Kung fu vs grappling (What I think)
Ok listen, I'm tired of hearing that grappling is better than kung fu. It is not. Grappling is a good SPORT, in a REAL fight I will most certainly put ALL of my money on kung fu.
Why?
Well, first off, kung fu is very old. It was and still is use in the Chinese military. In the old days there was no rules.
I have fought and sparred against bjj guys and had no problems. You could argue that the bjj guys I fought where not good or lying about their skill level. Maybe that is true, I don't agree.
For example, I was at my college in the dorms. A guy came to the room and started talking about martial arts. The subject of kung fu came up. He said that he studied bjj for 3 years and he could beat any kung fu guy. I tolded him I did kung fu and I wanted him to prove it. We cleared the floor and started. I said we can start on the ground, because of the lack of room. He said no it's ok. I also told him that it would be a heavy hitting sparring match and anything goes. He agree. We started, and many atempts, he couldn't get me down. We were bumping into things so I said lets do this on the ground. We restarted with im in my guard. I layed there snapping him in the face, and doing finger strikes above his eyes not to hurt him. I think he went through five pairs of eyes. He then laid his head against my chest and tried to take control of my hands. However, I would chop and punch the back and side of his neck. We did this for about five minutes. Next I said I'll give you the mount. So he mounted me and started throwing punchs. I blocked most of them with wing chun like blocks, and popped him in the chin a few times and lightly finger striked his throat. I also elbowed his thighs, and punched him in the groin. After 4 groin punches, he quit. He said that the left arm and leg were a little numb for 2 weeks, because of the neck strikes. You say this guy wasn't any good, but most of my fights with bjj guys have been this way.
If I'm walking down the street and a someone grabs me and takes me down, I'm going to use EVERYTHING in my power to get him off of me (Kung fu or not). I'll grab a rock or a stick and hit him with it. I'll take that pen out of my pocket and stab him in the neck with it. On the street you don't know if the guy attacking you has a weapon, bass knockles or what. So, why would you want to get that close?
I think that is the reason why traditional jujitsu like japanese jujitsu focuses more on throws, standing locks, and suboing their attacker. You don't know if he has a dagger, stick, or rock on him. You want to keep him at arms length, at least.
BJJ is great in the ring, but on the street I'll use my kung fu. If one of you BJJ guys want to fight, be my guest, but remember there might be a bic pen in my pocket with your neck's name on it. :mad: Sorry for poor grammar and spelling.