White Crane Videos

[longhaoran]

hi guys,
i saw this one, what do you think?
i really dont know what to think about it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tnNSMcK-2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tnNSMcK-2U

[kenneth fish]

I don't even want to think about what I just saw on that clip.

[I am...]

Starting at about :55 and on in those last clips posted I think my eyes started to bleed.

[aiasthewall]

bahahaha. is that guy for real?

[taiwandeutscher]

Wow, a real birdy!

[Bo Fei Li]

Looks… strange.

This Mr Belotti has quite a good reputation in the martial art circles in France.
I’ve never met him, while living in France, but I heard (from people I trust to have a good judgement) that he has some good skills and can fight with it, and did.
Hear-say has it that Wu De-wise, he is not as skilled…

I agree, it looks weird, but it looks to me as if it is powerful nonetheless, and not in a purely external way.

For example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR4WviMRwCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMZTDyUirM

[wayne hansen]

[youtube]http://youtu.be/xtRM_SCOMMc[/youtube]

For those who mix tai chi and white crane

[wayne hansen]

Just saw our French friends hsing I ba Kua
Holy French fries batman

[Bhassler]

More Li Gang (to cleanse the mind after that... other stuff):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NKROC5mS1c

Equally impressive to me is the fact that his students appear to be gaining much the same skill. (Maybe that should be expected rather than impressive, but that's more a commentary on the general state of MA than anything else.)

[Andy_S]

Nice clip - sometimes it is better to watch the students than the master, as their movements are more obvious, less subtle.

Crane was clearly a very influential art. It seems to have played a role in the foundation of Wing Chun and some of the Okinawan karate styles (albeit, in a rougher-edged version) and more recently, was studied in considerable depth by the late head of the Japanese Karate Association, the main Shotokan body. It has also influenced some Southeast Asian and Taiwanese Taiji who apparently adopted it as a kind of secret regimen to fill in the gap (lack of fajin engine and striking training) in their own systems. And of course, it gets a lot of mention in old CMA books and novels.

As B-Hassler notes, many of the students of this art seem to be "getting" it - which is more rarely the case for those who do IMA.

It's a bit odd that this art has not really taken off much in the international space, given its widespread influence and obvious utility.

[Dr.Rob]

Excellent vids as always.