No, just kidding. But really, I just came across this youtube clip, and it looks like this guy has a school in Chicago. Not my thing, but not too bad. Looks like he has good physical fitness, and a positive message for his students.
[QUOTE=Faruq;1117210]No, just kidding. But really, I just came across this youtube clip, and it looks like this guy has a school in Chicago. Not my thing, but not too bad. Looks like he has good physical fitness, and a positive message for his students.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY0u0F5LPyQ
http://www.youtube.com/user/FreddiesModernKungFu[/QUOTE]
I try not to be too blown away by those sorts of things. It is impressive. However, different body types express fitness differently. Some bench press a ton. Some do body weight stuff like no body’s business, and some have incredible endurance. Other still, can acheive any.
I think that there is a perception in martial arts that what that guy was doing is the highest level of fitness in martial arts. It’s simply a way to be fit, but not necessarily the way.
Yeah, it looks like the guy’s more a fitness trainer than martial arts master. Like he uses his impressive upper body strength, lectures on philosophy and a dynamic personality to sell himself more than mastery of martial arts. But then again on his web page, he seems to say indirectly state as much, so no big surprise. That’s why he calls it Modern Kung Fu rather than Fred’s Wing Chun or Fred’s Choi Li Fut. Seems like a nice guy, and I hope he makes enough money to train with some real masters and master a legitimate style so we can have another quality teacher of a legitimate martial art in Chicago. There are so few compared to Cali or New York. Oh well…
I think the guy was Shaolin Dynasty’s class mate under Sifu Ng.
To quote Kenny Powers, “I play real sports. I’m not trying to be the best at exercising.”
[QUOTE=MasterKiller;1118899]To quote Kenny Powers, “I play real sports. I’m not trying to be the best at exercising.”[/QUOTE]
wait, sports is also a recreation and ergo not really what it represents, which originally is warrior skills or simulated war itself, ergo not real in the truest sense of the word…so, is Kenny Powers a little slow or something?
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1118937]wait, sports is also a recreation and ergo not really what it represents, which originally is warrior skills or simulated war itself, ergo not real in the truest sense of the word…so, is Kenny Powers a little slow or something?[/QUOTE]
“A lot of people ask me, ‘Kenny Powers, you’re a giant superstar. You can get any woman. Have you ever paid for sex?’ And the answer is yes, I have. Several times, in fact. And it’s actually kinda cool. You can negotiate practically anything and sometimes, even just kind of do stuff in the moment that you never agreed to pay for and it goes by without much argument.”
"Undaunted, I knew the game was mine to win. Just like in life, all of my successes depend on me. I’m the man who has the ball, I’m the man who can throw it faster than ****. So that is why I am better than everyone in the world. Kiss my ass and suck my ****, everyone. "
[QUOTE=MasterKiller;1118939]“A lot of people ask me, ‘Kenny Powers, you’re a giant superstar. You can get any woman. Have you ever paid for sex?’ And the answer is yes, I have. Several times, in fact. And it’s actually kinda cool. You can negotiate practically anything and sometimes, even just kind of do stuff in the moment that you never agreed to pay for and it goes by without much argument.”
"Undaunted, I knew the game was mine to win. Just like in life, all of my successes depend on me. I’m the man who has the ball, I’m the man who can throw it faster than ****. So that is why I am better than everyone in the world. Kiss my ass and suck my ****, everyone. "[/QUOTE]
touché
lol
[QUOTE=Snipsky;1118895]I think the guy was Shaolin Dynasty’s class mate under Sifu Ng.[/QUOTE]
no I’m sure its Monkey style or sifu ng is a Monkey LOL
Low level practitioners need not apply LOL
[QUOTE=Faruq;1118884]Yeah, it looks like the guy’s more a fitness trainer than martial arts master. Like he uses his impressive upper body strength, lectures on philosophy and a dynamic personality to sell himself more than mastery of martial arts. But then again on his web page, he seems to say indirectly state as much, so no big surprise. That’s why he calls it Modern Kung Fu rather than Fred’s Wing Chun or Fred’s Choi Li Fut. Seems like a nice guy, and I hope he makes enough money to train with some real masters and master a legitimate style so we can have another quality teacher of a legitimate martial art in Chicago. There are so few compared to Cali or New York. Oh well…[/QUOTE]
The guy looks like he could actually fight, and you want to turn him into a forms collector instead?
The condition seems spot on.
The martial side of things, a couple things jumped out at me: He either strikes stiff, long drawn out power. Or fast with flurries. Hard to tell against a dummy.
However, he breaks posture a couple times in the mitt drill, leaning back to get around a mitt hand… very bad habit, especially against no resistance.
Tommy Carruthers is still more cool !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC1NtJmoBws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSCblI5u_U
[QUOTE=Darthlawyer;1133792]The guy looks like he could actually fight, and you want to turn him into a forms collector instead?[/QUOTE]
Well, even for his Jeet Kune Do to at least bring it more in line with Dan Inosanto’s understanding of it and methods of training it.
I still find it pretty funny how people on this forum hates forms practice. :rolleyes:
they probably couldn’t do a form if their life depended on it. LOL
i highly respect form practice.
flaying your arms around and stealing names from northern kung fu isnt exactly my thing tho.
i highly respect form practice.
flaying your arms around and stealing names from northern kung fu isnt exactly my thing tho.
Good, cause no one should be flaying (FLAYING—WHATEVER THAT MEANS) their arms around while stealing names from northern kung fu.
i love the smell of irony in the morning
i love the smell of irony in the morning
I like to use a steamer. But, the 100,00 plus students who DO practice forms couldn’t give two squats about the five people on this forum who doesn’t like forms practice. LMAO
its funny when american kung fu people think they matter.