In 1851, members of the Chinese junk Keying performed unarmed routines, pole weapons, paired combat and sabre-and-shield methods before audiences in Victorian London.

A report in The Illustrated London News preserved this remarkable demonstration, albeit interpreted it through the prejudice and limited understanding of its correspondent.

After finishing school (at 18 years old) I would love to learn Kung Fu in an Authentic School in China for 6 months.
Studying mandarin and learning about the chinese cultur, while training every day is mandatory for me.

Training / living alongside chinese students in a smaller school in the mountains would be the ideal scenario.

Does anyohne has experience or recommendations for my plan?
Thank you so much! :)

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Trying to grab a fast punch usually doesn’t work—by the time you reach for it, the punch is already gone.

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The key is not chasing the opponent’s hand. It is training the body to react as one connected unit so defense, control, and entry become part of the same movement.

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So what are some methods you guys do to develope your Short Power?

Ive been doing the gong li for feeding crane as well as other exercises and im curious as to what you guys do.

One thing I like to do as a fun extra practice method is to one inch punch (or palm) open heavy swinging doors.

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I would love advice to help build strong foundations in traditional Shaolin kung fu and Taijiquan.

Adult: 35-year-old German-Canadian woman looking for advice and guidance to build strong foundations, personal practice, and be strategic with progress in mind while doing so.

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For the past 18 months , I wake up at 5 a.m. most weekday mornings (Monday through Friday) to take a two-hour class from a 77-year-old Cantonese gentleman and a 50?-year-old lady who grew up in Hunan Province.

My friend has recently joined me. While I was being pushed before, this has accelerated, as I feel my teacher has now made the mental justification, more or less, for the two of us to get semi-private lessons during these group lessons.

This is also because the classes are at my local Jewish community center, and we drastically lower the average age of the students, who are all retired doctors. That is not to say that some of them are not strong and committed and have been working with my teachers for 25+ years. (George, as he is known in my household—fucking George—leads our stance work drills. George is 92. I told him to his face—and he laughed at me—that his name is a swear word in my house because I cannot match the strength of his legs... yet. 😅😉)

I went to the Shaolin Temple in Manhattan and was asked if I had trained with them before, based on some of the ways I move. I reiterated multiple times that I did not. I just wake up early to be yelled at multiple times a week.

And, partly due to language difficulties, my teacher is also not very big on explanations. I feel very scattered and overwhelmed, and I am not quite sure how to structure my own practice outside of class and cross-training to set me up for success in these arts.

Legit. I am on this Reddit and also have gone through many posts and FAQs , as well as have been trying to chip away my confusion, and I feel like I have only increased it as as well as my frustration.

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I just started Feeding crane and have done what my teacher says are the Gong Li (or Kung Li, Im unsure what the spelling is), and they are the basics for training power generation, and "Finding the thunder". A lot of it is training your short power, and they are k8nda fun to do.

And so im wondering, does your system have similar methods and principles in your basics? I'm curious and want to know what kind of basic exercises your styles do.

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I took this video of my Shifu, Ni Rouhua, demonstrating the Long Feng Shuang Jian when I was learning the set. The video is slow by design as he was using it as a tool to help me learn. I thought it might be fun for folks looking to play with these weapons at home 😁