chun Boxing" and the Gu Lao style of Wing Chun is his final legacy taken from Gu Lao 40 Point Wing Chun Kuen By Robert Chu My question is should we follow Leung Jan's example and do away with forms / katas?

[irondognewtricks]

LA VIDA TE DA AMIGOS..EL CAMINO DE LAS ARTES MARCIALES TE DA HERMANOS…MIL GRACIAS.

I saw this on facebook, too good not to share. FB auto-translation of the text reads

‘Life gives you friends.. The way of the martial arts gives you brothers… A thousand thanks.’

[sifukuttel]

“When fighting with only the fists, be concerned about running into someone who is young and strong. When fighting staff, worry about an opponent who is old and wise.”