Wudang Mountain Tai Chi is a Hard Martial Art

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We love visiting Wudang Mountain in China even more than Shaolin Temple. The martial arts schools are spread across a range of mountains and valleys and none are as important as the Wudang SanFeng Academy, where the Tai Chi is not the kind you see in your local park - it's a deadly martial art. Our video title is a play on words as this is not strictly Tai Chi but it is Hard to learn! The chief instructor is grandmaster and Taoist priest Zhong Yun Long, the most senior martial arts master at Wudang.
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  • @Polydueces
    @Polydueces Жыл бұрын

    Something about the flow of tai chi makes it so relaxing for me to watch.

  • @dwyanebrentson1
    @dwyanebrentson1 Жыл бұрын

    You young people make me proud. There is a future for our world

  • @uesugiseigen8030
    @uesugiseigen8030 Жыл бұрын

    While this does look like the attire of Wudang, I think this is not Taijiiquan. This looks more like Fuhuquan (伏虎拳) or the "Tiger Taming Fist". You can tell because there's the explicit use of leg sweeps and elbows in this. Fuhuquan is part of Wudangquan, but it is not Taijiquan.

  • @ne1productions777

    @ne1productions777

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @Spychopunk2077

    @Spychopunk2077

    Жыл бұрын

    then it was also from Wu Dang, they follow 4 different principles.

  • @ludovicdodion4595

    @ludovicdodion4595

    Жыл бұрын

    In fact I train myself in tai chi quan and I did a lot of sweeping in fact but I can confirm it's really looks like the tiger style or the xuan wu quan, the mix of all the styles of wutang

  • @andrejohnson6731

    @andrejohnson6731

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. All equally useless in a self-defence situation but a kickass workout and health benefits out the wazoo

  • @MordecaiAliVanAllenOShea

    @MordecaiAliVanAllenOShea

    Жыл бұрын

    Love the nuance of the useless. An udder waste of time. They’d be better of doing yoga and weight training.

  • @dfektdysfunkshun6215
    @dfektdysfunkshun6215 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful to watch. I was quite ignorant as a young man and thought tai chi was silly. I've recently been very interested in training and now recognize the purpose of it and its utility. Simply amazing to watch this, very cool to see.

  • @darrenstettner5381

    @darrenstettner5381

    Жыл бұрын

    And what’s the purpose other than some mild fitness training? It’s definitely useless in a fight.

  • @russman738

    @russman738

    Жыл бұрын

    @@darrenstettner5381 What exactly is useless in a fight? The punches? The kicks? General Movement? Obviously this isn't a "do these movements and you win all the times", nothing is.

  • @darrenstettner5381

    @darrenstettner5381

    Жыл бұрын

    @@russman738 yes to all. The movements are useless, the strikes are weak and awkward. Practicing katas/forms is a dumb and ineffective way to learn practical fighting skills. There’s almost nothing about it that would be helpful in an actual fight. The minor development of flexibility, balance and strength you’d get from doing the forms would be the only minor benefit and in that case it’d be better just to go work out in a gym. I’m the opposite of the original poster. I believed in all that martial arts lore crap when I was young. I studied aikido, tai chi and kung Fu. Then I fought a boxer and got completely toyed with. I went against a wrestler and was helpless. Trust me, the traditional martial arts with all their lore and spiritual bs are absolutely useless when it comes to fighting. You’d be better off taking ballet. If you want to learn to fight then stick with the stress tested martial arts like Jiujitsu, boxing, Muay Thai, etc. those actually do work in fights.

  • @russman738

    @russman738

    Жыл бұрын

    @@darrenstettner5381 mmm, interesting opinion.

  • @Peter-wj2hz

    @Peter-wj2hz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@darrenstettner5381 Speaking the hard truth. If your interest in fighting, you are better off doing a sport that allows you to fight. It's not rocket science. Most of the people doing martial arts like the one in the video are not interested in fighting, and are not fooling themselves. They are just interested in the health benefits and cultural aspects. Would Tai Chi be useful for fighting if people actually regularly trained in a competitive, stress-testing environment? Maybe. But It would also start to look a lot like Wrestling. Even the Judo rules in the Olympics recently had to change because it was becoming too similar to Wrestling in that hyper-competitive environment (so they took away leg picks).

