San Soo against other arts...

[Sam]

yeah it does get heated sometimes, but the admins are good and generally everyones pretty civil anyways....

in reply to shotokanwarrior - sparring also improves other aspects and gives you experience that you dont get elsewhere in training enough - like taking a blow, and taking an unexpected blow..... depends on how you spar as to what u gain from it.

[Treebranch]

Well San Soo like many other Combat MA's teach stuff that are design for a specific context and Sport Arts are not different. The reason you can practice sport arts full speed is the very reason they are Sport MA's. It's really that simple.

[elbows_and_knees]

right, but they can still disable with those same techniques that they are doing full speed... so even though they may not be what some call "lethal", that is really not the case at all.

[Shaolin Bushido]

Y'know, according to most stuff I've found on San Soo from sources other than died in the wool supporters, Jimmy Woo's material was lots of stuff that worked from (possibly) Choy Li Fut and other Chinese systems that were particularly effective for self-defense.

He must have really been particularly on point as he taught martial arts in a community that didn't tolerate charlatans and he also taught non-Chinese which wasn't that prevalent back then. Does anyone know why there was such a huge gap between his immigration to the States and the time he opened his first school?

[parkerlineage]

I was wondering if anyone out there taking san soo had any tricks or tips if a situation were to arise agaisnt boxing, kickboxing, kenpo karate

Kneel before their wrath...

Just thought I'd say hi, Chaz...

[CapitalKarate]

If you yourself are not able to free spar someone without injuring them, as in don't perform the techniques that will break bones or kill them, then you aren't an accomplished martial artist.