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Originally Posted by Mike Brewer
Were punches to the head not allowed?
If you have it, Lib, can you post some background as to who these folks were and what the level of competition was? I mean, it's apparently an inter-school thing, so I'm not expecting to see pro-level fights, but there are some aspects that are pretty different from what we generally see as MMA. It'd be nice to know what we're looking at.
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On the youtube site itself, the first clip had the following attached to it:
“Notice how he withstands the takedown twice and how he keeps his opponent on the run constantly. This is Aaron Baum a Chu Sau Lei Wing Chun man dominating his opponent in a NHB championship in England. In CSL Wing Chun we actually have a MMA/NHB fight team called the Iron Wolves and UNLIKE other traditionalists we actually have PROOF that our system works and it works brilliantly. Anybody can talk about how good their system is but unless you have PROOF that it works "under fire", in real fighting against a skilled opponent who's trying his hardest to beat you, all you have is a bunch of talk, and talk is cheap.”
While the 2nd clip, “Wing Chun Fighting,” read:
http://www.londonwingchun.com “The video is of Alan Orr at the 2005 Combat Sports Open National NHB championship: Finals – Hereford Nov., 2005
Ran accross this:
Wingjitsu (MMA Academy founded by Mickey Papas [Northern London]):