The 14 Extreme trainings of Shaolin Warrior Monks | My Life at the Temple

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The monks know how to be hard as nails but also how to be funny and relaxing. These guys are so respectable. :)

I was honestly so happy to see women learning Shao'lin and going through the rigorous training regimes. It inspires me ❤

I’m a Jiujitsu instructor and I have been training on and off in Chinese Martial arts for about 30 years. This video was fascinating and inspirational thank you for sharing these beautiful arts.

The Shaolin Temple looks like an arduous and grueling but fun and wonderful place to train the mind and body. It looks like it would be an amazing experience!

I love Chinese martial arts. I was fascinated by Shaolin temples and all the old movies since I was a kid. I love the power behind the smooth movements. It's a pity that I don't take the time to visit a Shaolin temple. Maybe I will manage to visit such a Shaolin temple in the future. I love the calm and balanced way of the Shaolin fighters. I could watch the training for hours and I would love to join in. But the students there are much younger and on a much higher level. I would probably need the whole thing in slow motion :) Thanks for the very great video. Sorry for my bad English (translated with DeepL).

I train mma (striker) alot of what I see here at its very core basics are similar. Minus the crazy acrobatics and "flowy"? Type movements. I understand that they are more for emphasis on precision and control over every tiny body movement, balance, dexterity, and over all mastering your body mechanics. MMA and modern martial arts in general tend to focus on the simple, most brutal, most efficient techniques that can be easily taught to anyone. How effective that "anyone" is, depends entirely on them. Given the insane athleticism displayed here, and YEARS(not months as you see so many people drop MMA training after a few months and believe they are the ultimate weapon) of training, fighting one of these masters would definitely be not an ideal situation to be in. I got to train anywhere from 2-4 hrs a day pre covid. These guys train all day everyday. Day in day out. Not just the body, but the mind is extensively trained. This is my take away from this. They truly are training in "real" martial arts. It's eye opening to see true masters of traditional martial arts displaying their skills, and not the McDojo types that are all bark, no bite...you know the ones Xu Xiao Dong AKA Mad Dog embarrassed. Very cool documentary and eye opening to myself. Loved the selection of bgm and how they were used in this video, many of which come from my favorite games. That little bit you went into around the 21 min mark, had me take a deeper look inside myself, and ask myself what I was training for. Self defense? Ego? Pride? Maybe all 3? One thing I did come out of this thought provoking moment was: Seeing my limit, and going beyond. I feel the reason many MMA practioners come off as toxic, are the same reason why fake masters of the traditional styles are also toxic is: they havent climbed to the peak of their mountain, just found a nice plateau, with a nice view, on which they can look down upon everyone. Thank you so much for this documentary. Subbed!

I've been reading Chinese Novels of wushia, cultivation and martial arts. I'm making my own research about these topics to understand better them. Which led me to watch this video and wow I'm fascinated. I feel motivated to learn Kung Fu even when it seems harsh. Thanks for the video!

Thanks for doing this. I visited a Shaolin Academy in Shandong and was a bit surprised. It confirmed something you commented on early in this video about how westerners approach martial arts. The Academy was populated with a lot of immature and insecure westerners, mostly American and some European. They would often would talk about martial arts in terms of what it would do to another person as opposed to the technique and the goals to maintain. I'd like to see more on Wing Chun and also more specifically the Forms-- breaking up the forms, showing their names, a breakdown of the techniques. It's interesting how you sped through the forms.......

Wasn’t expecting something so deep and spiritual… also wasn’t expecting a song from Skyrim, and now I have to play it again so thanks lol. But seriously, thank you for this video. It’s beautiful.

It's kinda mindblowing to see this. I find the Shaolin fascinating and when I watch documentaries about them, they aways seem super-serious and distant and all that. But here they seem very approachable, they're smiling, joking and laughing. It's actually beautiful.

i don't know why i left this video in my watch later. This might as well be a documentary. Music, videography and production is well done and the content is above anything that I could've expected. Thank you Phillip, I can't wait to watch more of your content.

Great masters are great art, I have been practicing martial arts for 32 years, there is no limit to the perfection of the body, spirit and consciousness!!! I thank all the masters who preserve great knowledge for posterity.

I just watched the whole thing in one sit, and I have to say, my respect for these guys just skyrocketed, and it was such a good documentary, really enjoyed it!

Phil, I’m blown away. What a tasteful and beautiful documentation of this journey. Be proud of yourself, this is your best work and it has inspired me.

For the "don't work in MMA" crowd, sanda and even wing chun have been used with success in combat sports. Qinna is considered small joint manipulation and banned in combat sports. On the street with no rules you're free to break arms and fingers. Hard qigong to take hits comes in handy for both combat sports and street self defense.

Its beautiful to find places dedicated just to martial arts and craft it puts a smile on my face a true sanctuary.

Man let’s be honest this video needs more views.

One of the things I like about traditional martial arts like what's shown here is that a character development/ training takes place. Not just giving fighting techniques to anyone who can pay.

Amazing documentary, inspiring, thorough and well covered. Thank you for sharing.