Comments for gongfu brother 功夫兄弟 http://www.gongfubrother.com three gongfu brothers training apart together Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on We like: Chopping Trees in Thailand by puja http://www.gongfubrother.com/2012/01/20/we-like-chopping-trees-in-thailand/#comment-35 puja Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:08:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=534#comment-35 He really hates those palm trees! He really hates those palm trees!

]]> Comment on We laugh: Austrian Kickboxer breaks “tree” by puja http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/07/23/we-laugh-austrian-kickboxer-breaks-tree/#comment-34 puja Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:41:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=256#comment-34 Don't know him but his YouTube channel states AT under country. Don’t know him but his YouTube channel states AT under country.

]]> Comment on We laugh: Austrian Kickboxer breaks “tree” by Mergenbat159 http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/07/23/we-laugh-austrian-kickboxer-breaks-tree/#comment-33 Mergenbat159 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=256#comment-33 Correction this guy is from Germany! Correction this guy is from Germany!

]]> Comment on We laugh: Tha Business Self Defense Kit by CREATIVESESSION http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/10/24/we-laugh-tha-business-self-defense-kit/#comment-32 CREATIVESESSION Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=442#comment-32 Puja, totally appreciate it! Interesting stumbling onto your site. I will continue to follow! I did wushu for about 5 years, all though highschool and a year of college before i moved to California to peruse design! i miss the exercise!  -- thanks again. Puja, totally appreciate it! Interesting stumbling onto your site. I will continue to follow! I did wushu for about 5 years, all though highschool and a year of college before i moved to California to peruse design! i miss the exercise!  — thanks again.

]]> Comment on We laugh: Tha Business Self Defense Kit by puja http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/10/24/we-laugh-tha-business-self-defense-kit/#comment-31 puja Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=442#comment-31 Hey Hoang, it's nice hearing back from someone we repost. Your concept fits our site perfectly: silly humor and cool design combined with a hint of violence. I like your other works, too, even if they don't fit gongfu brother. I'll add your feed to my reading list! Hey Hoang, it’s nice hearing back from someone we repost. Your concept fits our site perfectly: silly humor and cool design combined with a hint of violence. I like your other works, too, even if they don’t fit gongfu brother. I’ll add your feed to my reading list!

]]> Comment on We laugh: Tha Business Self Defense Kit by Hoang M Nguyen http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/10/24/we-laugh-tha-business-self-defense-kit/#comment-30 Hoang M Nguyen Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:07:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=442#comment-30 Hey, it's Hoang of CreativeSession.com Thanks for sharing a silly concept we designed. It was witty and show our humor! Really appreciate the repost! Check our website often. Hey, it’s Hoang of CreativeSession.com Thanks for sharing a silly concept we designed. It was witty and show our humor! Really appreciate the repost! Check our website often.

]]> Comment on We laugh: iPhone Brass Knuckles by puja http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/09/12/we-laugh-iphone-brass-knuckles/#comment-29 puja Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:07:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=312#comment-29 This is a good start for my long planned brass knuckles series! From today on, I'm gonna try to post one  funny or cool brass knuckle gadget every day, till I run out. This is a good start for my long planned brass knuckles series! From today on, I’m gonna try to post one  funny or cool brass knuckle gadget every day, till I run out.

]]> Comment on We laugh: “Enter the Dojo” by puja http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/08/25/we-laugh-enter-the-dojo/#comment-28 puja Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=293#comment-28 Actually it was Thomas Holtmann who shared it first ;) Be sure to also watch the other clips, the "groin attack" one is awesome! Actually it was Thomas Holtmann who shared it first ;)

Be sure to also watch the other clips, the “groin attack” one is awesome!

]]> Comment on We laugh: Wang’s School of Shaolin Kung Fu Fighters by Jochen Wolfgramm http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/08/08/we-laugh-wangs-school-of-shaolin-kung-fu-fighters/#comment-27 Jochen Wolfgramm Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=276#comment-27 Well said Puja.  I just talked with Stefan, Zhang Laoshis long term student in Beijing, about "Shifu" and "Laoshi" and he explained that no chinese Teacher or Master would ever call himself Sifu or Shifu. Laoshi (Teacher), yes. But Shifu? No way, that is just not polite and not very humble.  Well said Puja. 
I just talked with Stefan, Zhang Laoshis long term student in Beijing, about “Shifu” and “Laoshi” and he explained that no chinese Teacher or Master would ever call himself Sifu or Shifu. Laoshi (Teacher), yes. But Shifu? No way, that is just not polite and not very humble. 

