Wudang Kungfu: The basic training with Zhou Xuanyun is the warm-up of Wudang Mountain art, an introductory course for basic standing, boxing and kicking. Zhou is a Taoist monk. Wudang Kungfu is an art developed by the Wudang Mountain monks by combining the Taoist concept with traditional Chinese fighting art and integrating physical and spiritual practice into the internal style of Wudang Kungfu.
This DVD is well-made, as I expected for YMAA. The menu is easy to navigate. From the main menu, you can play in English or Chinese or go to chapters. Weekly in Chinese, if you look at the English version, there is an English translation dubbing. Both brochures have subtitles translated at the bottom. These chapters are categorized as follows: About Xuanyun, Introduction, Internal Art Meaning, Warm-up, Stance, Compelling Practice, Kick, Order - Slow, Sequential - Fast, Martial Arts Application and Conclusion.
The footage in his short film at the beginning of the week showed that he was a very accomplished martial artist and that seeing him performing in a beautiful environment was a good way to start the project. I also like these beautiful scenes, because the history of Wudang has a voice in the introduction.
The part about the meaning of internal art is short and provides a simple explanation, then the program goes into warm-up. The warm-up part first showed some warm-up exercises during the week and encouraged the audience to warm up before training. Due to time constraints, it does not indicate complete warm-up, but rather squats, various push-ups, leg extensions, splits, waist rotations and wrist extensions. Most martial artists will be familiar with this. If not, you may need to consult other resources for a more detailed description of stretching and warming up. The first four parts of the DVD take 21 minutes.
Week indicates that posture training itself is good for building your robot and as a type of stretch. Side and straight horse poses, bow poses, prone postures, empty poses and side poses are illustrated stems.
Mr. Zhou taught his own eye-catching exercises before combining them into longer forms. Perform horse posture boxing, side horse posture boxing, bow gesture boxing and elbow.
In the Kicks section, a brief history of Wudang kicks is explained, and Zhou shows a variety of kicks. At the beginning of the week, he said that he would not teach all kick combinations, but would show 24 basic kicks. There aren't too many details in the instructions, only 24 kicks per base, and then weeks of demonstrations. He demonstrated the application of most kicking partners. Regarding the use of a crescent-type kick or any kick, I will carefully kick a weapon from someone's hand, especially a knife. I know that many martial arts teach this, but in fact this is a different story. I hope that Zhou will not mention this. Zhou did give hints, but again, there aren't many details in the instructions. Novices need more guidance on kicking, especially for some of the jumps and corner kicks included here, but this DVD is great in order to outline the kicks in the system.
The form [sequence] part begins with some general comments about the form, while the week shows outside. Then the DVD moves back inside, and the week illustrates the first form. It has also been shown outside. Although the first form is the simplest form of Professor Wudangshan, it is a rather long and complex form compared to some simple starting forms of art. This is a very beautiful form, as a weekly show, especially a look.
After the formal presentation, Zhou disbanded and showed the form of the action and the various actions of the application. I really like this because I think there is a mobile app that helps to learn the form. There is also a written insert on the DVD that contains 24 gestures/actions in English and Chinese basic forms.
Zhou concluded that he thanked his assistant and shared a few words about training, and then the last scene showed that he was playing Chinese flute. The entire show lasted 97 minutes. The DVD also includes standard YMAA add-on features with catalogs and video previews.
I think this is a wonderful introduction and overview of the basic knowledge of Wudang Kungfu. To understand this style, one needs more than just this video, but it can be said to be any martial arts. For those who are learning this style, this will complement their teaching well. If you are studying similar styles, this will also be very complementary. This is a good overview for those who are only interested in various styles.
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