Choi Lee Fut

[Luigi]

This art is famously known for when Bruce Lee said it was the only style where the fighters could travel to Thailand and beat the Thais. Marco Tentori is the most well known Choy Lee Fut practitioner and he recently fought Yodsanklai Fairtex, the best Muay Thai fighter who isnt currently a stadium champion. Marco lost a decision but he did pretty well. Here is the fight:



So in honor of this great battle and clash of styles I decided to make a CLF thread.

CLF is a lot like Muay Thai and Kickboxing in that it focuses on sparring and realistic application of skills. However, it also incorporates training methods from kung fu, such as iron hand and iron shirt training(increases pain tolerances and calcifies bones). It also uses push hands, a form of pseudo-grappling that is meant to improve your balance. Here is a video of a Hong Kong fight between a CLF practitioner and a Wing Chun fighter:



CLF became popular as a self defense system in many crime ridden areas of America where people were at a high risk of being attacked. For this reason CLF has become part of the street culture of some American cities, which can be seen in these CLF raps:







While on youtube I also stumbled on this video which is a compilation of CLF fighters taking on fighters of different styles:



And finally here is a dramatic CLF demonstration that some guys choreographed:

[Megaterio Llamas]

Cool. The name sounds reminds me a little of the place the Werewolf Of London was looking for to 'get himself a dish of beef chow mein' in the classic Warren Zevon song of the same name.

[Professor Diet Butcher]

This art is famously known for when Bruce Lee said it was the only style where the fighters could travel to Thailand and beat the Thais.

I believe this guy is one of the fighters he talked about.

[Edge Guerrero]

This art is famously known for when Bruce Lee said it was the only style where the fighters could travel to Thailand and beat the Thais. Marco Tentori is the most well known Choy Lee Fut practitioner and he recently fought Yodsanklai Fairtex, the best Muay Thai fighter who isnt currently a stadium champion. Marco lost a decision but he did pretty well. Here is the fight:

So in honor of this great battle and clash of styles I decided to make a CLF thread.

CLF is a lot like Muay Thai and Kickboxing in that it focuses on sparring and realistic application of skills. However, it also incorporates training methods from kung fu, such as iron hand and iron shirt training(increases pain tolerances and calcifies bones). It also uses push hands, a form of pseudo-grappling that is meant to improve your balance. Here is a video of a Hong Kong fight between a CLF practitioner and a Wing Chun fighter:

CLF became popular as a self defense system in many crime ridden areas of America where people were at a high risk of being attacked. For this reason CLF has become part of the street culture of some American cities, which can be seen in these CLF raps:

- Is Choi Lee fut the style of the looping punches?

While on youtube I also stumbled on this video which is a compilation of CLF fighters taking on fighters of different styles:

And finally here is a dramatic CLF demonstration that some guys choreographed:

[Luigi]

From what I have seen they do use a lot of looping punches, much like Chuck Liddel's style. Its probably no coincidence that Chuck's style is Hawaiian Kenpo, which was strongly influenced by Chinese martial arts.

[Edge Guerrero]

From what I have seen they do use a lot of looping punches, much like Chuck Liddel's style. Its probably no coincidence that Chuck's style is Hawaiian Kenpo, which was strongly influenced by Chinese martial arts.

- It's Choy, i remmeber a old video of fighters fighting in a roof top like Def Jam: Fight for New York:



There used to be other vid too.

Chuck punch is similar indeed:

[Luigi]

From what I have seen they do use a lot of looping punches, much like Chuck Liddel's style. Its probably no coincidence that Chuck's style is Hawaiian Kenpo, which was strongly influenced by Chinese martial arts.

- It's Choy, i remmeber a old video of fighters fighting in a roof top like Def Jam: Fight for New York:

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lol you had that game too? It was so awesome. The original Def Jam Vendetta was awesome, then Fight for New York was even better. I remember vividly fighting Snoop Dogg as the last boss and he takes a blade out of his cane and stabs you.

[Professor Diet Butcher]

When I was a wee lad, my dad used to tell me he was gonna take me to Hong Kong to learn Choy Lee Fut. It was the most "street" of the Kung Fu styles and was dominant in HK before Bruce Lee appeared on the scene. That trip never happened though :( He did teach me a bit of Bak Mei (yeah, as in the old master in Kill Bill), which I think I will make another thread of ;)

[Edge Guerrero]

When I was a wee lad, my dad used to tell me he was gonna take me to Hong Kong to learn Choy Lee Fut. It was the most "street" of the Kung Fu styles and was dominant in HK before Bruce Lee appeared on the scene. That trip never happened though :( He did teach me a bit of Bak Mei (yeah, as in the old master in Kill Bill), which I think I will make another thread of ;)

- I remember whem you said that a time ago.
What's is Pak mei? Please start a thread.

lol you had that game too? It was so awesome. The original Def Jam Vendetta was awesome, then Fight for New York was even better. I remember vividly fighting Snoop Dogg as the last boss and he takes a blade out of his cane and stabs you.

- I liked the first two games, they were cool, really good graphics, but got repetitive after you finished them.
I hated getting beat by Snoop Dogg :mrgreen:

Edit: - Are the gift's working for you guys?
THey stoped moving for me since yesterday, the juggernaut looping punch.

[Luigi]

The first game got really repetitive after you beat it, but I loved how in the second one the characters were very customizable, especially for back then. We would all have like 3 different characters, some of them ridiculous lol

Now that you mention it the Juggernaut gif did stop working. Strange.