What style of Chinese arts does every one do

[mastertae]

I also learned various other kung fus from other people in their back yard. Two of the most influences in my kung fu training is one of my friends dad whose full blooded chinese. When I was little I use to go over to his house and he would teach me. And one of my friend who travels alot to learn various martial arts. I know various kung fu's but am definitely not an expert in any of them so I tend to mix in other aspects of other arts to fill in the gaps I feel I am missing.

[muaythaiposer]

i've done san shou before. anybody else heard of it? i think it's what Ad was referring to; chinese kickboxing. it's like thaiboxing but no elbows, and knees, and you get to grapple an throw. loads of fun (like everything else...)! usually they're in touneys with wushu and tai chi.

 

oh, and yes, i think hung gar is the same as ho gar, because the name hung is actually the creator's family name. gar in chinese means family. so Hung (i.e. Smith) Gar (family) kung fu; named after the creator. people correct me if i'm wrong!

 

[ This Message was edited by: muaythaiposer on 2002-04-19 09:20 ]

[ChangWuJi]

There are alot more than Hung Gar martial arts that end with "Gar". It stands for family name martial arts. Fut Gar, Hung Gar, Chu Gar etc.

[Iron Arahat]

muaythaiposer how many san shou fights have you had, and where. Maybe we've met.

 

 

[muaythaiposer]

hey, iron.... well,.... gosh it would be so easy to lie when i cant see you, but i'm not gonna so you won't have to end up kicking my butt (haha). i don't compete. i've done sanshou for about eight months, but had to quit due to conflict in time (i'd want to get back into it). i've been a spectator at the recent tiger balm, and last year's .... i cant remember right now... but it was held in richmond in november (not a big tourney). maybe you've met my buddy... weight class ~140pounds...

 

where are you from?

 

this rocks to hear from other people in sanshou!

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in chinese kickboxing we do learn knees and elbows, im actually quite not sure what the difference is,

 

we also learn chin na in the chinese kickboxing a long wiht routines to thai pads

 

 

[Iron Arahat]

Muaythaiposer you saw me and my guys fight at this years tigerbalms if you watched the San Shou there. There was four of us from my club Justin was a 15 year old that sent a kid back about five feet with a punch.

 

One of my other students fought in the night show Jed Paul, from Peace River. An I fought a heavyweight bout at 165lbs, my opponent was 200. You can see some of our pics from the event at:

 

http://homepage.mac.com/diromj

 

The only fighter I know from Vancouver at 140lbs would be Tjong Tjhie...but I couldn't say that I know him other than to see him.

[muaythaiposer]

hey Iron, i think i sorta remember you guys ... but i was there only for the finals late show. i rooting on my best bud. yes, i know Tjong, my buddy trains with him ( or Tjong teaches my buddy) and Howie Leung (well he trains with the guys from Shouyu Liang).

 

haha, and i guess this is a minor detail, but i'm a chick :pony:! got to see those 2 chicks fight, and boy, i wish i'm still doing sanshou. BTW, nice pics!

 

Ad, i'm not sure about the chinese kickboxing thing, maybe Iron can offer some answers, but i know that in training at Shouyu Liang, they are starting to incorporate knees and elbows...somehting like thai-ing sanshou and chinese-ing muay thai. a lot of the sanshou people are ex-thai boxers, so now the sanshou people are seeing what it's like. i think in the rules, there still aren't any elbows and knees....

[Iron Arahat]

We have always done knees and elbows, but obviously the current fight rules do not permit them. Knees and elbows are part of the four basic martial skills:

 

Da - use of fist, open hand, elbow, fingers

 

Ti - Kicks, sweeps, knees, and stomps

 

Shaui - throw, takedowns, wrestling

 

Na - joint locks, and chokes

 

I know Howie, a good fighter, he had an impressive win over Kin Sze at nationals last year.

 

You will have seen my fighter Jed Paul fight Marshall Irons at the night show. Jed was dealt 3 low blows during the fight, but still won.

 

I believe I was the last fight at the night show (heavyweights - although I'm a middleweight)...was slow paced and calculated, not like alot of the novice guys who just went out swinging wild.

 

Why arn't uo doing San Shou now? Should get back into it, as the school from Seattle has alot of female fighters, and we are also training a few feamales now.

 

 

[MonkeyNinja]

Monkey Kung-Fu

 

Wing Chun Kung-fu

 

Shaolin Long Fist Kung-fu

 

San Shou Kuai Jiao

 

I'm still studying in all of them. So I guess I would be a white belt in all of these styles.

 

MonkeyNinja