its like comparing apples to bananas. I train with guys who are pretty good at BJJ and MMA (not top fighters of course) and when we play with standard rules I do okay in stand up. On the ground with standard rules I do less well but whenever we’ve messed about with expanded rules (groin shots, strikes to the back of the head, kicks and knees on the floor, and even light contact to the eyes and throat) I do pretty well again. I don’t see why there is this obsession with style versus style, there’s room for everyone and ultimately it comes down to who is the better fighter / who is able to impose their fight / who gets lucky.
[QUOTE=Yoshiyahu;1161956]Who can use their Wing Chun skills against an MMA fighter with stand up and ground work…
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IMO people who test themselves against that kind of pressure, and who are able to stop takedowns to prevent the fight going to an area they are untrained.
good lord, it never ends with this guy.
Yoshi, maybe you could tell us all how YOU do against MMA guys first, you know, just to get the ball rolling.. :rolleyes:
i was just having fun..sorry for those who took it seriously.
thanks for the serious input out there..but since my threads are under so much scruntiny i decided to just be silly with the likes of some of those who over critical and never share any realistic useful information…
ne way did any one look at the youtube video…wow thats a classic!
Since I do not participate in this forum, I do not know how you guys stand with Randy Williams. He is taking a stab at it using traditional Wing Chun as his template:
Since I do not participate in this forum, I do not know how you guys stand with Randy Williams. He is taking a stab at it using traditional Wing Chun as his template:
“traditional” Wing Chun has always had ground fighting techniques, chin-na and takedowns. It has less/none in the way of positional control, pin escapes or the technicalities of ground and pound.
That’s OK - BJJ isn’t much at punching or kicking. As long as no one is trying to tell you a style is something that it is not.
I first learned those kicks in the vid from a Kung fu instructor in 1977, and similarly again from my WC instructor in 1989. And similarly again from an MMA instructor in about 1998.
This stuff can be effective against a standing opponent, and you have to be pretty good and pretty careful to move in on a guy who is good at this stuff. Antonio Inoki used it effectively against Muhammad Ali, and the best example I can remember was Allan Goes vs Sakuraba, who was no slouch as a fighter, back in Pride. Vitor Belfort tried it against Saku as well, but not nearly as effectively.
The throw looks like a cross between a parry/slip, head and arm choke, and osotogari which any decent wrestler or judoka could do very much better. Yes, I know that trip is in one of the dummy sets.
Nothing new here. Though I don’t think RW is/was claiming such.
I’m trying to get the jist of what you are trying to prove here? That BJJ is gay? rolling on the ground is gay? I’m not getting what you are (getting) at. I can’t speak for WC but I do know that it’s relatively striking oriented. But on the other hand I do know ground work. So what is it you are stating?