Pounding Fist
12-05-2005, 03:50 AM
Hi All,
I have been currently studying a type of Southern Mantis kung fu for the last year and half and feel as though something is missing. The Sifu is great, however I don't feel as though there is enough pressure testing and aliveness in the training. All sparring is somewhat controlled which I guess is good when you are using no gloves. The sparring is more or less a drill in which you might not know what strike is coming, good for reflexes however there is minimum resistance from the person throwing the punches. The person may throw a strike, you then redirect their energy, attach and issue 4-5 strikes. Is this a common scenario when sparring in this style? Pls make note that I'm more or less at an intermediate stage of training.
Getting to my point! I hear that a lot of CLF practitioners engage in full contact sparring and feel that would be more suitable in a SD situation. My problem is that I'm starting to develop that short power strikes that Tong Long is reknown for and feel at this stage of my training to start a new art would disadavantage my development.
Any thoughts.....:confused:
I have been currently studying a type of Southern Mantis kung fu for the last year and half and feel as though something is missing. The Sifu is great, however I don't feel as though there is enough pressure testing and aliveness in the training. All sparring is somewhat controlled which I guess is good when you are using no gloves. The sparring is more or less a drill in which you might not know what strike is coming, good for reflexes however there is minimum resistance from the person throwing the punches. The person may throw a strike, you then redirect their energy, attach and issue 4-5 strikes. Is this a common scenario when sparring in this style? Pls make note that I'm more or less at an intermediate stage of training.
Getting to my point! I hear that a lot of CLF practitioners engage in full contact sparring and feel that would be more suitable in a SD situation. My problem is that I'm starting to develop that short power strikes that Tong Long is reknown for and feel at this stage of my training to start a new art would disadavantage my development.
Any thoughts.....:confused: