wc is not the only art that uses trapping, sticky hands,etc, so i feel alot of these arts were formed on trial and error, wc is known for cutting out the fluff, and using simple attack and defend that work. x9ing i looks very similar to wc, but with more internal training, and the 12 animals in xing i are very applicable, the animal forms are only like one move repeated over and over, with some variations, and wc trapping looks like xing i 5 element applications, also, as stated on other thread, white crane is similar, and the first set of hung gar, looks al;ot like snt in some sections. i have ssen some real kyokoshinkai that has good trapping, and also destructions maybe superior to kali, also, in mande muda silat, many aspects of the cimunde hand drills look like wc trapping, so where do our arts really come from?
does it matter? what matters most, is realizing that no art has all the answers, and that most arts developed in a certain way because of environmental factors and other factors. in mande muda, we do harimau for ground work, its from sumatra where it rains often, pendekar suwanda said that because it is always raining and muddy, that standing fighting was very hard, so they perfected low to the ground fighting,etc. one old tkd master told me that they developed flying kicks, to knock enemy soldiers off their horses,etc, so we can see why some arts developed in some ways, xing i is one of the only arts proven on the battlefield in combat, time and again, it was used in batrtle, and especially their spear techniques, etc. bjj is proven in todays combat, and has purely developed for todays fighting, as has boxing and other arts. krabi krabong, the father of muey thai had many weapons and skills for reality fighting, etc. so my question is---------why has wc been known for a close quarter art, why was it developed for close quarters, and ,is it true that its a close quarter art, or have many people not been taught the outside range fighting of wc. i have seen many wc schools weak with entry skills and long range fighting.