Karate Nerd in China (Ep. 5) 🥋

Is modern-day Karate originally a kind of Chinese kung fu?

View the experiences of Jesse Enkamp (The Karate Nerd) culminate with southerly Shaolin “Luohan” monk clenched fist (羅漢拳), likewise referred to as Incense Shop Boxing. This was the first martial art that Okinawan Karate masters found out in Fujian, prior to White Crane also existed.

In this episode, Jesse discovers the south Shaolin (南少林) history as well as strategies from grandmaster Lin Shan Quan. This is what’s defined in Bubishi – the bible of Karate. Remarkably, the first kata of Incese Shop is what we understand as Seisan (Hangetsu) in contemporary Karate.

It’s currently clear that Shorin and Shorei – both historic branches of Karate, are really White Crane kung fu (Whooping Crane in specific) as well as Southern Shaolin monk hand. With each other with the Kobudo weapons of Five Ancestors, this body of understanding offered the technical framework of Okinawan Karate.

What a fantastic advancement … from ancient China to Tokyo Olympics 2020.

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