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My name is Philip.

And I studied and lived as a warrior monk at the Shaolin Temple in China.

Hello everybody, I'm here with Jan Joonjafu of the Shaolin Temple.

You know the Shaolin Temple?

This is my story.

In this video, I will show you each individual

type of training that we did at the Shaolin Temple.

I'll break it down for you one by one.

What daily life at the temple is actually like...

How I feel the fight scene with the masters of...

How I won a martial arts tournament.

How the misconception that warrior monks can't fight is very wrong.

And you'll see me get beat up by warrior monks.

A lot.

It was one of the hardest but most rewarding things I've ever done.

You train nine hours a day.

You sleep on a piece of wood.

You can't even speak when you eat ever.

But I'll explain that later.

So, how did I get there?

Well, I was actually invited and given the rare

opportunity to film and document my experience.

Because keep in mind, this is a sacred ground.

So, I'm going to walk you through everything I did with complete honesty.

As intense and exciting as the training was, some of the

quieter moments really had an impact on me like the meditation.

So, don't worry, I am going to dive into all that stuff as well.

So, each day, we train three different training sessions, three hours each,

on top of temple duty.

So, I'm going to break down each of these specialized

types of training that we do at the Shaolin Temple.

I've separated each type of training by time code.

I want you guys to have a good viewing experience.

So, feel free to skip around to each section in any order you like.

Here's a list of everything we're going to dive into.

Shaolin.

Sanda.

Wing Chun.

Harchigam.

May watch one.

Buddhist meditation.

Power training.

Soft chigam.

Taiji.

Power stretching.

Chinna.

Phorms.

Temple duty.

And tournaments.

So,

if you've been enjoying my Shaolin content and you want to see more, and you're

excited for that fight scene with the Masters which

is coming next, please make sure to subscribe.

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Alright, so let's start breaking down this list.

First, let me introduce you to the Master Warrior Monks who

are my teachers while I studied at the Yunnan Shaolin Temple.

Firstly, we have Wu Shifu as we call them.

He's a dangerous weapon ready to be unleashed at any second.

For over 10 years, he has worked in the film industry,

including Fearless with Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen.

Next, we have Du Shifu as we call them.

Every movement he executes is precise and powerful.

He's also a really good dancer, which I found hilarious for some reason.

He became a Master at the age of 20.

Next, of course, we have Shifu's Xian Jun or Yian

Jun Shifu, a controlled calm within the storm.

Harness through decades of dedication, the ultimate picture of a Master.

He's a 34th-generation Shaolin Warrior Monks and

a 17th-generation disciple of Maia Planchuan.

He would be my lead teacher if I studied at the Shaolin Temple.

Okay, so now I'm going to break down each type of training.

Let me know in the comments which is your favorite, and let me know if you want me

to do a separate video on any of them and kind of dive deeper into it if you're

curious you want more details about a specific topic.

And I always get a lot of questions, so if you guys ever want to chat live,

stop by my Twitch stream or, of course, my second channel here on YouTube,

where I analyze the cinematic language of games because I am also a filmmaker.

Alright, so first on the list, of course, Shaolin Gong Fu.

This Kung Fu style originated at the Shaolin Temple in Hennan.

It is a combination of Chan, meditation, and Buddhist studies.

And 2F, martial arts.

They are based on Buddhist philosophy.

You'll learn basic skills, power skills, and combat skills while training.

Shaolin culture consists of three treasures.

Chan, Buddhism philosophy, ooh, martial art,

yi, Chinese traditional medicine, and chigong.

When you start training in Shaolin Gong Fu, firstly

you must develop healthy habits in personal discipline.

There are traits which the monks pass down onto their disciples.

To be considerate, courteous, brave, righteous, diligent, loyal.

Develop clarity and learn how to solve problems.

A true master will teach you to be gentle.

Love, life, and be happy.

Two main pillars of the Shaolin philosophy are wisdom and compassion.

The most important part of your training is the basics.

They represent your foundation, your stances, your forms.

Just like with any martial art, if you don't have the basics down,

it's going to cause problems throughout your entire training.

The forms in Gong Fu mean a set of movements.

Forms can be performed with empty hand, called fist forms, or with weapons.

Shaolin forms are short, the moves are linear.

There are four ancient forms that were considered the four sutras that the

Bodhidharma brought to Shaolin when he brought Buddhism to China.

All the more reason, each form is a religious experience.

That they are sometimes called sutras.

