Do you enter Karate competitions?

[Infrazael]

I was watching a video of one of our Choy Lay Fut guys against a Karateka a few months back. It was from a comp. several years ago.

Our guy essentially RAN towards the Karateka. . . . did a "Poon Kiu" (like a double blocking thingy, except u hit the other person's limbs/face, backfisting etc. . . ) into a "Sau Choy" sweeping punch with the forearms. . . .

The kid was out cold for about 10 minutes.

[SigungWhite]

Gentlemen,

I have been competing for many years, not onlyin the US but in Germany and Korea.

I have found even though I am a chinese stylist, If I change to the uniform of the day, ie. Karate type uniform I do much better against the big wigs in the Karate world when I am currently.

You can see the results of my labors with the top ten awards in the Professional Karate Commission.

https://www.pkcheadquarters.org go to rating and look or the instructor tim white in brown and black belt catagories.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/Wizardsr/PICTkd1.jpg

just a sample, I took second place in a TKD tournament with a Choi li fut form on 17 Oct 2005 in Manassa, VA.

food for thought. My sons fight all the time in the torunys.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/Wizardsr/patpkc1.jpg

This my son Patrick in the blue uniform.

Sigung White

[cleung]

I use Chinese forms and weapons in karate tournaments. I've seen Chinese stylists win at karate tournaments as well as lose. Just depends on the competitor on how impressive he or she can be in front of mainly hard style judges. I like the variety of martial arts in an open tournament. I think these events can be a real learning experience as well as social.

[Infrazael]

Gentlemen,

I have been competing for many years, not onlyin the US but in Germany and Korea.

I have found even though I am a chinese stylist, If I change to the uniform of the day, ie. Karate type uniform I do much better against the big wigs in the Karate world when I am currently.

You can see the results of my labors with the top ten awards in the Professional Karate Commission.

https://www.pkcheadquarters.org go to rating and look or the instructor tim white in brown and black belt catagories.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/Wizardsr/PICTkd1.jpg

just a sample, I took second place in a TKD tournament with a Choi li fut form on 17 Oct 2005 in Manassa, VA.

food for thought. My sons fight all the time in the torunys.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/Wizardsr/patpkc1.jpg

This my son Patrick in the blue uniform.

Sigung White

You're a CLF guy? May I ask what Molum Pai Kung Fu is then?

[glockmeister]

When i think about tournaments I picture Mr.Miyagi saying if Karate is used to protect your self and your family then Karate mean something.If Karate is used to protect plastic metal throphy Karate mean nothing..

That's nice hollywood philosophy, but I don't understand people detesting tournaments. Being in competition can be a good thing, it makes most people want to work harder to outperform another and if it makes a person train harder, that's a good thing. It also gives you a chance to test your skills and teaches you to use them under pressure.

[cleung]

I agree. There are some useful things to learn from competition. They are also educational as far as seeing other martial artists of different styles. Also, there is a great social factor as well. Lots of people together with similar interests in martial arts.

[Infrazael]

I'm fighting in a Kyokushin tournament come April.

Full Contact

Bare Knuckle

No punches/elbows to the head

No submissions/grabs/clinches

Pretty much everything else is legal.

[SigungWhite]

Molum Pai (Cantonese) or Wu Lin Ta (Mandrin) Means the Society maritial arts. As so translated by GM T.C. Wong. It contains forms Mostly of Praying Mantis and Bak Mei Kung Fu. With some forms of Wing Chun and Choi Li fut. However, the System is basically taught for self defense. Over the Past 25 years I have added the Basic system of Keisatsu Jujitsu and Chin Na to the system as well.

Since I am the Second in line to inherit the system I have taken many pains to keep it online as I was taught, but I have to realize that it is important to change with the times. I am also a police trainer so it comes in handy when I am trying to create drills for law enforcement personnel to train as well.

Sigung White

Note: Just a question, What is CLF stand for? I feel ignorant if I don't reall understand the comment.

[backfist]

Nothing wrong with gung fu students competing in point tourneys. Over the past 30 years, some things have changed, but some things remain the same.

Techniques and rules have changed, but the intangibles remain. Back in the '70s and '80s, your uniform meant something in the minds of referees and judges. For instance, in northern California, if you were Kenpo or Kajukenbo fighter and the tournament was hosted by William Kim's Tae Kwon Do ... well, you'd probably want to go and find a white gi top before your division was called. And if you were from a gung fu school, and you were at a tournament hosted by Leo Fong or Tony Ramos, your techniques received a certain degree of respect and attention.

I still compete today (in the over-40-with-bad-knees division) and still do quite well. And I wear my V-cut gung fu top and red gung fu bottoms.

No politics to worry about if you can still bring the goods.

[SigungWhite]

Didn't know that Kung Fu Uniforms had V neck.

However, I do agree that sometime the uniform can mean a lot. I am a Kung Fu Guy and I did a TKD tourny in Oct 2005, and I wore a White Dobok vs Kung Fu uniform and still took 2nd in the BB Forms Division.

Sgung White