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Anonymous
Wing chun is very good in that it trains your speed, reflexes and technique.
1) speed: if you dont have speed, then you will never make it. in a demo bruce lee asked someone to punch him in the face, when the guy was midway bruce slapped him gently on the guy's face, to show that he was much faster.
2) reflex: in a real fight, you do not have time to go back and think about what to do next. when you see an opening, you need to just hit him or kick him instantly, do not think. the time it takes you to think will probably cause you death, or a lot of pain. there was a guy that did jiujutsu and always wanted to take me down. i always ignored him. then one day he charged at me and out of pure instinct i kicked him right in the face. he got pissed off and said he was just joking and i was sorry too but my body reacted without my mind. that is very important.
3) technique: know the human body, the joints, the weakspots and maybe even how to kill someone. just do not target those places when sparring, even if you think you are holding back your power, because if targeting those places become instinct, you may kill someone without meaning to. that is bad.
>> Anonymous
best way to get your speed and reflex up is this old method my teacher taught us. get a very realistic looking knife but not sharp, if you dont have one get a butter knife or just file down a knife till it's blunt. the point is to forcibly fool your brain into realizing it is a real knife and not a fake knife. ask a friend or partner to jab you with it and you block. start slowly and work your speed up gradually. because your brain is telling you you will die if you dont block the attack, you will be much more focused and will improve very quickly.

shuffling is the act of moving your feet quickly but not losing balance. by always having one foot infront and one foot behind you will never be caught with both feet side by side and one not touching the ground - which is when you are most vulnerable and can be taken to the floor. move towards or away from your enemy by shuffling.
how to practice: get a length of rope. tie it between your ankles so you have a little more than shoulder width to work with. this will be a limitation. now get your friend and use the fake knife again to attack you and move back by shuffling. do not walk back as this then ruins the point of the training. increase speed gradually. ive seen people lose fights because they do not shuffle. people focus too much on strength. if you cant hit me then all that strength is of no use. ive also seen people that can shuffle faster than untrained people can run.

i dont focus so much on the chinese or korean or isreal style of fighting. it just comes down to speed and reflex most of the time.

anyway ive been in some fights, some ive won some ive lost. this stuff really helps.
>> sasuke
Yep. Knowing the bases is very important. That way you can fight using creativity and knowledge instead of using memorized katas.
>> Anonymous
>>295850That way you can fight using creativity and knowledge instead of using memorized katas.

Katas aren't meant to be used for fighting or sparring brah. Their meant to be an a way to learn techniques and control your body. If you actually know anyone that tried to use a kata in a fight or sparring, or even thinks that's what you are supposed to do, I want you to punch them and never stop.
>> Anonymous
>out of pure instinct i kicked him right in the face

You're a fucking dick. Why not bite him, instead? Perhaps you could knee him in the balls, or poke him in the eye!

gb2 wominz self defense
>> Anonymous
Keep this martial art crap off of /fit/. Does the link say /ma/? No it doesn't, so fuck off
>> Anonymous
Or you could just learn to box...

That way you won't get your face smashed when you end up in a fight.
>> Anonymous
>>295782technique

Since when was kung-fu actually efficient? It's such a waste for all that speed and reflexes. One could be so much if they used more optimized techniques.

>>295934
Like boxing, for example. The art of efficient and powerful punching has been developed to a great degree in boxing. The gloves slow their punches a lot but they need enough speed to surprise and they need to throw tons of these punches and preferably each dealing actual damage despite the gloves which all leads to the development of efficient punching technique.
>> Anonymous
>>295967

Exactly. The best way to fight is to learn the simplest, most effective means of striking and wrestling... so that you can focus on letting your instincts take over in a fight.

You can have the basics completely drilled into you within a few months of sparring... and after that you can concentrate far more on reactions and tactics, which will be far more useful for defense purposes.
>> Anonymous
>>295894

No U.

I happen to find OP's post very informative. I've been looking into several types of martial arts recently, starting with Muay Thai for cardio purposes.

Definitely relevant to my interests.

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