WC is very simple, straightforward, and is probably the best street fighting art there is. have bridge, cross bridge, no bridge, attack! bruce was never taught all of wing chun, and being a movie man he basically bastardized 'em all int a free flowing whatever works, but based largely on wing chun, boxing, fencing...and whoever got the idea that grappling and joint locks are specific to things like JJ and aikido? preposterous asserting that jkd made him "fast enough" vs wjm, as if it were a style thing.
gotta chuckle at all these descriptions though. any art can be applied to deadly precision. what no tai chi here?
unfortunately, due to my size (~11 stone is the heaviest I've ever been) Ihad to to fight dirty if some 16 stone lump started picking on me.... it wasn't "fair" and I was somehow the bad guy when he's 50% bigger than me I'm not getting beraten up by some chump trying to look hard in front of his mates.... he's going down ASAP by any means necessary and btw, it was more a chop than a punch, but I can't say chop cos it sounds gay
oh ffs we were jumped outside a bar and I was held down and kicked by guys wearing boots.....I got up...and was royally pissed. So IMO, after shit like that... everything is legal in a fight
In my experience you gauge how the fight is going....if you can beat a guy and he's down, you stop there. If you feel fear or start getting hit by objects, that changes the attitude of your actions...
situation always gets assessed first. if shit comes out of nowhere, you werent paying attention fighting is fighting. what's the difference between a punch and a slap? you can break bones with a good slap if you know how to whip it good.
I was taught off and on for 3 years in both a class and at the guy's house. I learned way more with just a heavy bag and him, versus a class environment. He'd always say - This is the proper form...and this is how it applies (meaning he'd alter something in the form) This was about 15 years ago (when I was in shape) and I still remember the warmups in class being worse than the repetitive form movements and the sparring
He was a lot like Bruce....economy of movement was everything. He hated Taekwondo and some aspects of karate and had noooo problem demonstrating why they sucked when someone brought it up
Didn't you take like 3 weeks of tiger claw karate' Hal?
Nope, my bro in law showed me some of his moves....but only in a gym out on the island where they live.
He be a black belt in Tiger Claw...no fooling around. Watched him do the board breaking thing in a tournament and I broke one 1/2 inch plywood board at his place (with my hand)
I once cut some farts with my ass...
I've won more fights than I've lost...showed an aptitude I guess according to others
meh, you have to apply yourself to get good. Go 2 or 3 nights a week for a few years at least....you can't wuss out like I did
I'd like to learn Kung Fu, seems the more honorable and bad-ass
Also, quoting Neo and then beating the piss out of someone would be a dream come true