Hong Kong: Preserving the vanishing art of Kung Fu 

That kung fu master looks great for a 62 year old man.

It's so sad that this is disappearing.

Even Hong Kong is finding difficulty in finding the next Jackie chan, and Donnie yen, and so forth.

Ip Man

because hong kongers are dealing with serious issues right now, no time to make great movies, no time or interest in their own culture and traditions. A lot of Kung Fu masters moved abroad, teach to westerners, some stay in HK and if you visit the place they use to train, you'll see that they will have maybe more than half the students are westerners too. I say the place they use to train, because a lot of them had to shut down their original school because of the HK real estate situation, they just can't afford to keep the lights on anymore, so often they'll rent space in workshops, or train in parks. The days where they used to train on the rooftop is gone.

Many teachers also don't want to pass what they know. They are distrusting of people after either going through the culture revolution in china, or having so many students come and go.

One's Kung Fu is not another's Kung Fu. 🙏

What a shame that today's society does not have the stomach to learn these hard core arts.

But the popularity of Muay Thai is growing rapidly

Millennials and their lack of patience + need for instant gratitude. Oh well...

Are the youth moving more towards BJJ ?

Thank you capitalism and materialism...

If he’d be willing to teach a 40 year old white boy, I’d be willing to travel to HK

rất hay 😄👍

My mate years ago found out there was some kung fu grandmaster coming to Manchester. When the guy stepped out of the car wherever it was, he said "I heard you're looking for me" and proceeded to attack the poor guy. He was a bit mad my mate though lol.

💓💗💗💗💗💗💖💖

Hmm- maybe the movements do not help you defend yourself in a fight?

In today's society there are other styles that beat Kung Fu, why dedicate years learning something when you can train in another art that has simple moves. For instance a art like kempo which has a thousand moves at a time when all you had to do is throw a simple punch to get the job done.