Hi!!!
I want to practise Pak Mei in London. What Teacher you recomendais to my?
Hi!!!
I want to practise Pak Mei in London. What Teacher you recomendais to my?
SiFu Dave Stevens in central London - He is excellent !
Kune Belay Sau
Heh, seems they don't do any sparring.In line with tradition and the lethal nature of the systems techniques, Pak Mei Kung Fu has been taught and passed down unchanged for sporting activities, such as competition, free sparring and tournament fighting. However, within the system, there is plenty of traditional body conditioning exercises, set sparring, partnered application work where the student can learn to 'apply' the essence of the movements in a controlled and safe environment.
It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a strategem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person.
- Yagyū Munenori
Violent Designs.
Guess you did'nt read the web site well enough, or understand it well enough.
Dave Steven does not advocate "Sports" sparring. Read through the web site and you will that clarification
Dave Steven is well respected and well known by the Chinese Kung Fu Community in London and Hong Kong.
Kune Belay Sau
Yeah OK fine I'm not gonna open up another can of worms and argue about the same thing people argue about for the past five years on this forum again.
Just train whatever way you want . . . doesn't matter, doesn't affect me.
Last edited by Violent Designs; 04-06-2009 at 10:06 PM.
It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a strategem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person.
- Yagyū Munenori
Traditionally there are many facets of sparring:
From the beginning ( most simple) to the end ( most adcanced):
3 step sparring
2 step sparring
1 step sparring
Semi-freestyle sparring
Free style sparring
Its a progression that, when done correctly, can build a very solid foundation for true MA skill.
When don incorrectly it can hinder a person's fighting ability.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
I would have thought the progression was:
1 step sparring
2 step sparring
3 step sparring
Semi-freestyle sparring
Free style sparring
Unless our definitions differ? I always thought 1-step meant one attack and defense, and so on.
The multiple step sparring tend to be more "easy" as they are done earlier to teach foot work and things of that nature, as you get better th esingle attacks bceom crucial because that is where the more "advanced" principles such as intercepting and stop-hitting and such take place.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
Just to be clear, I am NOT a fan of mulitpe step sparring.
It tends to advocate back peddeling and allowing the opponent more "shots on goal" than I like.
It shoudl be done to train a fighter to position himself in a way that as he counters the attack the multiple equation becomes irrelevant.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
As long as people realise there is a learning progression for the student. In a free spar, depending on the relative skill levels of the participants, it may not be possible to always be able to intercept, etc.