Shaolin Gong Fu is called Dongchang, moving meditation, action meditation.

As opposed to Budangchang, unmoving meditation, quiet sitting.

The Shaolin Temple was founded in 495 by the Indian monk Buddha Badra.

The word Lin means forest in Chinese.

Hence, the temple was dubbed Shaolin for the

forest at the bottom of the Shaoshi mountain.

I really enjoyed learning Shaolin.

You feel so powerful and athletic as you do it.

You can see how the warrior monks obtain that legendary athleticism, endurance,

flexibility, mobility, performing these techniques, hours a day.

It forms in other training.

Truly mind-blowing.

And there is so much variety in the forms.

Truly a privilege.

So next is Sanda, also called Shaolin Boxing.

Sanda is a form of Chinese self-defense and a Shaolin Temple.

They teach full-contact kickboxing such as close-range rapid punches and kicks,

wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps, and even elbow strikes.

Sanda was developed for the military and called into a combat sport.

It combines elements of gongfu, grappling by practicing this style.

You can also attain good health, fitness, and well-being.

Punches, kicks, steps, knee strikes, free fighting.

The International Lushu Federation organizes and recognizes Sanda competitions.

This was really cool to see again.

Sanda does not look that different from something you would see in an MMA gym.

I think there is a misconception that the warrior

monks don't include any modern science for fighting.

When there is so much in Sanda.

Yeah, you do not want to mess with these guys.

It was really cool to see kind of those two worlds colliding

the ancient and the modern in such a meaningful way.

Next up we have of course Wing Chun, which if you are an old subscriber,

you know I do have some experience in myself.

Wing Chun of course famously practiced by the

legendary Bruce Lee and his master Yip Ma.

Wing Chun is a close quarters combat centric toolbox meant to just dismember

your opponent by utilizing devastating counter attacks.

Leading to a rapid succession of strikes known famously as the chain punch,

elbow strikes, low line kicks, finger jabs, and just all manner of

destruction to the vital areas of the enemy.

It is a ruthless and merciless system and is really good

for those real world scenarios that are just messed up.

Because as we know a fight is never clean on the streets.

I actually entered into the Wing Chun section of the tournament.

We will talk about that when we get to the tournament section.

Really eye-opening experience to be able to train Wing Chun over there.

Because my experience with Wing Chun has been

so toxic besides my teacher who is great.

There is this group of disgusting cowards and

like a contest of who can be the most insecure.

Whining about their lineages when it's all

political and it's just... is absolutely shameful.

You are an embarrassment and you should be ashamed of yourself.

You know who you are.

When I got to the shalen temple, I was because I was conditioned for that.

My lineage was different than Wushafu who was teaching the Wing Chun course.

I figured I'd be met with criticism but no.

Wushafu actually ended up using me in demonstrations to show the students how it

should be done as he recognized that I understood the concepts and was doing it.

And it's just mind blowing the level of integrity.

All I can say is the rest of the Wing Chun world.

The rest of the martial arts world take note and really reflect on your ways.

Because you are an embarrassment.

This is why I removed myself from all these bickering childish cowards.

As we know the channel slogan, cowards die first.

My friend.

Hey...

Punch it.

Five, five, five, five, nine, five, five, nine, five, five.

You missed that?

Wushafu!

Go!

Anyways, it was really nice.

Let's move on.

Next, we have Chigong.

Hard, Chigong.

Chigong is a way to train the nervous system, the

mind and the internal organs all in the same time.

Having, as the result, an increased level of fitness and power.

The aim of Chigong exercise is to stimulate flow of energy called Chi,

build internal strength.

Chigong uses breathing techniques.

These breathing techniques control the internal movement of Chi.

This is actually really good for your digestive system.

From Chinese martial arts perspective, there are techniques known as iron palm,

iron shirt and metal bell cover.

Hard, Chigong is insane.

It is very strange to explain, but even as you're doing these techniques,

smashing your body over and over and over again.

Having partners, multiple people do it to you over and over and over again.

The feeling afterward is actually quite a phenomenon.

It completely changes your mood.

Completely alters your mood and your chemical makeup of your body.

It's insane.

I can't describe it.

The only way is to just try it.

I know you're looking at it and say, why would I want to do this?

Come on, do me my dear.

Now!

Go for it!

Why would I want this?

That's terrible.

There's no universe where I want that to happen to me.

I'm saying human, but actually there is no butt.

