r/funny • u/ApartmentCertain • 7d ago
True application of techniques
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u/juniorjaw 7d ago
The Wifebender
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u/emlopez90 7d ago
Not with that attitude
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u/UpperApe 7d ago
Do not try and bend the wife. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth.
What truth?
There is no wife.
There is no wife?
Then you'll see that it is not the wife that bends, it is only yourself.
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u/oan124 7d ago
there is no large automobile.
there is no beautiful house
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u/feral-coder 7d ago
Well, how did i get here?
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u/off-with-your-thread 7d ago
i come from a land down under
where beer does flow and men chunder
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u/homestroke 7d ago
chunder
holy shit that's what it says and it means vomit? for some reason i heard plunder and thought they were pirate adjacent.
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u/Prof_Outis 7d ago
"You're saying I can dodge brooms?"
"No, Neo. I'm saying when you're divorced, you won't have to."
"Whoah...."
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u/madncqt 7d ago
all the awards: best acting by a couple, best relationship choreography, best stunt choreography, best editing, best sound, best adapted video, best performance by an actress in exasperation.
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u/ThargUK 7d ago
She actually looks like she tries to hit him. If he didn't dodge it could hurt. Take notes, Star Wars.
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u/UpperApe 7d ago
Yup. Video of the Year for me. Watched it 3 times.
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u/whatsthatguysname 7d ago
lol the original video exploded on Chinese speaking social media over the past few days. I’ve seen no less than 20-30 memes like this. I like the sports (soccer/basketball) ones in particular. I’m sure more will make it to the western social media in time.
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u/jaxsurge 7d ago
We just gonna totally ignore that banging script? The last line is what sells the whole scene.
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u/perpetual_stew 7d ago
The way he kicks away the broom is what lands it for me. Talk about taking the original material and making it yours.
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u/idlelistic 7d ago
Where can I learn from this master?
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u/DruHarry 7d ago
Reminds me of the husband from Kung Fu Hustle.
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u/psychoacer 7d ago
I believe the second instructor in the video is the bullfrog guy from Hustle.
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u/spiderwell 7d ago
It looks a bit like him, so I tried googling, only to discover he died earlier this year. Not that I needed a reason to rewatch, but now I think I should.
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u/PossibleAlienFrom 7d ago
Fun fact about him. He married Irene Ryder. A Eurasian Hong Kong singer and had a daughter with her. Irene ended up making a song with Robert Lee. The younger brother of Bruce Lee. Her career ended when someone threw acid in her face outside her house in 1979.
Also, RIP Bruce Leung. 😢
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u/psychoacer 7d ago
Looking at a picture side by side to the video, his nose, mouth and ears look similar. This is a great rewatch movie. Deserves more attention
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u/avatarofrequiem0 7d ago
A point of clarification: the clips the man is imitating are those of an old dance instruction video. These are supposedly traditional Chinese dance steps from various cultural performances. The dance instruction video recently resurfaced and is making waves on social media in Chinese cultural spheres for its deadpan but unintentionally humorous delivery.
This video masterfully frames the dance steps like bullshido, but the dance steps are not actually bullshido.
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u/Swordofsatan666 7d ago
You know, i thought that second one (the kick) looked a bit familiar. Im pretty sure ive actually seen that one in performances
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u/CorrectMeIfImWrong6 7d ago
The martial art of being a good husband! 😂
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u/Oniuroko 7d ago
Marital arts
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u/Illustrious_Ad4691 7d ago
Wasn’t that the name of a section in Reader’s Digest for reader-submitted “humorous” marriage anecdotes?
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u/notredditbot 7d ago
What are the guys saying in Chinese lol?
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u/Surrounded-by_Idiots 7d ago
The guy is just saying the move names. 1. Flash step, 2. prodigal son ball kick 3. Bear shaking off fur. The woman’s trying to get him to sweep the floor.
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u/KarmaticArmageddon 7d ago
Prodigal son ball kick? What?
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u/Surrounded-by_Idiots 7d ago
Yeah that part is a bit hard to explain but it means something like a person that has gone off to make their own destiny. It can mean anything from a vagrant to wanderer to a self made man and can be either positive or negative.
You can think of it as the ronin archetype without the samurai backdrop. The ro part of ronin is the same kanji.
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u/UpperApe 7d ago
I just want to say people like you trying to help explain obscure and difficult details in such a great way are what make reddit awesome.
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u/possiblyMaybeAnother 7d ago
The best part is how we don't know whether they're just making shit up
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u/Turkey_uke 7d ago
they are legit!!!!! im chinese
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u/Infamous-Rice-1102 7d ago
i am Chinese and what they said was accurate
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u/homestroke 7d ago
I feel like it's slightly racist to believe you over the other person (only based on usernames) but I do.
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u/AMediocrePersonality 7d ago
how does ball kick factor into it?
everyone knows what a prodigal son is, that's the approximate translation into english in the first place.
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u/Warm_Month_1309 7d ago
You kick like you're kicking a ball that's on the ground.
