samuelrockseer
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...as an effective self defence art? Well it seems the verdict is in. After many years of modern MMA tournaments Kung Fu ( to my knowledge in all its forms) has proved to be a no show, and when it has a no go. To my knowledge not a single victor of a major tournament has been a Kung Fu practitioner. But why is that? Watching the UFC it isn't as if they're using moves I don't know. It isn't as if Kung Fu people don't condition or work out. And even if we don't have the greatest repore for ground fighting surely people would have cross trained. I'm not sure I understand it, and that's where you guys can help me out. (I'm not looking for its too deadly for sport. Unless your telling me that not a single move is permissible in, say, the UFC Kung Fu folk should be able to have some showing.)
As a bonus question, given that it has failed so completely in MMA, do you think it can still serve as an effective street defense? Thank you in advance!
Just so we all understand one another, I train at a Hung Gar dojo. I love traditional Chinese martial arts, love them in such a way that I doubt I’ll be able to train in any other system. When my friends all went to train an MMA place as the style dictates I stayed right where I was. In a way I can’t understand saddened when I learned Kung Fu wasn’t doing as well as I expected. My question was motivated by a sincere desire to understand. Why don’t the practical skills I learn at my dojo translate into MMA? And what can I do to work around these problems both to become a martial artist and make our dojo look better. If you constructed this as an attempt to damage traditional martial artists it was not, rather a sincere attempt at understanding. And your right, I am ignorant, but so is everyone else at some point. What matters is we try to grow and learn.
Thanks for the videos everyone, and I look forward to more comments and suggestions.
As a bonus question, given that it has failed so completely in MMA, do you think it can still serve as an effective street defense? Thank you in advance!
Just so we all understand one another, I train at a Hung Gar dojo. I love traditional Chinese martial arts, love them in such a way that I doubt I’ll be able to train in any other system. When my friends all went to train an MMA place as the style dictates I stayed right where I was. In a way I can’t understand saddened when I learned Kung Fu wasn’t doing as well as I expected. My question was motivated by a sincere desire to understand. Why don’t the practical skills I learn at my dojo translate into MMA? And what can I do to work around these problems both to become a martial artist and make our dojo look better. If you constructed this as an attempt to damage traditional martial artists it was not, rather a sincere attempt at understanding. And your right, I am ignorant, but so is everyone else at some point. What matters is we try to grow and learn.
Thanks for the videos everyone, and I look forward to more comments and suggestions.