sano Posted July 21, 2003 Posted July 21, 2003 don't forget if it was not for shidokan karate cung le would be nothing if you don't belive me try google. falcon kick!!!
Treebranch Posted July 21, 2003 Posted July 21, 2003 River wrote: There are a great many kinds of martial arts which are brutal in fighting.I understand what you said,Treebranch.I also know what Sansoo is at the moment,but I have never heard of Jimmy you talked about in your article,is he a Chinese? Jimmy H. Woo was Chinese and the founder of Kung Fu San Soo. http://www.kungfusansoo.com/ "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
Icetuete Posted July 26, 2003 Posted July 26, 2003 back to the strong and weak points of san soo please. i am interested in this style and actually wanted to start an own thread on the same subject.
Treebranch Posted July 29, 2003 Posted July 29, 2003 I think that San Soo is some what limited. It's limited in the way that it's designed only for brutal combat. There are no submissions and the techniques are specifically designed to destroy your attacker. You can't spar with this stuff, but I don't consider that a weakness. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
Icetuete Posted July 29, 2003 Posted July 29, 2003 i dont quite get the training methods of San Soo. i heard kicking/punching in the air is not part of San Soo and sparring is not possible, because if done properly u might end up in hospital every time. so how do u practice the technique?
Treebranch Posted July 29, 2003 Posted July 29, 2003 Half speed while wearing a cup. You get thrown a lot and banged up quite a bit. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
Icetuete Posted July 29, 2003 Posted July 29, 2003 is practicing at half speed all the time such a good way? the have to rely on air kicking as well... or how do they practice the real stuff at actual speed?
Treebranch Posted July 29, 2003 Posted July 29, 2003 There's no air kicking. You always work with other people when learning techniques. We also did randori which is great. We used pads and bags for kicking, punching and certain strikes. You can practice certain things at full speed, but most of this stuff you just can't. A good analogy would be, how do you practice running into a wall at full speed? Try it if you're crazy, but sometimes simulation is necessary. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
Icetuete Posted July 29, 2003 Posted July 29, 2003 yeah - think so. though i dont really like ur analogy i understand ur point. many arts use air kicking for simulation, but yes, certain techniques in San Soo (hair pulling, biting, groin kicking, eye poking...) cant be simulated. at least air-poking would be rather ridiculous.
Treebranch Posted July 29, 2003 Posted July 29, 2003 Well if you're the one receiving the technique you would hope the person doing it is taking it a bit easy. Understand that groin kicking, eye poking, biting, pulling hair are the least of your worries with San Soo. We did a lot sitting on someone's leg in a technique to break it, falling on someone's elbow and neck breaks, strikes to the throat, back breaking techniques, falling onto a persons chest with all your weight and stomping the head when you have the person down. Lots of dirty bone breaking techniques that happen with the way you apply the technique. Honestly I don't remember biting or eye gouging at all. Groin kicking is practically in every technique. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
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