Drunken Monkey

for some reason i find that it is easier without hands. and um, when trying it, don't think about pushing your body up, think about your body pivoting around your hips sounds odd but if you try, it might make more sense. good luck.

um, just found this post and um, well, all of the "techniques" mentioned by this guy are from tekken... and the one inch punch is actually more of a training concept than a technique.

i find the best way to train relexes is to train and spar with as many different people as possible. but then "shadow boxing" is a useful tool as well. have fun with it all, the more you do, the better you get.

well, not talking about you really. more aimed at the kids who claim to spar everyday using techniques that are brutal etc etc etc...

well, they were quite strict in china but then much of that was purely political and really was about "my school is better than your school". maybe because of the arts being family based too. after all, when it's your family style, it's more than just your school you're defending.

y'know, there was a time when most of the kung fu clubs were like recruiting grounds for triads...

what do you tell an idiot with two black eyes? nothing, you've already told them twice...

cos y'know, i was wondering, what with all of these guys who manage to spar full contact, full damage, no holding back, all techniques, every day etc etc etc, how they manage to get out of hospital with all of their injuries and get themselves online to share stories of how brutal their art and practice is...

i was always told that to punch through the body simply meant that you complete the motion as if the opponent wasn't there.

not sure about jaoanese dragons but the chinese dragons are all water/air creatures. four famous ones are the ones of the four seas (who were also called "kings"). can't actually remember much but i think i'll go do my google now...

well some people like to know the names so that they can go onto message boards and say that their style is the best/original/battlefield tested/brutal etc etc etc...

i see jerry has gotten what i was REALLY wondering...

and then some people's idea of effective self defence is being about to maim the opponent in lots of brutal moves. my own view of self defence is being able to subdue/control opponent. even when i spar, i tend to just stop the hits coming in and prefere to tie their hands. i can see then openings in their defence but i just chose not to go that route, at least not yet becauses i don't feel my defence skills are good enough for me to move onto attacking that much.

maybe it's more like the best they have trained in so far.

i always thought that mcdojo was a term to describe a place who seems only interested in how much money they can suck out of you and not care about how they are "teaching" or how you are learning...

well, these are questions that your teacher should be answering...

why on earth did you buy them if you are not training in them?

most sensibe people will realise that no one art is complete, that would be asking for the PERFECT style. however, there will always exist that group of individuals who want to, in a round about way, say that their art is the best. it is our job to inform them, by logical reasoning that there is no such thing.

bean bag??? you mean the wall bag? um, if you're training in wing chun you WOULD already be using the wallbag... and it isn't simple as just hitting it.

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um, hate to ask akward questions but how often do you guys spar?

one thing has always puzzled me, why do so many of you get into fights (with other styles) after so few lessons?

but then the same can be said of a lot of martial arts. for example, in wing chun, even our basic blocks CAN lead to arm breaks, kicks are generally aimed for knees and groin, hand attacks at the closest vulnerable spots and elbows fly towards the head etc etc you just have to forget all of them guys who do the fancy nine/ten hit demos showing how they can hit a guy that many times after one interception. you could say that i'm a bit annoyed with a lot of people seeing the simplicity of wing chun forms and the peculiar way we train and then making judgenments on it as an art and as self defense. you're right, i have tried not to make rash judgements and you might have noticed that i do try to ask general questions that can be aimed any style. i am quite aware of the fact some people's idea of effective includes the time it takes to learn and be good and if time is one of your criteria then all i can say is that maybe wing chun isn't for you. but then this is based on my own personal experience based on my style. like i have said, i have seen some guys get really good in a matter of months and i have seen people spend ages and get nowhere. so i guess even the time factor can be ignored because of the personal input factor (i.e how much time you put in). as for a no rules fight, i still think a grappler will have an advantage, especially if he just aims to shoot you. after all he has trained to take a few hits on the way in... i don't know. this is one of those things that we can argue/discuss/whatever you want to call it forever. thre are probably too many different factors involved for anyone to make bold statements like "my style is too brutal and can defeat most guys on the street in a dangerous situation"

this might sound like i'm taking a few steps back and putting my stupid hat on again but... ...if any style claims that it only teaches realistic self defence moves that are highly efficient, brutal and too dangerous for the street then does that mean that it is inappropriate for real world practice? does this in turn mean that it is not a realistic martial art or even a complete art because it is not realistic? i am, of course, ignoring the fact that this is just the usual hyperbola that most mcdojos spout...

so if i taught you wing chun, it wouldn't be wing chun, it would my own style? so you're not really learning san soo, you're learning his kung fu style?