The Methods of Pak Mei (part 2) - Kung Fu of Hong Kong ep5
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Pak Mei, also written as Bak Mei or Pai Mei, was often portrayed as the villain in Kung Fu films - the enemy of Shaolin. There is actually a style named after him, which finds its origins in the Hakka people of Southern China. In this episode, we meet with Master Daniel Lai, who is a direct inheritor of the art, to find out more.
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Once upon a time I over heard Pak Mei tell someone from the Qing government, Pak Mei said, " I've already killed the head priest, so don't worry about it. The disciples are well aware of the fact that my Kung Fu is unbeatable. So you just keep searching for them. You'll capture them all in the end."
All your documentaries are great, keep up the good work. No Kung Fu, No Life.
I'm here early this time! Thank you Will for doing such an informative deep dive on Lai Sifu's Pak Mei. He was very happy to see all the positive reactions to the first video, so thank you all for watching as well!
Awesome, glad to hear it!
You guys did such a great job. Very skillful demonstration.
This is very interesting. Can you explain more when you breath in and out, say for the moves in the first form, jek bo?
Praying for you! Jesus saves!
You have a lot potential and passion, I hope you become a Shifu one day and represent Bak Mei :)
Hope to see some Southern Mantis. Check out the principals of Southern Mantis, looks a lot like Pak Mei.
Thanks for more insights and demo by Master Lai, absolutely interesting, informative and entertaining. Cheers
Daniel Lai Sifu is one of the fierciests and coolests KF men I've ever met. Hope we meet again someday somewhere.
Oh you've met Lai Sifu before! Was it when he went to Brazil?
Yes, I was introduced to Pak Mei by Lai Sifu here in Brazil back in 2019. Nowadays I still learn it from my friend Davi Leung from Hoiping, but mostly San Sao. You are truly blessed to learn from your Sifu. Please, send him my warmest regards.
@@choyleefutbrasil Yeah I'm very lucky to be able to learn from him! I'll be sure to send him your regards
@@choyleefutbrasilHey, I just talked to Lai Sifu. He asked if it was the time he went to your classes and broke 2 of the staffs when he hit it? He asked if you were the one who said his arms were like stone when he caught your punch haha
Fascinating. The body is solid like tree trunk but the arms like flexible branches, pulled back, ready to snap back at the opponent.
A very rare occasion when you can see alot of “secret” methodologies and internal mechanisms of a system.
It makes me really happy seeing a Son & Father train together not because they are carrying on the tradition but because they are being a Son & Father :]
Unfortunately they aren’t father and son….. but it is a nice sentiment
@@MonkeyStealsPeach PFFT 😭 man you fooled me that's incredible- my bad lol 😂
Haha
Another great episode! Really liked seeing the techniques here, especially being a Hung Kuen practitioner. There were techniques and sequences of techniques that seemed very familiar to me. This video reminded me of the related nature of Hong Kong, Guangdong, Fujian, and Hakka styles.
I loved this two got 2 episodes, I could watch a whole series just of them!
Straightening out the spine by trucking in the chin (smoothing the cervical spine) and tucking under the tail (flat lumbar spine) prevents the whiplash effect being effective and also allows movement of the legs without large movement of the upper torso allowing for sweeps and unifies the body. Quite similar to tai chi chuan
You're right! Yes it's quite similar to Tai Chi Chuan. Thanks for the explanation of the body mechanics.
and similar to xingyiquan as well
@@RRRRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH Oh really? Not too familiar with Xingyi, but Pak Mei has a lot of internal elements in it so it would make sense that they share some similarities
@@Saviohno in my limited exposure to both styles, i think there's similarities between the posture and usage of the spine, posture of the arms, and the internal quality of many of the strikes.
Fantastic stuff - keep it up!
Thanks for watching!
I'm loving this content. 👍👍👍 Thanks for sharing!
