The Iron Crotch of GM Tu Jin-Sheng

[GeneChing]

A BBC crew was here today to film a documentary on GM Tu Jin-Sheng and his iron crotch. It's part of a 3 episode series called ***** Envy; this episode is called Building the Perfect *****. So anyway, they filmed him pulling a 17ft U-Haul truck in our parking lot and both Design Sifu and I got to brace him for the tow. He did a similar tow at our 10 year anniversary (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=257)

GM Tu had me kick him a few times in the crotch to warm up. I didn't go full power - I have these slip on shoes from Caterpiller (even has a a tractor on the side) and it has the retaining bead which I was afriad might hurt him if I unloaded a full snap kick (it's one of my few decent kicks actually). But I did kick him about eight times, half of them were solid, all of them were enough to put a normal man down, given the target.

He did two pulls. For the first, he tied off using his shaft and balls. The second, he just used his balls, which he claims is much harder. He said he can do just the shaft too, but he has to be very erect and he said he didn't want to scare anyone. I had a close up view of all the tying in - it was as real as it gets. It took about half a dozen of us to push the truck back into position for the second pull.

For anyone behind the times on our Iron crotch research, here's my cover story (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=319). And my first piece that broke GM Tu's story (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=315). There was also a Weekly World News article that plaguerized my first piece without crediting me back in in Nov 2003, and a Penthouse article earlier this year that completely misqouted me (but made me sound wittier, so I didn't complain). We also did an article on his son Jack, a national champ, in our last issue, Nov Dec 2005 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=624). Sandy Tu (aka Mrs. Tu) pulled me aside and said that I could have those skills for just 10-15 minutes a day. I don't know, man, I don't know...

[GeneChing]

Yesterday, I got paid to kick a man in the balls. And I made the front page of our local paper, the Argus (http://insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_3244724).

[Subitai]

Yesterday, I got paid to kick a man in the balls. And I made the front page of our local paper,




When in real life do you actually get to say something like this in Conversation?

I friggin' hate your JOB!

ease on,
"O"

[GeneChing]

That article went to six ANG newspapers. We were mentioned on a sportstalk radio station and even appeared on a gaming forum (http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=72933). GM Tu's website crashed from the amount of hits it received. Stay tuned - more to come. :cool:

[GeneChing]

I'm scheduled to be interviewed by Jay Thomas (http://www.jaythomasshow.com) tomorrow, Nov 30th, 2005 at 1:30 PM PST (that's 4:30 in NY where he broadcasts). Hopefully I won't sound like a ****.

[GeneChing]

See the Iron Crotch demo for yourself (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=629). :cool:

[herb ox]

if you're being interviewed because you hang out with GM Tu, Steve-O and I should get interviewed 'cause we know the dude who 'hangs out' with GM Tu :D THAT would make some interesting shock jock radio, eh?


BTW, I'm signing up. I can spare 15 minutes a day:p


"piece" out,

herb ox

[GeneChing]

Jay Thomas thought I was GM Tu's trainer. It's a bit of a dubious connection because I don't train Iron Crotch, so these DJs have a hard time trying to figure out what to do with me. And so far, none of his students have really stepped forward to do interviews. None really have enough of a sense of humor or lack the depth of understanding of American culture needed to reply to some of the ***** puns. And as you know, Tu only speaks Mandarin.

Gigi keeps saying that I should train so I'd be a better spokesperson, but it requires that you don't ejaculate for several months while you build up your foundation, and that much DSB would make me cranky. You know how cranky I get anyway. Just imagine how mush worse it would be. I keep telling Gigi that smacking my balls around for 15 minutes every morning is clearly not within my job description. Not even in the fine print.

[Design Sifu]

Talk about a Ball Breaking job discription.

I'd happily lie during those "talks" what the hell... "we" trained with him for like a couple of weeks here in the office.

I've got some friends with Sirus radio... maybe they listened in. Wonder if that show's archieved.

Next Stop: Howard Stern

[GeneChing]

It's been one of my more challenging vows, but not nearly as hard as 'A disciple of Buddha doesn not intoxicate self or others' :o Besides, what if someone beleived me and kicked me in the junk? That would suck. Or maybe the converse. Whatever. It certainly would NOT be good for me.

