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Here's their webpage;

http://www.bakshaolineagleclaw.com/

Has anyone heard some feedback (negative or positive) about these guys?

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You must not have much experience with tradtional arts, because almost all traditional MAs (and many modern arts as well) preform excercises that contain over extention within them. Doesn't...

How is cordination, endurance, agility, strength, and speed training (wushu training offers all of that and more) opposed to the needs of a fighter?

No kwoon, dojo, training hall, or gym is...

Though modern wushu is not traditional, there are quite a few comtempoary wushu exponents who can fight just fine with it, and could kick your @$$.

Moron.

Or simply side-stepping it and sweeping the supporting leg.

I'd never recommend simply bringing the leg straight up then straight down, its far too much telegraphing.

However, the axe kick, if...

In other words, he doesn't see the aerial move coming.

I hear a lot of people slam the idea of using aerial kicks, punches, or tackles in a street confrontation. However, I personally believe that an aerial kick for example, can save your arse. The...

In my brief stint as a Judoka, I remember getting worked by bigger, larger peers. Simply put, I weighed about 195 lbs, and I practiced against guys who were twice my weight, and I simply could not...

I simply can't imagine someone attacking another person on the street if;

1. They aren't armed.

2.They don't have other people backing them up.

3.Don't believe that they could kill, or...

I grew up in a rough area Polaris, so I've been in, and witnessed many street fights. None of which looks anything like a NHB tournament.

Perhaps the most gruesome involved my cousin getting...

I have yet to see a lanky NHB competitor. All the ones I've seen were muscular individuals who could handle their own in many confrontations. These guys are usually avoided by muggers and other...

Certainly, and I apologize if my wording seemed to say that only MMA practicioners engage in this type of behavior. Certainly, TMA practicioners do it as well. You aren't the sum total of all the...

Effective fighters in the ring, whom are trained for such competitions several months out of the year. My problem is people who actually do mixed MAs believing that if they do what these guys do,...

I didn't say MMA practicioners, I said Bjj exponents.

MMA is a seperate issue, and I believe that its goals are inherently flawed.

But like I said, that's a seperate issue.

Its funny that you state that no one you know says 90% of fights go to the ground, yet you then turn around and say that that flawed belief is true.

Interesting.

However the "90% fights go to the ground" belief is the main selling point of the Bjj. I hear it all the time from Bjj exponents. When you say TMA you're talking about a huge group of styles and arts...

SevenStar-

I disagree, I've run across many practioners who still claim that Bjj is all you need in a self defense situation, and that 90% of fights go to the ground, or whatever such nonsense. So...

I have a slightly different problem with Bjj. My problem with Bjj is the perception that Bjj is a super-effective method of self defense just because it works in the ring. I think its common...

Brad,

Here's another Baji vid for you. I don't know if you've seen this before, but its Baji's first form. Its quite beautiful.

Here it is, enjoy.

http://www.kolumbus.fi/baji/videoclips.htm

Shaolin Challenges Ninja is one of my all-time favorite Shaw Bros. films. I say get that one. Nothing beats watching Drunken style take on Karate.

Hardly a generalization, considering the types of responses that were being posted regarding wushu practice as "A useless dance with no fighting application." Then when asked "Had you yourself...

I wasn't laughing at what they were doing, I was laughing at the notion that those are the basics. The basics of wushu are stances, kicking and punching drills, and forms. The aerial stuff is for...

Actually, its a little of both. However, its clear that both goals are futile. But hey, whateva!



My teacher does cover applications, etc. However, I have always intended to branch out to other...

I'm defending my art "Wen".

If you don't like it, don't post on this thread.

::laughs:: Those aren't the basics of wushu.