Jujujason

TC, until some of these 'high level masters' start beating even the average grapplers out there regularly, kung fu won't get the respect that you feel it deserves. Again, the grappler can poke/gouge someone in the eyes, punch someone in the throat, pull hair, bite, scratch, pinch and squeeze someone's balls just as easily as the non-grappler can. All of that being equal, the grappler is still the superior grappler that the kung fu guy doesn't have an answer for. If you like kung fu and think it's good, then great. Keep on keepin' on. Personally, I don't really care what anyone practices. I gave up on trying to wake people up and open eyes about fifteen years ago. If someone doesn't want to spend the time on the mat learning real grappling, then that's on them. That's just one less person that I have to worry about. Peace & good luck.

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Ghost

Lol.....pwned

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fire cobra

Good questions Ghost.

I defo retain the knowledge,i dont think much would come out in a spontaneous self defence situation as ive done so much Muay Thai and a lot of Silat,however if it was a situation where i could plan and choose the tool so to speak then i think some elements would come out given the right scenario.

I like the chinese arts a lot actually,its a shame they lost the combat efficiency they once had through lack of combat.

I intend to delve more into Wing Chun in my later years as i think it has a lot to offer the older MartialArtist.

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Tom Yum

Top video: 1980's sanda

Looks just like open style, full-contact karate - allowing sweeps/takedowns.


Second video: Modern San da - more of a focus on shuaijiao. Striking not emphasized as much.

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Tom Yum

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Tom Yum

Choy Lay Fut challenge matches/sparring (Lacey family). Some of the sparring uses long fist, the later portions look more like muaythai? I think both father and son have scored some good knockouts.

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The younger Lacy has competed in muaythai as well.

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TigerClaw

Ghost, hello,

What do you mean by pwned?

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TigerClaw

Hello,

You said that there would be no respect unless the kung fu masters started beating up others. I do not agree there. hey already have respect from centuries of development from war and actual combat of many of the styles.

You also said that the grappler can also just attack the eys groin etc. But I would say that many of them have not trained that way, unlike the kung fu fighters that train that way. Also there is a great amount of technique
involved when we talk of attacking these areas. It is not just some simple thing a kid can do.You are oversimplifying things.

The worst man you would ever want to meet in a real fight and try to grapple him would have been one of my instructors. He would immediately have the vital areas attacked and the grappler would be in great shock. I have seen him fight similar. Because, as I have said, there is a different mindset. As I pointed out in this post, I showed other experts in martial arts agreeing with me and even the military is taking interest in this kind of combat real fighting.

I think it can be dangerous to not inform students of the reality of combat survival type fighting. if the students are only used to practicing for tournaments and sport, then they miss much of what MARTIAL ( or warlike) fighting has to offer.

Again, when I talk of such combat techniques etc, I am only refering to the best in the Kung Fu world, the masters and experts who have developed their style. I am not refering to the Kung Fu people who have only had a few years and who give it all up to become kick boxers in combat.

The way that i teach my students to fight is what I call, "form fighting". Every move and technique can flow into the next and the stances are thee ec. It looks just like fighting in forms. The men who origionated the forms did actually fight like that (I believe). They did not just all fight like so many kick boxers today. Kung Fu fighting is a whole different way of thinking and doing combat. Yes, this kind of fighting takes years to master. but this is the kind of Kung Fu person I am talking about

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Bjjexpertise@be

It's kinda hypocritical since you're oversimplifying grappling.



And as far as your story about where a "large boxer/kickboxer with grappling experience" attacked you, I call BS. I took the liberty of quoting if from one of your posts from Jubaji's links.
I'm currently in college and I probably see hundreds of douchebags every week but not one of them would do something like that; nobody randomly attacks you like that in a gym.
Lastly, just because they're hitting the punching bag doesn't make them a boxer/kickboxer, just as not everyone who gets into a random stance they make up does kung fu, taichi, etc. Also, if at any time someone tries to grab someone into a clinch for whatever reason (them getting hit, trying to bully someone, etc) does not make them a grappler.

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TigerClaw

Yes he did do that and people do randomly do things like this, especially when they are proud and arrogant and have something to prove, and when they unwisely look at a Kung Fu man practicing and think that all the flowery fancy movements are useless. I think that is where he was coming from. He may have been under the wrong impression about Kung Fu as so many are. When he saw me I think he was trying to put it off and show me how useless he thought it was. But he was surprised.

. I could relate many stories from life where people just attack others and in pride try to overcome them etc. There was another boxer in a boxing gym that I go to who was very cocky and arrogant, them one day he was showing off with another larger man who did Jujitsu I believe and some wrestling I think. he just grabbed him and slammed him so hard that the boxer was hurt bad. The boxer I believe may have had a concusion. These kinds of things happen all the time.

As far as him just punching the bag. I talked with him about what he had learned before. And I never said he was a grappler.

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jubaji

LOL! This clown is gonna run out of forums to be run off of sooner or later.

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TigerClaw

Hey, why are you attacking me? you don't actually believe the attacks from the another site do you? Be very very specific in your attacks upon me and lets see if they are warranted. Remember, the majority is not always right.

Just remember the experts agree with me on this topic, as I posted.

I am curious if you can throw out anything other than insults. When truth breaks down people often resort to name calling.

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jubaji

Because you're an idiot, a poseur, and generally annoying.

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