  • @sharonweissmann4542
    @sharonweissmann4542 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome...if I do Tai Chi and Chi Gong in my nineties that will be great. There practice has been since they were youg..love this

  • @mactherealestateman
    @mactherealestateman Жыл бұрын

    Tai Chi was originally a fighting art that was intentionally slowed down to hide the techniques from the emperor.

  • @Livingtree32

    @Livingtree32

    Жыл бұрын

    No, training slow is for fine tuning of body mechanics.

  • @user-xk1rt9ld9l

    @user-xk1rt9ld9l

    Жыл бұрын

    쇼쇼쇼ㅡㅡ 쇼인거 모르세요?

  • @peartree8338

    @peartree8338

    Жыл бұрын

    By now, the only way to actually train a martial art is doing the dishes, vacuum the floors, pick your nose. Now THOSE are top secret techniques hidden because of slaver-emperor-government-wizards. There's always something hidden because of something or someone. It can't just be a grappling art that people 200 years later thought was slo-mo breakdancing. Nah..it would make it unspecial.

  • @1flash3571

    @1flash3571

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Livingtree32 Uhh....no. That isn't the reason why it was slowed down. Like the OP said, it was to hide the techniques within those movements.

  • @Livingtree32

    @Livingtree32

    Жыл бұрын

    @@1flash3571 If you say so… 🙂

  • @dwyanebrentson1
    @dwyanebrentson1 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent! I love all of you 😍

  • @dontheard6679
    @dontheard6679 Жыл бұрын

    Some commenting fail to realize these are not the penultimate examples of practitioners of their art but merely students near the beginning of their journey. Never judge the little you happen to see of a thing as the body of knowledge as concerns the little of what you have observed.

  • @Cai-Luong-Chi-Bao
    @Cai-Luong-Chi-Bao Жыл бұрын

    The costumes really help with air bending.

  • @andrew9371

    @andrew9371

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah bro this water bending but sped up

  • @isaiahbanks3888
    @isaiahbanks3888Ай бұрын

    God bless your skill ❤

  • @mrpulpfiction4252
    @mrpulpfiction42525 ай бұрын

    Lovely yet spot on performance.

  • @gonefishing4204
    @gonefishing4204 Жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful movement

  • @martialhealth4062
    @martialhealth40628 ай бұрын

    The form at the end is called Taming the Tiger. Shifu Bing taught us this form many years ago in Los Angeles.

  • @SLCSPORTS504
    @SLCSPORTS504 Жыл бұрын

    Living Art

  • @reggietaylor5216
    @reggietaylor5216 Жыл бұрын

    Love this

  • @Lordosvk
    @Lordosvk Жыл бұрын

    Thats amazing..

  • @paulwalkowiak1182
    @paulwalkowiak1182 Жыл бұрын

    Love the style

  • @jeff_n1535
    @jeff_n1535 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! Mesmerising! What a stretch!

  • @nightwishn
    @nightwishn Жыл бұрын

    ANY of these guys could not last 30 seconds in an octagon. But i respect the culture and history behind it

  • @shantenafreeman8908
    @shantenafreeman8908 Жыл бұрын

    What discipline. I am honored ❤

  • @MindBoxing365
    @MindBoxing365 Жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @cap_peter_bushra
    @cap_peter_bushra Жыл бұрын

    i like your videos

  • @angellee9307
    @angellee9307 Жыл бұрын

    Level up a thousand! 🥶

  • @nikolaymuratov7372
    @nikolaymuratov7372 Жыл бұрын

    благо дарю.

  • @TheThemattyo1
    @TheThemattyo1 Жыл бұрын

    Very beneficial to the vasculatory system "

  • @user-mr1uk6yb6u
    @user-mr1uk6yb6u Жыл бұрын

    到歌舞团的排练厅里就能看到这样的压腿训练,这是跳舞的基本功,杂技演员也会

  • @kevinreese8224
    @kevinreese8224 Жыл бұрын

    America should get all of these martial artists - we need educated professionals 👌🏽

  • @christopher_randolph89
    @christopher_randolph89 Жыл бұрын

    Great form

  • @eddieyong5316
    @eddieyong5316 Жыл бұрын

    A fast kick up tai chi move is still less tormenting than a slow raise of the leg kick upwards, and slowly bring it back down

