Liddel
05-14-2006, 08:00 PM
Ive all to often encountered close minded people posting on forums saying - VT is limited on this limited on that - it doesnt have this or that action doesnt really work that way in real life.
So with this in mind i thought it maybe a good idea to discuss insparations from other styles or fights you've seen that helped you refine your fighting / VT skills.
Basically this is to say - Hey, you think we cant use it ? well these guys do a similar action so why cant we adapt ours for a similar use ?
Because im into adaptation and not into throwing away what "you percieve" not to work.
One action thats stood out in my mind for a while is Far Gurk (sp) - in the last section of (my) CK. I notice this action is not widely used to parry kicks within the VT community (at least in my area) and in the huge amount of sparring and fight videos on the net.
Yet almost every UFC or Kick boxing fight i see, they use a similar action to parry mid level round / side kicks.
Now the differnce between my action and the ones i witnessed in fighting were mainly the angle of my Leg blocking the comming kick. My observation was that kickboxers use the leg with the shin facing foward but the turning nature of my leg (from the form) means i use the shin facing the angle of comming kick, about 45 degrees, a small difference but its essentially the same action, also the turning promotes the kicks force away, holding to VT theory.
So if they use it why cant we ? answer we can....
The running punch is another i think people dismiss, maybe because we for the most part see more people standing in one spot punching, or using it in Gor Sao just blasting in with no regard for fight timing and space etc. However if one watched UFC Ultimate Brazil, with Vitor Belfort VS Vanderlei Siva you would see Vitor using a very straight blast to defeat the formidable Vanderlei which is very much like our running punch.
So, if he can do it why cant we adapt our for a similar use..... :) You see where this is going.
There are many other actions that i see other styles use in fighting that resemble VT actions, my examples are just to get the ball rolling.....
What actions have you seen used in fights that you thought -wow thats similar to VT - and what influence did they make over your own actions ? :)
So with this in mind i thought it maybe a good idea to discuss insparations from other styles or fights you've seen that helped you refine your fighting / VT skills.
Basically this is to say - Hey, you think we cant use it ? well these guys do a similar action so why cant we adapt ours for a similar use ?
Because im into adaptation and not into throwing away what "you percieve" not to work.
One action thats stood out in my mind for a while is Far Gurk (sp) - in the last section of (my) CK. I notice this action is not widely used to parry kicks within the VT community (at least in my area) and in the huge amount of sparring and fight videos on the net.
Yet almost every UFC or Kick boxing fight i see, they use a similar action to parry mid level round / side kicks.
Now the differnce between my action and the ones i witnessed in fighting were mainly the angle of my Leg blocking the comming kick. My observation was that kickboxers use the leg with the shin facing foward but the turning nature of my leg (from the form) means i use the shin facing the angle of comming kick, about 45 degrees, a small difference but its essentially the same action, also the turning promotes the kicks force away, holding to VT theory.
So if they use it why cant we ? answer we can....
The running punch is another i think people dismiss, maybe because we for the most part see more people standing in one spot punching, or using it in Gor Sao just blasting in with no regard for fight timing and space etc. However if one watched UFC Ultimate Brazil, with Vitor Belfort VS Vanderlei Siva you would see Vitor using a very straight blast to defeat the formidable Vanderlei which is very much like our running punch.
So, if he can do it why cant we adapt our for a similar use..... :) You see where this is going.
There are many other actions that i see other styles use in fighting that resemble VT actions, my examples are just to get the ball rolling.....
What actions have you seen used in fights that you thought -wow thats similar to VT - and what influence did they make over your own actions ? :)