A certain person has challenged me to a sparring match. However, I'm not SURE if I'm confident in my ability.
The only style he has officially practiced is TKD. However, he also was the state champion in his division due to one reason, his Jeet Kune Do practice and philosophy.
He is not much larger than me, maybe a bit stronger, but almost no height difference. He has been training in TKD and martial arts in general for about a year. This may seem laughable, but his speed and determination is unmatched by anyone I have seen. In 9 months of TKD training, his kicks are faster than that of a second degree black belt.
He is somewhat proficient in attacking, feinting, countering, defending, and knows a lot about fighting mechanics. However, his weakness is lack of experience, and primarily lack of experience in full-contact fighting. He is used to TKD fighting, almost kicking only and point sparring. However, he claims he trains other martial arts in his free time, like wing chun (not officially).
Now me, I have over 7 years of Judo and Ju Jitsu experience. I've also studied MMA in my free time and now I study Hsing Yi Ch'uan primarily.
I've only been studying Hsing Yi Ch'uan for a little over a month, however, I take my training seriously, just as he does. So far I've learned Eagle Capture (Mother fist) and Pi Chuan. I'm able to do them fairly well, and even my teacher thinks so.
Can anyone give me advice? Can I defeat him using only Pi Chuan and Eagle Capture? Despite Pi Chuan's simplicity, during shadowboxing I feel that Pi Chuan almost has an answer to anything.
At this point, I've somewhat realized what a proficient system Hsing Yi is, and why to combine my external striking arts is pointless. If it so happens that I go to the ground, I have my Ju-Jitsu (and even so, deep in Hsing Yi there is grappling at the advanced level) .