What is this N.Y. Shaolin U-tube Vid?

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Well, at least he admits it's not for competition, or athletics. Too bad it's too poetically written for a newbie to get.

[MasterKiller]

Wow I found this little nugget of wisdom from that website MK posted (bolds are mine):

"WHAT IS SHAOLIN?

"If your primary interest is tournament skills, I advise you to seek your training elsewhere! Most of what you will learn here is too lethal for tournament use. I teach the ancient system of Shaolin Do, "Art of survival, not of sport." As did the immortals, we should learn to destroy, so that we may preserve! It is a way of truth. The knowledge I offer you is not an athletic training, it is a sacred trust."
- Shaolin Grandmaster Sin Kwang Thé"

He left out "See you at the Annual Sin The' Karate Tournament!"

[lkfmdc]

"WHAT IS SHAOLIN-DO?

"If your primary interest is usable self defense skills, I advise you to seek your training elsewhere! Most of what you will learn here is flashy crap inspired by grade b kung fu movies. I teach the ancient system of Shaolin Do, "Art of capital, not of quality." As did my teacher, I learned how to suck guilable fools in, so that I may grow richer! That is a the honest truth. The crap I offer you is not an authentic martial art, it is a ridiculous scam."
- Shaolin Grandmaster Sin Kwang Thé"

Well, at least they are honest about it

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Lol!!!!


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[TenTigers]

The teacher is not to blame, as he is second generation. For all he knows, he is doing Kung-Fu. Guys like him, were taught by people who told them what they did was Kung-Fu, and in the seventies and eighties, these were the only guys out there-except a few. They had good "form" not good forms-meaning they had strong stances, strong striking, good focus,all of which requires intensive training., just not authentic Kung-Fu. And all things being equal, they were strong competitors. Sure it was point fighting, but that's all there was at the time.
By the way, I am not defending bullsh!t systems, just saying that it's not his fault(although he could open up a book...)I AM still bitter. I have had my students do traditional CMA and get beat by someone doing some snake crawls up the rat's a$$ form, because they had cartwheels and flips, and the judges were TKD guys.
And we have all seen the guy with the custom made yin and yang dashiki ,harem pants (or whatever those things MC Hammer wears) cartwheel himself into the winner's circle in tournaments. Thank the Godz for TCMA tournaments.

[Fu-Pow]

Hey, who changed the title of my thread....****ing dictatorship!

[godzillakungfu]

He should fight this guy!

http://www.newyorkshaolin.com/home.html

How did I know you would find that link.

He left out "See you at the Annual Sin The' Karate Tournament!"'

No, he didn't. That's a west school in the East. No ties to the "Sin The Tournament."

[BlueTravesty]

I've seen better... but I've also seen worse. If nothing else, the intent is there... but he does two things that really bug me... first, in the weapons forms, his eyes tend to follow the weapon. If you look down before trying to sweep my knee out with a staff, I'm more likely to catch on and guard low... his stances are nice, but he tends to let his back slope forward on some of those horse stance transitions.

As a whole, their forms have more of a staccato "pop" characteristic of JMA and KMA, though some of them have similar "shape" to CMA... the girl from 7:38-8:27 in particular, looks VERY karate-ish... I was waiting for the kiai... but then, some believe that's characteristic of "real" shaolin anyway, so go figure