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This common Karate technique is NOT what you think! It's actually a secret hand signal from Ming dynasty China. It was invented by anti-Qing rebels who formed secret societies to overthrow the government. This video explains why it appears in traditional kata from Okinawa - the birthplace of Karate.
0:00 The Secret Hand Signal
0:22 Ming Dynasty Introduction
0:42 Qing (Manchu) Invasion
1:03 Southern China Explained
1:34 Sun & Moon Hand Signal
1:50 The Karate Connection
2:08 Okinawan Trade Route
2:26 China's Influence in Okinawa
3:00 Modernization of Karate
3:25 Aftermath (The Triads)
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@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Do you want to more Karate history lessons? 🥋

@reyanhassanzia2862 2 года назад

Yes I would love to but can u make a video on teakwandow

@hilkiapanther2829 2 года назад

Yes

@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 2 года назад

I can imagine coming out from a tree and saying "pst! Hey, kid! Wanna karate lessons?".

@lunarious87 2 года назад

@@hilkiapanther2829 Everything from you is good Sensei Jesse. May God Muhammed and Ali be with you.

@sofia-saratsarou4091 2 года назад

Definitely

@philyip4432 2 года назад

I am Chinese and have trained and taught martial arts for five decades . I have to say that your video is very well done and historically correct.

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

I really appreciate that! 🙏

@dekaw9138 2 года назад

What style?

@agniroyai1230 2 года назад

This salutation exists in silat as well, especially in Indonesia. Silat masters explain it as representing opposing forces like hard and soft, but it's always acknowledged as being of Chinese origin

@jordivilaioliveras 2 года назад

As a practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts I'm very proud to say that your videos about history are much more useful than a lot of videos released by my colleagues. Thank you very much and please, do more historical videos.

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

I appreciate your kind words 🙏

@robertmiller8110 2 года назад

Agreed, they're the best!

@dekaw9138 2 года назад

What style are you?

@_realone915 2 года назад

Yes more historical videos iagree💯

@anorton1409 2 года назад

Hi Jesse, this is a really interesting part of the history of kung fu / karate. You say the Qing Dynasty crushed many of the secret society groups except for the triads, but if you read about Sun Yat-sen, the first president of the Chinese republic that overthrew the Qing dynasty, you’ll see he had very close links to the secret societies, linked up with Kung fu. Many argue the secret societies were a huge part of the rise of the Republic of China and the ultimate overthrow of the Qing dynasty, so their aim was realised after all (but they were unprepared for the rise of the communist party in China). Their influence can still be seen in Taiwan. I know Martin Watts has a bit on all this in his book on White Crane’s history. Very interesting historical stuff!

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Most definitely! 👍

@Archangel-pd1rn 2 года назад

Triads run China and by extension, the entire world, today.

@Bro.ŽO 2 года назад

It's said that two members of Triads are now in the head of the comunist party. And Triads were against rebellions in the Hong Kong last few years.

@kwanarchive 2 года назад

For any of those interested: The character 明 is simply the characters for the sun and the moon put together as one character. It means "bright" because it would be bright if both the sun and the moon were put together (not in an eclipse way, of course).

@yuliateng7754 2 года назад

Akira in japanese

@kerrytrentham9987 Год назад

And 明 is pronounced: "Ming". Hence - "The Bright Dynasty"

@glauciogonzales 2 года назад

The more I watch your videos, the more karate legends I've learned are being destroyed. You are destroying my illusions one by one...

@lukelamade6019 2 года назад

The moment when THE BIRTHPLACE OF KARATE comes in🤣 love it

@streetsamurai1 2 года назад

My Sifu is the inheritor of the Southern Hakka Mantis Fist and many of the movements are similar to Karate Wing Chun and White Crane. It also has a signature form called Sam Bo Jin that is clearly an ancestor of San Chin. He say that the hand symbol is also the unification of Wen (Scholarly arts) with Wu ( Warrior Arts) excellent video though. Rei!

@rubenrelvamoniz 2 года назад

I see what you did there, embracing the meme by winking at us. Its not a Jesse enkamp video Without the signature:"okinawa birthplace of karate" yes!keep up with the history videos

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

😉

@investlikeawarrior 2 года назад

Wow! This is a lot more in depth than the simple “hand representing knowledge and the fist representing student” lecture I got in Wing Chung class last week

@hirorop5367 2 года назад

Love this history lesson. Being 1/2 Chinese & 1/2 Japanese and studying martial arts from both I find this so fascinating about my ancestors 🙏 When i start practicing this in the Katas, it’s is so powerful and has an even more powerful significance with your history lesson.

@_realone915 2 года назад

This comment resonates with me since our sensei makes us empty the gas tank during kata training ...great comment and goodluck on your journey

@stevenwalters774 2 года назад

Fascinating! We have the same posture in Taekwon-Do. We are told that it represents Um Yang (yin and Yang) which ties in nicely with your comment about the sun and moon. It is interesting that this philosophical concept has a secret meaning. Thank you

@JoseMorales-hi5bl 2 года назад

Excellent and clear explanation of the true origin of "Baquanli", congratulations from Chile Jesse sensei !!!

@skckarate9182 2 года назад

Jesse is the 🐐 of karate videos!! What an inspiration to create my own channel to bring full karate classes to as many people as possible. Jesse never disappoints!!

@javiersoriano671 2 года назад

It’s cool to see more connections between Karate and Kung Fu. I wanna know more about how the triads influenced Kung fu though.

@peterkhew7414 2 года назад

As a Chinese looking on this piece of history, it's an irony that the Qing dynasty under Kangxi was the most prosperous and peaceful moment in ancient China.

@kockase Год назад

I just adore your work Jesse. Such a great pedagog you are, with so much experience, skills and knowledge. As a returnee to Karate Do after 30 years, I've picked some of your advices and we'll se how it goes for this 49 years old man ;) Thank you sensei! Ossu!

@Leo-lj6vs 2 года назад

"Fan Qing, Fu Ming" or "Overturn the Qing, Restore the Ming". That hand sign is also the ultimate techniques in kungfu known as "anvil strike". Put the open hand on one side of the head for example and hit with a hammer fist with the other. In that way the energy of the blow rebounds and does more damage but you must be very close... Maybe as a final blow.

@richardbrigham2507 2 года назад

I love history and karate. So together is even better.

@facudassieu7114 2 года назад

Yaaaay! History videos are back. I knew you through your journeys to Japan and then China. These are an amazing content. Thank you so much for your time.

@superfatbobtail 2 года назад

I have heard the ancestors of Mr Yagi (Goju Ryu Meibukan Yagi dojo) were the high rank officers of the late Ming dynasty, therefore their dojo etiquette gesture is the Ming gesture.

@areitomusic 2 года назад

I heard the same thing. They came with the Sapposhi and never returned to China.

@jeremykiahsobyk102 2 года назад

We close all our kata with this hand symbol in Shuri-Ryu. Trias put his own meaning into it, but I appreciate that we carry on the tradition.

@robertmiller8110 2 года назад

Awesome animation Jesse! I live in Hong Kong and study Hung Gar and can confirm this. Especially the Ming being the Chinese Renaissance, so true. Cheers!

@paulasmith4561 2 года назад

I found this fascinating, it explains why it’s done it so many katas, I do enjoy it when you do videos about the history of karate and why kata are what they are

@mandag34 2 года назад

I love how he put that blink after he said the birthplace of Karate 😂

@superfatbobtail 2 года назад

Actually Sanchin 三戦、a popular kata appears in Southern Shoalin kungfu and Naha-te style karate was related to the secret rebel associations too. The ideas of the three battles are sky, ground and humans. In the Qing dynasty, the major anti Qing rebel group was based in Fuzhou, the group was called Tin Day Hui, which literally means the society of sky and ground. The founder believes that once the 3 factors (Sky refers to God or timing, ground refers to geographical and human refers to social ) meet at a point, the target can be highly achieved.

@johnubieta8857 2 года назад

Great video. You explain history so clearly.

@666barron 2 года назад

Really interesting, I'm a kung fu instructor and I think that you way to approach the study of karate is really complete and interesting!!

