Thanks for clarifying. Good series by the way.One of my kung fu brothers in the states brought this thread to my attention and this is the most correct observation on the situation I've read in this entire thread. -
I usually don't comment on topics like this, but having read some of the other comments on here, I would like to state that I am no stranger to progressive full contact training and my family's school in Chicago has trained quite a few full contact fighters, (feel free to google me). Also, my Sihing Jerry was a former sanda champion in Hong Kong and has lived and fought professionally (wages paid by the government) in China (all public record). People making uneducated assumptions without research in attempt to prove oneself knowledgeable will often lead others to see one's ignorance.
We were filming a documentary, we were not training nor were we trying kill each other, we were engaging in gloveless friendly exchanges with strangers in order to understand and display their methods to the audience. Friendly exchanges sans protective equipment will imply limitations. If one understands anything about progressive training or have engaged in friendly (or maybe not so friendly) exchanges it might appear more obvious.
Just a side note - though it might come as a surprise to some, western boxing is not the end all of progressive fight training.
-Philip Ng