Monk's Finger Stunt.

1. hiddnfox
   December 17th, 2006 at 2:39 pm

   I have this video. this guy is amazing! whats really funny though is a guy that has mastered the skill of 'chopping' a bottle in half. what a waste if a life! you spend you whole life learning the magical skill of karate chopping a bottle in half for what? so you can be a small attraction at the pub?

2. Robert Aronson
   December 17th, 2006 at 3:13 pm

   Different people measure success in different ways. I highly doubt he did it just to be a small attraction at the pub, if at all. Imagine the kind of mental discipline needed to be able to do something like that (or any of the seemingly superhuman things these Asian monks can do). The reward lies in the journey, and the destination is but a small, memorable reminder of all that was gained during the trip.

3. Fuser
   December 17th, 2006 at 4:36 pm

   I'm calling BS on this one. We never see the bottom of his feet. The camera is upside down. He is standing on a chair that is against the wall and leaning out and touching the ceiling. I know you can say look at the paint job from when he is sitting but we don't know what the whole room looks like.

4. ted
   December 17th, 2006 at 5:52 pm

   I don't think it's a fake, and I usually think everything's fake. It's just silly.

   What I found funny was the "This is a pride of the Chinese nation."

   I just can't imagine thousands flocking to see that.

5. MrPumpernickel
   December 17th, 2006 at 7:21 pm

   Chinese propaganda video, it doesn't have to be accurate it just has to look good. This could easily be done either by having two rooms painted similarly and tilting the camera or by building a room that can spin on its own axis together with the camera inside it. It's been done extensivly in music videos.

   I'm not calling it BS, I am though questioning its validity. Generally, any type of propaganda videos are to be taken if not with a grain of salt at least with a backpack full.

6. Mokuwai
   December 17th, 2006 at 8:09 pm

   If you look at his belt and robe they are both pulling down showing which way gravity is working. It's clearly not an inverted room. I've witnessed even weirder events in my life.

7. FromChina
   December 17th, 2006 at 9:13 pm

   Don't believe. It's FAKE, the monk gets help from a string, that's way you can't see his feet! Communist China's propaganda machine created many 'HEROES' like this guy. Never believe.

8. Dan
   December 17th, 2006 at 11:15 pm

   Hear Hear,
   The guy is getting help from some direction the end of his finger is bent, so there is some weight on it. More than I could put on mine, maybe, but not his entire body weight. A human finger couldn't stand it.
   The "Pride of Chinese Nation" comment at the end cinches it.
   Besides, those warm-ups looked pretty weak to me.

9. FA84
   December 18th, 2006 at 2:48 am

   God all conspiracy theories and no one addresses the most basic logically fallacy of this video.

   We never see him get up against the wall normally and then stand on one finger.

10. jimmy
    December 18th, 2006 at 2:22 pm

    yeah, this seems fake. makes me think of shaw brothers doing fake how-tos in martial arts. the type of subtitles they use i've only really seen in films anyway, like the shaw bros ones.

11. egeer
    October 11th, 2007 at 4:28 am

    i vote for the string theory

12. L.T.
    October 12th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

    Everything else the Chinese come up with is a fake. This is no different.

13. Buzz
    January 15th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    Hey #3 watch again they do show his feet at 1:12

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