Well, he did already know about it before hand, and he immediately recognized the hold as soon as Shifu did so. The only difference between then and after is him actually being able to do Kung Fu. In fact, he knew a heck of a lot of kung fu moves, being a super fan and all, but didn't have the means to practice them until he first stepped into the palace. So, to be honest, it's not surprising that he figured out the hold that easily and that quickly.

He's actually really similar to Tai Lung in this regard. Tai Lung's nerve attack is based on Oogway's form that he used to pacify Tai Lung originally, he learned how to do it without a single moment to practice it, all while caged up and suppressed for 20 Years. Po and Tai Lung have many similarities actually.

@@meganlodon many people know about the hold. But that's very different from seeing it first hand. Po would never have encountered the hold before then.

@@Drako2k0 Yes, but Po didn't just know about the hold beforehand. He knew the hold's position. The only thing Po got from that encounter with Shifu was how firm of a grip you must have on your opponent. He got nothing else, since he knew everything else, besides actually performing it (which he learned only after knowing kung fu). What I am trying to say, is that moment with Shifu was nothing special regarding learning the technique, and was nothing more than a foreshadow.

@@meganlodon how would Po have known anything about the hold prior? he's never actually seen it before. Shifu was the first time he's actually SEEN it. And it was from just that interaction he figured out the rest on his own. Prior to that, he knew nothing more about the hold than any other person who has heard the legend.

Love how it carries over into the next one too.

Definitely

Fr. It seems like whenever I do something to try and avoid something the thing I was trying to avoid becomes worse.

and that's exactly what happened in the movie.

@@alan6031 it also happend in KFP 2

It's also a subtle nod to, as Tigress said, that the Dragon Warrior is said to be able to survive off of incredibly little.

I've thought of those first two layers, but never thought about him wanting to learn and grow more. That's GENIUS

It also have a "I did it for the lesson, not for the reward" vibe. Damn, that line really have many layers.

This many years later and there's still new things I learn about this trilogy Man

Also, the movie shows po’s problem is stress eating. So it showed that he’s feeling better and not feeling stressed or depressed. Like he said, ‘I eat when I’m upset.’ That was a nice touch

good but watching i think its better "reactions" dont ya think but good👍

Yes

“Monkey”

​@@jamaljamshaid144 😊o

he actually says it's nothing, but yeah same comparison

Something blank can still be filled. Nothing can only be replaced.

This proves why he was never the Dragon Warrior. He never knew humility and would not understand the meaning of the scroll like Po did. It’s one thing to read and another to understand what you read. You can either read nothing or understand why there’s nothing. I’m the credits you see Po showing the Dragon Scroll to others as well so he’s even actively spreading the lesson he learned instead of keeping it to himself. Another aspect of understanding what’s on it. Tai Lung never would have shared his knowledge.

... I completely missed that part, but yeah, that's true.

Tai long expected something to be there. But po looked at the reflective paper and saw his own reflection And he realized the true secret. It's all in you. The scroll is bupkiss Like a Ring in a cracker jack box. It's useless. The power has always been in the people who are able to look at themselves in the mirror and realize who they really are. Like master po.

Well it ain't gonna be called a trilogy anymore now that a fourth installment is on the way!

@@liamphibia a fourlogy

Honestly I always felt the third movie was pretty weak but the second and first one really make up for it.

​@@liamphibiaFor real?!

@@jarredbillings2332 For real!

Agreed. In my opinion, Po ranks up there with Harry Potter as one of the greatest Chosen Ones of all time, and for the same reason: they aren't Chosen because they're magically, arbitrarily better than everyone else. They're Chosen because their specific gifts make them more well-equipped to do what they'll need to do than anyone else. Po isn't any stronger than Tigress or Shifu, but his absurdly-unbreakable defense and geeky love of kung-fu make him the one who can beat Tai Lung. Just like how Harry isn't any more powerful than Hermione or Snape, but his speed, capacity for love, ability to counter the Unforgivable Curses, willingness to face death, and shared backstory elements make him the one who can defeat Voldemort.

