bruce lee doing chi sao

[CanadianBadAss]

this was posted in the main forum, but incase u missed it here it is chi sao clip (http://www.personal.anderson.ucla.edu/tarl.leonard/Basement1.asf). what do u guys think of his technique? im to much of a newbie at wing chun to make any kind of judgment...

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[joy chaudhuri]

As a chi sao player he was a great action movie personality! ;)

[edward]

no wonder people who study jkd have no idea what chi sao is all about

[Kung Lek]

well, he certainly is mixing in a few other things in there wiht his sticky hands. (kicks, lifting away, etc)

who's the other guy?

peace

Kung Lek

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[wufupaul]

That other guy is Taky Kimura. I can never watch too many clips of Bruce, he was the man.

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[Kung Lek]

hey you're right that is taky with his "elvis" do.

he don't sport that do no more.

peace

Kung Lek

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[reysem]

In the video clip, I notice that Taky Kimura keeps retreating directly backwards. That's why Bruce can keep on attacking him because he is always in Bruce's "line of fire". He should have stepped to the side then attack Bruce at an angle. It would have been interesting to see how Bruce would react to an attack.

[joy chaudhuri]

well, he certainly is mixing in a few other things in there wiht his sticky hands. (kicks, lifting away, etc)
-----------------------------Depending on the kind of sticking folks practise...kicking and lifting can be part of it---if they have agreed to work on it. But thats not what's wrong with the chi sao- the distancing and the elbow controls and the footwork are not top flight.Ah well- its better than the Joe Lewis and the other karateka who were around at the time.