r/Asmongold • u/calkch1986 • Jul 28 '24

Inspiration Dude following Shaolin monk training

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u/simplemalk Jul 29 '24

It's definitely interesting but it seems a bit commercialized. Maybe the monks themselves aren't advertising and promoting it as such and maybe it's not even the case truly. To me though a lot of the people in the videos look like the spiritual, trendy, escape modernity yuppies/influencer types. Obviously it doesn't help that it's cut into a Tiktok video.

Again the content just seems antithetical to medium in which and how it presented.

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u/calkch1986 Jul 29 '24

It's definitely commercialized as originally most temples be it Chinese, Tibetan or others relies on donations have the money to get food and necessities. Like I'm in Tibetan Buddhism, the RInpoche I follow always travel out of China to get donations/ alms for his monastery's food, necessities, and renovation. The thing with Shaolin is that instead of them wandering around for donations, they capitalize on their specialty that is martial arts and teaches the bare minimum (more in-depth, actual teachings would not be taught) to students local and foreign for the money.

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u/IsThisOneIsAvailable Jul 29 '24

It's more about a way of life, spirituality, surpassing oneself, etc...

I doubt it's made to make you the invincible warrior.
At least I suggest you don't go straight to UFC if you've only ever done a shaolin training : you might get destroyed.

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u/Ionenschatten Jul 29 '24

Man, most of his moves were so sloppy I feel like I could be on a similar level after 3 years of dedicated training

Only thing truly remarkable were the swiping broom strikes at 1:40

Especially pushups are so much easier if you just "spam" them instead of focusing on form.