How effective is Kung Fu San Soo for street fights?

[broomhilda000]

How effective is kung fu san soo for street fights?

 

Just like to know what you guys think, thanks.

[yogi_bearss]

San Soo is pretty effective, it's kindave like Kung Fu without the flashy techniques in it. It uses the bodies reactions to pain to benfit the damage you can apply to someone else. For instance if you kick a someone ( male mostly ) in the groin they will bend over and if you simaltaneoulsy throw an uppercut you will need less force to cause more damage to their head because they come falling forward.

 

 

 

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[Drunken Monkey]

totally the wrong kind of answer but i think most martial arts, if not all martial arts will be effective if you train to be proficient in the techniques/theories that it teaches.

 

after all, if you don't practise, how will you get good? you need to practise forms to inprove your precision of execution and you need to spar to improve reations/speed/accuracy etc...

[Pacificshore]

from the ground up, very true in what you stated. Like any other martial arts, you have to practice to be proficient, otherwise your being unrealistic. Also I think there needs to be a differentiantion between a "street fight" and "self defense" in the street.

 

I mean in a "street fight", or fight in general, it's a bunch of wild punching and kicking, or even a "sucker" type punch that starts everything. In a self defense situation, it's one person defending against an unprovoked attack, surprise or not.

 

So perhaps maybe the question should be "how would San Soo fair in a street self defense situation?"

[Drunken Monkey]

and there's the fact that there are no rules on the street and so the number of things that might happen increase a thousand fold.

 

no amount of training can fully prepare you for what might happen.

[yogi_bearss]

What do you mean wrong answer? It answers the question in my opinion...

[broomhilda000]

OK, would San Soo be good in a street brawl? No rules both mutual decision on fighting.

[sansoouser]

I'd say San Soo would be good in an all out brawl, although it could use more grappling and wrestling techniques but if you are good at it then you can defeat them standing up but it is still good to know some grappling moves. You need to be well rounded. Yogi you are correct in the science behind San Soo, it uses their power and momentum etc, etc, against them. Like in your example. Or another example is if you were to hit them in a certain place ( don't want to tell where may give to many techniques away ) it will expand their rib cage and make it more vulnerable so you can injure the ribs worse with less force. Overall i'd say it is street effective.