Baji: Matsuda Ryuuji

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGhD0P3Bwwo

bao

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq-_XQcN ... u%20kungfu

ti

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJyWorq0 ... u%20kungfu

dan

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeyGjv5zBpw

kua

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyr3aKoKI8U

chan

[SteveBonzak]

I think the problem with most of these applications is that his guard is not tight enough. Using the lead hand to defend contralaterally can work, but it needs to be much tighter and the hands need to be kept up. Using the rear hand to defend the lead hand attacks is safer in general, however. To work realistic technique, even in compliant practice, the attacker should use some combination attacks.

-Steve

[Kurt Robbins]

I Think Wu Lian zi has a better overall direction than most of what I have seen, for example he is going for knees and his blocking / guard is a lot tighter than what I have generally seen in Baji practitioners.
I think that brings encouragement, but he is a long ways off from what could be as far as Baji potential. It all comes down to the quality of antogonism to what your testing to. A grappler or MMA or Muay Thai fighter of quality is not going to let himself get set up or put themselves into these situations. The dynamics of these examples are not benefiting the potential and quality that could be.
I need to get off my ass and start recording and posting my personal examples and points of view.
These are very difficult ideas to convey in words alone.