Your thoughts please…
YES!
are you talking about street fighting?
yes I think it does
Combat, any life and death fight/struggle. Not a duel, though I suppose a duel could be combat but I’d say it’s rare these days. As for the Jab, I mean the concept, not a lead hand punch…
ROFLMGDAO
you guys slay me!
Originally posted by ShaolinTiger00
[B]ROFLMGDAO
you guys slay me! [/B]
What do you mean?
The Jab is one of the reason the PRC ‘department of enemy studies’ developed military san shou.
Western Boxing has good lessons in it, and has left it’s mark on most other martial arts it has met. Look at san Da, fighting karate styles, MMA, you can’t deny the impact the ‘sweet science’ has had.
Even if your art does not use a ‘jab’ per se, if it is an offensive art, it will have methods that use similar tactics.
If not - it hasn’t been used outside of it’s hometown.
Originally posted by ShaolinTiger00
ROFLMGDAO you guys slay me!
With just our jabs? ROF:D
Yes.
Cody
oh heck, I’m giggling my head off too.
yes slain by thousands or jabs, thrown by angry kungfu men, wearing giant oversized 50 oz. gloves.
“next, puff steps forward. next, puff steps forward..”
exactly kinjit!
Anyway, do you think it’s an unreasonable thing to discuss?
unimaginable is the word that comes to my mind.
As in how could you not know how important the jab is in REAL Fighting?
answer: because you live on the planet “kungfu” where reality isn’t discussed much.
The jab is equivalent to a basketball player’s jump shot or a baseball player’s swing. It is the most fundamental offensive (and defensive) punch in boxing. It serves innumerable purposes as a strategic weapon. It sets up more powerful shots, keeps your opponent off balance, can be used to dictate the pace of the fight, and buys time for you.
Originally posted by ShaolinTiger00
[B]unimaginable is the word that comes to my mind.
As in how could you not know how important the jab is in REAL Fighting?
answer: because you live on the planet “kungfu” where reality isn’t dicussed much. [/B]
No need for the hostile tone… Anyway… Surprising an intruder in your house, being mugged in a dark street, having a ninja flip out on ya.. (ok:)) Would you not agree that these situations call for different tactics than the ring? I’m definately not saying that boxing, muaythai, MMA what have you are useless for the streets- I just think the mecanics are different.
maybe you mean
a jab as a sign of a “probeing offense” i which case I’d say no, that is a good thing to avoid in quote-unquote “real fighting”
if you mean jab in the sense of the movement a quick strike with the forward hand, I’d say yes, its vital to fighting.
define “probing offense”.
You are incorrect.
shaolin master- your definition is a “probing attack” it is not an offense. and it certainly has use in any real conflict. “measuring” an opponent doesn’t nessecarily mean not striking him. The jab stuns for a more powerful strike.
wrong.
a “measuring” example.
finger jab to the eyes. - now that the distance is known and the opponent is stunned. a more powerful strike can be used.
I think you could use a jab to maybe stun your opponent for a brief second to give you time for something larger? It might also be useful in stopping momentum?