  • @MaheshMahesh-qy3di
    @MaheshMahesh-qy3di Жыл бұрын

    Super 🌹🥋

  • @michaeltait4850
    @michaeltait4850 Жыл бұрын

    Amen freedom 🇺🇸 is the key of love and light tranquility and peace that brings one together with the universe and God and knowledge and wisdom will be given to you amen freedom 🇺🇸💜🤟😁🙏😇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @davidnazario6646
    @davidnazario6646 Жыл бұрын

    Nice 👍

  • @cowoganteng3776
    @cowoganteng3776 Жыл бұрын

    Good, 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @mindfulrevolution4600
    @mindfulrevolution4600 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome qigong

  • @errolthomas9426
    @errolthomas94267 ай бұрын

    Wu Tang Martial Artists should start making a videos and upload them on KZread 🥋👊🏽🐉🐅

  • @winddragonmma
    @winddragonmma Жыл бұрын

    It's a nice martial art. Good flow, and fast.

  • @oscarcervantes4069
    @oscarcervantes4069 Жыл бұрын

    Mys ojitos chiquitos de Chicharito que disciplinados son y humildes excelentes sus movimientos los felicito por eso .un abrazo y un besito My china amada.ok bendiciones

  • @jessegrd071163
    @jessegrd071163 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting.

  • @kckrye
    @kckrye Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @FabianKreutzerSound
    @FabianKreutzerSound Жыл бұрын

    Very good 👍

  • @somaghosh9993
    @somaghosh9993 Жыл бұрын

    Good job

  • @therespectedlex9794
    @therespectedlex9794 Жыл бұрын

    I never quite get how it goes from a joint loosener, to that.

  • @zahrialzhali7769
    @zahrialzhali7769 Жыл бұрын

    mantap.... 👍👍👍

  • @jimcornell3354
    @jimcornell3354 Жыл бұрын

    I've never seen Tai Chi done fast it's always been done slow and I was told a true master takes forever to do a form it does look cool in fast motion

  • @luissilvaneto1960
    @luissilvaneto1960 Жыл бұрын

    Incrível os movimentos e notadamente os benefícios a saúde. Sucesso ao canal e a Todos os participantes do vídeo. Brasil, 04/2023.

  • @heriharimauasia8493
    @heriharimauasia8493 Жыл бұрын

    Nice Video... I Love This Video

  • @janten6554
    @janten6554 Жыл бұрын

    Wowww!!!!!

  • @jeendabhagat9650
    @jeendabhagat965011 ай бұрын

    excullent

  • @island_rogue1687
    @island_rogue1687 Жыл бұрын

    Love the training, would not like to see it in action. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @masterofvillage853
    @masterofvillage853 Жыл бұрын

    Super 💗 excellent work

  • @J3llyBean423
    @J3llyBean423 Жыл бұрын

    AVP thanx / it was impressive / always learning

  • @David-st8te
    @David-st8te Жыл бұрын

    I love to live in there, for peace in mind body n spirit

  • @katinafrancis7643
    @katinafrancis7643 Жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @jamesmorgan5865
    @jamesmorgan5865 Жыл бұрын

    I would love one of these bathrobes.

  • @rolandrodriguez7145
    @rolandrodriguez7145 Жыл бұрын

    great kids

  • @donaldbedore2723
    @donaldbedore2723 Жыл бұрын

    That's a Great Style

  • @owenbutcher1954
    @owenbutcher1954 Жыл бұрын

    AWESOME RESPECT

  • @enriquehurtado3911
    @enriquehurtado3911 Жыл бұрын

    Amigos en que pais se encuentran gracias desde colombia👍

  • @user-bp6yr6ul7s
    @user-bp6yr6ul7s Жыл бұрын

    احسنت

  • @jackiesmith931
    @jackiesmith931 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice Kata...♍☯️

  • @kepheramanjet3244
    @kepheramanjet32443 ай бұрын

    “The power comes from the feet”

  • @neoluminator9384
    @neoluminator9384 Жыл бұрын

    As stated earlier, this is not a taiji form but instead the wudang Fu Hu Quan (taming tiger).

  • @rodwellkennedy4703
    @rodwellkennedy4703 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @iversonbarton23
    @iversonbarton23 Жыл бұрын

    好身手

  • @Nursejea
    @Nursejea Жыл бұрын

    looks more like a tourist attraction school..wudang is supposed to be where you would find the highest level of skill..this video reminds me of shaolin tourist attractions with low level students

  • @PAKallman

    @PAKallman

    Жыл бұрын

    Dont see any tourists tho..

