Drunken Boxing
Drunken Style is not at full. Basically, instead of "acting drunk", practitioners should lure and strike their opponent simultaneously.
Being drunk does not mean to stumble so slowly. Although actual intoxication would seem to do this-per reflexes. However, being drunk is to accept the hit and strike in the simultaneous concept, such as Ving Tsun.
In all, was Drunken Style over-rated and in-effective? Or is its practitioners?
The problem with most Drunken Stylists is that they give too much emphasis of the “role” than the “principle”. Its principle is that like Aiki Jutsu/Aikido/Judo. Yielding and then counter. However, Drunken Style (that I have been up against), yielding and countering is simultaneous. As, for instance, Ving Tsun.
One of my instructors/sifu, (the same one as above) had studied Ditang Quan. This had prepared him for weird or forceful bending and falling. He could contort in many ways and thus luring the opponent for an opening. Or he could contort the moment of a tactic, and simultaneously strike. I have seen him do this not only to us, his students, but other martial artists with the same or more years his skill. I have seen a Karateka, not mentioning the style, attempt to kick him in the head and he contorted and “simo” struck the guy with straight toes under the chin.
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