Hope you enjoyed this, let me know what you thought in the comments below! Also part 2 is already up on www.patreon.com/monkeystealspeach for just $1.

The Incense Shop Master was so generous to show everything about his style and knowledge on other traditional chinese crafts. He was the complete opposite of tranquil flowing masters, He popped here and there like a fire cracker.

Great video as always! It's funny to see that there are several things my taiji teacher once told us were specific to taiji/ neijia is actually present in what the incense boxing shifu is explaining ( power generation through the back, kua area, da kai da he, etc.) Sounds like essential unifying principles shared by most CMA

Love opening up the shoulders and back to elongate the body, and the way it’s used to expand unexpectedly into opponent’s space

As a practitioner of the Kong Han lineage of Ngo Cho Kun I very much appreciated this! I visited Quanzhao last year and loved every second of it! Very good video sir 🙏

Video stands out on its own with a much deeper investigation into the styles. Appreciated the incense boxing demonstration. Solid video.

Props to the Incense shop boxing teacher's passing of knowledge.

Brilliant again Will, thanks so much for doing these. The Incense Shop Master is such a character!

Great work. Makes me wanna watch each episode again and review some details!!!

I live in Cuba and I practice an style of Kung Fu called Ke Hsiao, and a lot of the history of this video overlaps with the history of this style, not exactly but a lot of similar points.

New subscriber...loving the quality content. Thank You!

Thank you for sharing your travels

in-depth research, presented in an entertaining way. nicely done, thank you.

this is amazing...i recently found out that the forms wich i learned in austria actually comes from southern shaolin in fujian.

I just found out that the video being played in the Whooping Crane master's computer is the White Crane episode from the documentary "Kung Fu Quest" where he was featured.

The birthplace of karate.

Dog boxing needs to be explored more.

Thank you. The first three minutes of this video were informative. I always want the context and the historical narrative. Very cool. We appreciate your research and training. Etiquette is important, and you and Jesse are so patient. Keep practice. Laoshr #60 Ching Yi Kung Fu Association

Kung Fu Quest on the computer screen and a copy of Hanshi PAtrick McCarthy's edition of the Bubishi on the desk top! 🙂

Such a joy to watch. Thanks for your countless hours to share with us these martial arts backgrounds 🙏🙏🙏

I found a chinese book on boat style kung fu that was interesting. The form is done mostly in one spot with boxing like punching techniques kind of like bamboo forest style kung fu.

Thank you Will (and friends) for sharing your travels and experience to the world. You're the Marco Polo's of kung fu! He too was in Quanzhou when it was once a glorious place! You're so fortunate. Many Overseas Chinese like myself only get to hear of such places from stories. It's also great seeing a 鬼佬 especially a Briton who's so respectful of Chinese culture, well mannered and well spoken, literate in Chinese, informed in Chinese history, even understanding the nuances in our history! Your objectivity/impartiality is also fair and honest, not at all exaggerating. I'm sure the old men really appreciated your visit since much of the younger generations are in the diaspora (heaps of Fujianese are in New York, and some here in Sydney) and unlikely to return since their kids prefer living in the West. Many Chinese also idolise kung fu elevating it to a supernatural ability which is superstitious nonsense, while Westerners in general either mock it, denigrate it, or fetishise it, but you spoke well at the Southern Shaolin temple. The fact is that there is a degree of "mythology" in certain much of our stories since most of the key witnesses died and the new generation has fragments of oral history to piece together. With dynastic failures, multiple rebellions, revolutions, formation of secret societies, government persecution and scapegoating of minority groups, families and clans from former dynasties escaping assassins, are the major issues for us Chinese since even the rule of Emperor Qin Shi Huang 2nd century BC, or the Mongolian Yuan dynasty 13th century AD, to the Qing Dynasty, and CCP currently. Our history is extremely dramatic and complex, and kung fu since the earliest stories of "wrestling" were always a means to an end, for self-defence and survival. Later political reform, violent rebellions, even piracy and triad activity, are ultimately desperate acts for desperate times, when we just want our land and homes back, to not be refugees or prisoners within our own country, to have a rightful and just king/government, a Lord, and God, proper places of worship, and for the country to be at peace and harmony, with the blessing of Heaven. What you guys saw with old men inside practicing their own independent style of kung fu reflects also how broken and degenerate society got in the last few hundred years. "Bandits" were everywhere and nobody trusted their neighbours, hence houses were built in terrace rows, like fortresses with high walls, steel gates, and no big windows. The only way in was through the "sky well" open terraces. People stooped as low as possible to survive, so for such masters to teach foreigners kung fu, even show your personal homes, bedrooms, personal belongings and treasures, they practically gave you a share of their inheritance, which would have only traditionally would have gone to their sons, grandsons, and servants. Keep up the good content. If you're a reader you might want to check our Arthur Henderson Smith's book Chinese Characteristics 1890. It's a scarily accurate assessment. Peace and blessings

Great one. I'm a Okinawan Karate practitioner, but I really enjoy your video.