  • @Nursejea

    @Nursejea

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PAKallman you wouldn't if they are in the background taking pictures and video...

  • @Peter-wj2hz

    @Peter-wj2hz

    Жыл бұрын

    You have hit the nail on the head.

  • @ShadowParalyzer

    @ShadowParalyzer

    Жыл бұрын

    Where did you get the idea that Wudang is supposed to be where you find the highest level of skill? Connections between Wudang and Tai Chi is just propaganda from the 20th century. The history is easily debunked.

  • @hbc511
    @hbc511 Жыл бұрын

    This is a form of kungfu and not tai chi. The title is misleading. Please correct it.

  • @daviddeyoung4183

    @daviddeyoung4183

    Жыл бұрын

    tai chi is a form of kung fu

  • @hbc511

    @hbc511

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daviddeyoung4183 it is purely physical. No internal development. But it is good for what it is.

  • @urielpolak9949
    @urielpolak9949 Жыл бұрын

    And its a “survive or fall away” type of training. No room for a outlier who might eclipse everyone

  • @jmnGN1-26
    @jmnGN1-26 Жыл бұрын

    Those shoes have a Nike style or Nike has a style like those shoes Nice!

  • @spiritualphysics
    @spiritualphysics Жыл бұрын

    👊🏾😎👍🏼 🙏🏻😇🙏🏾

  • @TRES-LECHES466
    @TRES-LECHES466 Жыл бұрын

    Inspired Bullshido - by Steven Segal

  • @josemariaoliverosescamilla2929
    @josemariaoliverosescamilla2929 Жыл бұрын

    Buen entrenamiento

  • @ericanderer9199
    @ericanderer9199 Жыл бұрын

    swift tackle to the body. it's all over.

  • @lumri2002
    @lumri2002 Жыл бұрын

    Wudang Tai Chi Chuan

  • @MohdRehan-ws1gr
    @MohdRehan-ws1gr Жыл бұрын

    🔥

  • @traceyvalcy7992
    @traceyvalcy799211 ай бұрын

    The stretching though....where is THAT class?

  • @Peter-wj2hz
    @Peter-wj2hz Жыл бұрын

    Please show these techniques being used against an intelligent, resisting opponent.

  • @ranamangha5416

    @ranamangha5416

    Жыл бұрын

    It is disheartening reading the comments from people who maybe are practising martial arts without getting their real meaning and goals, which is not fighting, but self control and self discipline. The problem is that Western people do not get the philosophy behind these arts and are not interested in personal development, but just in showing off a kind of power and physical strength that are just the manifestation of the their narcissism.. Pearls thrown to pigs....

  • @Peter-wj2hz

    @Peter-wj2hz

    Жыл бұрын

    Firstly, you are a racist, so you can shove your sweeping cultural assumptions where the sun don't shine. Secondly, I did not say that there is no meaning or goal in these forms. I merely asked for a demonstration. On the contrary, I believe that there are a lot of health, mental and cultural benefits to practicing forms. Furthermore, it is something people enjoy doing, so I have no problem with it. On the other hand, I do have a problem with the title of the video naming this style of training as "Hard." This video is about as soft, in the wushu sense, and in the practical sense, as you can get. Thirdly, appreciation of forms is improved through practice against an intelligent, resisting opponent. A practitioner will never fully understand their forms without this crucial element of training. You speak of personal development, but an unwillingness to apply training in context stands in the way of a practitioner's growth and knowledge. Please have an open mind about these things rather than making uninformed assumptions about people you do not know. I say this because I care deeply about the future of Chinese martial arts, and weep for what it has become.

  • @johnlloyddy7016

    @johnlloyddy7016

    Жыл бұрын

    Put a sword in their hand then imagine them using these techniques against a resisting opponent. Then you'll understand the true essence of this art. Wudang was a school famous for swordsmanship in ancient times, not empty hand fighting.

  • @Quantum3691

    @Quantum3691

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@johnlloyddy7016 Are you inferring that they can't fight empty handed unless they have a weapon?

  • @Peter-wj2hz

    @Peter-wj2hz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Quantum3691 Pretty sure this martial art isn't about fighting. Training like this doesn't prepare you for fighting. More about self-development, aesthetics, culture, health, etc.

