VIDEOS

Santanu here! Through the years, I’ve made a lot of martial arts videos, some pertaining to Austin Kung-Fu Academy, and some just on certain aspects of martial arts. I thought I’d share some with you, and give a little context, just so you can get a sense of me and my relationship with martial arts. If there’s one thing you’ll hopefully come away with, it’s that I am very passionate about it!

1. Let’s see this guy in action! Hopefully seeing me and some of my students in action will give you a sense of what kinds of skills I can help you develop:
-Kung-Fu Weapons Demo
-Kung-Fu Empty Hand Routine Demo
-Quick Demo of Applied Kung-Fu and some Self Defense Jiu Jitsu
-Hitting the Target Paddles with Kung-Fu Moves
-Holding the Target Paddles for your partner
-Hopefully, you know that martial arts is NOT just a “guy thing”!
-Using Jiu Jitsu against common assault attacks

2. Some media exposure:
-A little fight scene with Chet Garner, the host of the TV show, “The Daytripper” on KLRU
-A segment on News8, where I was asked to demonstrate how some Kung-Fu moves are used
-Another segment on News8, where I taught the news anchor how to use some Kung-Fu moves!
-We actually had a TV show on a local community television station/channel, called PACT. Our show was called “Du the Fu”

3. Some tutorials. Here you get to see me break things down and explain techniques and concepts:
-How To Do Kung-Fu at Your Desk!
-Doing a 3-Move Kung-Fu combo (I’m in Cosplay mode in this one!)
-Self Defense Technique Against Someone Grabbing Your Shirt
-Teaching the Steps to A Kung-Fu Routine
-So, What’s this Self Defense Jiu Jitsu All About?

4. Video essays! I think a lot about martial arts, martial arts movies, philosophy, society, culture, psychology. I like expressing my point of view:
-Bruce Lee’s ability to recover from setbacks
-The Cobra Kai’s principles were actually correct! (I made this before the Netflix series came out)
-A closer look at the Karate Kid 2

5. Product reviews. I use quite a bit of martial arts equipment in my training and teaching. Here are some:
-Different types of punching bags
-Top 5 Bruce Lee Books (watch from 0:00 - 5:33)
-Quick Demo of using Kung-Fu techniques on the Century VersysVS2

6. Bizarre martial arts variety show! What can I say? The pandemic drove me to some strange mental spaces!
-Angry Tea Strikes Back! (this is the “second season”started in 2022)
-Angry Tea (the “first season” started in Fall of 2020)

7. KUNG-FU COSPLAY! Like I said, the pandemic and sheltering in place took me to some weird, mental spaces!
-Battling your own demons.
-A dietary Kung-Fu battle!
-Kung-Fu Sportsball
-Your 3 fighters
-Is Freedom just an illusion?
-Tech has given rise to the undead!!
-The Metrics are the Matrix!