http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/ Welcome to the Online version of Kung Fu magazine, your resource for information, entertainment and information related to the Chinese Martial and Healing Arts. This site is the virtual companion of the print version of Kung Fu magazine, with online features such as the E-ZINE, the Kungfu Forums, awesome Kungfu Resources and much, much more. en Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:44 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/ http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65950&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 16:49:11 GMT C'mon now, that's pretty sweet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo ]]> Off Topic Punch.HeadButt http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65950 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65949&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 15:40:20 GMT Question: After all this time, are serious TCMAists really still saying that their technique/system is too deadly to use in fight sports?
I said, "serious." Not goofy ch'i-ballers, and that guy with the double hammers, or the step guy...
It's just that I keep hearing this argument from MMAists about TCMAists, and I really don't think there are guys still using that tired argument, or they're just talking ONLY to the wrong people??dafuq? ]]> Kung Fu Forum TenTigers http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65949 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65948&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 15:22:24 GMT 1. How many of you use or have used Groupon in your school's marketing?

2. What was your experience?

3. What was your ratio to sign-ups?

4. Did it work for you, or was it as soon as they used up their groupon, they were out the door?

5. How did you convert them over to your regular program?

6. What incentives did you use?

7. Would you do it again? ]]> Kung Fu Forum TenTigers http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65948 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65947&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:54 GMT Interesting article about an issue in the Chinese education system that is surfacing. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/16/chinese-government-bans-seven-speak-not-school-subjects/ Interesting article about an issue in the Chinese education system that is surfacing.

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/0...hool-subjects/ ]]> Off Topic David Jamieson http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65947 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65946&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 12:22:55 GMT I read too much, visit forums too much, and generally waste a lot of time, so I won't be able to accurately cite the source. With that being said...

I've often heard there are three levels to Martial Arts training.

The first being the forms level. This is for the absolute beginner to teach them the structure of the style.

The 2nd being the tui shou, playing hands, chi sau stage. This is where you start to play with the techniques and start using the principles with another person.

The 3rd is the free fighting stage. This is where you really start to internalize and apply the concepts of the style.

Then there's the mastery level where you're able to incorporate other styles and concepts into your own application.

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IMO, the problems we express with TCMA are because there's a tradition of spending way too much time in levels 1 and 2, and real personal development doesn't happen in those levels. What were finding now is that there's difficulty in properly achieving the 3rd level. We're having to write the book to get there because it kind've got lost. To make matters worse, a lot of the middle aged masters that are teaching now realized this - unfortunately during the 70's and 80's, and the style of fighting that they tried to bridge to isn't good ultimately for modern TCMA. ]]> Kung Fu Forum MightyB http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65946 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65945&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 01:21:57 GMT Gloves change the way you hit. Why do people value gloved sparring so much when it is impossible to fight that way ungloved? Gloved sparring is worthless because: a) it encourages you to hit in a way that will mean you break your hand on the first or second punch, unless you are a girl or a... Gloves change the way you hit. Why do people value gloved sparring so much when it is impossible to fight that way ungloved?

Gloved sparring is worthless because:

a) it encourages you to hit in a way that will mean you break your hand on the first or second punch, unless you are a girl or a small child

b) it trains false reactions, in both the puncher and punchee, that only hold when gloves are worn

c) it instills dangerous false confidence based on a model that is not close to reality. Gloved sparring is in some ways the opposite of Kano's genius in revolutionising grappling with randori. Randori removes the dangerous techniques while allowing realistic grappling training with full resistance. Gloved sparring actually accentuates the dangerous techniques while providing a completely false framework of action and reaction.

discuss ]]> Wing Chun guy b. http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65945 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65944&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 00:41:35 GMT Can someone who is knowledgeable on this shed some light on the subject( preferably someone who is on trt).
Does it turn you into a hulking beast like they say it did for UFC fighter Vitor Belfort? I'm confused because I'm assuming I have regular testosterone levels and I'm not a hulking monster.

Does trt give you an advantage over a guy whose testosterone levels are normal?