Po was chosen, Tai Lung earned it He suffered years and years of backbreaking training, honing his body through rigorous pain and vicious training, being told his destiny is to become the dragon warrior And when that moment finally comes? The master who built his life up and told him it was his destiny kicks him off the cliff and tells him he’s not worthy Po was bullied sure, but it can never compare to the mindbreaking training tai lung had to go through his whole life for, while po ate noodles and failed to workout Tai Lung in reality would have won, he would have thrashed po around and ripped his rib cage out But Po has plot armor and he’s the hero a kids movie In reality, Tai Lung smothers Po into the ground and curbstomps his head

​@@Idontreply22silly

​@@Idontreply22First of all. The Dragon Warrior is not made. The dragon warrior is the dragon warrior. secondly, Shifu didn't choose nor refuse to give Tai Lung the Dragon Warrior title. Ooguay did. Thirdly, Tai Lung is one of the best fighters in the trilogy, but like I said..the dragon warrior is not only a physical warrior nor is he trained/made....the dragon warrior is the embodiment of Kung-Fu.....Po was pure, he want Kung-fu for Kung-fu while Tai Lung want Kung-fu for power. The fact that Tai Lung terrorized the village filled with innocent people just because he was refused the title is the proof as of why Ooguay didn't chose him, he was a bad person, a power hungry master. Tai Lung meat riders need to acknowledge the facts instead of trying make him seem like a good guy lmao

@@clonnlijinhlong2713 I said that from HIS point of view, his master kicked him off the cliff Secondly, oogway IS his master aswell since he’s shifu’s master, making him tai lungs superior You’re not just wrong there, you’re also stupid The dragon warrior is made, it isn’t pre destined or anything, and po was practically handed the title, this fat obese panda that has done NOTHING to earn this title in life Bullying? Every kids gone through that, so what Tai Lung earned it Anything else and you’re just lying to yourself

You're right, Po and Oogway have similar personalities and mindsets, which is why when Oogway first talked to him it seemed as though he was talking to someone whom he has known for his entire life.

You understand these movies too

​@@yaqubebased1961 and the look on his face when he first sees Po just screams "oh I remember you!" to me. An excited recognition of someone youve known since you were young and haven't seen in a long time but makes you feel like not a day has passed.

Not to mention that was Shi-Fu's first lesson to Po. "Find your opponent's weakness, to take his strength...And use it against him."

@@Kimtrovertedfacts

And also his style of fighting is more unpredictable, it’s like a chaotic mess rather than the typical Kung Fu method that The Furious Five learned which Tai Lung already mastered all way ahead of them. Po is fighting by his own styles & accidents rather that the typical technique which is why Tai Lung struggled so hard to get Po in his fist

​@@diypropsmodels7064 he's like that one samurai who played mind games with his opponents by breaking every single established and honored rule of dueling while also having the skill set to back it up. You expect sportsmanship or cheating. But you never expect a goofball. And honestly that'll do us all in one day.

Yes I read that too lol

Ironically he doesn’t use bear style kung fu.

@@acgearsandarms1343 he use Panda style duh

there's an entire video about this topic by an actual chinese person that I'm basically going to attempt to summarize here: The reason there was an inquest is, supposedly, because it arrived at a time where China itself was stuck in a rut with making movies, Kung Fu Films had lost all its great creators more or less, or they were tired old men now, and in comes a movie that loves China more than China loves itself. Reading between the lines and behind the scenes, you can contextualize that Kung Fu Panda is also a movie about a young American Boy who grew up watching Kung Fu Films who wants to make his own one someday, but he's got no talent for martial arts, so when he grows up holding onto this dream he decides to do it unconventionally, through animation. the aesthetic of the place is very much *not China* not *actual* China. For starters, we start the movie with *Japanese* Shuriken, and there are dragons *everywhere* to the exclusion of things like foo dogs and other animal reliefs and motifs. this is not China. This is China*Town* and there is a big distinction in that. No one in China thinks this movie out-china'd China. Chinatown exists because of heavy anti-china and east-asia sentiment before, during and after WW2, and to be able to express their culture, chinese immigrants turned their sections of their californian cities into big chintzy tourist traps with asian dragons and stuff like that everywhere, with little actual regard for the actual culture dressed up like a cheap prize on a stage; see: the bastardization of Hawaiian culture. and then the message of the movie is something China needed to hear, it's one of Hollywood's most staid and oldest messages: "Accept who you are", but given the cultural rut China was in, with a stagnant film industry, from an American kid who loved China More than China loved China.... well, it was poignant at the time.

