Whats the deal with Jiang Jian Ye? He has about about 200 instructional video tapes!!! Has anyone seen these tapes? Are they mostly Modern Wushu tapes? Or Traditional Wushu? Also, has anyone seen his Bagua sword video tape???
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[Edit: I just can’t stand looking at an entire post with caps lock turned on.]
I have viewed one
I have a buddy who does eagle claw, he borrowed a copy of a weapon tape by this guy from a friend. Personally, I don’t comment on tapes or pictures … too many variables. But frankly, I don’t see what others think matters much. (Please don’t take that offensively, I am only speaking in reality, no harshness meant) I am not easily impressed and you may not want to hear what I really think. ;^)
neijiachuan
jiang jian-ye’s vedio tapes
Neijia, i welcome all ideas and opinions. Speak your mind. I’m just very curoius about these tapes especially the bagua sword tape.
crap
It’s garbage, they all are.
Yes, I’d be curious to hear specific opinions on his skill as shown on tape. He has a couple tapes out on subjects I’m interested in that I haven’t seen anywhere else, like Taiji staff and Taiji short staff. I don’t like to knock anybody I don’t know anything about, but from my understanding of CMA, there is no way in hell anyone could have learned in depth even half of the styles he has tapes out on.
Contemporary creations
Its all new school wushu based. His level is not Beijing team standard.
Ky-Fi & Wan Ma Kai
Hey guys,
I will give you my opinion and tell you exactly what I saw on his tapes via email. I’d much rather handle this in a private matter. Here’s my email address. I will respond as soon as I possibly can.
Ky-Fi & Wan Ma Kai
Hey guys,
I will give you my opinion and tell you exactly what I saw on his tapes via email. I’d much rather handle this in a private matter. Here’s my email address. I will respond as soon as I possibly can.
neijiachuan
hmm…
i see pictures of these videos all the time in tai chi magazine, and they’re not all contemporary. in fact, i’d bet that most of them are traditional.
it’s hard to believe that they would be “garbage,” though. on the bottom of the videos it says “master tai chi and kung fu instructor, master chinese calligrapher.” certification is required in china, and it’s hard to believe that someone could get away with that sort of a reputation.
as for it being a very large number of videotapes, yes, it is, but that doesn’t mean that he has mastered them. being a master and a teacher are two very different things.
i’m not sure about the “beijing wushu team” standards. personally, i wouldn’t whine if a teacher i had didn’t have perfect form, as long as it was good.
it might seem like i’m a little bit partial, but i like the looks of his videos, and those little pictures of the colorful boxes look really neat. i think my favorite box is the “snake boxing” one. just give me a catalog of those things and i’ll be busy for hours. 
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I hope you are joking. You think these tapes are good because they look cool? Do you smoke Marlboro’s cuz you want to be a cowboy?
I’ve seen two of his tapes, and from a traditional point of view there are numerous postural problems, and he has no internal power. I reiterate, they are garbage.
I’d love to hear from anyone . . . ANYONE . . . who has studied and crossed hands with Jiang. That’s an opinion I’d value. I don’t doubt he’s a highly-skilled wushu athlete, but I don’t think he learned much in the way of applications. When asked about demonstrating applications, he says that in China they aren’t typically taught because the authorities are concerned with fighting knowledge becoming too widespread. That says to me that Jiang himself may not have learned anything beyond the forms. On some of the tapes, he does demonstrate some simple applications.
Very few people can judge a person’s internal strength simply by watching a videotape of that person. That’s why I’m interested if anyone has actually crossed hands with Jiang.
As far as forms go, his tapes are an interesting catalogue of different arts that are not otherwise widely recorded on tape. I guess I see Jiang in that sense as more of a librarian than a martial artist. For example, he has one tape providing demonstrations of the 5 “family styles” of taijiquan, and some key points of distinction between them. That was interesting to study.
He learned his Chen Taijiquan form from Chen Zhenglei. That’s one example of the caliber of his teachers. How well he learned is another question entirely.
Just a thought.
noooo…
i don’t think they’re good videos. i’ve never seen any. i just think that the little pictures of the boxes are neat.
Look at this question from a logical view point. In China there colleges/schools are full of martial arts practice you can attend one school and learn a dozen different martial arts.
This guy has tapes out on Shaolin, Praying Mantis, Southern Boxing, Hsing I, All 5 styles of Tai Chi, Bagua and other styles.
Keeping the view point logically correct on this, with that being said, how can I student be good at all these different arts? From hard practice and dedication? Highly doubtful.
neijiachuan
I have his tape on silk-reeling. It’s interesting from a cultural perspective but I wouldn’t try to learn from him anything beyond the basics of an art. Most are not even good at one style, very few can really be good at more than one style, and nobody can be good at 75 different styles. One might be functional on a basic level in a lot of styles but nobody is good at them.
“When I fought the foreign boxer in Kyoto, I jumped up and punched him in the face. This is effective against people who are taller than you.” – Motobu Choki
Love that quote from Motobu. I remember reading a description of that fight.
jiang jian ye videos
First off,
I would like to say that the people who stated
that his videos are no good should first actually
purchase them and see it for themselves and then
maybe they would not make such stupid comments.
Secondly I have never met jiang but i have two of his videos snake boxing and tai chi fan.His videos are the best on the market theres a reason
why his videos are the most expensive its because there the best.I was able to master the tai chi fan and im now learning snake from his video.I find his videos to be clear,in depth and high quality.I cant comment of whether or not he mastered every form on video that he sells but i can say for sure without his snake video and tai fan it would impossible to learn it.He is an excellent teacher and has remarkable skill in his forms.Some people said that hes not wushu team standard there a for simple reason for that he never claimed to be he merely said that he has practicing wushu forms since age 5 you people put words in his mouth.And some dont even have his videos and claim that his videos are garbage dont knock what you have not tried.His videos are two hours of in depth instruction he demonstrates the form at the beginning of the video and then goes through each posture slowly and every angle and also gives applications.I was able to learn from his videos.I leave with this statement
DONT KNOCK WHAT YOU HAVENT TRIED
Taiji fan . . . now THERE’S a traditional and effective martial art.
I’ve seen his Tiger video, and it wasn’t that good. At least the forms are authentic though.
wuji the arrogant one
wuji it is traditional and effective
I have purchased and studied several of Mr. Jiang’s videotapes. I stand by what I said.
“A jack of all trades, master of none.”