solo forms vs. paired "katas"

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you said no losses are recorded. Are his wins recorded? where?

Come on man, don’t you know thats how Sherdog got started.

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Doing techniques with a partner is good practice.

I don’t generally believe in doing long strings of techniques(forms) two man. I know a couple two man sets, but I don’t find them useful. Maybe two man iron body sets, but regular forms I think are not efficient. People will fight with what they know, so sparring with a few moves at first, having the partners limited(maybe only hands, no throws, etc) at first allows them to apply those moves until comfortable, which will be sooner for them than if they first learned a two man set, changed it, changed it again, then made it freestyle, imo.

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Huo Yuan Jia had a fierce reputation as a fighter…during a time when the chinese were known as ‘the sick men of asia’ he was beating some of the worlds finiest fighters of that time.

There is no exact record of his wins, but he was written about on several occasions in ‘The Times’ news paper of london, and also on at least 1 occassion in a moscow news paper.

I’ve been in contact with 'The times news paper and their achives search service only go back to the 1980’s!!! Meaniong one day I’ll have to get off my butt and get permission to use the British library and serch there!!!

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joedoe: would be interested to see some more on the forms and such next time i hit your fair shores :slight_smile: I also have a buddy who trains in okinawa te as well who is interested in hooking up with me, jon etc. Could be interesting to see those skills too (dont worry he doesnt say its ngo chor :D)

take it easy,
dawood

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Sorry guy, no way a “Forms” guy could have done all the things you say. He fought, and probably fought hard and long to get that good. It’s the ONLY way. Those claiming he did only forms are lying.

You can’t get good at a skill, by NOT doing it.

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Originally posted by dezhen2001
[B]joedoe: would be interested to see some more on the forms and such next time i hit your fair shores :slight_smile: I also have a buddy who trains in okinawa te as well who is interested in hooking up with me, jon etc. Could be interesting to see those skills too (dont worry he doesnt say its ngo chor :D)

take it easy,
dawood [/B]

Dawood: Sounds good. I am looking forward to your next visit, and interested in meeting your friend who trains in Okinawa te.