For those who think that all Martial Arts Styles are equal, can you answer?10

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points for clear + helpful answe? Sorry if I sounded too provocative; rest assured that I am trying to ask a genuine question.

Firstly, watch this clip from a famous movie called "Snake In the Eagle's Shadow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caLoBrSJLCY

Let's presume that two people of EQUAL skill and strength faced each other. Answer me this question: how can the snake syle be equal to the eagle claw? What are the moves in the snake style that can counter the advantages of the eagle claw?

In short, how do I, using ONLY the Snake Style, "survive" the Eagle Claw user? :)
Sorry about the link. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caLoBrSJLCY
Hmm, looks like it does not work.
anyways, just copy and paste it; it's the exact address.
 
Snake style, Eagles Claw, Tiger, Monkey etc. etc... are all but titles they have used for their techniques. You cannot compare them to the actual animal because it is no sense of doing so. It all depends on the person executing the techniques.
Even if the style is duck and the other is Tiger does not necessarily mean the duck will die without a doubt. The one claiming the tiger may be not so good or the guy claiming duck may have been in Kung Fu training for years and he has a lot of effective techniques that can cripple the Tiger or any other style.
Don't be deceived by the title it is all but the actual blows and techniques of the fighter.
 
Sorry, bro, but I'm not going to watch the video. Most Kung Fu is dated and not very practical. There are some very useful principles to learn from it, but purposefully adhering to any one style is going to gimp your abilities. This is what Bruce Lee was trying to make a point of. He was traditionally trained in Kung Fu but realized the short-comings of stylized fighting after a few real fights.
 
Kung fu movies are just about as good an argument as any in the eternal battle of the styles.

The whole thing is based on a misconception. The basic misconception is that everybody is into martial arts for the same reasons, that they all wish to attain the same goals, and that a given martial art will do the same thing for everyone practising it.

If you're discussing it from an MMA point of view, that's fine. But you're discussing a very precise sport application.
Why don't they teach MMA in women's self defence? Because that's a very different application. Of course she doesn't want to go to the ground with her attacker. That would be nuts.
When they teach martial arts to police officer, they tend to focus more on restraining techinques and, for legal reasons, keep the more harmful stuff to a minimum, on a "if absolutely necessary basis". (Besides, they've got weapons for these situations)
Other people still practise Zen archery today. That's also a sport application, but it also really underlies the word art in martial arts and it's a whole system of personal and spiritual development.

The fact is there is no one size fits all martial art. Not to mention different people have different needs. I wouldn't recommend Sumo wrestling to a 95 pound man.

Etc...Etc...

Whenever people say what's the best martial art, I always have to ask: Better for what?
 
In every style of martial arts, they have their ways and method to do countering, striking, grappling and other techniques. snake styles got their unique techniques and so the eagle claw style. Ultimately, it is how the user use the techniques to counter the moves that the opponent are using.
 
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