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    Wow really good WC (kinda like oldschool boxing)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvUP7...layer_embedded

    One of the best clips I've seen of WC, have you guys seen this?
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    It's OK, but they should have put head gear on, it would have made it more honest and the reactions more correct and the counter-actions more true.
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    A better video....................

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btxCxlO1Euc&NR=1

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    Quote Originally Posted by sanjuro_ronin View Post
    It's OK, but they should have put head gear on, it would have made it more honest and the reactions more correct and the counter-actions more true.
    Or, to translate: they should have put the head gear on, made it realistic, and seen that everything they do changes.

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    They were just screwing around..
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    so the above is not "real" WC?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Designs View Post
    so the above is not "real" WC?
    Your question makes no sense.

    YungChun was right, they were just playing around.

    But from my perspective, it is just more fantasy bullsh1t.

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    Quote Originally Posted by t_niehoff View Post
    Your question makes no sense.

    YungChun was right, they were just playing around.

    But from my perspective, it is just more fantasy bullsh1t.
    I'm saying do you guys not think it was decent?

    I am assuming you think the footage displayed in the video sucks then?
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    I don't think the video should be labeled "Advanced Wing Chun Sparring."

    I think it should be labeled "Light-Contact Wing Chun Chi Sau/Goh Sau."

    PS - I don't think is 'sucks,' however. I somewhat enjoyed watching it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Designs View Post
    I'm saying do you guys not think it was decent?

    I am assuming you think the footage displayed in the video sucks then?
    The point is that they are just playing...as such there is no real attempt at applying the basics..

    No basics = nothing to evaluate..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Designs View Post
    I'm saying do you guys not think it was decent?

    I am assuming you think the footage displayed in the video sucks then?
    What is it supposed to represent? A couple of guys slap boxing in a narrow garage with mirrors? 52 blocks? Bob n weave chi sau?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayfaring View Post
    What is it supposed to represent? A couple of guys slap boxing in a narrow garage with mirrors? 52 blocks? Bob n weave chi sau?
    Yes, it was terrible.

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    This clip's been around for a lil while. I don't believe they're "playing around" in that they're not trying to apply things, I believe they're sparring lightly. All fighters spar at varying levels to include boxers, thai boxers, and even grapplers. No one says that boxers going lightly working on technique is horrible or not able to be evaluated,...so the same is true here imo. Anyone that says all they do is spar at 100% is a liar or an idiot.

    These guys have at least made their interpretation of wing chun more free flowing, though many would argue it's lost its structure and hence is more like JKD than WC. However I personally feel that the relaxed movement helps to apply wing chun in a more realistic sense. No one stays rigid and flat-footed in a fight, and if they do they will lose.

    Not the "best" clip out there yet but not the worst..but that all depends on your definition of how wing chun should be applied...which obviously everyone here as a different say on that.
    "I don't know if anyone is known with the art of "sitting on your couch" here, but in my eyes it is also to be a martial art.

    It is the art of avoiding dangerous situations. It helps you to avoid a dangerous situation by not actually being there. So lets say there is a dangerous situation going on somewhere other than your couch. You are safely seated on your couch so you have in a nutshell "difused" the situation."

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    There are loads of disgraceful WCK videos on the Net. That clip is right up there with them IMO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Designs View Post
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvUP7...layer_embedded

    One of the best clips I've seen of WC, have you guys seen this?
    It is just some light sparring, using "Wing Chun-esque" techniques.

    Technically speaking, they had bad WC (and kung fu) structures and roots, however, if they had picked up the intensity of what they were doing, then perhaps they would have gotten more out of it, even if this would not classify what they got out of it as Wing Chun.

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