Is it possible for me to test at a too high testosterone level even though I've never used trt? ]]> Kung Fu Training and Health SavvySavage http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65944 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65943&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 19:49:25 GMT Quite often when A expressed an opinion, B disagreed, if A

- respond to it, A will be trapped into a long argument.
- didn't respond to it, B will be offended.

Allow me to borrow Miqi's statement here:

"I don't argue, I just tell you, and you listen or not. All the best."

I find this may be the best way for online discussion. You put up your opinion and I put up mine. You don't expect me to agree with you. I don't expect you to agree with me either.

- You "tell" me how you feel. It's up to me to listen to you or not.
- I "tell" you how I feel. It's up to you to listen to me or not.

Please notice that the word "tell" is very important key word for this thread.

I have always loved to have a discussion environment like this. Sometime we my just be too cautious to choose our words inorder not to offend others. When we do that, we restrice ourselves to open our heart completely. It just takes away the fun of online discussion. I have been in another "internal" forum for a long time. Oneday I just realized that no matter how careful that I might choose my words, someone was always offended by my opinion. I just decide to leave that environment.

For example, whenever I have seen the words "internal" or "push", I just have to say something. 99% of the time, my opinion will offend someone. I can always have 2 options. To say whatever I want to say, or to say whatever people want to hear. If I can't be honest to myself, I may not respect myself enough.

What's your thought on this? ]]> Kung Fu Forum YouKnowWho http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65943 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65942&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 18:12:43 GMT Here is a funny video where two Russian guys are fighting. One guy has the upper hand using ground and pound but the other guy keeps grabbing onto his junk and won't let go. Enjoy!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76f_1261170709 ]]> Kung Fu Forum SavvySavage http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65942 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65940&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 14:44:48 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwEHo8kNgf4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwEHo8kNgf4 ]]> Traditional Chinese Medicine hskwarrior http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65940 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65939&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 13:23:53 GMT What is about these systems that make them popular? Are there takeaways that we should incorporate into traditional martial arts training that they are doing? If so, what? What is about these systems that make them popular? Are there takeaways that we should incorporate into traditional martial arts training that they are doing?

If so, what? ]]> Street/Reality Fighting MightyB http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65939 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65938&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 11:41:21 GMT Reading Rovers thread "Finding the correct horse stance" got me thinking about the correctness of other stances.

Since the horse stance has already been addressed I'm curious to other stances not covered.

I would like to get everyones thoughts on the following stances.

Forward and reverse bo:

lead leg bent at 90 degree with knee not quite over the big toe, with the back leg straight and the back foot flat on the ground.
reverse bo is done... in reverse back leg is at 90 ect.

twisted stance:

front leg at 90, back leg 90 with the knee touching the calve of the front leg

monkey stance:

front leg 90 back leg 90 with knee 6 inched from ground

cat:

don't really know how to explain with out pictures, but back leg slightly bent (35 degrees? (sp?)) with weight on back leg front leg is also bent with the heal riased and toe barley touching ground in a ready posture for a front snap kick.

Thoughts? ]]> Kung Fu Forum A BIONIC LEG http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65938 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65937&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:19 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMoTu...layer_embedded

On Chi Sau and sensitivity. ]]> Wing Chun BPWT http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65937 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65936&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:46 GMT Congratulations to our winners. Thanks to YMAA (http://ymaa.com/publishing/books/external/dirty_ground_kris_wilder_lawrence_kane) for providing the prizes. Scott B. - Huntsville, AL Julie L. - Champlin, MN Dale P. - Federal Way, WA John P. - Boston, MA Michael S. - Northfield, MN For... Congratulations to our winners. Thanks to YMAA for providing the prizes.

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Click here to see our current online sweepstakes. ]]> GeneChing http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65936 http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65935&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 20:07:27 GMT This is interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkzFkN2FO3U

Whatever happened to the official KFM website? With Jack Reacher, Batman, and the M.I. Series, seems like interest in the method would pick up. Heck, I'd be interested in a seminar or something, just can't seem to find solid info about it in the States. ]]> Mixed Martial Arts MightyB http://forum.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65935