Surviving 30 Days of Shaolin Kung Fu Training

I can't believe it. This is Shaolin Kung Fu, the most powerful but hard to learn combat skill in the world. The master Shaolin monks have superhuman abilities like invincibility, water walking, and even iron crotch. My teacher is Master Yan Di, a legendary Shaolin warrior monk who's trained Kung Fu for over 20 years. My goal is to train for the next 30 days to see if I too can gain these superpowers. This is Kung Fu Ha Fu. First of all, we're going to practice the lower leg. We start with easy stretches. Pulling muscles is a more painful training than strength training. Go. It's very painful, right? I sit a lot. I feel like my body is not used to this. We have to make our body to be suitable for Shaolin Kung Fu. Squat down. Yes. Then lie back. I came in today expecting an easy lesson. But Master Yandy had a much different plan. Can you feel your waist is pressing? No. Yeah. One. Two. One. Two. One. Two. One. Two. One. Two. Oh, I was like laughing uncontrollably. You like pushed it out of me. Now the big challenge. Do you know how to do it? Yes, I do. Okay, down. I know, but I don't know if I can do it. Yeah, if you can do it, then stop practicing. He wants me to do the splits on the first day. I wasn't prepared for this. I didn't know we were gonna straight go into this. I thought this was like maybe on the third week. Give it some time. Go beyond guys. Ready? Go. This is what got me to quit Kung Fu when I was six. I couldn't handle the pain. And since that traumatic incident, I've developed a bad habit of quitting things when they get too hard. I'm literally about to cry. I've spent the bulk of my life committing to what's easy. Things I'm naturally good at and avoiding the challenge. And that's another reason I decided to train Kung Fu again. I've had enough of easy. I don't want to be a quitter anymore. That was a 9.5 out of 10 on the pain scale. I had tears coming out of my eyes. Oh, my God. The word Kung Fu means time plus sweat. Practice more in your life ahead. Because at the end of the week, I'll have to prove myself to Master Yan Di to continue my training. For the past two days, I've been practicing the splits like Master Yandy told me. It's excruciating and I'm not even seeing any progress. My confidence and the will to keep going is waning with every session. Maybe Kung Fu is just not for me. Today is the last training session before my weekly test. Okay, let's practice the body first. Open your hands, take a step, kick. Your legs can only be kicked here. You have to kick it very simply. How long does it take to do this? I started practicing when I was very young. I could do it on the first day. As I'm practicing more, I'm starting to think maybe Master Yan Di is just a gifted child. He's going higher every time. I wasn't born with the natural talent. My body isn't as flexible or as strong as Master Yan Di. Maybe there's just no way for me to learn the Kung Fu skills he's learned. Everything is equal. If you want to reach the highest level, You have to do the same as he did. Keep working hard. There's still a long way to go. Dude, what are you doing while you're supposed to be stretching? I'm tired and I don't feel like training anymore. Everything just hurts. I don't even think you're going to be able to pass this weekend if you keep going like this. If you want to say that, I'm going to take this serious now. Get the slow-mo ready. Oh, it's ready. I'm ready. Come on, you can do it. Have you all practiced? Yes. How was your practice? It was good. Okay, today we're going to use this long ladder to practice. Okay, like climb the stairs? Like go up? No, we're going to climb down. Climb? Like what do you mean? Like crawl? Climb up and then climb down. You actually want me to crawl? Like on my hand? Climb down. Master Yandy, like I get that the horse stance and the bow stance is like the basics of kung fu but I don't see how this is at all related. I came here to learn some fighting you know kung fu not just these basic exercises. You didn't even try. You just raised such a question. After you try it, You will know that by exercising like this, How do you feel? For example, have I ever taught you to punch with the horse stance and the bow stance? Yes. Now, show me how you do it. This is the result of your practice after you go back home. Your bow stance is not straight, and your feet can't go down. From what you did just now, you can tell that your feet are not stable, and your strength is too stiff. All parts of your body are not connected properly. If I teach you a set of boxing techniques, How can you Practice well. Practice Kung Fu. First, we all know that we are training our bodies. But more importantly, do you know what else we are practicing? Practicing our inner selves, practicing our endurance, and training away our irritable temper. There is only one thing worth our thought and action. What is it? It is to put it into practice, to feel it. These stairs, you must run up first, and then climb down from the top. Wait for me here Get ready to climb down. Go. Now? There's a lot of rocks on the ground. Like this? Go. Yeah. Yes. Fast. Fast. It's hard to control the distance. Oh, it's getting steep. Control the distance between your hands and feet. The rocks are digging into my hand. It's hurt so much. Ha. Ha. Go. Don't stop. Stretch your body a little bit. It's so hard. Stretch your body. Oh, okay. Your body is too small. Oh, these stairs are getting wider. Speed up. Ha. Hurry. Ha. Ha. Hold on. Almost there. Go on. Speed up. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, this one's... Can you still hold on? Yes, I can hold on. Kung fu is about holding on. Every time, you have to break your limits. Your body is moving. Your hands and feet are moving. Your hands and feet are cooperating with your body. Your hands and eyes are moving. Are you tired? Very tired. I thought this was going to be easy. Tell us how you felt after climbing. I felt like giving up so many times. The rocks were really, really digging into my hands and it hurt so much. But... I didn't want to give up because I still want to learn from you. And I want you to know that I'm taking this seriously. So you understand now? There are too many things that you need to feel, learn, and take seriously. I hope you can really gain something from this. Thank you, Master Yan Di, for not giving up on me. See you tomorrow morning. Thanks. I think you should just quit, man. You should just go back to shooting college vlogs. I promise, Master Yan Di. That I'm not going to quit. I'll see you tomorrow.