the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

Thought there was some skill on show here. Enjoyable and messy.

aamc wrote:

Thought there was some skill on show here. Enjoyable and messy.

who would you say is doing the "light" contact ?

That was the header on the clip, I'm assuming that those that uploaded it felt it was light contact.

They look like they're going to be able to play again tomorrow (or next week), that's light, right?

If we put fighting experience or sparring knowledge aside... I don't quite understand why "everyone" goes into a generic sparring mode and don't really utilize the strategies that their style has to offer. But there is some nice stuff going on here, like that hand drag at 1.00. It looks like he might be able to pull it of in a combat situation.

Bao wrote:If we put fighting experience or sparring knowledge aside... I don't quite understand why "everyone" goes into a generic sparring mode and don't really utilize the strategies that their style has to offer. But there is some nice stuff going on here, like that hand drag at 1.00. It looks like he might be able to pull it of in a combat situation.

Quite right Bao - everybody knows its supposed to look like this

https://www.facebook.com/10000155241011 ... f=NEWSFEED

Shhhhh!!!!

GrahamB wrote:

Bao wrote:If we put fighting experience or sparring knowledge aside... I don't quite understand why "everyone" goes into a generic sparring mode and don't really utilize the strategies that their style has to offer. But there is some nice stuff going on here, like that hand drag at 1.00. It looks like he might be able to pull it of in a combat situation.

Quite right Bao - everybody knows its supposed to look like this

https://www.facebook.com/10000155241011 ... f=NEWSFEED

Shhhhh!!!!

no more like this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA5-Q6wALTg

or maybe like this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sdFrCQBTxY

Sadly a so few will ever see their art perform the way it is designed, because they don't believe it looks like that. Yes though he offers it as sarcasm, if you learn your art to the level of fighting skill it is designed to reach, it will most assuredly look like the movie clip he presented when you use it. Not when you perform it, but when you use it.

GrahamB wrote:

Bao wrote:If we put fighting experience or sparring knowledge aside... I don't quite understand why "everyone" goes into a generic sparring mode and don't really utilize the strategies that their style has to offer. But there is some nice stuff going on here, like that hand drag at 1.00. It looks like he might be able to pull it of in a combat situation.

Quite right Bao - everybody knows its supposed to look like this
https://www.facebook.com/10000155241011 ... f=NEWSFEED
Shhhhh!!!!

Uh... who said anything about that it's supposed to look a certain way？:/