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Oh absolutely. I completely agree.




Again, I completely agree that these are major parts of fighting. I dislike the idea of style for anything else except as a terms of reference for a group...

Its actually quite the opposite - Yes, I'm the type of person who tries to understand everything in its entirety - In Wing Chun or Martial Arts, most of what I will talk about or ponder on is almost...

Well absolutely, your personal experience and application is far more important to your fighting abilities than a broad, sweeping definition. I meant it only that no one has any real authority in...

It's interesting that you'd come to that conclusion. I'm not saying it doesn't follow a similar structure to Chi Sao - But the intensity level, and what goes, is more similar to sparring. You could...

How does that have anything to do with what I said? I said, forged in the fire of combat, lop sao would probably become something very similar, because what they have is very conceptually similar to...

Absolutely, their grabs are forged in the fire of competition and combat, and if WC practitioners did so as well, you'd probably see lop sao become something extremely close to what they do.



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The thing about Lop or Jut is the meaning of each word. Besides the fact that no one has ever had overall authority over the style, the understanding of each concept varies from teacher to teacher....

I don't understand what you mean. Without technique and template, or any understanding of the concepts, these natural reactions are a natural expression.

With technique, template, concepts, these...

I never said it was self-defense training. Merely citing the fact that any good boxing gym has full-force sparring, an idea that should be utilized in martial arts.

Having a timer of 2 to 3...

Isn't that what sparring is?

Well, or what it should be.

I think I understand what you're saying. The sparring in Kung fu schools in general is less like sparring and more like playing tag.
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Yes and No. There's knowledge to be gained by different stages of resistance. Eventually you should be going full force. And sparring against people far outside of your studio.




I disagree....

Its the concepts that once you internalize them, will come out. Techniques and drills are there only to help your body to understand the concepts. Your lop sao, pak sao, gum sao, bong sao, pak sao,...