But given this particular example - would any Western teacher admit he is not good on national TV and then follow by allowing younger men of a different martial art to teach him how to get better? Since I don't see this happening with any other teacher in any other country, it might just be that you're expecting too much of them... =\
middleway wrote:
Cultural context disappears when we face someone who isn't playing our game, all we are left with is our real, honest and true level of capability to deal with them. That's what i saw in these clips when the pressure increased.
thanks.
Chris
What I do see is that there was a lot of room to walk backwards which made it more difficult for the XY guy to put any forward pressure on the other guy. Wonder how that would work in a crowded bar..
jonathan.bluestein wrote:This is footage taken for a reality TV show in China, focusing on taking young Wing Chun and MMA guys to train and fight with exponents of various traditional Chinese arts.
...fought the hosts (Wing Chun guy and MMA guy), and did poorly against them overall. . .
middleway wrote:But given this particular example - would any Western teacher admit he is not good on national TV and then follow by allowing younger men of a different martial art to teach him how to get better? Since I don't see this happening with any other teacher in any other country, it might just be that you're expecting too much of them... =\
I don't see this is relevant at all. Maybe i misunderstood the video.
However where would the teacher be looking to admit he isn't good on TV according to you? i didn't see this at all and didn't see the presenters attempting to do this.
What i saw was him being unable to produce a good level of skill against a resisting opponent. If he didn't want to look bad he shouldn't have agreed to that format at all. He will have lost more face in that 5 minutes of sparring than he could doing anything else.
bailewen wrote:Worth mentioning to anyone who doesn't remember: The mongolian shuai jiao dudes ate their (the HK'ers) fucking lunch.
FWIW, full episode in decent resolution here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnTsOxS_VbA
Adam S wrote:just a honest question do you know taiji people who sneer at low level grappling but dont spar??
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