@danborggren6608 2 года назад

The Korean martial art Tang Soo Do still use the old japanese name for Karate, i.e "Tang Dynasty hand" - 唐手道. You could call it a Korean style of Karate though because of the immense Shotokan influence.

@craigbrothers8281 2 года назад

Love the karate history lesson!! Good stuff broski

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Much appreciated 🙏

@kencheung8150 2 года назад

You really need to look at the hakka arts. During ww2 the hakka put up strong resistance against the japanese to such an extent that they changed their commander 3 times in the battle for Shanghai. They studied us inorder to find out who these tough fighters were and was astonished to find how similar our language, culture and kung fu were to them. Ie 2,3,4 in hakka is same as in japanese, we grind our tea, we have moshi etc. A book was written and it was the first book on hakka studies. Same fascination on hakka studies can be said for the thai, korean, vietnamese and including the Okinawans.

@urichlau1975 Год назад

The history of karate can be a saga of movies - sequels, prequels and trilogies.

@cassiocorrea1562 2 года назад

Thank you so much for keeping karate culture alive.

@nanofayos 2 года назад

Great Jessie, as usual! Thanks a lot for keep on sharing your knowledge! Oss

@alexblue6991 2 года назад

More history like this please I always been interested in traditional karate

@TulioAlfonsoCastilloVillarreal 2 года назад

Thanks for this video, Jesse san. About those hands, the way used by some Shaolin Monks for the meaning is: The open hand is the "book" and the closed hand is the "fist", meaning the "peace in the heart".

@JuliannaHolmes 2 года назад

Very cool! I love learning more about the history and culture of karate!

@GOBRAGH2 2 года назад

That was incredibly interesting to me. Definitely do more history videos!

@DaniloGajic 2 года назад

Enjoyed? This is crazy interesting, as karate practitioner I found this quite important for understanding the roots, this is another puzzle part Jesse that we needed

@onepunchman7399 2 года назад

The animations are too good, love the video ✌🏿

@ReyDamasta 2 года назад

Great job, man... keep up the good work! Congratulations!

@stephanegacoin8074 2 года назад

As a practicionner of Tai Chi Chuan Yang Style, this part of Karate History sounds ver familiar! Thank you so much for the very clear explanations!

@mscir 2 года назад

Great history lesson, thanks prof.

@_oriTech_ 2 года назад

Omg... U did it... Ive looked a few years ago for a clue to answer this question... Holy moly. Thx for sharing this. As always u r awesome.

@alexhenke1979 Год назад

Great video! Also shows that Jon, Jin, Jitte (=Jutte) and probably Chintz as well appear to come from the same region in China and later Okinawa

@rolandgdean 2 года назад

Another awesome video and JUST for my 50th birthday Jesse! Thanks man!

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Happy birthday!!

@jamieldomasig 2 года назад

What a great video again Jesse! I love watching Karate historical videos from your channel. 💯

@MattBrooks-Green 2 года назад

In the Fujian styles of Kung Fu we have a number of different 'secret' symbols in the hand gestures as well as names of movements

@Ez-br9fm 2 года назад

Love your vids bro.

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Awesome to hear!!

@eecubical 2 года назад

I love when you do historical lessons like this. It feels like a lot of modern practitioners are very focused on Japan-only and ignore the full and much longer history of the art we are know as "Karate" today.

@frenstcht 2 года назад

Off topic question: Is it possible to teach one's self karate at home, alone, and with no training partners?

@_realone915 2 года назад

Find a dojo that emphasizes hard sparring along with kihon, kata and kumite, (known as the 3 k's) ie basics, forms, and sparring. Its also tricky because there are many variations of karate. But goodluck!

@frenstcht 2 года назад

@@_realone915 There are no karate dojos near me. I have TKD and a kung fu school that looks like a social club as much as anything. :-( Thanks for the info, though! I appreciate you taking the time to reply. Cheers!

