gongfu brother - Latest Comments

Re: We like: Chopping Trees in Thailand

puja — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:08:06 -0000

He really hates those palm trees!

Re: We laugh: Austrian Kickboxer breaks “tree”

puja — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:41:14 -0000

Don't know him but his YouTube channel states AT under country.

Re: We laugh: Austrian Kickboxer breaks “tree”

Mergenbat159 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:37:54 -0000

Correction this guy is from Germany!

Re: We laugh: Tha Business Self Defense Kit

CREATIVESESSION — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:17:35 -0000

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.

Re: We laugh: Tha Business Self Defense Kit

puja — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:28:58 -0000

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!

Re: We laugh: Tha Business Self Defense Kit

Hoang M Nguyen — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:07:38 -0000

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.

Re: We laugh: iPhone Brass Knuckles

puja — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:07:07 -0000

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.

Re: We laugh: “Enter the Dojo”

puja — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:49:51 -0000

Actually it was Thomas Holtmann who shared it first ;)

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

Re: We laugh: Wang’s School of Shaolin Kung Fu Fighters

Jochen Wolfgramm — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:45:29 -0000

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.

Re: We laugh: Wang’s School of Shaolin Kung Fu Fighters

puja — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:11:42 -0000

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?...
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.

Re: We laugh: Wang’s School of Shaolin Kung Fu Fighters

Michael_aronson — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:40:30 -0000

Actually, I have trained for almost 35 years in the United States and Hong Kong, and my 3 teachers include Grandmaster Leung Shum of Ying Jow Pai, Grandmaster Jeff Bolt, the senior student of Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, and my third teacher is the above person you are making fun of in this forum. I also competed for almost 20 years and am a national judge under Nick Scrima's Kung Fu tournament circuit. I have trained with this gentleman for 22 years and will tell you I agree his website may not be the best but he is about the most devestating martial artist I have seen or trained under. I believe my three teachers stand on their own, and thus would like to know your background and length of service in order to justify your capability to make quick and uninformed judgements such as these. I have seen pictures on your website and could say some things as well, but it would be dishonorable and disrespectful for me to do so until I see your backgrounds as well.

Today, we all have enough issue trying to defend kung fu and internal arts from external attack without attacking each other or ourselves. Please research before making uninformed assumptions or comments.

With honor and respect,

Sifu Michael Aronson MBA

Re: We laugh: traditional form demonstration (fail)

puja — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:07:22 -0000

Ich dacht schon, das wär irgendsoein SM Kram!

Re: We laugh: traditional form demonstration (fail)

Moritz — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:06:06 -0000

ja, vor allem das bild mit der gurke. was zur hölle ist in diese menschen gefahren?

Re: We laugh: traditional form demonstration (fail)

puja — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:33:31 -0000

Krasse sache! Das gehört eigentlich schon in nen neuen Post. Ich schau später mal ;)

Re: We laugh: traditional form demonstration (fail)

Moritz — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:27:54 -0000

seht mal hier: http://www.action-show.com/Fot...

Re: Launch of Gongfu Brother

Jochen Wolfgramm — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:03:32 -0000

The three can meet up soon in Osnabrueck again ;)

Re: Happy Birthday Fred!

Fred — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:54:13 -0000

Hahahaha thanks, brother :)

Re: 真功夫 On Traditional Training in Gongfu

puja — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:10:43 -0000

Thanks. Yes, also cause it's just so much harder to work on your Jiben Gong, than just learn a new form.

Re: 真功夫 On Traditional Training in Gongfu

Jochen Wolfgramm — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:57:50 -0000

Good article. Some may not understand the importance of Jiben Gong but it is indeed the most important part of Gong Fu.