]]> Comment on We laugh: Wang’s School of Shaolin Kung Fu Fighters by puja http://www.gongfubrother.com/2011/08/08/we-laugh-wangs-school-of-shaolin-kung-fu-fighters/#comment-26 puja Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:11:00 +0000 http://www.gongfubrother.com/?p=276#comment-26 Sorry to have offended you with my post. I'm not in the US and I don't know your teachers, so I won't judge any of them. I don't see any sense in telling you much about my background as it wouldn't tell you a lot about my Gongfu and I don't need to prove anything to anyone. If you want to lookup my teachers, here are their names: Arne Grandt (Germany), Mike Martello (NY & Antwerp), Zhang Xinbin (Beijing), Ma Weiling (Beijing). For an impression just lookup "Mike Martello" or "Zhang Xinbin" on Youtube. An early 2007 clip of mine is also on there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw8wmZDMBko Now to get to the part about my post. I didn't make any uninformed comments about your teacher's gongfu, I haven't seen or felt it, so I can't comment on that. He also doesn't name his teachers or was Wang Fu Yin his only teacher? What I commented on was his website (no biggie), his way of making money (charging for pictures of himself!), and his way of promoting himself (Leader of the Shaolin 18 Immortals!? come on!). Especially latter imho doesn't count as defending Gongfu, but is one of the things that gives Gongfu the bad reputation of being showoff and about crazy legends etc. Same counts for someone calling himself "Reincarnation" or "High Priest". Tell that to a BJJ practitioner and see how he makes fun of Gongfu. Being humble is part of Asian Culture, especially "Wude" in CMA. I have lived in China for 2 years, I speak Chinese fluently, and I have trained with, met, and interviewed a lot of good teachers, most of them wouldn't even let anyone call them Shifu. I know it's a different thing in the US, where people seem to be very found of belts, certificates, associations, and titles. I understand that it's difficult to live on teaching Gongfu alone and that this is one of the reasons why marketing goes kinda rogue sometimes. Still I stand with my critique of such marketing practices in Gongfu, as it goes against many things I have learned as part of Chinese culture and Gongfu. It's not about a big Ego but about developing yourself and your students. It's not about showoff forms, jumping high and gymnastics, but about deep and inherent applications in everything you train. Sorry to have offended you with my post. I’m not in the US and I don’t know your teachers, so I won’t judge any of them. I don’t see any sense in telling you much about my background as it wouldn’t tell you a lot about my Gongfu and I don’t need to prove anything to anyone. If you want to lookup my teachers, here are their names: Arne Grandt (Germany), Mike Martello (NY & Antwerp), Zhang Xinbin (Beijing), Ma Weiling (Beijing). For an impression just lookup “Mike Martello” or “Zhang Xinbin” on Youtube. An early 2007 clip of mine is also on there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw8wmZDMBko
Now to get to the part about my post. I didn’t make any uninformed comments about your teacher’s gongfu, I haven’t seen or felt it, so I can’t comment on that. He also doesn’t name his teachers or was Wang Fu Yin his only teacher? What I commented on was his website (no biggie), his way of making money (charging for pictures of himself!), and his way of promoting himself (Leader of the Shaolin 18 Immortals!? come on!). Especially latter imho doesn’t count as defending Gongfu, but is one of the things that gives Gongfu the bad reputation of being showoff and about crazy legends etc. Same counts for someone calling himself “Reincarnation” or “High Priest”. Tell that to a BJJ practitioner and see how he makes fun of Gongfu. Being humble is part of Asian Culture, especially “Wude” in CMA. I have lived in China for 2 years, I speak Chinese fluently, and I have trained with, met, and interviewed a lot of good teachers, most of them wouldn’t even let anyone call them Shifu. I know it’s a different thing in the US, where people seem to be very found of belts, certificates, associations, and titles. I understand that it’s difficult to live on teaching Gongfu alone and that this is one of the reasons why marketing goes kinda rogue sometimes. Still I stand with my critique of such marketing practices in Gongfu, as it goes against many things I have learned as part of Chinese culture and Gongfu. It’s not about a big Ego but about developing yourself and your students. It’s not about showoff forms, jumping high and gymnastics, but about deep and inherent applications in everything you train.

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