Are you a Fighter?

[bawang]

kung fu forms is nowhere at the complexity or tough training of ballet.
my east coast tai chi friend basically stands and looks smug for 2 hours and he gets paid. thats not hard. pretend adjusting the wrist here and there, telling some guy his stance is wrong even though its right once in a while, etc etc

[David Jamieson]

kung fu forms is nowhere at the complexity or tough training of ballet.
my east coast tai chi friend basically stands and looks smug for 2 hours and he gets paid. thats not hard. pretend adjusting the wrist here and there, telling some guy his stance is wrong even though its right once in a while, etc etc

bawang, if you have not seen how competitive wu shu is trained, then I understand where you are coming from.

If you have ever tried your hand at all with North Shaolin, you would understand that what you are saying is wrong wrong wrong on a billion levels.

What I am saying is that if you are only exposed to low level stuff that doesn't require work, then you haven't been exposed to much kungfu.

there is a lot of form work that is extremely difficult, takes a lot of practice just to get the shape and even more work to find a way to make some of it work.

If all you have seen is tai chi and wing chun, then yeah, that's not so difficult. Those were designed for people without much skill to acquire enough to do something. Tai Chi these days is useful when practiced by someone with a good background in kung fu or for old people who need to recover some activity in their lives.

Go try some BSL, some Cha Chuan or even some of the more difficult stuff in Hung Kuen or CLF.

You'll be surprised at how weak ass you really are and you will discover that this argument you are putting forth is coming from your own ignorance.

[bawang]

bawang, if you have not seen how competitive wu shu is trained, then I understand where you are coming from.

If you have ever tried your hand at all with North Shaolin, you would understand that what you are saying is wrong wrong wrong on a billion levels.

you are seriously trying to say backflips is advanced kung fu?

[David Jamieson]

you are seriously trying to say backflips is advanced kung fu?

can you do a backflip?

as an aside, there are no backflips in BSL, Cha Chuan etc.

But there are difficult aerobatics that require pretty good skill that your average dude, fighter or not cannot do without working at it.

of course, if you are just trolling this stuff, then I'll stop right there because i haven't got time to do this dance really.

[bawang]

i havent seen any acrobatic stuff in traditional changquan other than the tornado kick and thats easy as hell. clf i did some also, ng lum choi, ping kuen, tai kuen da siu muifa. i dont see whats hard about it. i could do backflips as a kid my uncle made me do it it was easy what is your point?

i remember my friend showed me a long meihuatanglang form i learned it in 1 hour. whats so hard about forms for you?
i took some shotokan karate i learned naihanchi basai meikyo kankudai empi. its all pretty easy.
shaolin xiaohong dahong erluhong my uncle showed me it was pretty simple. qixingquan and xiao luohan i learned also. i dont see how theyre hard.

i find working at rays chinese takeout 10 times harder than training forms.

[David Jamieson]

i havent seen any acrobatic stuff in traditional changquan other than the tornado kick and thats easy as hell. clf i did some also, ng lum choi, ping kuen, tai kuen da siu muifa. i dont see whats hard about it. i could do backflips as a kid my uncle made me do it it was easy what is your point?

i remember my friend showed me a long meihuatanglang form i learned it in 1 hour. whats so hard about forms for you?
i took some shotokan karate i learned naihanchi basai meikyo kankudai empi. its all pretty easy.
shaolin xiaohong dahong erluhong my uncle showed me it was pretty simple. qixingquan and xiao luohan i learned also. i dont see how theyre hard.

i find working at rays chinese takeout 10 times harder than training forms.

dude, not what have you seen, what can YOU do. What do YOU work towards, how much effort have YOU put forth into your life?

[bawang]

bro, i learned all these forms. i was learning forms from family and friends since 10 year old. forms dont take hard work or dedication, mang.

all those forms i learned did nothing. it was meaningless. i forgot them all now.

