China Wushu Champion

My point is true sparring does limit dangerous techniques but you can still do a mock version. I think the problem in your statement is that you think that to spar means you are training for the ring, when in many arts this is not true. I spar to train for whats real and out there. All I'm saying is sparring is integral to attaining true fighting skills, and it is not the antithesis of technique.

My point is true sparring does limit dangerous techniques but you can still do a mock version. I think the problem in your statement is that you think that to spar means you are training for the ring, when in many arts this is not true. I spar to train for whats real and out there. All I'm saying is sparring is integral to attaining true fighting skills, and it is not the antithesis of technique.

Sparring works. Myths about it making people neanderthal fighters are as unfounded as rumors that kung-fu masters can get beat up by teenagers with two months wrestling training.
Eluding to your other point in my class safety equipment is minimal, and I have personally practiced in hard and soft sparring where techniques such as headbutts, bites, and eye gouges were taught-- mma fouls.

I want to establish this fact first so you understand that I am not one of those mma everything else S**ks know-it-alls. I am someone whom is truly interested in martial arts-- I have sat in and even joined hung gar/shaolin chuan schools on occassion-- but through experience I have learned alot about what works and doesn't work along the way.

I started out in goju ryu for two years. From there I lost interest-- losing a fight to three people pretty badly-- and switched to boxing, burmese kachin lethwei+ naban--grappling. I trained in these styles about a year or two before everyone started jumping on the mma bandwagon-- a terrible plague of know-it-alls.

Mnay times, single step sparring is preferred in the lower level training, this allows one to actually work on their techniques

you cannot use many techniques in full contact sparring because of safety considerations. Safety equipment also precludes alot of actual techniques. Have you trained in martial arts, and ever been in a ring? They are often two different things. Even MMA in all its glory does not allow many true jujitsu maneauvers.

my point is that I have watched many start sparring before they had any technique. It would be better to train in boxing if this is what you want to do. Many martial arts techniques cannot be used in full contact sparring because they are too dangerous, not because they are not effective.

Don't forget that the old masters who created these arts practiced this way--sparring-- as well. It is all a process of trial and error after all.

Don't forget that the old masters who created these arts practiced this way--sparring-- as well. It is all a process of trial and error after all.

not true. Full contact sparring is always sloppy initially because, just as in forms practice, it is an art that takes alot of time and practice. There is no degradation of technique, the technique improves independently with time, and by doing so in a more realistic physical scenario as well teaches the body many things-- after all it is all about the mind teaching/connecting with the body.

Hen Hao!
Pretty sick.

You can see them eating dog and cats on youtube just do a search.. they eat dogs in restaurants.. and buy cats in baskets to eat! it all on youtube!!

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stupid
que crees que lo que tu comes se les ase muy normal a ellos
es tradicion!

China, stop eating dogs!! you are what you eat!

if wing chun was really effective n enough then why did bruce lee invented Jeet Kune Do

Ever heard of Chin Na?

Bruce Lee studied much more than Wing Chun and knew hundreds of forms.

oh, and another thing, baguazhaung, the style of open hand that they are using is very close quarters. Remember that this is a demo form for a video.

all of you guys kill me. When in a fight, it is really the level of skill that the fighters have that determines the outcome, not the style.

Some styles have techiques that are more effective in situations, but that is it.

Wushu just looks pretty to me. I mean if a Wushu practitioner was to fight a Judoka then when the Judoka gets hold of the Wushu practitioner thats basically the end of it. Unless the Wushu practitioner manages to KO the Judoka or something

I've never seen him spar, so I can't say that I know of his raw abilities. I just don't believe he's half the badass a fighter as people tend to hold him up to be.

i study Wing Chun ... (same form that Bruce Lee studied) ... i was always taught ... if it looks pretty its most likely useless ... wing chun is not pretty ... but its amazing effective ... i have also spent time studying Ju-Jitsu ... and i would have to agreed with it ... both Wing Chun And Ju-Jitsu are close quarters combat skills ... wushu looks like a midrange martial art ...

I don't think that a Wushu practitioner could beat a more ground based fighting system :D

The Chinese may be credited for an impressive range of youtube achievements, but considering the amount of Chinese people it is really not that impressive. You would have the exact same situation with say, 1.3 billion Portuguese.