by Andy_S on Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:18 am
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Sadly, my guess is that we might all be surprised at just how similar the result would be for a lot of so-called "masters" of internal martial arts, even those we really respect
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If you are a master who has never had a fight since elementary school, has never taken part in contact sports, and who only ever spars (or, more likely, drills) with his students, I think it would be naive to expect otherwise. However much these people train MA, actual fighting against a man who does not do their style and is not their student is quite simply outside their experience.
There are some persons in IMA - a few - who, OTOH, have and continue to seek this experience. Su Dong-chen and Luo De-xiu from Hong's lineage went through kuoshu, and so learned contact fighting. Chen Zi-qiang will grapple anyone who steps into his hall, and if you want to punch or kick, he will say, "Fine - go ahead."
But these kinds are a minority.
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