At Shaolin

[Masato]

what is the format of the book you are writing?

[Som-Pong]

Empty vessel indeed. I like to keep 'em half full so I have something to pour on the heads of buffalo.

[Vutulaki-san]

This simply blows my mind, its the first time Ive seen a highlight video of light sparring between a Kungfu guy and a "First lesson free" guy.

Do you normally spar against guys two eight classes below you, make a highlight video of it including slow mo shots of missing kicks and still manage to get lol'ed at bro?

I can video trane u up to level 3 street fighter status.

I start all newbies on elbows, head butts and knees.... little bit of street greco too.

Let me know man, first lesson free cause youre one of Masato and Galt's booooooooooooys...

[Som-Pong]

Thailand ain't that far away from chiuchow country, come on over and spar me. I promise not to hurt you.
You need a haircut btw.

[Masato]

LOL

There was a tall redheaded chap who once came into an MMA gym I was training at that came in wanting to test/prove his kung fu styles.

It was a big class, and we were all doing some basic sparring drills, using a very specific muay-thai stance and technique. But this fucker insisted on standing all Bruce-Lee sideways, and trying to 1-up as many of us as he could with this kung fu style.

The teacher kept reminding him to stand according to the lesson, but buddy would wait till the teacher had moved his attention onward (big class), and then he's start doing it again lol He was all goofy lookin, too lol I hated that wanker

I got stuck sparring with him for a good 10 minutes. This was dumb because I was a total beginner at the time, and no real challenge for anyone who would have trained a lot. So this boosts kung fu red's ego and he gets all ridiculous, taunting and challenging me to 'hit him in the face', lolol

Sadly, I couldn't... (not that I took the bait to really try, I was just trying to drill) - he'd lean way back and was pretty good I guess at feeling my range and keeping his big bobbing head out of it, lol but who am I to judge. I think I told him a few times he was being an idiot, then we coach said switch training partners and I just avoided him for the rest of the class.

I never saw him again. I really wonder if anyone put him in his place or not. The coach at that club was not really a guy to fuck with lol

[Edge Guerrero]

LOL

There was a tall redheaded chap who once came into an MMA gym I was training at that came in wanting to test/prove his kung fu styles.

It was a big class, and we were all doing some basic sparring drills, using a very specific muay-thai stance and technique. But this fucker insisted on standing all Bruce-Lee sideways, and trying to 1-up as many of us as he could with this kung fu style.

- Don't this give mobility, but makes very hard to block leg-kicks? I asking because is like that with TKD, now mobility is very important in TKD.

The teacher kept reminding him to stand according to the lesson, but buddy would wait till the teacher had moved his attention onward (big class), and then he's start doing it again lol He was all goofy lookin, too lol I hated that wanker

I got stuck sparring with him for a good 10 minutes. This was dumb because I was a total beginner at the time, and no real challenge for anyone who would have trained a lot. So this boosts kung fu red's ego and he gets all ridiculous, taunting and challenging me to 'hit him in the face', lolol


- I once go a asswhoping from a Muay-thai guy like that. :mrgreen:

Sadly, I couldn't... (not that I took the bait to really try, I was just trying to drill) - he'd lean way back and was pretty good I guess at feeling my range and keeping his big bobbing head out of it, lol but who am I to judge. I think I told him a few times he was being an idiot, then we coach said switch training partners and I just avoided him for the rest of the class.

I never saw him again. I really wonder if anyone put him in his place or not. The coach at that club was not really a guy to fuck with lol

[Som-Pong]

You're right Edge it does give good mobiliy, same with having your hands low. Kind of sucks when you allow punches to the head though. And it does make you extremely vulnerable to leg kicks. I guess that's why WTF TKD allows neither of those techniques :)

[Vutulaki-san]

What side stance fucking extra mobility bullshit? these ziperheads were fucking all over the place.


I implore you all to watch those vids again, especially wiz Cool C, please.

[Som-Pong]

It's true side stance gives+2 mobility. If you wear a a sash of gaeseki you also get+3 on your roll to hit. It's very effective against southern Chinese kobolds. Don't be a hater Vutulaki. Obviously this Sifu has much to teach us uninitiated fools.

[Professor Diet Butcher]

Ain't really like that though Luigi. I have healthy respect for Kung Fu, especially Hung Gar. You can ask Diet Butcher about that. When I see bad form I'll call it out though, and then being told it's not bad form but techniques I am not familiar with seems a bit cultish.

This true. Som has PMed me about Hung Gar and Pak Mei.

Thing is, I like Kung Fu, grew up on it. It's not the techniques... I believe the techniques work. But they don't train to make it work. They do the forms and some very rudimentary bag or pad work (only offense, hardly any defense ever) and that's it.

My brother, who tranes, came to HK a couple of years back for the summer. He decided to take kung fu lessons from a family friend. My bro was nothing but respectful trying to learn what he can with no ego. But one of the sifu's students, his "top student" I suppose, wanted to test my bro. My bro just shrugged it off most of the time until one time he agreed to spar the guy. He arm dragged the "Top student", took him down, mounted him, slapped him around a bit and armbarred him. Since that incident, the sifu asked my bro to come to every class so he could show them some stuff, lol.