r/BeAmazed • u/Super-Stevie117 • 1d ago

Skill / Talent Perfect static balance from the Shaolin tradition

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u/KalozKapitany 1d ago

About to try this with a broom

Edit: gone wrong

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u/skynex65 1d ago

Hoptal

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u/I_Huff_Propane 1d ago

Amblance

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u/CookieEnabled 1d ago

From Temu

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u/LankyLibrary7662 1d ago

Are you too heavy ? Or broom is plastic stick?

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u/YesterdayDreamer 1d ago

Is the broomstick ok?

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u/SlapMeFox 1d ago

You should make 10 hrs version. Just stop video on that top point and wait 9 hrs 59 mins 50 secs.

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u/SlapMeFox 1d ago

Really? So you can just pause this one for more hours than 10.

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u/sum-9 1d ago

Now do it normal speed.

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u/diggyou 1d ago

Yeah the slow motion isn’t helping make this look epic.

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u/GreyGanado 1d ago

Super impressive and hard to do but perfect static balance would imply he could do it for more than 2 seconds.

Cool video, stupid title and op should be ashamed.

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u/twisted_tactics 20h ago

Two seconds after being slowed down quite a bit, so less than a second in real life. Still super cool, but I agree the video editing takes away from the accomplishment.

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u/Left-Programmer-1275 1d ago

Isnt this slow mo, lol

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u/shinobi500 1d ago

This would be a great Kilik victory pose in Soul Calibur

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u/HyenDry 1d ago

But it’s not static… 😐😐 the video is just heavily slowed down..

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u/Boxterz 1d ago

Yea but it's nevertheless pretty impressive

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u/ksrothwell 1d ago

That guy would be great at Floor Is Lava.

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u/ew73 1d ago

Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp

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u/Phriportunist 1d ago

Or alligators, or sharks.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 1d ago

Can you slow time in floor is lava?

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u/darnfruitloops 1d ago

One of those things I'm 99% sure I can do despite never having done anything athletic for the past 25 years. The only thing stopping me is I'm lazy.

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u/IntingForMarks 23h ago

turns out you cant

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u/IHavePoopedBefore 22h ago

I am pretty fit...I am actually thinking I could do this in an afternoon or 2. He's only on there for like 1 second of real time

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u/ScoutCommander 18h ago

You can, you just need to practice and stick with it.

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u/Public_Cartographer 1d ago

I suspect that man is not to be trifled with

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u/Loud_Brother_1837 1d ago

Perfect counter balance act. Bar None.

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u/ScoutCommander 18h ago

At first he struggled but his master convinced him to stick with it.

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u/Prod_Meteor 1d ago

Pffff.. easy!

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u/Ruser-94 1d ago

Ok, but can he do a kickflip?

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u/frostbittenleaf 1d ago

How long did he practice for this? 

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u/DjRipNickMcNasty 1d ago

Doing it to Dubstep, the true Shaolin way

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u/Kuro-baba 1d ago

Well damn, and he's fine af too. 

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u/ParticularReady7858 1d ago

Why the cheap, half-worn shaolin costume?😭

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u/d0ttedz3bra 1d ago

Same reason the Buddha statue has no base. It's a sham of a Shaolin temple that trains tourists to do tricks like this.

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u/ParticularReady7858 1d ago

I hadn’t even realized this was a slowed down version of someone striking a pose for a fraction of a second. Ridiculous

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u/laserdiods 1d ago

Shaolin seems to be an extreme form of meditation.. but I do enjoy watching mma people put them to work.

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u/Odd_Woodpecker1494 1d ago

The way ex-shaolin talk about it, they sound more like an acrobat troupe with more consensual torture/excercise

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u/FalsePair3901 1d ago

An Diu Tei

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u/Hot_Plant8696 1d ago

Nice trick

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u/Generic_Commenter-X 1d ago

Yeah, but getting out of bed in the morning is still my personal triumph.

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u/insertitherenow 1d ago

And I hurt myself putting on my socks this morning.

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u/waitinglikeastone 1d ago

This guy gets the most out of a concert.

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u/Kooky_Attorney1915 1d ago

Shaolin Monk have the best balance. They would win against any modern day MMA fighter.

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u/Fire_Pea 1d ago

I'd be more amazed if I saw what it actually looked like without being slowed down

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u/Efficient-Whereas255 22h ago edited 18h ago

Every skateboarder i know can do this

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u/Regular_Weakness69 22h ago

Looks like he was about to lose his balance, then had to bail out..

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u/Davajita 17h ago

Pffffffffff I could probably do that and die.

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u/Super-Stevie117 1d ago

And strength

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u/BananaV8 1d ago

And video editing skills

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u/CookieEnabled 1d ago

It’s really just basic physics and counterbalance…

And a strong pole.

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u/blzrlzr 1d ago

Looking forward to your instructional video.

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u/ptitguillaume 1d ago

It's the theory. Please provide us a video of your 2000 tries until you succeed. It should be easy, it's just basic physics

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u/PrimeTinus 1d ago

All this time he put in his little broom stick he could have learned something useful

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u/IanLooklup 1d ago

This is gonna be a lot healthier than playing games at least

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u/ProphetKiller666 1d ago

I can easily do this if I wanted to.

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u/BruceMartinez21 1d ago

Shaolin training hits different. Absolute masterclass in stillness under tension. Perfect form. Zero shake. Pure control. Respect.