kung fu sparring without kickboxing
how do you shaolin practitioners spar? i mean you practice forms with many techniques,then when you spar ,how do you block a punch? does it relate at all to the way you block a punch in your forms? what type of fighting stance do you use? what two man drills do you do that are directly from shaolin for fighting?
I've saw more street fights and challenges at Shaolin than any where else I've been.
And I've been in some rough environments.
That doesn't really answer your question, but I'm just putting that out there.
There are so many schools at Shaolin
They all get challengers. Sometimes it's rival schools. Sometimes it's obnoxious tourists. And sure, there are challenges from other styles. It's a martial town.
Note that I don't mean the Temple proper. They used to get challenges, but now there is so much Public Security around that place that it no longer happens. I'm talking about the private schools in neighboring Dengfeng. Although I spent more time there back before the forced relocation of Shaolin Valley, so that's where I saw the fights.