The Basics of Shaolin Kung Fu

Series Summary

For almost 15 centuries Shaolin Kung Fu has been synonymous with the greatest fighting skills on the planet. Many historians reference Shaolin monasteries as the birthplace of Chinese Boxing, and the practitioners of this martial art are known to be skilled beyond imagination. The battles fought by Shaolin Monks have become legendary throughout the world, retold though the ages in print, performance, and film. While the origins of Shaolin Kung Fu are often disputed and many claim to teach the true, authentic Shaolin style, the worldwide demand to learn Shaolin Kung Fu has resulted in the opening of schools throughout the UK, Germany, Australia and the USA.

In this free video series, expert Shaolin student Bruce Wen teaches you popular moves of Shaolin Kung Fu. You will learn stretches, flashy kicks like the butterfly, boxing moves, and stunts like the no hands cartwheel. Watch these free video learn the secrets techniques of Shaolin King Fu masters today!

Video Transcript

"My name is Bruce Wen and this is my student Johnny Kao. On behalf of Expert Village I would like to welcome you to Shaolin Kung Fu. In this segment of the video, I?ll be introducing to you the basics of Shaolin Kung Fu. And that is what improves your skill and that's what gets your skill to be better. According to a saying in Chinese, "it doesn't matter how well the architecture is build. But without proper foundation or without building a proper first level, doesn't matter how well the second level floor is build, it won't last." It's the same way to practicing Martial Arts, doesn't matter how much or how many forms you know, if you don't have good basic skills or you don't have good technique, your form is just going to be, it's not going to be as great as those who have very good techniques. Now take into comparison, you guys see a palm tree and a bamboo. Okay. In a storm or thunder, which one you think will survive more - the palm tree or the bamboo? Most people will say the palm tree because the palm tree is much stronger and much bigger. But, in the case of the storm the palm tree will not survive; whereas the bamboo will survive. You guys know why? Now let me tell you why. Cause bamboos have the flexibility. So in the case of the storm, the bamboo can bend away and bend forward and survive. Whereas the palm tree is all stable and rigid, so when it hits, it just hits and it collapse. So that its the same into Martial Arts, okay. So if one has a proper basic foundation, one has the flexibility and one that is not stable, one that's not rigid, but one has the flexibility and speed on it. Okay, it doesn't matter what kind of situation, okay, somebody attacks you, and you can bend over and defend back, whereas if you stay still, you might get kicked. Okay. So now let me show you how to improve your skills with basics."