Howard will have to wait. The next stop is Kevin and the Bean show (http://www.kroq.com/kevinandbean/), a southern CA morning show. I have an appointment next Monday. Tune in, turn on, drop kick. ;)

[GeneChing]

I'm also scheduled to be interviewed on the John London show (http://1069freefm.com/skin/blurb.php?sectionId=0&contentId=80277) at 4PM next Monday. There's live streaming on their site, so you can all hear me get flustered by another DJ. :cool:

[GeneChing]

Well, the Kevin and the Bean interview went well for me. They were really funny and seemed to be on point with their questions. Plus a So. Cal listener coached me a bit on their routines. Double December indeed. It was also noted that I tend to start answers with the word 'well'

Well, what can I say? I'm a writer, not a talker.

The John London interview went into this weird tangent that I didn't get at all. They started asking me if I thought Bruce Lee was really killed by Chinese mafia, then that classic newbie question "what is the best martial arts for the street?" then what my height and weight was and if I'd be open to accompanying one of them on a night out drinking some he could turn into drunk ******* and have me save him by kicking everyone's ass. wtf? I thought we were talking about Tu's testicles.

For the rest of the day, Gigi did a search on our novel incoming traffic, finding these sites, mostly porn sites, which she would IM me and ask about. That's right, my boss was IMing me porn. Can I claim sexual harassment for that? If only. Meanwhile, a mischevious Design Sifu was also IMing me sites that mentioned our recent Iron Crotch publicity, only a few porn ones, but one really nasty one that had nothing to do with it with these horrid overweight dominitrixes and, and, oh lord, let's just not go there. DS and I discussed posting the odd links here, at least the ones that a SFW, since most of them, especially Gigi's, were NSFW.

[woliveri]

Gene,

I know someone who practices this art but said he had too much heat rise up to his head. In fact, when I was there the crown of his head was just healing from heat blisters from practicing this art.

Have you heard of anything like this and do you know how is this controlled?

Thanks,

[Design Sifu]

Meanwhile, a mischevious Design Sifu was also IMing me sites that mentioned our recent Iron Crotch publicity, only a few porn ones, but one really nasty one that had nothing to do with it with these horrid overweight dominitrixes and, and, oh lord, let's just not go there.

Well it DID say "IRON CROTCH" on the page!!!

[GeneChing]

woliveri: There are a lot of heat issues apparently, but blisters sounds rather extreme. If you really want to know, you should get Tu's Iron Crotch video (http://martialartsmart.net/prjt001.html); he explains it all there. I'm just the translator and occasional nutcracker.

DS: Overweight doms are just nasty. You just wanted to 'one-up' what Gigi was sending me. You could make yourself useful and post the SFW links you sent here, if you still have them.

[Design Sifu]

I just found out that someone cooked up some home made t-shirts of Gene kicking CROTCH!!!

Al I have to say is . . .

WHERE'S MINE!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

[GeneChing]

...I soooooooooooooo serious about this - you don't even want to know...:eek:

[GeneChing]

This just in from our TN office... (http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2005/11/there_are_men.html)

[zuiquan1]

you know, I tried to come into this thread with a mature attitude, but you all are making it really hard for me:D

[GeneChing]

I tell ya, after being pummelled by shock jocks after Tu's last stunt, I don't even bother trying to be excessively mature about it. That would be like overcompensating. Iron crotch is what it is. At the same time, I don't ridicule it. It's a formidable discipline and I have a lot of respect for GM Tu, not just for his IC, but for so many other talents he exhibits. He's a fascinating one, that's for sure...

[Design Sifu]

psssst . . .tell them about the cooking show.

[GeneChing]

OK, there is no cooking show - that's just Design Sifu's weird fantasy. But our media department is working on a TV ad for a local Chinese station for GM Tu, and there's talk of a 30 paid programming show that he might be working on with us - I'm not sure of the detail about that.

[GeneChing]

Mind Body & Kickass Moves - Iron ***** (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFfhxVmdXZ4&mode=related&search=)

[herb ox]

...nice T-shirt!

'ox

[The Xia]

I stumbled across this
http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution.com/Features/*******/Week_47_Garbage_*****.htm

Edit: language filter interferes with the link. So if you want to see it go here. http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution.com/Features/
Then go to "*******".
And lastly, go to week 47.

[woliveri]

yeah, just make a TinyURL out of it.....


Here:


http://tinyurl.com/rrg3z

[GeneChing]

We made *******? I'm so proud. Only I didn't kick GM Tu in the ass, I kicked him in the goods.

[The Xia]

From the Grandmaster Tu story (Which actually comes from the Tri-Valley Herald) posted on the ******* of the Week, "Jin-Sheng hopes to strap a dozen of his top students to a 747 for the biggest ***** pull of all time. All he needs is an airplane."
Do you KFM fellahs have any information about this?

[Design Sifu]

Well we're constantly on the lookout for a plane; 747 or other. They are pretty expensive to rent so, so far nobody's foot the bill or offered a plane.

[lunghushan]

Well we're constantly on the lookout for a plane; 747 or other. They are pretty expensive to rent so, so far nobody's foot the bill or offered a plane.

Supposedly there are a ton of mothballed planes sitting around in the Mohave Desert. Don't know what it would take to get access to pull one, though.

[GeneChing]

GM Tu's son, Jack Tu, is currently competing in K-STAR (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39272) in China. Here's the online voting site for K-STAR. (http://my.u-vv.com/vote/list.do?place=1) We ran an article on Jack in our 2005 November/December issue (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=624) - Is Wushu a Dying Art? - Champion Jack Tu Speaks Out By John Brown.

[GeneChing]

We had heard that Jack was eliminated earlier but we just got a call from Mrs. Tu. K-STAR has left Shaolin and is travelling about the country. Out of Shaolin, 4 Mainland Chinese and 5 foreigners qualified for the final 9 (including our own D. Y. Sao and Philip Sahugin). Jack didn't make that cut.

But Jack was re-qualified in a xiu chou contest. Ok this is going to take some explaining. Xiu chou literally means 'embroidered ball.' It's the name of that big red ribbon used in weddings (it's also the name of the ball that is used to tease lions in lion dance). There a ritual that's very parallel to the bride tossing the bouquet (or the garter), but in Chinese marriages, it's this xiu chou. For the show, they gathered up a bevy of miao girls to toss xiu chou to the competitors (this was after Shaolin) and Jack received the most, so he's back in.

[golden arhat]

why is the mag so obsessed with iron crotch ?
its one of the few things i hate about the mag

[The Xia]

why is the mag so obsessed with iron crotch ?
its one of the few things i hate about the mag
Why do you hate it? :confused:

[lunghushan]

Well, I for one support the mag. I for one bought the DVD. I say they are doing a good job, so :p

[lunghushan]

Well, I for one support the mag. I say they are doing a good job, so :p

[GeneChing]

The simple answer is that iron crotch works for us. The bottom line is that we have to sell issues to keep the magazine going and iron crotch sells. I get more publicity out of my iron crotch research than any other of my pursuits. Just take a look at this thread. No morning DJs have ever asked me to talk about Shaolin, or Kung Fu, or Tai Chi, or anything, except for iron crotch. Additionally, MartialArtsMart.com (http://www.martialartsmart.com) is the primary distributor for Gm Tu's Iron Crotch gear, and while it's not as profitable as TKD, nunchuks and ninjas, it does generate more substantial income, and ever little bit counts. So, just like if you're front kick is solid, for us, iron crotch is solid. We always hit with it.

The more complex answer is that GM Tu is extraordinary. Like I've said a thousand times, every fixates on the crotch, but once you get past that, there's so much more. Pretty much every master that reads and speaks Chinese and have interacted with GM Tu here respect him. They respect his skills, his research, and especially his painting and calligraphy. More than a few have asked for private lessons - and mind you, I'm not talking our customers that just walk off the street looking to buy a staff. I'm talking some high level masters. Bottom line - GM Tu has it going on.

