anyone training/believing in kung fu?!

My buddy I take sambo with is a ten year chinese eagle claw practicioner. I'm gonna start in January. To look at him you'd not think that he could do all the forms and stuff, but he can. Really really well, too. I'm doing it for the flexibilty and conditioning.

I don't think the forms are very practical for MMA style events, or streetfighting. But I could be wrong. I do think there is a good amount of focus, relaxation, and discipline involved in weapon\hand forms that appeals to me.

i always wanted to do some taichi during my past time...just cant really get the 'feel'... :roll:

sanshou rules are fun if nothing else...

Once upon a time I took a day of of boxing trainning with Big Roy and I went to a Kung Fool school for a day. I left after we started doing yoga and the "Master" told me to get in the tree hugging postion.

He the told me to " bear hug the imaginary tree like a biiiig brother" , yea.........................?

For people that do not believe in Chi, just look at the Vietnam monks who could set themselves on fire and not flinch. I could go on but I think that can settle my point.

i use to take sothern mantis kung fu.....but i left after iaske dhow to defend a takedown and one of the instructors said "a takedown....they can;t take you down" hahahaha. Anyways, i mean i still love and respect all martial arts, just not the martial artist who go overboard with shit. Or Mcdojo and BS martial arts guys. My uncle is like brainwahsed to beleive that his Mcdojo master would beat anyone hahaha he was watching Wanderlei/Rampage 2 with me and goes "this isn't real fighting...it's just street fighting...my master oculd beat that Wanderlei guy, he just needsto attack his center"...WTF you gotta be joking. Man i wanna fight his master SOOOOOO bad, he's eat left and rights and then a takedown..some GnP and a submission...preferably a choke but armlocks'll do :P

i dont mind people saying traditional style dznt work in real fight wutsoeva...or they dont need phylosophies of the style and its funny name...just shut up, do ur own thing, and get a better life...respecting others is more important than being arrogant...say if u r a doctor and u dont need a mechanic...fix the car urself...though doctor is viewed as a 'superior' job, respect the mechanic whos willing to get dirty and make a living out of it...at least he dznt steal from anybody..same goes if u dont need some fancy footwork and flashy moves, do ur thing....enjoy ur 'superior' style and leave those who accept the 'less good' style...their qi/chi flow never interrupt ur electricity supply...n dont forget we are all mere human beings...no matter how strong, how rich, how great we have become, we r still gonna die...yes plz bury/burn them together with the arrogance and see if u can be resurrected...

note: keep the forum friendly plz...everyone will benefit from that... :wink:

thank you, nicely said. not everything is for martial, part of it is for art or most of it. don't have to learn or use it, but respect it.

i took some kung fu when i was a kid. i think it was good to learn a base from but it's just not that practical in mma or street fighting.
i think that a lot of the schools still out there that teach the fundamental idealisms of discipline and respect that go along with true kung fu, and, of course the punching and kicking, are a great place for kids to start.

Thanks for keeping this friendly, a post like this could eaisly go wasteland. - good job on staying positive all.

I took one class (2hours) I do not know which style it was. The experience was wonderful, the art and forms are beautiful. My legs were killing me for a week though, too much staying crouched.

Good post Philong.

Since I've done Kempo, and Kung Fu in the early 80's stopped training for awhile while I was in the military and started up again when I got to shore duty.
I was super lucky to find a school liked I did. they did everything from Judo to kung fu. Its there that I started out in Akido,judo.
Found out akido wasnt for me moved to Wing Chun and Long Fist.
Long Fist was not for me. I ended up doing WC, Judo, Jiujitsu.

When I was doing Kung fu in the 80's mostly forms. Not the greatest fun but I did like most of it. Seeing how we never spared with it i know now that I prolly couldn't pull off anything from then.
The WC class I had was great we do class do our forms chi soa and then spar. But we spared different..... WC vs WC is what most ppl work on but in out class its was always trying to apply it to a Karate guy, boxer etc... So we learned how to apply some of our tatics when we fought someone outside of the WC class.

I believe that most all MA even some of the grappling forms set up for failure when they just spar using the same stuff vs same stuff.
I believe you should always mix it up try to throw that monkey wrench in and see what happens.

:shock: Whoaaa...
hurmmm...if im a really good fighter..i might just say my main art is tushkahoma and later slam my opponent :oops:

ever since I watched bloodsport i've been practicing smashing bricks with dim mak once every couple months. i'm moving along nicely, I almost chipped one the other day. I've also been working hard on my diet and exercise. I've cut down to 3 bags of cheetos a day and did a situp when I got out of bed today. this morning I sent off my application to fight in the kumite next week. wish me luck!