Another fight from the Russian Academy...
Now this is a very interesting sparring match. First of all, both guys are about the same exact height, weight, reach. And watch how often the wing chun guy eats punches (and some kicks) from longer range...and how he does much better from close range...
although clearly his skills in other arts also helped a great deal from close range (ie.- sambo, wrestling/grappling).
And look what happened later in the fight when the san shou/kickboxer guy tries a spinning back-kick (give credit to the wing chun guy for being close enough and alert enough to jam it)...
All-in-all, what I see here is a wing chun short range striking strategy doing little more than counter-striking and counter-reacting (although at times he did it fairly well) - against a stylist with more longer range weaponry.
Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjRvUqyZSQ
I saw something completely different...
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Originally Posted by
Ultimatewingchun
Now this is a very interesting sparring match. First of all, both guys are about the same exact height, weight, reach. And watch how often the wing chun guy eats punches (and some kicks) from longer range...and how he does much better from close range...
although
clearly his skills in other arts also helped a great deal from close range (ie.- sambo, wrestling/grappling).
And look what happened later in the fight when the san shou/kickboxer guy tries a spinning back-kick (give credit to the wing chun guy for being close enough and alert enough to jam it)...
All-in-all, what I see here is a wing chun short range striking strategy doing little more than counter-striking and counter-reacting (although at times he did it fairly well) - against a stylist with more longer range weaponry.
Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjRvUqyZSQ
I dont think the Chunna ate any punches or kicks at all. Any of the Blue mask's punches that landed hardly even made the Chunna break structure. The blue mask was off balance most of the time which is why there was no power in his strikes or kicks and why Red(Chunna) didnt have to worry about the long range.
I argue that the strikes you saw Red 'eating' were just bouncing off harmlessly. Also all of those attempts at shooting didnt work because of the same reason....Chunna had balance and didnt compromise structure and idea.
Now the Chunna's strikes, on the other hand, were rocking Blues world. I also noticed that the further into the clip....Blue was more and more on the retreat. Red was jamming and stop-kicking at will.
As far as skills in other arts go....I didnt see Red(chunna) do anything but maintain balance, which is not a different concept or art outside of WC...even when he spoiled all those shoots. This is not to say that the RED didnt have any other skills...but just because he foiled some shoots and turned a guys ground attempts against him doesnt HAVE to mean that he used something OTHER that WC.
Love, peace & chitlin' grease,
Chris