Someone posted the Hung Kuen Episode already, but I thought this series is worth a second look. The premise: a few young martial arts practitioners from Hong Kong travel to find out more about Orthodox Chinese martial arts. Typically the travelling guys that the film crew follows have some background in boxing or MMA. It's interesting to me on a personal level because these are chinese dudes "trying to find their roots" so to speak on the mainland. They examine a bunch of martial arts as follows:
Even if you don't like the look of the sparring, it's worth a watch, with pretty good production.
- Northern and Southern Praying Mantis
- Xinyi Ba (features Shi Dejian)
- Baji Quan
- Mongolian Wrasslin
- White Crane (haven't seen the episode, but it connects it with Okinawan Karate)
- And Hung Kuen was already posted, but here's the link.
- Wu-tang!
- Wing Chun
Even if you don't like the look of the sparring, it's worth a watch, with pretty good production.