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u/juniorjaw 12h ago
The Wifebender
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u/emlopez90 12h ago
Not with that attitude
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u/UpperApe 10h 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 10h ago
there is no large automobile.
there is no beautiful house
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u/feral-coder 9h ago
Well, how did i get here?
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u/off-with-your-thread 8h ago
i come from a land down under
where beer does flow and men chunder
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u/homestroke 5h 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 9h 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 12h 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/UpperApe 10h ago
Yup. Video of the Year for me. Watched it 3 times.
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u/whatsthatguysname 3h 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 4h 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 2h 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 12h ago
Where can I learn from this master?
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u/DruHarry 12h ago
Reminds me of the husband from Kung Fu Hustle.
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u/psychoacer 11h ago
I believe the second instructor in the video is the bullfrog guy from Hustle.
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u/spiderwell 7h 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/psychoacer 7h 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/Training-Violinist83 12h ago
That ending 😂
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u/CorrectMeIfImWrong6 12h ago
The martial art of being a good husband! 😂
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u/Oniuroko 12h ago
Marital arts
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u/Illustrious_Ad4691 12h ago
Wasn’t that the name of a section in Reader’s Digest for reader-submitted “humorous” marriage anecdotes?
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u/Baleeverne 11h ago
Take my upvote, no other comment can beat yours (just like his wife can't beat him...)
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u/notredditbot 12h ago
What are the guys saying in Chinese lol?
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u/Surrounded-by_Idiots 12h 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 11h ago
Prodigal son ball kick? What?
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u/Surrounded-by_Idiots 11h 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 10h 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 8h ago
The best part is how we don't know whether they're just making shit up
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u/Turkey_uke 8h ago
they are legit!!!!! im chinese
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u/Infamous-Rice-1102 8h ago
i am Chinese and what they said was accurate
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u/homestroke 5h 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 10h 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 10h ago
You kick like you're kicking a ball that's on the ground.
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u/AMediocrePersonality 10h ago
i know what a ball kick is lol
how do they work together
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u/alanchui 9h 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 8h 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 9h 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 8h 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 9h 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/BeyondlegendZ 9h ago
Nah it's more like some dated chinese memes. the techinique can also literally translated to holigan ball kick
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u/Not_a_real_ghost 8h ago
It's a made-up fantasy name meant to sound like a kung fu move from the wuxia novels.
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u/daaangerz0ne 5h 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 1h 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/load_more_comets 11h ago
Why'd you think the son ran off in the first place?
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u/Critical_Concert_689 7h ago
Asian martial arts have fun names.
Look up "Monkey Steals Peaches." It's deadly.
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u/feral-coder 9h 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!4
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u/SurammuDanku 10h 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/avatarofrequiem0 6h 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/nohopeforhomosapiens 12h ago
Bullshido at its finest
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u/DankMEMeDream 11h ago
Idk about bullshido man. This one looks like it actually works.
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u/CitySummerSomewhere 9h 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/rviVal1 12h ago
-I know Kung Fu
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u/Ancelly 12h ago
Everybody knows Kung Fu fighting..
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u/IamKrakke 11h 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/Ya-Dikobraz 4h ago
For those interested. Here is the full video of the flash step.
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u/nohopeforhomosapiens 12h ago
works until she smacks you in the face with that slipper
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u/Muslim_Wookie 11h ago
la chancla
I don't care they are not latino. I DON'T CARE.
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u/llamafromhell1324 11h 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/Kittiemeow8 11h ago
I’m going to try this at the office when someone tries to hand me a late paper.
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u/sharrrper 10h ago
I like to imagine this being a home life clip of the older couple from Kung Fu Hustle
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u/whenisnowthen 3h ago
The was wonderfully choreographed. That third set of moves actually made me laugh. Very well done!
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u/Dock_Ellis45 9h 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/Captainnplannett 12h ago
Okay. I am going to go try it. I will be back ….
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u/EggsceIlent 11h ago
🤣🤣🤣 ahhh man I needed to learn these long ago.
Like some asian Napoleon Dynamite video.
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u/GuacamoleFrejole 7h ago
The "kick the broom and what you gonna do about it stare" move was the best.
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u/alwayslearning8899 7h 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 4h ago
Its the look over the shoulder when he kicks the brush away that cracks me up
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u/Doc-Spock 11h 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 9h ago
First one kinda reminds me of those Stewart skits from MadTV back in the day.
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u/PorkProofPrion 21m ago
this is the current meme running thru the Chinese interwebs, doing ancient dance moves
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u/LookyPeter 11h ago
i think chinese people are starting to realize kungfu actually not practical in a fight.
only dodging wife.
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