You'll have to check out our upcoming NOV DEC 2006 because I have an article featuring GM Tu that has nothing to do with iron crotch. It's all about how to make and use stone locks.

[golden arhat]

that poses a bigger question .......why is everyone obsessed or interesrted in their crotch to me an article on shaolin would be far more interesting
maybe its that people like the idea of doing amazing feats with their crotch the very symbol of manlness maybe wht ppl are really interested in is showing off about how manly they are to others or proving it to themselves i mean u dont have to do train by pulling a truck with ur shaft to withstand a kick to the groin which is surely wht i would want from a martial art like that

i could be wrong

but i do agree with u GM tu has got skills

[GeneChing]

Sex sells. Plus it's a remarkable skill. We've all been kicked in the junk before so we know how vulnerable that region is. Imagine the skill to make it invulnerable. There's an amazing possibility of martial practice. For the record, and many martial artists make this mistake, GM Tu doesn't not practice iron crotch as a method of self defense. It takes him a moment to bring his qi up so it has no use in real combat, and being a former sparring champ, GM Tu is fully aware of this. Iron crotch is a qigong practice. You do it to increase your vitality and that, in turn, feeds into your overall power as a fighter.

[GeneChing]

Jack's still in the game. So's Phillip and D.Y.

Vote here. (http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2006-09-26/19251264314.html)

[GeneChing]

Sounded like exhaustion, or maybe stress and dihydration. Not sure how the others are doing.

[GeneChing]

First and third went to Chinese. Second was an American. Some are saying he's just the token foreigner, but we should still be proud. Way to go Philip!
1. Gu Shenwei
2. Philip Sahugin
3. Xue Shangtao

D.Y. got a special award for 'most potential'.

[The Xia]

For the record, and many martial artists make this mistake, GM Tu doesn't not practice iron crotch as a method of self defense. It takes him a moment to bring his qi up so it has no use in real combat, and being a former sparring champ, GM Tu is fully aware of this. Iron crotch is a qigong practice. You do it to increase your vitality and that, in turn, feeds into your overall power as a fighter.
So what of the old Shaw Bros. kick to the junk gets your foot stuck technique? :p

Oh man, that sounds like a song. "Kick to the junk gets your foot stuck". :D

[GeneChing]

I've kicked GM Tu in the junk.
My foot did not get stuck.
His crotch does not suck.



:p

[The Xia]

I see music video possibilities. We'd definately shake up MTV!

[The Xia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88A9SIj4EHU

[GeneChing]

I have an e-zine report on this coming up soon. I've been playing phone tag with Martha Burr, our former editor and one of the people behind the NG doc. You can see her in the vid - she's the long blonde with glasses. Our publisher Gigi Oh is in there too. And I should note that GM Tu insisted that his assistants don KungFuMagazine shirts.

Stay tuned. I'll have this story up on the e-zine soon, hopefully by next week.

[The Xia]

How does it feel to be the Iron Crotch journalist Gene? :D

[GeneChing]

You know, I did a vanity search on Yahoo recently and was somewhat shocked to discover that my name was attached to so many porn sites. As you know, I've written hundreds, if not thousands, of martial arts articles, but it's the Iron Crotch that has made my name, at least on the web. It's a weird legacy, but at least I have some legacy, I suppose...:o

[GeneChing]

My Shaolin shixiong Matt Polly (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26966) is now pimpin' iron crotch. I like the boxers (http://mattpolly.com/store.htm).

[The Xia]

You know, I did a vanity search on Yahoo recently and was somewhat shocked to discover that my name was attached to so many porn sites. As you know, I've written hundreds, if not thousands, of martial arts articles, but it's the Iron Crotch that has made my name, at least on the web. It's a weird legacy, but at least I have some legacy, I suppose...:o
Someone's gotta give us the low down on the iron crotch so it might as well be you right? :D

As for your association with porn, I saw this bio of you here. http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/gene-ching.htm
It says, He has published articles in several major martial arts magazines beyond Kung Fu Tai Chi, as well as magazines about film, Asian culture and even a few adult magazines.
Are those published articles in adult magazines about the Iron Crotch or are you moonlighting? :p

[GeneChing]

....and let me tell ya, adult mags pay a lot more that martial arts mags. ;)

Hey, it's a living. It's better than flipping burgers....:o

[bodhitree]

Does that guy have kids?

