5 recent observations
1.) Step and punch, perhaps the easiest stopped question of all, works best against highly trained martial artists. Particularly when you use Beng Quan.
2.) Gao style BaGua is some slippery sh!t.
3.) Everybody talks about ‘structure’, but very few have any.
4.) There are different kinds of structure based upon different assumptions. But the results in regards to acheiving a base are the same, even if everything else is different.
5.) Everybody you meet seems to have 12 years of experience in some ‘deadly’ martial art. Yet mysteriously exhibit no traces of any skill from this arduos training.
6.) Good fighting starts to look all the same, no matter what they are doing. Unless they are just strong and fast goombahs.
7.) I love to watch people try to apply overly complex moves in free fighting. Funny stuff.
8.) Martial artists can act like a bunch of old woman.
9.) Martial artists are also among the coolest people you meet.
10.) Every school is subject to MonkeySlap’s Law: No matter how tough, how cool, how effective the art, eventually it will produce poseurs and pu$$ies.
Re: Recent Observations
10.) Every school is subject to MonkeySlap’s Law: No matter how tough, how cool, how effective the art, eventually it will produce poseurs and pu$$ies. [/B][/QUOTE]
Not all turn out that way but the rest of you “observations” are pretty much on target. 
PS (I must admit don’t kow much 'bout that first one but ai may know it as something else)
Nice, MS2, I dig your MonkeySlap2’s Law. Its very true.
- some people train any style, become elitist with it and obsessed with the country of their style’s origin. These people then spout nonsense that eveything originates from said country and invariably end up the butt of various jokes, such as the “dude, where’s my keys?” thread…
This thread has potential, ED - any further nonsense you put here will be deleted…
Now I’m not allowed to post my observations of kung fu on a kung fu board?
With all the people on here that are way off the subject at hand,
and my post is going to have the thread deleted?
Wow dont you think that a littel harsh for stating my observations?
the dude wheres my keys thread was from a person that originally thought our training stances where fighting stances and if you ask me extremly childish, who ever you seem to let threads lijke that stay.
So whats up seven star?
ED, if you don’t like what we talk about here, just go find another board. It’s not that fucking difficult genious.
MSToo posted a thread about recent observations. HIS observations based upon recent experiences training with other styles. you jump on the thread talking about mma bashers… what kind of MA observation is that? Now, if you post something pertinent to a recent awakening you’ve had, by all means, post it.
I didn’t say I’d delete the thread, only your nonpertinent posts.
“2.) Gao style BaGua is some slippery sh!t.”
Recently played with a bagua guy eh? Interesting. Ive been interested to feel some real bagua… All Ive ever really seen was SD “pakua”.
MMA is easier = MMA is more systematically trained, so you have to guess less, and get on with training.
That would be my guess… A blanket statement not true of all TMA, but true of the great majority from what I’ve seen.
Meat Shake, I’ve played with Ba Gua guys before - good ones are very good fighters, although like any system it has it’s blind spots too. I know CTS was famous for not liking Ba Gua (or so I’m told), but all the mainland San Da/Shuai Chiao guys I’ve met told me to learn some as it would improve my Shuai Chiao skills.
Gao style is built on Shuai Chiao, so for me it’s like looking at the ‘matrix’ cousin of what I do.
Uh, I agree with ED’s original observation about people dumping on kungfu after dropping out and going to do something more informal.
In most Kungfu schools they teach etiquette. After all, it’s “kungfu” not just fighting.
kungfu = way of life
mma fighting, I am not so certain one can continue this practice for the duration of their life, so, it’s not a full lifestyle in that sense. It has an expiry date, whereas Kungfu, does not.
MS2 I wonder how it is that you have tasted the majority of Traditional Martial arts? What we read in magazines, see in pictures or websites or films is not exactly what goes on in traditional martial arts training and these things are certainly not the core of traditional martial arts, just the entertaining trappings for the most part.
anyway, one can only enjoy ring fight training for a short period of time, one can enjoy practice of Kungfu for their whole life.
“anyway, one can only enjoy ring fight training for a short period of time, one can enjoy practice of Kungfu for their whole life.”
And the only thing keeping one from doing both is fear and excuses.
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And then eventually age.
Originally posted by Kung Lek
MS2 I wonder how it is that you have tasted the majority of Traditional Martial arts? What we read in magazines, see in pictures or websites or films is not exactly what goes on in traditional martial arts training and these things are certainly not the core of traditional martial arts, just the entertaining trappings for the most part.
It’s the circles he runs in, and the fact that people respect true skill when they see it. If they have skill as well, they respect it even more.
When I was training in MS2’s school, I was constantly amazed at the people he would bring around and the stuff they brought with them. I was introduced to Southern Mantis, Long Fist, Baji, Xing Yi, Kun Tao, Sambo, and Lord knows what else through that guy. I picked up good useable tricks from most of them as well.
Then he shows up to my current school, throws on an ad hoc Shuai Chiao seminar, and ends up talking trade with my current coach who is a Muay Thai/BJJ guy.
That’s how he does it. He puts his money where his mouth is.
That’s great, but it is still not the majority.