Originally Posted by
Golden Arms
I cant speak for that instructor, but KF, you might be interested to know that an 11 year JJ guy I know tried to put armbars and the like on a chen tai chi teacher we know, and said he just "couldnt do it" He couldnt explain, just said he could move in a way that he could never get it locked in, or else he would just literally pop his hands/arms right off him.
Too bad there never seems to be a video camera around when stuff like this goes down.
Even if the Chen guy could defend isolated armbars, could he do it even somewhat consistantly against an opponent who was mixing in strikes with their attacks? (Not to mention positonal changes and other submissions.)
If this Chen teacher could pull off stuff like that against a moderately skilled guy who's trained MMA for a few years, I would probably fly out to his next seminar.
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