But no, it's actually fantastic.

There's been days doing some hard Chigong with Spencer, just resets my entire body,

my entire system.

It's really incredible.

You guys are good, you can go.

You know they're doing it hard because the camera is out.

You can throw me out.

There's no more use.

You're all this.

This is the breath.

Hard Chigong exercise.

You really got to get the breath.

This is very important.

Should you feel like you're going to die?

Next up we have Mei Huachuan, the most ancient form of Gong Fu.

The oldest and most cultural Chinese Gong Fu style is Mei Huachuan, the Shaolin

temple, Yunnan, is the only approved center

of the International Mei Huachuan Federation.

You'll learn a mixture of martial arts, boxing, weapons, with an emphasis on the

principles and values of traditional Chinese culture.

Mei Huachuan translates to Plum Blossom Fist, and it is the ancestor of all

Chinese martial arts, and is practically unknown in Western culture.

The practitioners kept it secret because they wanted

to preserve thousands of years of old culture.

Philosophical and practical knowledge.

Mei Huachuan has become one of my favorite types of movement.

It's so mesmerizing.

It's so beautiful.

And the level of athleticism that it takes, the level of flexibility,

mobility, strength, and endurance.

Just to achieve the basic stances are so incredibly astronomically high.

It's so fascinating.

Each stance actually represents a particular organ of the body, and thus

promotes the health of that organ and the entire body through its practice.

And part of our training at the Shaolin Temple is to memorize

each stance and each coinciding organ as you practice.

I think it's so cool how it was kept a secret only until a few years ago.

So no one's really seen this.

And me, especially as a big martial arts fan, I'm like, why have I not seen this?

It's incredible.

And what a privilege to be able to train them.

Because if you remember, Jan Junchifu is a 17th generation disciple of Mei Huachuan.

Now, one of the staples of this ancient martial arts, and one of the most

difficult things I did on my entire journey,

the Shaolin Temple, was the Mei Huach poles.

The only word to use for this type of training is intimidating.

Now, remember how I just said these stances are near impossible.

On solid ground.

Try doing them on metal poles at a fatal height from the ground.

Now, of course, a lot of it is overcoming your fear.

To quote the Bene Gesserit, fear is the mind killer.

So a lot of it is mind over matter.

Now, I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, it must be awful to plummet down from that height.

And smash your skull and die on the concrete.

But no, it's not just that.

You'll actually smash into the other metal poles on the way down, man-going your body.

Then smash your head on the concrete, and therefore die.

And there was a moment where I said to myself, I should not do this.

It's incredibly dangerous.

I thought, what if I fall?

What if I hurt myself?

Is it really worth it?

And then I remembered my own channel's slogan.

And then, I did what I had to do.

And I said to myself, I would be very proud of this athletic achievement.

But then I realized the victory over myself, over my own

mind, over my own fears, would be far more meaningful.

It was a magnificent moment of victory that I will never forget.

I'm so glad I overcame my fear and got up there.

I'm still practicing made hua and really joined the

movements and the athletic benefits to this day.

Next, we have Buddhist meditation.

Chan meditation or Chinese Zen is an ancient technique with the origin Asia.

It has mental benefits to the body and relaxation,

medical benefits in the form of tonification.

The main focus is mainly on spirituality.

Chi means life energy, harnessing this chi and healing system.

Chan or Buddhist meditation consists of various

techniques and its central focus is on enlightenment.

The aims of this kind of meditation are to reach a state of tranquility and have a

deeper understanding of the world around us.

Meditation is a simple act of doing everything with intention.

In this case, meditate.

It's so funny how much harder it is to meditate

with full intention than it is to say, go for a run.

Look, emotion is carrying you along.

However, our minds don't work like our legs do.

Carrying us ever forward is a lot of forks in the road, detours.

Once had a beautiful moment with me and Spensei and a monk, who was giving us some

advice on meditation, when you have to peer into the void of your own mind

unfiltered, sort of the same way we do when we dream, there can be many

impediments and it takes true training and focus

to harness the basic ability of not thinking.

But I will say, I had some beautiful moments at the Shaolin Temple.

Few blessed moments to banish out thoughts from my head, whether they be good or bad.

I want to emphasize that.

And just to exist.

And a lot of it had to do with just the simple life of the temple.

How beautiful that was.

To remove a lot of the problems I had to solve in my life.

A lot of the thinking.

To do the simple task of training.

And it doesn't sound simple.