@@Theycallmeyoshi1 You mean that one video by Accented Cinema, "Why China Cared About Kung Fu Panda| Video Essay"

Even when you look into Tai Lung's character, that line makes it more sad. Shown through his past, and the fight with Shifu, it's shown that Tai Lung was raised to be the dragon warrior and due to Shifu's constant training, he installed a belief in his mind that his life goal was to get the dragon scroll. Then have that stripped away from you after YEARS of training, its heartbreaking. He then decides to take it by force and Tai Lung also got the belief that the dragon scroll made you more powerful, not taking into consideration that it could have been inside him all along. So his disappointment in saying, "It's nothing, " while looking into his reflection, shows how his view has been limited by power over the years.

Body Mind Soul Present Past Future

Definitely

He's right though, the other dude can't stop laughing his mouth off

Thank you!

Really? Wow

He's not wrong

You were close it’s viper tai lung and mr ping

@@dynoduderexamis8890 Nice catch.

Most of those I pulled off the top of my head as they were watching -- one of my favorites

@@tonyrusso9126 one of my favorites too

" oh this doesn't fit the theory? Well not yet." Lol

Well I never liked the Pixar multiverse of madness or whatever it's called in my opinion

​@mickeystudios1985 its one of those things that you can piece them together but also you can just watch them separately.

It makes no sense but at least they're passionate

Peach blossom. It’s a peach tree.

I believe, from KFP 1 commentary, that he planted the tree 1,000 years ago, when he first came to China.

@@jaredwalley5692 yes! I knew this was rattling in my brain somewhere

This alongside How to Train Your Dragon and I would say Shrek but lots of people hate the third and fourth ones. I was fine with them.

isn't it getting a 4th movie next year? if it goes well then I can't even imagine how much more popular it'll get

Just saw the Gold tier and y’all did movie 2, hype

@Lilvel ThePlayer it's only the third that alot of people hate, the forth wasn't that bad... that's was supposed to be the perfect ending for Shrek.

Especially nowadays

I'm in my mid thirties and it still makes me cry. If the trilogy is a wonderful example of cinema and of good story telling.

I remember playing it too! I think I got stuck on a level and my mom had to help me lol, thanks mom

I think it also came out for PS2, and that was the version I played. Remember rolling around in ball mode a lot.

Yeah, I remember it being packaged in with some of the early 360s.

Also when shifu wants Rudk of po he makes him fight mantis , money , viper and crane. But he doesn’t make him fight tigress - the ones who’s most similar to tai lung

@@dazzag371may I ask, why didn’t Shifu let Tigress fight Po ?

@@diypropsmodels7064 cause he wanted rid of po

Well the final battle did shown why Po was able to beat Tai Lung because Po doesn’t use Kung Fu that much in the fight, he just annoyed the s*** out of Tai Lung. The Furious Five fought Tai Lung with Kung Fu method that Tai Lung already surpassed them, but Po literally fought with his own style and exhausted Tai Lung

honestly that whole fight reminds me of joyboy, with the whole "he fought as he fancied" thing

There is cartoons series as well. And a new one on Netflix I heard was good

they just put it up on patreon apparently

No he didn’t kill Tai Lung, he just sent him to the afterlife immediately 😂😂😂

​@@diypropsmodels7064Still a ghost

Oogway could’ve stay a bit longer but Shifu and the Five would’ve keep beating Po up and down if Oogway didn’t get himself out of the picture