CompleteMartialArts.com - Shaolin Longfist Kung Fu Basic Sequences
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List Price: $69.95
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Manufacturer: YMAA Publication Center
Starring: Jwing-Ming;senior students Dr. Yang
Directed By: Jwing-Ming;senior students Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming;David Silver Dr. Yang
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0822003001354
Format: Color
Label: YMAA Publication Center
Manufacturer: YMAA Publication Center
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2004-07-30
Running Time: 240
Studio: YMAA Publication Center
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Master the Way of Shaolin Kung Fu. This 4-hour-long DVD contains the fundamental training sequences of Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, instructed by world-renown author & teacher Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. These sequences have been trained in the Jing Wu Association & Nanking Central Guoshu Institute since the early 1900's & can help the martial artist build a proper foundation in the Long Fist style. This DVD is designed for self-instruction, allowing the beginner with no martial art experience to learn accurately. Lian Bu Quan (Six Unifications Sequence), the most basic Shaolin Long Fist sequence, is explained & demonstrated by Dr. Yang, with over 70 martial applications. Gong Li Quan (Power Sequence), the second basic sequence of Shaolin Long Fist, is explained & demonstrated with over 70 martial applications. Tan Tui, known as Spring Legs due to its fast & accurate spring-like kicks, have a long history in China. Improve your fighting skills, balance, strength, and focus with Tan Tui. These 12 routines form the basis for other, more complex forms. Explained & demonstrated by Dr. Yang & senior students, with applications. • Learn the History of Shaolin Kung Fu from Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming
• Sequences Performed at Slow & Regular Speed from Multiple Angles
• Shaolin Kung Fu Fundamental Stances, Punches, Kicks & Forms
• Includes Martial Applications Performed by Dr. Yang DVD demonstrates more Lian Bu Quan & Gong Li Quan martial applications than the book Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu. Special features:
• DVD-Only Lectures on the History & Theory of Each Sequence
• Stretching & Warming Up Section
• Narration: English or French with Chinese/pinyin
• Menus & Subtitles: English, French, Spanish or Portuguese
• Interactive YMAA Catalog with Previews of All Other YMAA Titles Source: Digitally - remastered to DVD9 from original film.
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Summary: Basics Basics Basics
Comment: This DVD shows countless poses, postures, stances with improper knee alignment. I'd advise against using this as a learning tool or model to live by.
The fighting applications are primitive and ineffective. Most of them have the attacker punching the defender with the secondary arm down by their side and out of range. This is highly unrealistic.
If beginner's and forms are the focus then more time, camera angles, and explanations should be used to help someone learn from this. If Intermediate or Advanced practitioners of Martial Arts are the market then realistic applications that work on 'non-compliant' partners should be at the forefront. Additionally, if focusing on Fighting Application then the techniques should account for the secondary hand and be well within striking range.
The movements within Kung Fu forms are complex and take into, or should take into account (if done correctly), consideration of the secondary hand, the legs, position in relation to opponent, and the opponents counter-strike opportunities. These are intricate and involved and well beyond a beginner level of understanding.
In summation this is clearly a DVD without scope. It is not geared for beginners and it is definitely not for the advanced practitioner. No matter who the intended audience is the knee issues should be fixed.
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Summary: Great DVD Learning course for any one having little knowledge on martial arts
Comment: THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST LEARNING DVD I HAD EVER PURCHASED REGARDING LEARNING CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS , IT WILL TEACH YOU TO PERFORM EVER MOVEMENT VERY CLEARLY AS A PROPER MASTER BUT I WILL LIKE THAT THOSE PEPOPLE SHOULD PURCHASE THIS DVD , YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN MARTIAL ART BY HEART , SO THAT JUSTICE CAN BE MADE FOR THIS GREAT MASTER TEACHING
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Summary: Good DVD filled with good info but lacking for the novice
Comment: The DVD is wonderful with a few exceptions. During the learning sections of the routines, there is not enough detail on proper form when doing movements. Especially the first 2 routines. I'm fortunate enough to have a DVD player that allows me to play everything in 2-3 different speeds of slow motion so i can attempt to see detail stuff, but that takes working the remote as much as the form if not more.
