Master Paulie Zink: Monkey Kung Fu

[sannin227]

I just got Master Paulie Zink's video in the mail.

Monkey Kung Fu Volume 2: Fundamentals and advanced Training

I'll post how helpful it is .

[47MartialMan]

Some martial artists (main stream BJJ/JJ/MMA) dismiss him and his style and call them in-effective.

I have many martial art mags with him featured.

[sannin227]

Well, I think they should be more tolerant of the art. It's a very old tradition that should be respected.

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by sannin227

Well, I think they should be more tolerant of the art. It's a very old tradition that should be respected.

Hey, I appreciate what you are saying.


It wasnt I that said this....I picked this up in many other forums.


SOME BJJ/MMA martial artists have a tendancy to be boiesteous.

[sannin227]

Well, I've pretty much gone through the whole tape and I think it's great. The forms are pretty complicated and since it's a video, it takes a few rewinds to figure out the exact movement, but what video doesn't. I give it a 4 out of 5 . The missing point really is just because you have to stop and notice the movements.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by sannin227

I just got Master Paulie Zink's video in the mail.

Monkey Kung Fu Volume 2: Fundamentals and advanced Training

I'll post how helpful it is .

Hey I'm brand new to this forum (this is my first post) and I was so exited to see this topic up here!
My name is Adam Kirk, and I am a student of Sifu Michael Matsuda, the only other non-chinese master of Tai Shing Pek Kwar kung fu, and he is also the best friend of Paulie Zink.
Just as a heads up, those videos are kind of old and not that well made, and Sifu Mike is re-doing them right now in a format that is a lot better for those that have not done monkey before.
Even if you have done some monkey before, Tai Shing Pek Kwar is a much different style, and a lot harder to grasp than Shaolin monkey or Wushu monkey, and I would suggest that you get the new videos. They are broken down a lot more, and incude strength and flexability exercises, as well as an in depth history lesson on Tai Shing Pek Kwar.
If you live anywhere near Valencia, California, Sifu Mike is teaching at Valencia Martial Arts, and will start teaching at White Lotus in Burbank in a couple months.
There are 6 students that are getting passed down the full art, and we just finished the Lost Monkey form, but anyone is welcome to join at any time! Next week we will begin learning the staff form, followed by straight sword, and then broad sword before we move onto the Stone Monkey form.
For those of you that doubt the effectiveness of Tai Shing Pek Kwar, please remember that the only person to compete using this style (Paulie) is a 3-time consecutive weapons Grand Champion at the Long Beach Internationals, and is his competition career (1979-83) won over 100 weapons and forms Grand Championships, and not very many martial artists can say that they've had 50 featured articles in different martial arts magazines.

[47MartialMan]

Indeed, he does have a style/tourney reputation, but can he account for using it in real confrotnations?

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by 47MartialMan

Indeed, he does have a style/tourney reputation, but can he account for using it in real confrotnations?

Pauly made a point not to use monkey in contact tournys because he didn't want to compete in the first place believe it or not. His Sifu told him that he had to as long as he was teaching Pauly to spread the art around. I don't know about anyone having to use it in a streetfight situation, but I do know that from the little that I know of Tai Shing Pek Kwar, I have been able to combine it with some of the traps from Pyong An Do Won, and it's super effective. If you do not know much about the form, then yes, it is hard to put into practical application, esp. if someone is learning from the videos, and does not have people to train with, or show propper movement and practical application. It is in fact a very effective style that uses a lot of deception in it's attacks, waiting for the opertune moment to strike. Someone that is as knolegeable as Pauly could most definatly use it in a tournament or street situation and come out on top.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by 47MartialMan

Indeed, he does have a style/tourney reputation, but can he account for using it in real confrotnations?

Real confrentations as in a street fight? Not as far as I know, and that's kinda the point of kung fu, to not have to use it.
although as I said, were it to come to a fight on the streets, he could most definatly use Tai Shing Pek Kwar, and come out the victor.

[47MartialMan]

I understand that to the casual vid ordering martial art nomad, that as with any art, keen instruction and application is needed.

However, by what acconts can he actually show its street effectiveness other than actual condfrontations.

[monkeyman]

Other than actual confrentations...do you mean like practicing against other styles? We do that every once in a while. Or do you mean making life like situations in the studio to simulate like...a brawler? That we do as well. Against a brawler this style is super effective, as they usualy just try to either jump on top of you, or kick you, both of which are easily delt with. Fighting with another style is difficult sometimes, trying to find other people from other styles to get them to train with you is hard, out here anyway, b/c it's all TKD ( I like to call it american kung fu) schools out here, and against them, they don't stand a chance. We have people in our school that have taken different styles before, so we try to incorperate spawrring them with whatever style they know against Tai Shing Pek Kwar, and yes, some times they can beat the students, but not even the Master of my main school can beat Sifu Matsuda. I unfortunatly have yet to see Sifu Paulie even do a monkey form, but from what I've heard, he's even better than Sifu Matsuda.

[sannin227]

Your lucky, i wish i could train with one of them directly, though there are many great masters of other styles that i can train with here. You have a great oppurtunity and should take advantage of it, i always try to get the most out of every class i go to.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by sannin227

Your lucky, i wish i could train with one of them directly, though there are many great masters of other styles that i can train with here. You have a great oppurtunity and should take advantage of it, i always try to get the most out of every class i go to.

Our class has gone from two days a week down to one, as he's getting pretty busy with the museum and everything, but I'vebeen able to get a private once a week, usualy at his house, which means rolling around on the grass so I'm all ichy after, but it's worth it.

[sannin227]

What museum? something to do with tai sheng pek kwar or just another job?

[Jalek Moye]

has that pualie zink ever used his monkey style in actual no rule street fights