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shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 05, 2009, 08:04:32 am ---
Xiaou2, I would never consider entering my kid in anything like that competition.

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Huh? You wouldn't let your kid compete in a forms competition? I have a nice trophy sitting on my childhood memory shelf from winning 1st place forms in a regional tournament. Tournaments rule! Way more exhilarating than any other competitive sport I have ever competed in.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shardian on November 05, 2009, 08:55:17 am ---Huh? You wouldn't let your kid compete in a forms competition?

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No, I wouldn't.  I'm not saying I disapprove of them.  I'm saying I have no desire to enter my kids in them. 

Xiaou2:
Well, as you said, you were not looking to make your kids Bruce Lee, thus I provided an alternative idea.

 Wushu is like a dance class.   And like Dance classes, the students get
to show off what they have learned through great performances.

 Remember, its ultimately the kids choice... and most of them love
to perform what they have practiced.

 Interestingly enough, while many woman do not really get into real
combat arts... there are a lot of them interested and or practicing wushu.

 
 As for your comment Shmokes...  The drills prepare you for actual combat.
They make it so that your arms feel what is happening, and you make
the appropriate reactions based on your opponents energies.

 Its about taking up the spaces in the best manor to gain advantage.
About reading you ops next possible move.  About setting the op up,
such as when master wong shot a false blow, which made the guy block,
which allowed him the trap that hand and make a real hit without getting
hit himself.   Its much more than what can be descibred here.  But,
after you have gained real skill and proper reactions, Actual combat using
the moves Does in fact work.

 As for UCF, those guys are undertrained and sloppy.  The reason, is
they try to study too many things, and not perfect any of it.

shardian:
Here's my 2 cents on MA for defense.

If I truly wanted to learn to defend myself, I would take a grappling based MA. There is a reason Jiu Jitsu has become the dominant MA for UFC fighting - it neutralizes all of the standing martial arts!

I would rather neutralize an opponent than break my fists on their face.

RayB:
Shmokes, what often looks like choreographed moves is actually that the fighters are trained in how to move with a blow in order to avoid or minimize its impact. Like for example one fighter gets you in a wrist lock and attempts to throw you. You have to jump/roll into the throw otherwise just standing there, pulling, or trying to resist it = broken wrist.

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