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Thanks bro.

Can't wait to see that fight. Has anyone seen hammer blows in UFC?

Wing Chun chain punch is more like a piston punch. I don't mean that this what it is called, but it works more like pistons than a chain. Sorry, I think I'm high or something.

I have a theory about sparring. Sparring is playing and through playing we learn how to move. For example, animals like cats pounce on eachother when they play. This is actually teaching them hunting skills which can be translated to killing skills. Sparring is very similar to this type of behavior. What do you think?

Yes size matters. Ask most women.

Randori is where you learn flow and good ukemi.

Hey! What happened to our dear friend Workman?

Hmm.

Kendo is the sport form of Kenjutsu and does not teach actual cutting techniques. Kendo looks like a lot of fun and definitely has value and merit. I would say that if you really want to learn the sword go with actual Kenjutsu, Iaido. Do a search online for one of these or both and see what you come up with.

Now are you talking sweeps like sweeping low with the back of the leg while kind of spin kicking low?

Kirves do you happen to have the names of The Koryu arts? Just curious. I'm not much of an aficionado.

Kirves is right, but I think you will have an easier time finding a Bujinkan or Genbukan school than a true Koryu school. Daito Ryu Aikijutsu is very good as well.

I think that McDojo's are out there to make money and teaching the Art is secondary. This is very sad. I feel sorry for these BB's who are not trained very well and have this false sense of accomplishment and skills that are dubious. I personally don't care about belts at all. I'd rather not have a belt and just dedicate myself to learning the Art. I'm used to learning something that takes a lifetime to master. I have a BFA in fine art and I'll tell you that doesn't measure how good of an artist I am. That just states that I have completed a set curriculum and passed with average to high marks. After leaving school I've acquired more skill as time goes by and I've improved quite a bit. I keep improving everyday and now I feel like I'm at the level where I can teach someone else the basics and demonstrate the basics with ease. That's what a BB is or should be. If it took me 4 years of really hard work to get a bachelors degree it should at least take that long for a BB. Why don't Boxers have belt systems or Olympic wrestlers? Why? Because it doesn't really mean anything and isn't a good way to measure skill. Most schools are not taught by a Master and don't have a Grandmaster to answer to or to guide them. If you do, you are very fortunate. If you don't I hope you are lucky enough to have a honest teacher that cares more about the Art then paying the bills. Just my 2 cents, take it how ever you like.

Check out the clips on San Soo I have linked. San Soo isn't very fancy.

Yeah, I think my friend is pulling my leg.

Does anyone think Bill is David Carridine? That's what I thought, but someone told me it's not him. Who is it then?

Fist of Legend with Jet Li has some of the best fight scenes I've ever seen.

They are very short and some katas are done with the aid of a partner.

Yes, keeping you're back straight is always a good idea. However, as you lower yourself to one knee turn to get your arm back to your center and strike to the groin or hip with the other hand. The other option is to try and roll out of it for a counter. Most of the time when this is applied correctly it's too late for anything.

TJS said: I completely agree.

Personally I think we live in a time where fighting is less useful than it used to be say 100 to 200 years ago as a whole. Now days firearms are readily available to most people in most parts of the world, which greatly diminishes the real need to be highly trained. Also in those times these MA's probably used their skills more often than we do now in real situations. So I think first hand knowledge and Masters who actually faught to protect themselves were for the most part better trained than the majority of Modern practitioners. Of course, there are exceptions to everything. I'm sure there are many Modern Masters that are probably as good or better in some ways to their Ancient counterparts, but not many. Nothing can compare to real life experience, experience is the most important factor to any MA.

To my knowledge there were no katas in Kung Fu Sansoo, I'm not sure about Mantis. Hey Mantis people help us out here.

I'm sure some Ninjutsu practioners flip, but I've only seen a few. Rolling and leaping is more important for Ukemi than flipping is.

Rising Soldier if you are really interested in good rolling skills check out a Budo Taijutsu school. We roll before every class and there are so many directions you can roll in. Sometimes I'm amazed at how important rolls are and how they work into many of the techniques. You really need someone to show how to roll, there's no way of explaining that here. Good luck.

I don't know that much about Mantis Kung Fu, but from what I have seen they are not very similar. Mantis Kung Fu seems to have more weapons training than San Soo. San Soo looks a little more straight forward with it's hand to hand stuff and not as complication as Mantis. I think that the San Soo learning curve is much shorter than Manits, but I will not comment on the effectiveness of either since I believe that depends on the individual. Here's some clips. Just click on the picture to see video clips. http://www.sansookungfu.com/Videos.html Can someone find some Mantis clips, I've only been able to find a few and I don't think they were that great.