The forms are broken down into sections which is very good, however for individuals to truly learn them properly it's important that their posture, hands, fist, stances, movements (circular or angular)be addressed with some level of detail. There's nothing explained about what you're doing, i.e when using mantis hand, single whip,etc... I only make this comment because the DVD is marketed to actually teach or train you in developing the forms/routines.
Gong Li was one of 2 forms that I learned over 15-20 years ago and forgot because I stop practicing after about 9 months. With a rekindled interest to get back into the MA I purchased the DVD because it mentioned Gong LI specifically as a routine and was elated to know I could learn the form again. I deemed learning the routine again a kind of a re-entry point if you will to getting back involved. Well the student performing the routine obviously knows it but the preciseness of form structure appears to be lacking, he looks kind of out of control going through some of the motions. This is defintely a form that needs attention to detail when being taught, which is also lacking during the section breakdown of the routine.
While I'm glad I purchased the DVD, and I will make use of it, even slowing the remote to glean what I can for the Gong Li routine, individulas should know that learning the routines themselves will be a bit difficult unless you are already somewhat fimiliar with them or have a DVD with nice (slowmotion)features.
The 3rd routine seems to be given a bit different treatment where you can watch several students involved with the forms and the various sections, this is definitely more helpful visually when learning, although not a substitute for detail oriented training.
The DVD has some very insightful, useful application points about various moves within the forms which is good , also training excercises which are good also. Overall the DVD gets 3 stars when compared to other VCD's I've recently ordered which give more attention to detail like the Six Harmony Mantis Series and others. One last thing and this is incase the DVD creator is reading. Replace the drums with conversation about the routines when it's being performed. I for one who purchased it would find this more benficial when trying to become immersed in learning it. Especially since it's one of the few I have where engish is being spoken. With that said I have and will continue to enjoy the DVD. I consider it a good purchase with the exception of the aforementioned.
Regards,
Greg / IL
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Summary: Clear, to the point , excellent training
Comment: I started researching kung fu not because of the action movies but because of it's spiritual origins, since it was a Budhist monk who first taught the martial arts to the Shaoling monks who then compiled other forms and styles into a structured system. I was reading a lot about Krishnamurty (The Awakening of intelligence) and The Upanishads which are ancient Indian teachings that preceed Budhism, and I found it interesting how all these ideas have so much in common between themselves and with modern physics (quantum mechanics), and share a basic concept that we are part of the material world (atoms, quarks, strings) and in turn, the universe (a theory of everything see The Elegant Universe by Brian Green). This were we get the often joked about phrase
"being one with the universe", and all it means is that through meditation or clearing one's mind from the mundane constant thoughts one can achieve a higher state of consciousness were a new awareness of us, and the world develops. This training video is excellent because Dr.Yang first explains the history and origins of kung fu, and then shows the sequences of movements at regular speed, slow speed, and also the actual combat aplications of each one. You get the complete package and, unlike attending a kung fu class where you have to strain to near exhaustion due to overly hard, warming excercices before getting to learning the actual movements, with this training dvd you can go at your own pace, alone or with a partner, and just go back as many time you need to see the movement again. I'm out of shape due years of office work, and when I tried joining a kung fu school, I just new it wasn't for me at least not until I could get into better shape, because I had no energy left after the usual warm up drill. Now I'm learning the movements using this dvd, and at my own pace, while I hit the track in the afternoon. There's no better kung fu training dvd out there, I should know, I've scoured the internet, and local martial arts stores everywhere. I will getting the white crane kung fu traing dvd also from Dr. Yang which enfasizes more hand movements with the Shaoling southern style.
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Summary: A valuable Long Fist reference
Comment: The Long Fist is a northern chinese kung fu style, and Dr. Yang's presentation sets the standard. The Long Fist forms presented (Gung Li Chuan, Tan Tui, etc.) comprise a famous set of core forms from the Nanking Central Guoshu Institute from the 1920s (and represent a real authentic martial art designed by a committee :0 ). In general, Long Fist styles form the backbone of many systems of gongfu in China, and so it really deserves to be studied.
Included with each of the forms is basic training (drills that break down particular hard spots in the form into simple easy to understand movements) and applications. The large number of practical applications (including many Chin Na techniques) presented is simply amazing.
This is mainly a reference material, as Books and DVDs do not make good primary instructional material for martial arts, so plan on attending a seminar or finding a good local school to get the most from this DVD.
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