Where can I find real kung fu practitioners on youtube?

[Hitman]

Dear all,
I have been looking for kung fu practitioners who could actually use their kung fu when sparring with other people on youtube. I have found a video clip where a capoeira guy fighting a kick boxer. The capoeira guy lost the fight, but I can see capoeira techniques being used in the fight.

However, I have found plenty of kung fu practitioners that fight like kick boxers & boxers, but not many that could actual use their kung fu in sparring matches.

Is it possible for for any one to show me where I can find video clips showing kung fu practitioners actually using their kung fu techniques in sparring matches?





Thank you very much

[golden arhat]

i think the best video on thereis found when you search for "rea chinese martial arts"i'l post it later on today

there are some videos

but the standard and validity of alot of cma (not all!) is pretty cr@p andhas been for the last hundred years, so this is reflected in the amountof videos you see


anothergood search would be for san shoumatches not all the techniques are usedbut alot of the principles are.

[Oso]

wtf is real kung fu supposed to look like? watching too many old Shaw Bros. films?

[Tid Sin]

This is not a new topic. It's been discussed previously on other forums through the years. However, I understand what you're getting at.

A lot of kung fu styles share similar basic punches & kicks so, using them in sparring, they might slightly resemble "kickboxers" but not exactly. That doesn't necessarily mean that they're not using their kung fu techniques; just some of them, and not the ones YOU specifically want to see.

For sport (i.e. sparring matches), there have to be rules to protect the fighters (e.g. no eye gouging; no fish hooking; no strikes to the groin; no strikes to the back of the neck; etc.). That applies not only to competitive kung fu, but to most other competitive martial arts as well (e.g. MMA, MT, TKD, Karate, Boxing, Wrestling, Hockey ).

It seems that you're probably referring to the more exotic-looking, open-handed techniques & acrobatics, somewhat similar to what Oso implied with reference to Shaw Bros-style cinematic kung fu fighting.

Thing is, if fighters start using such techniques (e.g. fu jow, biu jee) to the eyes, throats, groin and other sensitive areas, you'll end up with more blind/deaf/castrated/otherwise maimed participants who won't be able to fight for very long & will have a hard time paying their bills and providing for their families, blah blah blah. Yeah, practice those open-hand techniques, but you're probably best to save the actual applications for street / self-defence situations, not for friendly sport.

You don't need to see someone finger jab someone in the eye or crush someone's larynx in a sparring match in order for you to say that you've finally witnessed someone using their kung fu, and that kung fu actually works, do you?

If so, you should just go to the local mo kwoon and pick a real fight (not a sparring match) with someone there to possibly witness real kung fu first-hand without bothering with those impersonal YouTube clips! lol j/k No, on second thought, don't do that!

G'night...

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

night night

[lkfmdc]

teh deadly is right here fer ya

[taai gihk yahn]

teh deadly is right here fer ya

WTF was that? yeah, really good "defense" against biin / kahp there (although if someone threw kahp with that sort of footwork, maybe it could "work" like that)...total azshattery; where'd you find that silliness?

[lkfmdc]

WTF was that? yeah, really good "defense" against biin / kahp there...total azshattery; where'd you find that silliness?

I shit you not, "hardwork" posted it!

[taai gihk yahn]

I shit you not, "hardwork" posted it!

oh, I see now; "WC essence", eh? gotcha...

[YouKnowWho]

I have been looking for kung fu practitioners who could actually use their kung fu when sparring with other people on youtube.

You can see:

- round kick,
- side kick, and
- outer hook

in this short clip.

http://johnswang.com/Sanshou_6.wmv

[lkfmdc]

really good "defense" against biin / kahp there

yup, for that alone it was PRICELESS

[taai gihk yahn]

yup, for that alone it was PRICELESS

well, again, if you are going to throw the combo that way, you deserve to get hit like that

[Exadon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5ktPJZlD0

One of Phil's last black sash spars. He also has a few of his forms posted on youtube

[Pork Chop]

teh deadly is right here fer ya

man i hope someone uses that round kick defense against me.... i'll come out looking like apidej or yodsenklai when his forearm snaps.

[Oso]

funny, i think that was the WC school my brother was looking to join a while back...