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I come from a splinter style of WC that incorporates kickboxing elements along with elbows and knees called Cheung style. There is a sport aspect in that we regularly participate in point tournaments in northeast florida however we train full contact and have many undefeated iska/full contact bout fighters.
[font="]I have read about peoples feelings toward the (sportification) of the martial arts and how some people see it as a bad thing, I can really see where they are coming from being at these "sport" tournaments and seeing how totally removed that it can be from the roots of kung fu/ self defense to see people hop around on one foot and stop after the first hit is laughable though my school may fight in these competitions Sifu does not teach how to win these things
one of the reasons why i think martial arts in America have become more sport orientated is that most people simply dont posses the heart required to train 8 hours everyday so they can go full contact, our culture is full of "weekend warriors" in the old days self preservation necessitated learning how to defend one self i firmly believe that if we hadnt killed off all of natural predators America wouldnt have the fat people epidemic. Ok Im rambling now so Ive recently moved to Nashville tn and hope to provide my perspective on what threads I can[/font]
I come from a splinter style of WC that incorporates kickboxing elements along with elbows and knees called Cheung style. There is a sport aspect in that we regularly participate in point tournaments in northeast florida however we train full contact and have many undefeated iska/full contact bout fighters.
[font="]I have read about peoples feelings toward the (sportification) of the martial arts and how some people see it as a bad thing, I can really see where they are coming from being at these "sport" tournaments and seeing how totally removed that it can be from the roots of kung fu/ self defense to see people hop around on one foot and stop after the first hit is laughable though my school may fight in these competitions Sifu does not teach how to win these things
one of the reasons why i think martial arts in America have become more sport orientated is that most people simply dont posses the heart required to train 8 hours everyday so they can go full contact, our culture is full of "weekend warriors" in the old days self preservation necessitated learning how to defend one self i firmly believe that if we hadnt killed off all of natural predators America wouldnt have the fat people epidemic. Ok Im rambling now so Ive recently moved to Nashville tn and hope to provide my perspective on what threads I can[/font]