But to train for nine hours a day.

Clean my uniform.

Do temple duty.

Serve food, etc.

Such a beautiful experience.

And that alone was able to open up my mind.

This is the stuff that each one of us needs to achieve through.

Really, really our own struggle.

But I will say that I really do believe we can all do it.

Dong Chan.

Or action meditation.

Essentially can be everything that we do or nothing that we do.

Be creating artwork.

It could be athletics.

It could be climbing to Mount Everest.

Like me and Spencer did.

It could be being lost and creating artwork.

It could be playing your favorite video game and just enjoying the experience.

Being present in the experience.

It could be making love.

Like I said in my other video.

Movement to me.

Really is just a memory.

Like the water wheel.

Taking from those currents that it's tasted before.

Can we ever go back to how we felt when we did something for the first time?

The water ends up back where it started.

But is it ever the same?

Well, questions for meditation I suppose.

Have you guys done any meditations?

Next up we have power training.

So this is what happened to me.

I got off the plane completely dehydrated after flying 40 hours to China.

I walk into the Shaolin temple and it was time for power training.

Power training is... well.

I don't know how to describe it.

I do remember briefly before blacking out several times during this workout.

I don't know a memory of something.

I remember being told to do I think like 10 burpees.

I can handle that.

I'm an athletic guy.

20 burpees.

Well, thank God that's over now.

At least we don't have to do any more burpees.

50 more burpees.

Huh?

Excuse me?

Say I can't call it conditioning training.

I can't call it high intensity interval training because there's no intervals.

You just go for hours and hours straight until you

essentially lose your mind and become a machine.

That's one way to meditate.

Just lose your mind doing power training.

And then you won't think about anything.

That's my secret.

Absolutely insane.

Really fun.

And as a former Division 1 athlete, I got my

ass kicked just the same as everybody else.

So it's just one of those things that's designed to destroy you.

Break you down into nothingness and then

rebuilds you from the ashes of your own body.

But yeah, absolutely insane.

I think probably one of the most difficult workouts I've ever done in my life.

Absolute madness.

So yeah, picture high intensity interval training, but just no intervals.

You just go high intensity forever.

Huh?

Huh?

You see?

Yeah, I know it doesn't make sense.

I know it's impossible.

But you do it anyway.

That's power training.

What a savage.

Oh my god.

Dude, sounds good.

Sorry.

Next up we have Chin Na.

Chin Na is a self-defense system that focuses on joint locks.

The focus of the style is to capture or grasp

your opponent and take them to the ground.

Chin Na means hold and grip in order to lock the joint.

In translation, Chin means to catch and Na means to hold and control.

It is a fighting technique where you can use a holding and gripping sequence to

annihilate the attacker from further attack without producing unnecessary harm.

Chin Na isn't an aggressive self-defense technique.

Now, it's considered being a compassionate fighting style

because you will not create a severe damage to the attacker.

You will just put them out of action temporarily.

The attacker can seek medical help from non-conventional doctors such as Kung Fu

and Chi Gong Masters who can restore their health.

Chin Na injuries consist of damaging tendons and joints, gripping vital points,

blocking meridians and energy flow.

There are four categories of techniques specific to the particular jobs such as

fenging, separating the muscle, Sao Tzu, misplacing the bones,

beachy, stopping the breath, and Dian Juei, attack of the vital points.

Dian Juei's technique is considered very dangerous

when used by an inexperienced or unscrupulous student.

We teach the famous 72 Shaolin Chin Na techniques.

Chin Na techniques are excellent for closing in and grappling range,

and will round out your fighting skills nicely.

Since fighting occurs at long, medium, close, and grappling range.

As you guys know, a fighter needs to be versed in all these aspects.

Not to have any loopholes an opponent can take advantage of.

The effective application of Chin Na techniques requires repeated practice with

different partners in a thorough knowledge of the human, muscular, skeletal,

and nervous system.

It is this knowledge that allows for the efficient

application of techniques without relying on brute force.

The effective application of Chin Na techniques causes severe pain.

And pain is a great lever for controlling an adversary.

Chin Na is considered a high-level martial art, since one is able to bring the

opponent under control without seriously incapacitating.

Next up we have Tai Jichuan, a slow and elegant style.

Tai Jichuan originated from Daoism, dialectic ideology, traditional medicine,

and physical exercise.

As you train, you'll learn how to attack by accumulating strength, improved

flexibility, and develop skills to beat an action by inaction.

Chin Tai Jichuan is considered the original Tai Jichuan from the Chin village.

Yang Tai Jichuan is the most practiced Tai

Jichuan style in China and around the world.

Tai Jichuan, no matter the style, has some common

characteristics and some which are specific to the style.

The moves in Tai Jichuan are soft, slow, with low impact on body joints,

which makes it a great health exercise for older people.

There is big emphasis on relaxation of the mind and body,

so the intentions of the opponent can be understood.

The Yin and Yang principles applied in combat, the momentum of the opponent,

is used to counterattack.

The power and moves is controlled by the waste while the feet are rooted.

During practice, the breathing techniques are emphasized

in Jichuan in order to build up the internal strength.

The philosophies which govern Tai Jichuan are from the doctrines of Daoism,

Confucianism.

Tai Jichuan has many health benefits such as improving the body's balance,

agility and control, flexibility of the joints, more energy, decrease in high

blood pressure, and improve the cardiovascular system.

It reduces body inflammation, reduces the stress.

I've really enjoyed more than I suspected I would.

There are some movements in it, again, almost reminiscent of the Mei Hua,

which are just... they're absolutely breathtaking.

And even to do, again, to achieve these stances takes a level of athleticism.

Most will absolutely never even sniff.

So it's mind-blowing.

When you train all these in conjunction, you become so powerful.

We'll get into more of that later.

Next, we have Chigang.

Soft Chigang.

The terminology of Chigang is formed of two parts.

Chi, energy and gong.

Work or practice.

The focus of the exercise practice is on developing the Chi.

The purpose of practicing Chigang is to increase the vitality of the body by

combining the mind, body and the Chi, or vital force.

You can practice still or moving Chigang, such as meditation, standing like a tree,

moving Chigang.

Chigang is a way to train the nervous system, the mind and the internal organs,

all in the same time.

Having, as the results, an increased level of fitness and power.

The aim of Chigang exercise is to stimulate the flow of energy called the

Chi through channels called meridians, and build internal strength.

Chigang uses breathing techniques, practices and

disciplines of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism and martial arts.

These breathing techniques control the internal

movement of Chi while the body will be emotions.

There are many schools of Chigang depending on spiritual development,

such as Buddhist and Taoist purposes such as health, therapy and martial arts.

Next up we have Temple Duty.

Temple Duty is a non-negotiable aspect of your training, the Shaolin Temple.

Your Temple Duty is an active service and helps build character.

We did everything from sweeping the Shaolin Temple

to helping serve food and all kinds of chores.

This is what I mentioned before.

There's also a lot of duties I wouldn't consider chores.

For example, like I mentioned before, you can't ever speak.

Monastic life is very much centered on mindfulness.

Just as quiet sitting is meditation and the

embodiment of focusing on the present moment.

So too can and should any mundane act be an

act of mindfulness and a religious experience.

Spencer said, A monk in Beijing once told him, When you eat, eat.

When you walk, walk.

When you sleep, sleep.

This is the core reason to eat silently in a monastic dining hall.

There are actual Buddhist laws governing how you hold your bowl, how you clean it,

and even how many times you should chew for each mouthful.

When you eat, you should be eating.

When you act in the world, it should be with your whole presentness and being.

Multitasking is an enemy to enlightenment.

Also, you have to eat every single piece of food that you eat.

So remember, there's no talking.

So when people are serving the food, if you don't

want a particular food, what are you going to do?

You can't talk.

So you get the food and then you have to eat it because

every single piece of rice is a privilege to eat.

You're not going to waste that.

It's incredibly wasteful.

It's incredibly offensive, especially in monastic life.

Next up, we have forms.

A lot of people ask what are forms for, and they're essentially a set type of

movement patterns made to teach you the basic foundations of movement.

And also instill in you reactions to the point where

it's second nature to do a lot of these movements.

And again, sort of the legendary level of athleticism Shaolin monks are known for is

achieved greatly due to the constant practicing of forms, perfecting the movement.

And I mean, pretty much think of it as a mix between strength training,

high intensity interval training, running a marathon.

Because you're doing it for several hours straight at times.

And one of the joys I had when it came to the forms

is much like with artwork and music with painting.

Everybody expresses themselves in a different way.

It was just so nice in a place where at times there were in fact language barriers.

I feel like I got to know people's personality almost more through their form

and how they express themselves with the movements.

I talk about this in my tournament video as well.

I think you can really learn so much about someone with how they practice,

how they do their forms.

Really an indication of their character.

I think almost a pure form indication of character than speaking.

So it was really beautiful to observe and be a part of.

Next up we have power stretching.

Surprisingly relaxing, considering what's happening to your body, it's being

contorted, it's being pulled and pushed in every

which direction to encourage massive growth.

Totally normal.

I remember saying one time after two different people

were pulling my legs apart as hard as they could.

That you can throw that out now and it's not needed anymore, it's useless now.

I have to say I saw incredible benefits and the most and quickest increase in my

flexibility that I ever have in my entire life.

What's happening out of my gut?

It's like a murder scene.

What the heck is this?

Well, the challenge temple, constant stretching every day before each workout,

before each three-hour session really made a massive

difference in my flexibility and mobility game.

And I still do those practices that I learned.

You feel that one, Sasha?

I might want to explain this.

What exactly is going on here?

Up next we have tournaments.

While I was there, we had the privilege of the first

ever Shaolin Wushu Federation International competition.

It was so much fun, it was magnificent.

And that covered all the sections that we talked about.

Everything from free fighting, sparring, full contact fighting,

like sanda, forms, to weapon.

And it was such an amazing day and I actually did

win in the Wing Chun division, which was so much fun.

And kind of a nice bookend.

So like I said, a lot of the Wing Chun

community has always had a big problem with me.

And again, it's just the insecure sort of like cowards,

not the extra steps they seem to enjoy my stuff.

It's sort of a nice bookend to all the negativity.

It was such a fun day.

And if you want to see that, I have a separate video covering the entire tournament.

But again, note the full contact sparring, testing of one skills.

It really is not what most people think when they think of the Shaolin Temple.

Kind of just like lightly doing a bunch of forms and never really testing anything.

So that was so cool to see.

Amazing experience.

Up next we have fight day.

There's a lot of misconceptions that Shaolin Monks cannot or do not spar.

It is absolutely not the case at the Yunnan Shaolin Temple.

And fight day is a sort of weekly test where you go through and spar.

Several people for several minutes and kind of test your skills.

And the Masters actually get in there and spar with the students.

Again, very modern.

Not what a lot of people expect.

You can tell that these people who go around and

like try to shame traditional Kung Fu Masters.

Yeah, they're certainly cherry picking like people who haven't fought.

There are people out there who are fully capable and

testing his abilities that they are not selecting.

So, food for thought.

Just sort of a testament to Chinese traditional medicine.

I was sparring Spencer.

Jam my thumb completely and like hyper extended it.

And I went to the Chinese traditional medicine doctor.

Later that day had full range of motion.

So yeah, it's pretty much like magic.

As I said, I got to film a fight scene with the Masters of the Temple,

which is coming next.

I cannot wait to show you guys.

I was actually doing the first fight scene with Jan Junchifu.

It was so amazing.

And right near the ending of that first fight

scene, I had a slip up and disaster struck.

I literally could barely lift my right arm at all.

The agony.

I heard a pop when I hit the ground.

I thought my shoulder was annihilated.

It felt like my right trap.

It was like tore off the pain.

I just gripped my teeth and finished the fight

scene and I could tell like this isn't this bad.

I might have to go home early.

What's going to happen?

So many thoughts were going through my head.

It was insane.

I actually can't get an MRI because I'm a cyborg and I

have wires holding together other bones that I've broken.

But I could get an X-ray and a CAT scan.

The problem was we couldn't get the MRI so we could

not tell what was wrong with my shoulder specifically.

So I went to the Chinese traditional medicine

doctor and he did incredible work on me again.

Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure.

Mmm, definitely, oh God.

And again, he did some magic to me that to this day I don't understand.

Maria.

Mmm.

Don't try this at home, kid.

That pays out.

Because in the next couple of days I had a film,

the rest of this short film was my only chance.

I had this opportunity to film pretty much a dream set.

I had to like kind of use my body's momentum to like fling my arm up.

So I was in this amazing dream scenario, but I was at my absolute worst.

And it was so frustrating in a lot of ways.

But the master's being so amazing, but we also worked around it.

Like being given such an amazing opportunity.

But then with extreme limitations only on yourself was very challenging.

But again, I think in that moment I grew a lot mentally.

Because I kind of got around those very egotistical things.

Like, I'm not going to be able to perform my best.

I'm not going to be this.

And it's like, wait, we're still able to be here in this like literal sacred place.

This kind of untouched place, usually a place that you're not allowed to film in.

At all, with this master's.

I'm going to create something beautiful.

So I'm so excited to share that with you.

And it is coming soon.

And I think I was able to grow a lot in those moments.

Things going in the back of your head, all these frustrations, all these pains.

What does it sound like?

It sounds like meditation, right?

And that's really what it became.

Kind of the final test of meditation for me personally.

Was that personal struggle.

I'll talk more about this in the behind the scenes.

After we release these fights again.

Again, all I can say is my time at the Yunnan

Shaolin Temple really helped me grow as a person.

It made me realize how beautiful a simple life can be.

Really, for the first time in my life, it allowed me

to just to go through these tasks and just to exist.

Just to be as myself in those moments was so beautiful.

I can think back to these beautiful, beautiful silences.

I'm just taking in the ancient artwork, architecture, the soft breeze,

the sound of the leaves being swept away.

Like so many words.

And since that time, the way I even few eating has changed.

Or maybe a moment locked in one of my favorite

forms has been passed down for thousands of years.

From so many generations of monks down into my hands.

It's truly humbling.

And an experience I'll never forget.

The friendships I made there forever cemented in my memory.

By the time I graduated, it seems like it all went by so fast.

I came here not knowing what to expect.

And I think it was those surprises that really made this so magical.

I hadn't even seen anything of the grounds or how it looked or the atmosphere.

And that's really the thing I enjoyed most was all the people here, all the feelings,

all this emotion.

It's been so nice to open up and discover the wide

world of Kung Fu, which is all one family, just like us.

So thank you very much, everybody.

It's an honor.

How many fans do you have?

Over 100,000.

That's so cute.

She wouldn't have any fans.

That's so cute.

Right here.

So the greatest thing you can give to your fans is

to bring them joy when you communicate with them.

And the style?

Yes.

So sure, we hope that you can have a million or 10

million or 100 million for everyone in the world you have.

Thank you.

You're a little part of that.

Okay.

Very good.

So sure, we hope that through the study of Kung

Fu, everyone can kind of make their hearts bigger.

To say that Kung Fu is only meant for Chinese, people would be wrong.

Because Kung Fu is for people.

And so everyone can learn Kung Fu.

And to hold it back and put a barrier around it.

So none of us could learn it would be the wrong thing to do.

Hello, everybody.

I'm here with Jan Joon Chufu.

It is just such an experience.

I've learned several different martial arts.

It's helped me open up my body, my flexibility, my mentality.

Emotionally, it's been so fantastic.

And again, just to see the Mi Hwa and all the different martial arts.

So it's been fantastic.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Hope that first that everyone has a wonderful and happy life.

And Kung Fu is actually quite simple.

All you need is a to be willing to eat bitter and

face adversity and to have a heart of perseverance.

Well, thank you again.

It's been so great for being a part of this.

Thank you.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you for not killing me like I said.

Cheers.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Bye guys.

So which was your favorite type of training?

And do you want me to go into detail in another video about

a specific type of training that you're interested in?

Let me know in the comments which one or if you have any other questions.

Or if there's a lot of recurring questions, I'll answer those in another video.

So guys, make sure to subscribe because that fight scene video is coming.

As well as more content from China.

Make sure to check out my other catalog of videos from that same trip.

The tournament.

Me and Spencer exploring China as well as other videos.

I'm also going to be doing a hundred thousand subscriber plaque unboxing soon.

Also I have to thank Spencer again.

He helped me so much with this video as well as all kinds of translation.

Thank you so much, Spencer.

Fantastic friend, fantastic teacher.

And you can see Spencer in plenty of my videos and fight scenes.

So like I said earlier, I have a second YouTube channel for gaming where we love

to dive into the cinematic language of games like Final Fantasy to analyze game

cinematics and also just talk much like we do here.

So please make sure to subscribe to my gaming channel.

And of course, if you want to chat live, come over to Twitch.

I also have a Discord for the community.

And if you want to see what happens in my daily

life, a lot of bite sized fight scenes as well.

How I train, how I eat, stuff like that.

Follow me on Instagram.

But that's going to be it.

Thank you so much for watching.

Thank you so much to the Yunnan Shaolin Temple.

And guys, if you're interested, check out

their website and tell them Philip sent you.

They will take care of you.

I'm so excited to move on to those fight scenes.

Anyways, I'll see you around town.

Cowards dive first.