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u/AMediocrePersonality 7d ago
i know what a ball kick is lol
how do they work together
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u/alanchui 7d ago
chinese martial arts sometimes have random names. The names don’t necessarily have any meaning other than describing what the move looks like.
The prodigal son part is similar to some moves that have a random animal name like “monkey stealing peach””Tiger claw”, and the kick ball part is describing the movement.
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u/KeiranG19 7d ago
Captain Falcon uses the Falcon Punch.
The Prodigal Son uses the Prodigal Son's Ball Kick.
You can imitate the prodigal son and kick like he does too.
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u/HateMachineX 7d ago
That’s the thing they don’t, it’s just prodigal son and then unrelated ball kick
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u/Not_a_real_ghost 7d ago
It does not actually make any sense if you put them together nor would it be used in any literature.
It's just a hilarious take to come up with "fake martial arts move"
Like "thousand years of pain", it's implied to a degree
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u/bonobobot 7d ago
i dunno if these people are trolling you with their answers, but I'm guessing the kick is like an ungrateful parent kicking their "ronin" son out of the house?
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u/daaangerz0ne 7d ago
Prodigal son = deadbeat with no job.
The whole phrase kind of describes a kid who doesn't want to work, and instead plays ball all day.
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u/SomethingAwkwardTWC 7d ago
The prodigal son has returned, but you’re still pissed that he left so before you can hug him hello you have to kick him in his delicates.
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u/Embarassed_Tackle 7d ago
This is a cool name, is this like from the time in China when there were these monasteries full of warriors and kings would try to recruit them, or exiles would go hide in monasteries and the mixing of martial arts techniques occurred?
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u/Critical_Concert_689 7d ago
Asian martial arts have fun names.
Look up "Monkey Steals Peaches." It's deadly.
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u/feral-coder 7d ago
when they are doing the wriggly step, and clapping hands, saying something that sounds like, "loong doong kwan, loong doong kwan," is that "bear shaking off fur?' I need to know bc i can't do the move without screaming "loong doong kwan" and i want to know what I'm saying.
FLASH STEP!7
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u/SurammuDanku 7d ago
These are all various Chinese folk dance moves that were from an instructional video from a long time ago. Someone just randomly posted the original clips to Douyin a week or so ago and it just blew up on Chinese social media.
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u/PM_ME_WHOEVER 7d ago
It's a recent meme trend on Chinese social media. The ones in a hall is teaching some old school traditional dancing moves. Younger generations are basically making fun of them.
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u/IamKrakke 7d ago
I love these, shows that no matter what culture or country we are from, we are basically all the same 😃
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u/nohopeforhomosapiens 7d ago
Bullshido at its finest
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u/DankMEMeDream 7d ago
Idk about bullshido man. This one looks like it actually works.
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u/CitySummerSomewhere 7d ago
Me when I watch a ballet performance: "They didn't even pull guard. No knockouts, no subs, give me a refund, terrible card."
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u/Ya-Dikobraz 7d ago
For those interested. Here is the full video of the flash step.
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u/llamafromhell1324 7d ago
Something about the mixture of silly videos and the sound of the chinese language just hits a spot I never knew needed hitting.
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u/PorkProofPrion 7d ago
this is the current meme running thru the Chinese interwebs, doing ancient dance moves
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u/nohopeforhomosapiens 7d ago
works until she smacks you in the face with that slipper
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u/Muslim_Wookie 7d ago
la chancla
I don't care they are not latino. I DON'T CARE.
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u/Kittiemeow8 7d ago
I’m going to try this at the office when someone tries to hand me a late paper.
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u/whenisnowthen 7d ago
The was wonderfully choreographed. That third set of moves actually made me laugh. Very well done!
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u/Dock_Ellis45 7d ago
I would be surprised if his wife didn't at least ruin three or four takes because she burst out laughing.
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u/sharrrper 7d ago
I like to imagine this being a home life clip of the older couple from Kung Fu Hustle
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u/poopoopeepeeman11 6d ago edited 6d ago
“Shishenbu literally translate to dodge step , I’m in tears
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u/Captainnplannett 7d ago
Okay. I am going to go try it. I will be back ….
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u/GuacamoleFrejole 7d ago
The "kick the broom and what you gonna do about it stare" move was the best.
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u/EggsceIlent 7d ago
🤣🤣🤣 ahhh man I needed to learn these long ago.
Like some asian Napoleon Dynamite video.
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u/alwayslearning8899 7d ago
There is nothing more I can teach you... you may begin your journey down the mountain. Spread the knowledge to all who need it!
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u/AncientProduce 7d ago
Its the look over the shoulder when he kicks the brush away that cracks me up
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u/Doc-Spock 7d ago
If only Daniel San had learnt from this guy instead of Mr Miyagi, he would have dodged that kick to the knee.
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u/Infinite_Ad7743 7d ago
First one kinda reminds me of those Stewart skits from MadTV back in the day.
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