  • @kewintaylor7056
    @kewintaylor7056 Жыл бұрын

    Wanna see one of em fight with Muay Thai or any modern martial art😮.

  • @annamariagentile4724
    @annamariagentile4724 Жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @beatpoptv5382
    @beatpoptv5382 Жыл бұрын

    Wudang VS Sholin

  • @charlesw322
    @charlesw322 Жыл бұрын

    I've been looking for a bathrobe for ages now this one seems to fit...

  • @WijanarkoFx
    @WijanarkoFx Жыл бұрын

    Indah sekali gerakannya❤

  • @SkuLL_Pirate
    @SkuLL_Pirate Жыл бұрын

    Li mu Bai and the green destiny

  • @qaasimmiles4828

    @qaasimmiles4828

    Жыл бұрын

    OMG😂😂😂

  • @SkuLL_Pirate

    @SkuLL_Pirate

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@qaasimmiles4828 you got it ?

  • @jigo9377
    @jigo9377 Жыл бұрын

    And here come xiao xudong😂

  • @ne1productions777
    @ne1productions777 Жыл бұрын

    This is the slow style. Imagine fast

  • @Gukziii
    @Gukziii Жыл бұрын

    That is me, when I am chasing a mosquito in my room. Edit: I love martial arts tho!

  • @arthurbanksforbeijingopera3091
    @arthurbanksforbeijingopera3091 Жыл бұрын

    然则这不是太极拳,虽然还不错

  • @efrenperez1381
    @efrenperez1381 Жыл бұрын

    Hermoso

  • @azothamenti3378
    @azothamenti3378 Жыл бұрын

    Is that the sound of tendons tearing?

  • @DonozoVlogger
    @DonozoVlogger Жыл бұрын

    Watching now sending my fulll support ,,done subscribe and notification bell

  • @GlobalCitizen369
    @GlobalCitizen369 Жыл бұрын

    ❤🔥🔥🔥

  • @dea-animator1906
    @dea-animator1906 Жыл бұрын

    That One stans I Saw Once at shoaling kungfu with the Monkey stick

  • @ifyonyi6233
    @ifyonyi6233 Жыл бұрын

    Are those😢 bones popping in the beginning?

  • @MegaBeitar
    @MegaBeitar Жыл бұрын

    Never see a Tai Chi like this!

  • @ShadowParalyzer

    @ShadowParalyzer

    Жыл бұрын

    Tai Chi stems from families such as Chen Family or Yang Family. From an academic/scholar perspective, Wudang Tai Chi is fake with a made up history. The notion of martial arts in Wudang Mountain is just propaganda to make money.

  • @Individual_Lives_Matter

    @Individual_Lives_Matter

    Жыл бұрын

    This is wushu. Taoist Tai Chi escaped the mainland and most of what is left is wushu.

  • @Lights480
    @Lights480 Жыл бұрын

    this will be used in war.

  • @rosemarietolentino3218
    @rosemarietolentino3218 Жыл бұрын

    Everyone’s history is changing from what it used to be…

  • @andrealg9057
    @andrealg9057 Жыл бұрын

    🙏♥️

  • @user-fi2fu2iw7j
    @user-fi2fu2iw7j Жыл бұрын

    Мне послышалось, что кости хрустят, когда растяжку делали 😢

  • @yuenhai
    @yuenhai Жыл бұрын

    People who mock Chinese martial arts by saying a Chinese martial arts practitioner will get destroyed in MMA are stupid They don't seem to realize that ANY martial arts practitioner will get destroyed in MMA if they practice only one type of martial arts It's the reason why good MMA fighters all learn 2 or 3 or more types of martial arts in order to compete

  • @elmagnifico5248

    @elmagnifico5248

    Жыл бұрын

    Xu Xiaodong himself had said that the ones he defeated were swindlers not real martial artists.

  • @yuenhai

    @yuenhai

    Жыл бұрын

    @@elmagnifico5248 Not even just that They were in on it together with him, it was all staged so that Xu Xiao Dong can get the views

  • @remgarajanpunnamoodu261
    @remgarajanpunnamoodu261 Жыл бұрын

    Oss

  • @goldsilverjunkie
    @goldsilverjunkie Жыл бұрын

    You don't see Americans doing things like this but sitting on our ass watching family guy

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