[QUOTE=bawang;964695]one moment you say all kung fu sucks then next you say a lot of moderators on your website do kung fu and are good. im confused:confused:
when people made a thread asking how many hours do they train and many people said they train 1 hour to 4 hours a week i stopped reading your website forums
also there was a guy that made a lot of comics making fun of traditional martial arts then it turned out he did taekwando and couldnt fight at all am i rite?
also i thought you were amazing 200 pound bas rutten clone then i saw your fight and you were flabby guy and lost really fast why all the big talk? are you really that proud because you can beat up a 100 pound kung fu fantasy guy? lol[/QUOTE]
I’m not going to speak for anyone here, but I believe the point that is trying to be made is that in the past, several instructors of TMA made outlandish claims of the superiority of their styles. When the Gracies came on the scene, rather than just making the claims, they backed them up by accepting challenge matches and beating their opponents. You may not like the Gracies, and many do not. However, the impact they have had on martial arts can not be argued. As for the back and forth banter regarding Kung Fu, all I can say is it is what it is. Probably the best example I can give is that fact that in combat sports circles, Muay Thai is usually the striking art of choice. Why? Mostly due to the training methods involved. Having studied both arts, I can tell you at least in my style of Kung Fu, everything found in Muay Thai I had in Kung Fu. The difference were training methods. This is in no way to insult my Kung Fu, but things can be modified and methods can be improved as to gain the results that make someone better at their art and as a fighter in general. Stagnation is what is the destruction of a martial art, and for far too long many Kung Fu styles have remained stagnant and unwilling to change their training methods. So, my fellow Kung Fu gurus, rather than doing forms, work focus mitts or Thai mitts. Rather than doing compliant two man drills, practice clinch work, locks, and throws where your training partner actually resists. And above all else, rather than playing tag and point sparring or pulling techniques or no hitting the head or whatever other garbage play fighting, put on your head gear, boxing gloves or MMA glove, shin guards, groin cup, and spar to where you actually feel when someone hits you. And before I get flamed by one side saying I spar like this already, this is not for you. Before I get flamed from the side that say blah, blah, this is not productive it is not the deadly street fighting, it is bad for you, my name is Uki and you will feel my wrath, why not just try and see what I am saying. If you think I am full of sh**t afterwards, fine. But this argument can only be settled when both sides try both ways and decide for themselves which is better.
