Quitting kungfu
Hey guys, im not trying to diss kungfu because im not but I have been training in martial arts for a long time and I think it is time I start competing. I have been in a few local tournaments and done quite well but now I want to start training to compete on a professional level. One day I would like to fight for something like K-1 or Pride, and if possible I would like to do that with kungfu. That seems to becoming less of a option now though, I just cant seem to find a teacher that has the fighting experience to teach something at that level.
I have trained with grandmaster pan before and I have to say he is an incredible teacher and I know that he could do it, but gm pan seems to have no interest in mma and I was only able to get one class a week.
I have contacted gm Liang and he seems to have many champion students. When I asked about how gm Liang would feel about one of his students competing in something like the UFC they seemed to have no problem. They seemed to be talking about san shou though and the problem with that is I was thinking of something more traditional like xingyi, bagua, or mantis.
Does anyone know of any very good fighting teachers that expressed interested in their students fighting in mma? I would be willing to move to train with a good teacher. Or do does anyone have any input on the subject? I know I could go to alote of good kungfu schools and train there but I want a teacher that makes it really worth it to learn kungfu otherwise why not just take the old bjj/ muay thai route.
-“Sometimes a knife is better than a gun and sometimes barehanded is better than a knife,” Grand Master Pan
“In a war, an army fires a cannon ball to destroy the enemy”“Your punch must be like that cannon ball”