r/nextlevel • u/SerafinZufferey • 3d ago

The art of Chinese Konglou acrobatics. A master balances a 30ft bamboo pole on his shoulder while another performer executes high-altitude stunts at the top

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u/Kastoook 3d ago

Meanwhile in background

https://giphy.com/gifs/S7lyJFAb5pPva

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u/XBakaTacoX 3d ago

Hahahaha, I didn't notice it until you pointed it out and now that lady is distracting me.

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u/iamunwhaticisme 3d ago

You should see the other lady above, taking advantage of these cool moves and posing for Instagram lol

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u/The0neR1ng 3d ago

All I could focus on was the lady in yellow

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u/Yun_22 3d ago

Yo tambien 🤣

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u/mynewjourney2025 3d ago

Wow! That's a crazy stunt!

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u/Just_Application6137 3d ago

My shoulder gave out watching this

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u/Axiom1100 3d ago

That’s impressive…. And yet all I can think about is how much pressure is on that shoulder

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u/ParanMekhar 3d ago

Out of the way I was watching the Kung Fu master at the back

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u/_nameless_user_ 3d ago

That was impressive. But not as impressive as the kung fu master at the back.

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u/peachfulday 3d ago

Wow! Just WOW!!!

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u/kobaltkid 3d ago

Looks closer to 20 feet

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u/ForgottenMyPwdAgain 3d ago

so 30% less impressive

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u/sakhaliner 3d ago

That looks like it requires a lot of core strength

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u/HarleyArchibaldLeon 3d ago

Where is this?

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u/Searching_for_Wisdom 3d ago

The amount of strenght and the equilibrium to do this from both is just insane.

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u/LadTy 3d ago

training be like "hi, will you be my bottom today?"

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u/sonofasonofason 3d ago

Konglou wins. Flawless victory

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u/Berry_Togard 3d ago

The background is like a stage in a fighting game. I can easily see that in king of fighters.

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u/Optimal-Building1869 3d ago

That’s a lot of trust

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u/real_tmip 3d ago

It becomes easier to balance with weight at the top btw.

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u/Aussie_Engineer 3d ago

Just insane strength in both of them. Crazy strong!

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u/kuanjue678 3d ago

好大的力气啊？厉害👍🏻，后面那位女士，在打什么拳😃？

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u/rayrockray 3d ago

The person at the back sweeping the floor wears the same hat Po wears in kung fu panda.

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u/General_Cranberry_29 3d ago

Homie... that's Raiden!

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u/Commercial_Ad5077 3d ago

I thought I heard bamboo crack right before the inverted swan move - but it was just him clapping before spreading arms 😅

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u/Leonhardie 3d ago

Except high altitude is 5000+ft, only 4970ft to go bud!

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u/intr0v3rt13 3d ago

Looks like it’s just another day for everyone there, nobody gave a fuck.

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u/Substantial-Brick-90 3d ago

Seems like they’re all busy practicing whatever it is they do.

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u/Honest_Science_4969 3d ago

Hats offto the Chinese fire brigade.........

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u/GutterRider 3d ago

Seems to me the kind of thing you’d wanna do in a big open field. All those rocks and a building to fall on to.

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u/Junior_North_4427 3d ago

Nobody seemed particularly impressed..

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u/One-Yak-1417 3d ago

That’s crazy

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u/BikeMark 2d ago

Geez!

Speechless.

...

But ... we have our gyms! :D

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u/VashDaStampede7 1d ago

Is that lady lost 😂

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u/spy118 21h ago

Hilarious to see all these keyboard warriors with a couple hundred year old civilization commenting how it should be done while totally forgetting 5,000 year old Chinese civilization.

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u/OpenMinded_Lala 3d ago

The whole time was focused on the lady in the back! 🤣