[GeneChing]

Read the earlier part of the thread. We talked about Jack's involvement with K-Star.

Here's their profiles:
Julie Tu (http://martialrank.com/playerProfile.aspx?uid=31)
Jenny Tu
(http://martialrank.com/playerProfile.aspx?uid=32)Jack Tu (http://martialrank.com/playerProfile.aspx?uid=33)
Jimmy Tu (http://martialrank.com/playerProfile.aspx?uid=34)

You can also check out Jack's website (http://www.jacktu.com/). We ran an article on him in our 2005 November/December (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=624): Is Wushu a Dying Art? - Champion Jack Tu Speaks Out.

[GeneChing]

Check out our latest e-zine report: Iron Crotch Plane Tow 2006 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=690)

[Hishaam]

The first time i saw someone performing an iron crotch stunt was on an old documentary about Shaolin featuring a young Jet Li, needless to say that i repeated the scene many times trying to ascertain that it was for real. Now GM Tu wants to go for a 747with some of his students, that would be one heck of a sight. BTW Gene any female students of his going to be part of that endeavour or is it still early as far as tolertance is concerned to talk about an iron crotch female style performance?

[GeneChing]

...GM Tu has done more for the progression of iron crotch than anyone so far. I think his next step would either be towing a train (so he would have done trains, planes and automobiles) or female iron crotch. Female iron crotch is far more delicate because it involves penetration and that takes it to a whole new level of censorship. I have yet to meet any female iron crotch practitioners. When I do, I'll let you know. ;)

[Hishaam]

Female iron crotch is far more delicate because it involves penetration and that takes it to a whole new level of censorship.
Yeah, that's what i thought.

I have yet to meet any female iron crotch practitioners. When I do, I'll let you know. ;)

I'm counting on that ;)

[ngokfei]

Femal Iron Crotch - yeah I've seen it during a past trip to thailand. The Beer bottle .......... :eek:

oops don't want to get censored or anything, you got the idea or image;)

So is it just about pulling? what about pushing :o


on a side note: I was always wondering why Tu's children have such wild hair, this explains everything:D

[Hishaam]

Yeah it's always a fine line to walk on when you talk about this kind of subjects. :D

[SaintSage]

I'm glad I got my copy a few months ago, how did the price skyrocket like it did?:eek:

[GeneChing]

GM Tu raised the price of Iron Crotch (http://www.martialartsmart.net/prjt001.html) and the Long Life Health Bar (http://www.martialartsmart.net/2045.html).

[SaintSage]

Well, that's his choice I guess.

[GeneChing]

I just heard that Jack Tu made the final 16 in this season's Jackie Chan's Disciples (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45829).

[冠木侍]

I tried watching one of the videos. It just hurt too much looking at him. :eek:

[WanderingMonk]

so, I am browsing at my favorite IT/computer hardware website, the inquirer, when lord and behold, I noticed a familiar asian fellow on the right hand corner, OMG, what is going on? (screen captured for posterity)

when I click on the picture, it took me to the Iron crotch article for oct 2008.

I see this as good cross promotion, a kind of hardware upgrade path. :eek:

[GeneChing]

That's got to be some weird random newsfeed function of the site. Thanks for preserving it.

Did it take you to this article (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=315)or a repub of it? That article went so far virally - probably ****her than anything else I've written...

:rolleyes:

[WanderingMonk]

That's got to be some weird random newsfeed function of the site. Thanks for preserving it.

Did it take you to this article (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=315)or a repub of it? That article went so far virally - probably ****her than anything else I've written...

:rolleyes:

It was linked to this article

this article (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=640)

IT may love IC, but it may have more to do with this (http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/12/workers-sexy-say-brothel) :eek:

[GeneChing]

Nice to see a link to the ol' Chicken Ranch. That IT site is golden.

That article was before youtube really took hold and we were experimenting with video on the ezine. Those are probably my most famous kicks ever.

I'm merging this with the GM Tu thread. I think it'll sit well there.