I agree w/ Mighty B’s post. I tell new students that they are now worse off than when before they started.
I’m not as pessimistic about how long it takes to shake through those levels. That will depend on the teacher’s training methods and the aptitude of the student.
It looks like the mantis guy new his footwork and posture from his forms pretty well but had obviously not tried to fight with them very much.
I’m afraid that we probably aren’t going to see very many good examples caught on film from this time period.
Shifu Kevin talked a little bit about some challenges he’s had and the ‘nice’ way to settle them and test each others skills that weren’t total beat down fights. Maybe what we are seeing is more a ‘test of skill’ rather than a fight. In which case the objective was to use clear, effective technique from the style. In that light the mantis guy doesn’t look as bad but the WC guy was more effective…though I didn’t see enough power in that palm for a KO.
That is incorrect. On the second link given in the first post, the Pre-fight photos, it states the WC fighter is - Wu Sifu. Further down the page, there is another photo that gives his full name as . Certainly not Bruce Lee.
Incidentally, there is a photo of the two fighters standing side by side pre-fight with the PM guy’s arm around the WC guy’s shoulders. This certainly fits along the lines of a friendly test and not a grudge match if that at all means anything.
Hi, Young mantis:)
I’m gonna have to disagree with you.
The guy on the roof top sparring clip is
indeed Bruce Lee
That clip is on a dvd called Bruce Lee a warriors journey:)
No, it’s not Bruce Lee. Besides the fact that it looks nothing like him, the Chinese clearly says his name is Hu, not Li. The clips is mislabeled in English.