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I find Shuai Jiao works well with Chinese martial arts if you are interested in grappling and has many throws similar to Judo or Jujitsu. It doesn't rely on the judo gi as much though and still has some joint locking throws that are prohibited in modern Judo.

Good to hear your thoughts on BJJ and its interaction with Chinese art skills. I came to it from Taiji & Xing yi and use a lot of the body method from those arts in my BJJ. I will also say that some of the very good experts of BJJ develop very high levels of Ting, connection etc. comparable to any CIMA master i have met. It would be a mistake for CMAists to think such skills are the preserve of their systems and as you say, there is a large amount of cross over and complementary principle between BJJ and certain Chinese Martial Arts.

If you're going to learn baji, I'd learn a baji+pigua system, the pigua stuff would combine very well with your mantis and you'd have more integration of your fight style

Happy New Year ... There is a very rare style that is very similar to the northern styles of the praying mantis. This is the Emei fire dragon fist style ... According to legend, it was created when they saw a fight between a monkey and a snake, so the style has monkey steps and snake hands. .You have to solve this mystery. The famous master Fu Shanxun who lives in Chengdu teaches this style, but there are other masters. This style is not very widespread, but it is interesting and somewhat similar to the praying mantis style.

Hi Will, Happy Chinese New Year!!! 🥳🥳🥳 It's good to hear that you want to go back to Taiwan & study some more Baji. Since, you have lived in China for a good amount of time. Have you studied Baji in China as well? If you did, what are the differences? Or any differences in the other northern styles as well?

Thanks for answering my hard/soft question, Will. I’ll réserve my Q as to how this translates into styles being defined or described as hard/soft. 😊

Great video thanks Will! Can you talk about the differences you have found in the BJJ vs traditional Chinese martial arts community? Does each attract similar minded people?

Cangzhou bainiquan is said to have been created with 19th century boxing mixed with local styles. Maybe you could figure out the history like xingyi/ xinyiba

You should do more podcasts, maybe one with damian from kung fit or joshua vimey from shaolin yuzhai or the guys from authentic shaolin kung fu

Greetings sir if you want discussion about hard soft or soft hard can, recomendation you can meet cikalong , sundanese silat style

That’s awesome that you’ve found a BJJ teacher that is open minded about Wushu/Kung Fu. I had a bad experience from a MMA school that used to be in my area (the Central Coast, an hour north from Sydney) the lessons were cheaper than anywhere else. The teachers hated anything “traditional” and they were one of those “West is best! UFC 1!” sort of people which ruined MMA for me. I’m learning Choy Lee Fut and Hebei style Xing Yi Quan in Sydney now.

It’d be cool to see a diagram or infographic of how you categorize Chinese empty hand features and styles

Thanks for this video. I'm traveling to China in the future and really don't know what to expect. 😂😅. Cheers! Thanks for the information.

Happy New Year

Thanks for your answer I’m sorry you didn’t catch up with master Kwok My teacher gave me some photos of him as a young man all bulked up It came with a tape telling a whole lot of stories of their early training I’m sure an in depth interview would have been really interesting

I would like to congratulate you on an excellent channel. On your more recent series (Hong Kong), was their a particular reason your Southern Mantis seemed most focused on Chu/Chow Gar and not Jook Lum? Was it basically access and time restriction related? I know, they're very similar, but still different flavors. Obviously, both Hakka. Maybe, to show share their differences. I am no expert in either. I have some training and still am friends with Jook Lum people in the United States. Again, great work.

Adam Hsu for Baji quan! Go for it!💪

Very interesting. Many thanks :)

Nice videos. All the best 2024!

Thank you for your content i see good kung fu in your channel i wish you the best in the new year can't wait for your new content

I found kung-fu so complimentary to bjj and clinch striking

You live in china do you ever go visit the miao people see chiyou kung fu

Say more about eagle claw: ying zhao fanzi mom

Looking at your site, it looks like you're in Sydney. If you have any interest in meeting up with the people from the UTS Kung Fu club, I'll put you in touch with them. Alternatively, you might just want to contact them yourself and say hi. They're a very nice group of people with an endless passion for Chinese martial arts (like you). In my personal experience Gordon from the group is pretty much a walking encyclopedia of Chinese martial arts and pretty much directly knows or knows about almost everyone else doing some kind of kung fu in Sydney. I'm sure he'd be delighted to have a cup of tea with you and I think you'd enjoy it too.

Tony Leung " long" chow gar 🎉

Hi are you in Hong Kong cause I do Hung gar and it’s nice to meet you 😊

Happy New Year from Ireland 🇮🇪 Thank you for checking out the Hakka styles in Hong Kong. Question - have you come across any Li gar/Lee family style practitioners in your journey? As far as I am aware their system is absorbed into BakMei (central warding stick / "Jong Lan Gwan") and other styles.. but would love to hear more. My dad said it was common as our family style once upon a time... I'm only a Shotokan Karate guy, so I feel like some heritage is lost to the ages.

Happy New Year from Kong Han USA 🙏🙏🙏

BJJ is bs -master Ken