Category Archives: we like

We like: Taiji Meihua Demo

Posted on January 14, 2013 by puja

In this nice demonstration of Taiji Meihua Tanglang you can see parts of Lanjie, Tanglang Buchan, and Zhai Yao 1-3. Enjoy!

[Thanks to Slawomir for sharing!]

Posted in we like | Tagged buchan, china, gongfu, kungfu, lanjie, taiji meihua, taiji meihua tanglang, tanglang, video, zhaiyao | Comments

We like this highlight video of Kazushi Sakuraba, one of the greates mixed martial artists ever. Sakuraba is known for beating members of the Gracie family left and right at a time, when not many found a way to overcome brazilian-jiu-jitsu.

[Thanks, Thomas for sharing!]

Posted in we like | Tagged freefight, kazushi sakuraba, mma, pride | Comments

We like: Father and Son vs. Thugs

Posted on November 30, 2012 by fred

According to this article in Henan Province a father and a son who have been practicing martial arts since childhood were able to put a huge group of thugs to flight, that were presumably sent by the government to scare people out of their property.

http://www.youmaker.com/

We don’t know wether to believe in the number of 30 thugs but the video above sure looks impressive.

[via epoch times]

Posted in we like | Tagged china, gongfu, henan, selfdefense, skill | Comments

We like: Tang Lang Ba Zhou

Posted on November 25, 2012 by puja

Enjoy this nice performance of Bazhou (eight elbows) performed at the Shandong traditional championships in 2008 by Deng Yong Jun.

Posted in we like | Tagged 2008, bazhou, championship, china, shandong, tang lang, tang lang quan, tanglang, taolu | Comments

We like: Mantis Boxing of Ma Hanqing

Posted on November 3, 2012 by puja

Here some really nice and rare footage of Ma Hanqing of Beijing Taiji Meihua and Liuhe Tanglang fame. His flavor is so special that many call this branch Ma family Tanglang. I used to train for about a year with Ma Wei Ling one of the remaining disciples of Ma Hanqing when I used to live in Beijing. It really is very different from what I’m used to from Qingdao and adds a great deal of new viewpoints to any Tanglang practitioner.

[Thanks Ilya Profatilov for sharing!]

Posted in we like | Tagged beijing, china, ilya profatilov, liuhe, ma han qing, ma hanqing, ma wei lin, ma weiling, mantis, plum flower, praying mantis, six harmonies, taiji meihua, tanglang | Comments

We like: Florentine Football/Calcio Fiorentino

Posted on October 29, 2012 by puja

Now this is a sport for real men. A battle of the districts. Like in modern american football there’s a ball, but here it doesn’t seem to play a very important role in the game. Fighting bare-knuckle all the more. Hence, the well built Italian men who look like they’ve been in the occasional street fight.

For a more cultural approach to the topic and some more scenes with the actual ball check out the clip after the break. Continue reading →

Posted in we like | Tagged ball, bare knuckle, battle, calcio fiorentino, fight, florence, florentine, football, italian, italy, sport | Comments

We like: Taiji and Art

Posted on October 22, 2012 by fred

We like these video artworks by universaleverything.com that were created using body motion captured from a taiji master.

[via fastcodesign]

Posted in we like | Tagged art, taiji, video | Comments

We like: Mantis Boxing Trip Drill

Posted on October 6, 2012 by puja

Another great clip by Michael Dasargo of San Diego Fighting Arts Academy. In this one (and part 2) he explains stepping and tripping tactics in Tang Lang Quan. Enjoy!

[via Michael Dasargo - Thanks for sharing!]

Posted in we like | Tagged bufa, gongfu, kungfu, martial arts, michael dasargo, san diego, shuaifa, stepping, tang lang, tanglang, tanglang quan, tripping | Comments

We like: 2004 Basic Conditioning Practice Taiwan

Posted on October 3, 2012 by puja

Next in our “men who hate trees” series is a classic by our teacher Mike Martello (RIP). Mike shows a series of conditioning exercises for hands, arms, legs, and body. Many of which you can also do with a partner. The key is technique and body mechanics, which you can clearly see in this clip. Like Mike says:

The idea is not hit the tree extra hard, but let the natural body weight of the limbs hit in repetition.

As Mike used to say: Enjoy objectively!

Posted in we like | Tagged body mechanics, conditioning, gongfu, kaoda, keshou, kungfu, men who hate trees, mike martello, taiwan | Comments

We like: World Record for Medicine Ball Push-ups

Posted on October 1, 2012 by puja

Ever tried doing push-ups on medicine balls or a stability ball? I do mine on ~20cm “pilates balls”. If you’ve ever done some, you know that they’re a lot more demanding than normal pushups. If not, you should try some and then watch this Clip of a woman doing 61 push-ups on 3 medicine balls in 60 seconds: