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This is the real kung fu SCHOOL from the heart of China's mountains, where kung fu fighters endure the harshest physical and mental training in the world. Today I'm not here to meet the strongest man in the world in stone lifting and sheer muscle size. Today we will challenge the very concept of strength itself.
If you want to describe kung fu in one word, what is that word? Give me go. Come on. Come on. Come on. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. GO.
Does strength mean muscles and bulk or control over your body and your mind? No warm up, no excuses.
Only pain and focus. In the final test, the master will perform the most dangerous move in kung fu known as the monkey move. Today, I will train with the number one kung fu master in China. We arrived in the highlands of central China and met the master.
This is a master. Yeah. This master Yanha. Famous master. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Very famous. You going to teach me kung fu? Yeah. Yes. Today teach you. Really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. An honor. Thank you. I want to learn from you. Yes. The biggest kung fu school in the world is here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Also, today running in the mountain. It's a real kung fu. Yes. Okay. Can I give you more stronger muscle? Don't hurt me.
Here is the Shaolin Temple, the heart of Kung Fu, where thousands of fighters train in this mountain surrounded region. Dozens of schools andmies and thousands of students, children and young people from all over China. Most of the trainers here are Shaolin graduates. The name Shaolin Temple comes from the name of one of these mountains, Mount Xiaoshi, which literally means the forest temple at Mount Sha. He sat down to eat before the intense training.
You guys don't eat meat. Monk. Vegetarian. Don't eat meat. Most trainers here follow a vegetarian diet. Cuz we have a tough exercise now, right? Yeah. Rice and tofu. Good. We are inside the Shaolin temple. Yeah. Yeah. It has more than 1,500 years of history. The here the origin of kung fu. Yeah. The birthplace of kung fu. All the master here schools. Biggest school for kung fu in the world. Yeah. She says the monks used to train here. Striking this tree. It's a new one. These people who graduate from kung fu school. You going to put my name here? If you come here to practice kung fu for many years. How many days I need to be a master like him? Thousand of days. Practice make a perfect. Describe kung fu in one word. Yeah. Discipline and patience. And patient. Yeah. The kung fu boy. Kung fu boy. These holes were caused by kung fu training. So how strong you are? They practice kung here every day. Every day. Yeah. Yeah. You break the ground. So you are the world's strongest man. Yeah.
Kung Fu is one of the oldest martial arts on Earth. An art born more than 1,500 years ago when Shaolini monks needed strength to protect themselves during long hours of meditation. Over time, this simple training evolved into a complete system that combines movement, breathing, and discipline through animal inspired styles. The tiger, the dragon, the snake, the crane, and the monkey. Kung fu became a symbol of strength, balance, and self-mastery. It spread around the world in the 20th century, ignited by a single legend. Bruce Lee, the man who introduced kung fu to the world and changed humanity's view of martial arts, especially through Hollywood. Bruce Lee turned Chinese martial arts into a global phenomenon and made the West see it as a spiritual, philosophical, and physical art at the same time. After that, kung fu school spread across Asia, Europe, America, and the Middle East. And millions of people began practicing it as a hobby for fitness or mental training.
Before we begin, don't forget to like the video and subscribe to the channel. They prepared a surprise for me. This is the best kung fu school in the world. Today we will learn kung fu from the kung fu capital of the world. We've just entered the kung fu school. Now we'll see how they become this strong. They eat many meals a day and they don't eat meat or chicken. Their mental and physical strength comes from a different approach.
Today I will become a kung fu student for 24 hours. So will I pass the test? Thank you. This is one of the oldest kung fu schools in China. A place where fighters live and train non-stop from childhood. Yes. Yeah. Right. Correct. Really? Yeah. Right. Right. And left side. Right side. Left side. Rice. Yeah. Good job. Yes. Yes. Oh. Oh. Yes. This one one of the most difficult in kung fu. Yes. Is monkey stick. Yes. It's very harder. Has been practicing with the monkey stick for 11 years. One of the most difficult in all kung fu. Okay. I show you this. Look. See? That's why you need a catch and hold it. One, two. Yeah. Right. Try. Yeah. Much better. I'll face several tests that I must pass. Yeah. Much better. Okay. One, two, higher. Turn. Very good. You need more practice. practice. That's why this is gung fu leg body turn like this. Turn her body. Yes. One more. Weightlifting builds the muscles. Kung fu builds the body, the mind, and the nervous system. Turning a body. Okay, go. Turn. That's why many people consider it a way of life, not just a form of combat. Turn. Okay. Yes. Like this. Touch. Kick. Like this. Kick. Guys. can listen to me. How you are flexible like this? Yeah, that's practice. How many years? Maybe 10 years after 10 years. Yes. Yes. Not bad. Yes. Yes. No. That's turn up. Just turn back. Kick. Try up. Perfect. Is this turn up? Turn. Turn. Yes. Yes. Up. Catch. And then relax. Breathe. Breathe. Good. Yes. Turn. Right. Turn your body and higher and behind and back and higher and back. Lower, higher, lower. Higher. Yeah. Turn. Yeah. Hands. Okay. You want to try? Yeah. Catch. Now he's going to show us how it's like kung fu for beginners. Better. Yeah. And we put here. Yeah. Perfect. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. And back sweep. Back sweep. Ah. Because master every day do the one hour. One hour like this. Yes. Try. Yes. And back. Yeah. Yes. Oh my god. They do these exercises every day. Imagine what your body would become over time. Kung fu strength comes from tendons and nerves, not from bulking up muscles. Okay. He wants me to do that. Okay. You want to try? Yes. Okay. Good. help you. You know I go to the gym but I cannot do what he do. How this is very different because also your hand and body leg all together also you breathe and your focus this more hard is gym. If he face the world's strongest man which is someone who is heavy and strong. Oh yeah. Who's going to win? Oh him power is different power. No leg is like a power is different. So you are the world's strongest man. Yes. Jim muscle is outside is very big. Yeah, this gone for the muscle is inside. So he can break my hand like this. Of course. Just catch like this. I'm joining. I'm joining the school. Okay. Very good. Yes. Bro, I can't see. What did you do? Like how you are so fast. be formless, shapeless like water. Good. Very good. Yes. Come on. Go. Go. Abu. Come on. Come on. Come on. WHOA. WOW. They start training at a very young age. It's like joining the army. This boy is 12 years old. Look at this. Get off. Incredible. Oh my god. Bye. Yes. Go right. Yes. Thank you. Since he's 5 years old, he started kung fu. Oh, he said he's famous in China. He's famous. Yes.
We spent the first night at a hotel on the mountain. On the second day, I'll face the toughest challenge yet. Training starts at 6:00 a.m. with the students. It's 6:00 a.m. now. The students have arrived. Let's go. Go go go. Today I'll train with them. Look at the discipline. They're about to break sticks and bones. Okay. Follow me. Okay. These students follow a strict lifestyle built on mental and physical discipline from a young age. They train in self-control, patience, and endurance within a demanding system rooted deeply in their culture. Sign you Okay, come on. Charlene camera. This is today's morning training site surrounded by mountains and forests. Now the morning exercises for the kung fu students begin here. more. Wow. Okay. Fire up. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Go. Next, we'll train higher up the mountain. These are their daily exercises. Go, go, go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Go. Go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. I'm not going to do it again. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. When you when I breathe, my mind get more clear. Are you okay? Yeah, I'm okay. Come on. Yeah. Look at me. Yeah. Go, go, go, go, go, go. Come on. Come on. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Yes. Yes. Yes. Fire. Fire. Yes. Go. Go ahead. After that they started breaking objects on my body. Okay. Have two more. No. No. Come on. We do it again. You do it again. Oh wow. Mhm. Yes. What? Right. Yes. Must need to let the air out. What the I don't feel I'm going to give up. I'm going to continue. Mhm. My master. Mhm. You your your mindset is good. The master said, "I learned so much today. Now we're at the top of the mountain and they'll perform more advanced moves. Okay. Okay. Two. One, two, three. One, two. Okay. Look, they put them both on. Okay. Yes. Okay. Yes. Very very nice. Nice. Okay. Very good. Good. Very very good. Okay. Well, okay. Okay. Wow. Okay. Extremely difficult. You see the thing is before the victory. Your hard work will not make any sense to most people. In a world full of noise, kung fu reminds us that true strength isn't the body, but in the ability to control oneself. Yes. Yes. Yeah. training here made me realize that the greatest victory is defeating yourself first. Thank you. Do you like it? I love it. Kung fu. This is how we're treated after kung fu training.