The funny thing is that the MMAers that post here seem to think themselves more than qualified to comment on kung fu but a kung fu person is not allowed to make comments on MMA.

What a bunch of BS.

Basically, its a double standard. In addition the MMA crowd refuses to actually define what MMA is....is it a style? a venue? an approach? By refusing definition they elude critique and it allows them also to be "experts" on everything (and nothing at the same time.)

There are so many different solutions to a problem ie self-defense/fighting that its retarded to claim knowledge over all of them (there are supposedly over 300 documented styles of kung fu). Yes, we only have one body and all of them are laid out in pretty much the same way (ie a head, 2 legs, 2 arms, etc.) but there is not ONE WAY to fight or ONE APPROACH to fighting.

Just as there are a myriad of different approaches to cooking food there are a myriad of equally valid approaches to self-defense/fighting....there is no magic pill or even a magic approach. Its what works for you.

That being said there are 3 foundations to all REAL martial arts training (whether MMA, Kung Fu or whatever):

Training Attributes, Practicing Skills and Competition.

Those 3 containers leave alot of room for what you will fill them with.

I'm out.

FP