Excellent Job on the coverage of the Bak Mei Pai. I especially liked this explanation of of "Ton Toe" method ( Suck and Spit) which is to Absorb your opponents technique, and the Throw Out a technique at/to your opponent. In the Chin Yuk Jeun ( Dean Chin) branch of the Jow Ga here in the States we also employ this method but from a Side/Bladed position, as our Sifu learned Bak Mei from an uncle in the Chin Family.
Looking forward to seeing the Lung Ying Kuen episode ‼️🤣🤣🤣
Such amazing content 💯 showing real kung fu with the history and techniques!!
@2:19 I may be wrong but I get a sense that there is a spiral energy or momentum when ht takes the hit. Instead of taking force by force heès dsappating and spiralling that engergy through into his own punch.
Yeah, we try not to take force by force, and the way we block actually hurts the person attacking by using our entire structure to take the hit, like the car hitting the tree analogy my sifu made in episode one. By receiving the strike with the right structure, the force dissipates into the ground. If they strike while their structure is compromised and our structure is intact, their structure is damaged (kind of like the Sifu game)
@@Saviohno Ah cool, your Sifu's analogy in the video that it is like a spring is also what I've heard teachers of Chow Gar say, but I never really understood it until watching this video and reading your own explanation here.
So thank you for helping me understand my adopted Chow Gar system better, and thank both you, your Sifu and MonkeyStealsPeach crew for the video :)
That's really cool, glad to have helped :)
What would be a good style to compliment Pak Mei?
When he talks about the form Sap Ji Kuen Lai Sifu says something that sounds like "lei ga". Was he by any chance talking about the southern style commonly referred to as Li Gar?
I think he did mention it at some point, but can’t remember if that exact bit
@@MonkeyStealsPeach It's interesting because in Choy Li Fut we have a Sap ji Kuen. The forms are very different so they're probably not related (though I did catch a few similar moves). That said Choy Lee Fut also claims to be a Shaolin descendant and is related to Li Gar. I don't know Cantonese so I might've heard wrong but it would be an interesting connection.
Hm I believe he didn't talk about Lei Ga in the video? however some say that Sup Ji Kuen also known as Sek Si Kuen came from Lei Gar, so that's a coincidence!
@@EzeHSKisn't Choi Li Fut a sort of composite system?
@@EzeHSK Yes, I've also heard of Choy Li Fut's Sup Ji Kuen. I mentioned that it's also found in other southern arts in last video? Definitely very different though.
where can I find an online course of pak mei? I cannot move to China
Aloha from Hawaii 😉 🤙
Very interesting! Many thanks :)
My guess ?? situps are out of the questions here.
You find Li Gar (Lee family), Lo Man P’ai (Wanderer/Beggar) in this art 😬
The true pak mei kung fu is practice in new york canal street
The Shifu is very humble and capable, very nice kung fu thank you for sharing. the young man should show more respect and not hit his Shifu (even if he was his father)
Haha, nah they have a good relationship and Lai Sifu has a great sense of humour
Haha, yeah fortunately Lai Sifu has a great sense of humor, good thing because he's a dangerous man! As we said in the video, we can't do Kung Fu without hitting and getting hit sometimes, though of course we weren't trying to hurt each other (If he was trying I wouldn't be here typing this) But I really respect him a lot, that's for sure. He's not my father, but he treats me like his own son.
@@Saviohnoyou are training real skill. Which carries with it certain risks. I'm very impressed by you and your Shifu. You guys are amazing.
@@huntergrant6520 Thank you!
Pak mei show me all this techniques in dream and i can confirm all these techniques are true
Did he show you the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart technique too?
@@MonkeyStealsPeach oh yeah sur it s about pressure point it s just one technniques of many but i can divise them into three categories
Who teaches the real Bak Mei in the USA ?
The thing I’ve noticed with these kung fu styles is they train against punches that ppl do not throw Why would he be throwing his fist that way across him? Why would someone be punching while stepping with the same leg they are punching with? MMA practitioners in China have been silenced by the govt for embarrassing king fu masters in fights and easily defeating these styles It looks cool but it is not practical
😊 Theorie i not fights lose