@sofia-saratsarou4091 2 года назад

Videos about history of karate are my favourite ones😻 Also there is an issue I can't find any information. Who was the first female Karate practitioner? When women started to follow the way of Karate? Thank you very much for the good work, and I hope help about this question

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Depends on what you mean by ”Karate” 😅

@sofia-saratsarou4091 2 года назад

@@KARATEbyJesse you're a hard player I'll give you that senpai🌹

@marcosyy87 2 года назад

Did you see most of his videos about the origin of Karate in China? I think some of them are showing the first master of karate was probably a woman from the white crane style. So the "first" karate person was actually a woman, not a man

@everythingbodyweight7012 2 года назад

Awesome!Thanks,absolutely love it.More please.

@bqvideo 2 года назад

Another excellent video with great historical content and high production value. You are an invaluable asset to our discipline.

@derekn5607 2 года назад

That was very interesting, Jesse. You have sparked my curiousity to know more. I will do some research into this. Thanks!

@AreteAskesis 12 дней назад

3:08 lol gotta love that he didn’t edit that out or do a retake. Did it all at once.

@solomontomkinson2313 2 года назад

There is a style of Okinawan Karate called Meibukan Goju-Ryu, and it's symbol, the Meibukan Crest, depicts the Sun and the Moon next to each other, much like the kanji in the video title. The Sun is shown as a large, solid object, unyielding and unchanging, whereas the symbol for the moon is open on one side, ready to flex and change, like the phases of the real moon. Moreover, this can be taken as symbolic for a line from the Bubishi (original Chinese Wubei Zhi), an encyclopedia on war and combat, that reads "The way of inhaling and exhaling is both hard and soft". The Sun is hard, solid, and strong, where the moon is soft, flexible, and changing. Even this style of Karate, "Goju-Ryu" is a reference to this. It means, "Hard and Soft Style". A good fighter needs to use both hard and soft techniques. Solid and strong for your strikes to have force, but if you rely only on that you will move slowly and stiffly.

@EzeHSK 2 года назад

Great video as usual! I love to find out about this connections between Okinawa and Fujian. One little thing though, the Shaolin temple burning thing is more myth than reality. I mean it was destroyed and rebuilt several times during its history but Shaolin monks weren't always enemies of the Qing dynasty. Thanks again for all the work you put in your videos!

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Indeed they were often used as militia themselves. Thank you!

@District.24 2 года назад

Woah! Did someone say, "Triads?" I was not expecting that. That's very interesting. I'm going to have to do more research on that. Thanks for history lesson, Jesse. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Please do!

@diablorojo3887 2 года назад

Very good video, the origin of the compliment is basically stuff of legends, the Ming version and the boxers wars versions are the most accepted currently, but there a miríade of other possible origins

@thehighcommunity247 2 года назад

Always a good time on this channel. I feel like I am back in school, but this is actually a subject that greatly interests me for a change. ✌️😁✌️

@SalvadorTrakal 2 года назад

There where various hand gestures in different styles and systems to identify practitioners of the same sect, specially in times where open practice was forbidden, and with that you would know if you found a friend or had to kick your oponent back to Okinawa the birthplace of Karate! Great video as always Jesse!!! 🤚👊 xie xie!!!

@wisnueffendi7937 2 года назад

every show described on this channel is very good and adds insight ... I'm waiting for the next question Oss Sensei Jessy 👍👍👍👍

@vidushisaklani2985 2 года назад

This was such an informative video . I have seen this sign many times and i was eager to know what this means and you heard me ..🤩 Arigato sempei🙇‍♀

@niledunn4641 2 года назад

This is awesome Jesse and thank you for sharing this information

@bostonsteve8847 2 года назад

Jesse...love your content. Thank you for being such an asset to the Martial Arts community

@chalkiasm 2 года назад

These kind of videos are amazing. Way to go!

@Marukonline 2 года назад

Great video, as usual 😉, I'm going to share it with my students 👍

@NightKnight252 2 года назад

Wow this is an amazing episode Jesse! As a Chinese myself I didn’t even know this interesting part of Chinese history

@manojkandampully8521 2 года назад

I love your presentation of the matter.. & Tradition... Back to the roots.. 🔆🥋🤝Oss!!

@eriklindkvist7247 2 года назад

Great stuff as always Jesse! Keep it up!