[PalmStriker]

i havent seen any acrobatic stuff in traditional changquan other than the tornado kick and thats easy as hell. clf i did some also, ng lum choi, ping kuen, tai kuen da siu muifa. i dont see whats hard about it. i could do backflips as a kid my uncle made me do it it was easy what is your point?

i remember my friend showed me a long meihuatanglang form i learned it in 1 hour. whats so hard about forms for you?
i took some shotokan karate i learned naihanchi basai meikyo kankudai empi. its all pretty easy.
shaolin xiaohong dahong erluhong my uncle showed me it was pretty simple. qixingquan and xiao luohan i learned also. i dont see how theyre hard.

i find working at rays chinese takeout 10 times harder than training forms.

Gotta Admit!

[Hardwork108]

i havent seen any acrobatic stuff in traditional changquan other than the tornado kick and thats easy as hell. clf i did some also, ng lum choi, ping kuen, tai kuen da siu muifa. i dont see whats hard about it. i could do backflips as a kid my uncle made me do it it was easy what is your point?

i remember my friend showed me a long meihuatanglang form i learned it in 1 hour. whats so hard about forms for you?
i took some shotokan karate i learned naihanchi basai meikyo kankudai empi. its all pretty easy.
shaolin xiaohong dahong erluhong my uncle showed me it was pretty simple. qixingquan and xiao luohan i learned also. i dont see how theyre hard.

i find working at rays chinese takeout 10 times harder than training forms.

I don't want to strain your already fragile brain cells but doing forms is more than just mimicking movements. If none of your sifus/senseis ever taught you that, then I suggest that you go and ask for your money back.

I estimate that the money that they owe you will enable you to live comfortably for the rest of your life, meaning that you can affortd your own personal bodyguards, hence you won't need to train your deadly glorified kickboxing and "big stone ball" tai chi, to protect yourself.

This way you will have time to dedicate the rest of your life to internet trolling, insulting and making clueless comments, when they are not required.....

[bawang]

I don't want to strain your already fragile brain cells but doing forms is more than just mimicking movements. If none of your sifus/senseis ever taught you that, then I suggest that you go and ask for your money back.

I estimate that the money that they owe you will enable you to live comfortably for the rest of your life, meaning that you can affortd your own personal bodyguards, hence you won't need to train your deadly glorified kickboxing and "big stone ball" tai chi, to protect yourself.

This way you will have time to dedicate the rest of your life to internet trolling, insulting and making clueless comments, when they are not required.....

i learned from friends and family for free. your teacher is crazy weirdo and he still disowned you.

your country is poor and filled with drugs. it makes sense you learned opiumhead yip man wingchun. because skinny drug addicts attract each other.

i would rather die than learn wing chun. wing chun practitioners are subhuman.

[Iron_Eagle_76]

In the sense of how Ronin put it, no.

I have not fought in combat sports for about two years. I train regulary and spar sporidically when I can. There are two gyms I train at when I get the chance. One is an MMA gym where I train Muay Thai, the other is a boxing gym where I, well, box.

I am pushing 34 and do want to compete again in San Shou and kickboxing. I have no desire to fight MMA, love the sport, just don't want to compete in that venue.

My main goal right now is to open a school. I have an old garage building on the property I own that I am renovating and hope to have it done in the next few months. I plan to teach Pai Lum Kung Fu, mixed with training from my MT and boxing experience, sparring will be done San Shou format. My greatest hope is to provide a gym where people can work out, learn a good martial art, and simply get out of it what they put in.

Sorry to get off subject there, but back to the question, no, I do not consider myself a fighter anymore. I train to fight, as I believe you should always do in your training. But until I decide to undergo a competition and start fight training I do not consider myself a fighter in that sense.

[Syn7]

my east coast tai chi friend basically stands and looks smug for 2 hours and he gets paid.

thats funny sh!t...!

[David Jamieson]

thats funny sh!t...!

"east coast tai chi friend" is code for "gay love partner."

[Violent Designs]

dude, why does every single post have a reference to gay people?


this forum is not the place to show us your struggle with your own h0mosexuality....

[David Jamieson]

dude, why does every single post have a reference to gay people?


this forum is not the place to show us your struggle with your own h0mosexuality....

so what are you saying? You don't like the man butter then? You're certainly not your fathers son.