Comments on: Who Destroyed Shaolin Village? http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/ Martial arts for personal development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: D. J. http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-8377 D. J. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:49:33 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-8377 Wu Shu/Kung fu; We love it all, I have seen a so-called wushu fake monk fight a much bigger and and very aggresive martial artist of another style in a challenge match all out! the monk?? or whatever you call them, DID AWAY WITH HIM IN A FLASH AND HE EVEN LOOKED GOOD DOING IT, A PERFECT TECHNIQUE BY BY A FAKE .??? Wu Shu/Kung fu; We love it all, I have seen a so-called wushu fake monk fight a much bigger and and very aggresive martial artist of another style in a challenge match all out!
the monk?? or whatever you call them, DID AWAY WITH HIM IN A FLASH AND HE EVEN LOOKED GOOD DOING IT, A PERFECT TECHNIQUE BY BY A FAKE .???

]]> By: Martial Art is a Perspective, Not an Activity http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-6367 Martial Art is a Perspective, Not an Activity Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:28:19 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-6367 [...] most fundamental training method was conceived as a fighting stance, or that a bunch of genuine Buddhist Shaolin monks were obsessed with hand-to-hand [...] [...] most fundamental training method was conceived as a fighting stance, or that a bunch of genuine Buddhist Shaolin monks were obsessed with hand-to-hand [...]

]]> By: Kungfuguy http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-5551 Kungfuguy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:38:37 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-5551 I myself practice shaolin kung fu and wushu and i have always seen the monks as the best at the art after all they are supposed to have invented shaolin boxing. I myself practice shaolin kung fu and wushu and i have always seen the monks as the best at the art after all they are supposed to have invented shaolin boxing.

]]> By: Chris http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-5549 Chris Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:59 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-5549 Performance wushu may not be an "authentic martial art", but to be fair, neither is Yi Jin Jing. ;) The man in the first video looks familiar, I think I may have met him before. Performance wushu may not be an “authentic martial art”, but to be fair, neither is Yi Jin Jing. ;)

The man in the first video looks familiar, I think I may have met him before.

]]> By: eastpaw http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-5541 eastpaw Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:58:34 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-5541 Cute post, Chris. It's sad that people still travel to "The Shaolin Temple" to get fleeced by wushu dancers. I'm not saying that Shaolin kung fu itself is fake though, just that the "Shaolin monks" that go on tour and teach for a fee tend to be charlatans. The dude in the following clips is supposed to be an authentic Shaolin monk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGxARA-k-cA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR-7E5xXs4c&feature=related Cute post, Chris. It’s sad that people still travel to “The Shaolin Temple” to get fleeced by wushu dancers.

I’m not saying that Shaolin kung fu itself is fake though, just that the “Shaolin monks” that go on tour and teach for a fee tend to be charlatans.

The dude in the following clips is supposed to be an authentic Shaolin monk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGxARA-k-cA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR-7E5xXs4c&feature=related

]]> By: Ordosclan, The Grumpy Savant of rec.martial-arts http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-5527 Ordosclan, The Grumpy Savant of rec.martial-arts Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:23:04 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/who-destroyed-shaolin-village/#comment-5527 [...] and kicks, knees and headbutts. The simple answer is: it’s not martially oriented. Its just a myth that Shaolin monks are/were “fighting” monks. That’s nonsense. And everyone knows [...] [...] and kicks, knees and headbutts. The simple answer is: it’s not martially oriented. Its just a myth that Shaolin monks are/were “fighting” monks. That’s nonsense. And everyone knows [...]

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