@Greyman010 2 года назад

What, you just stop it there? I could listen to your karate knowledge for hours. I follow and love quite a few martial arts youtubers: but seriously someone get this guy a Netflix documentary series.

@TrainInspired 2 года назад

Very interesting, indeed! Where are some of the places you look for your research? I'm definitely checking out the resources you mentioned in the description.

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Patrick McCarthy, Joe Swift, Mario McKenna etc

@RamonChiNangWong078 2 года назад

Cool history lesson, I forgot that the characters for Ming is actually Moon/Sun and the hand signal also had the same meaning

@alejandrotorves6483 2 года назад

Great video! Chinese and Japanese history fascinates me.

@user-qp1yc3zl8i 2 года назад

You are one of the outstanding players in fighting and your channel is very distinguished. I wish you success in your field. I hope for more videos about kenbo methods around the world.

@JeffBisCamp 2 года назад

Another great video Jesse ! Keep up the fantastic work my friend. OSU 🙏

@aidenedge8228 2 года назад

Hello Jessie you are amazing at what you do your so uplifting and encouraging your the best

@yanniswoerner3950 2 года назад

Thank you Jesse. One more clear and simple history lesson. I really love your job and I correct all my knowledge about what I used to know about karate and gung fu and the links between them. Finally I lear so much about my personnal style. I started shotokan karate at the age of 6 then at 15 moved to shaolinquan gung fu but I never forget my roots and tody at 35 I can affirm that what I am practising and teaching is not a mix but a real association of my two roots. And your work help me a lot to clear my mind about my martial arts mind, if I can say. So one more time thank you

@AlexBuck-mv6ww 3 месяца назад

相変わらず勉強になりました

@ciberguerra 2 года назад

I loved the footage of Sandra Sanchez doing the salute when performing a kata!

@x-spelledsorcerer4823 2 года назад

History lessons from you are soo great really boost every aspect of martial arts in oneself

@oieusoubronze5622 2 года назад

Love your vids Jesse, more vids please!

@samarthhegde8364 2 года назад

Brother please make the vedio on how to overcome fear in real street fight🙏....this is one of the most requested vedio ...🙏🙏 I hope you will guide me

@cybermek 2 года назад

Jesse San, another incredible video! I always look forward to your RU-vid Videos!!! Looking forward to the next one!

@margaretlo4590 2 года назад

Thank you Jesse, now maybe we can get a break from theories assigning complex and implausible martial applications to a gesture which is essentially hello/goodbye. Honestly, it’s as if nobody watches Kung fu movies where this salutation is everywhere!

@CarlosRivera-se3si 2 года назад

Thank you so much for the history. The explanation was so on point!.

@Gambitfan 2 года назад

Informative and interesting! Given how often it is used in martial arts movies and television shows from China, I always assumed it was sort of their "back in the day" cultural equivalent of "waving hi" and didn't have more serious implications. >

@5step 2 года назад

Thanks for this entertaining history lesson!

@williamdicarlo4109 2 года назад

Nicely done video on the salute, please create a few more videos about the other ones we preform. American Kenpo has a very large sequence we go through with our forms. Thank you!

@KARATEbyJesse 2 года назад

Much appreciated! 🙏

@mauriceshapero7200 2 года назад

Hi Jesse, thank you for your videos. You’ve cleared up so many of the questions I’ve had over the years about karate. You may have a video about this question I’ve not found yet - why in karate are the moves practiced with a pause between each technique? As in jun tzuki why is the punch stopped in mid air and held out? Why do you hold a block in position? Is it to hold form, to teach the body the perfect final end position? It’s so different to boxing where the practice is the same as actual combat - continuous and flowing.

@markherron3067 2 года назад

I can't say I'm definitely correct, but having lived in China for more than a decade, I was always told the greeting Jessie is taking about in this vid was the Chinese equivalent to a hand shake, it's a basic sign of respect. I was also told that the secret societies changed the original to identify group members, not that they invented it. There's also lots of nuance in how you use the gesture . So straight fingers in the open palm hand is more formal, wrapping them over the fist more informal.