14:44 That looks a lot like what we have in Chen Tai Chi.

I can’t wait! I’ll leave a comment!

Great work!!!

Thank you for great video, excellent Master Lin from Incense shop boxing style

Nice video. On a side note, the existence of Southern Shaolin Temple is actually quite controversial due to the lack of historical records. It is also why there are currently 3 Shaolin Temples in Fujian with each claiming to be the real one.

Been waiting on this, bring on part 2. Will you be doing anything on wing chun or emei?

Chinese martial arts are very fascinating very interesting history. Thanks for bring this history to us.

The five monks are represented in (unsurprisingly) 5 Ancestors system or Ngo Kun. Our system employ's dual edged ring daggers.

💯 is fantastic!

Dox boxing is a new one for me... thanks for the video, always great to see new styles I didn't know about before.

Excellent! When do you hope to complete vol 2?

Thanks for doing the documentary to keep the history alive

Very good

Thank you Will! Did master Lin have a name for the Incense Shop Boxing form that he showed you and Jesse, which is the precursor of karate's Seisan?

nice video, but what about the ten tigers of guandong, the wong fei hung/lam sai wing/chiu kow -> hung gar lineage style? can you talk about southern shaolin without exploring hung kuen

Fantabulous

Pretty impressive understanding of Chinese! And, I've lived in xiamen for a year and been repeatedly thrown by the way the local accent swaps n for l (so 你变成里）🙂

Please do a video investigating Ng Ga Kuen, a five family style brought by Ark Yuey Wong

terrific!!!💯🤎

Well Done

Com certeza wu zu quan é um dos melhores se não o melhor estilo de kung fu que tem na minha opinião, muito eficiente na defesa pessoal

The 5 family styles choy lee hung fut and li also have sum relationship to the southern shaolin temple of Fijian

What about Hong xi guan and the 10 tigers of guang dong what’s there relationship to shaolin all hung gar styles holde him as the founder of our system and him being one of the students of the 5 elders

Lovely

Spectacular work Will! The work you've put into this and all of your work is so impressive. Very authentic. So much better than the "karate nerd"'s series. True insights. Thank you on behalf of the Karate community! Osu!

good morning from Brazil

Thanks for the video. Although I use to in my high school days practice kung fu but since have switched over to Muay Thai I still like watching these videos as it’s interesting. What about doing one on what these masters think of Modern martial arts, JKD, sanda, Muay Thai and MMA and see what prospective is on it. Also about the Chinese MMA guy who is challenging them and beating them and why is he beating them. I’d be curious to hear their thoughts on this.

incense shop boxing seems to resemble both northern and southern style kung fu

19:03 Brazilian jiu-jitsu mention drinking game

Of course, many have noted that opening and spreading out the shoulder blades was what Bruce Lee did or at least demonstrated he was capable of.

Lee is great!

This Documentary was so interesting that I didn't want it to end.

9:40 these knifes look exactly like nepalese Khukris. I always wonder about the wide sqare stances in southern Kung Fu like they are dont concerned about been kicked in the testicle.

It would have been more interesting if we can see some friendly free sparring with the master after the talk.

can you make subtietilis in spanish ? your documentarys ? ! pls, i admire you but i want to understand more in deep

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I wonder how hakka martial arts and tibetan are connected with Southern styles

11:11 the one piece is real!

While interesting in itself, I believe there is a lot of fiction in Chinese martial arts, that they themselves have held onto. Historical accounts dispute many accepted stories and supposed abilities.

That incense guy is putting something in the incense 😆

that's too bad about the books something similar happened in vietnam, luckily the new gov made amends.

Southern Shaolin is #1. They have the best neigong and kung fu. Northern Shaolin is all about wushu shows now.

I admire your fluency in Chinese

Fan Qing Fu Ming !

If Okinawan karate came from Fuzhou, how come sparring forms a large portion of their training in Okinawa but not in Fujian?

Isn't xingyi taoist?

Looks a lot like praying mantis fist 👊🏼

雖是重新尋找白鶴拳.........也有6..7..分傳承...這是可喜的 .....

Southern shaolin temples have wuzu quan southern dragon kung fu hung kuen wing chun southern praying mantis drunken fist

great work! you should also encourage them to speak about ZEN and the philosophy behind the art what is true and what is false!.

The southern shaolin temple did exist.

anything on that there bear stle

i would like to learn dog boxing

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哈哈哈😁中国真正的功夫不是在这种情况可以看得到的。不过这位洋人的热诚很难得，而且很谦虚。

SHAOLIN KUNG FU PRETTY MUCH USELESS AGAINST GUNS AND GANGSTA ESPECIALLY DURING RIOT WAHAHAHHAHHAHA

5 min in STILL NO ACTION!!!!!!