I'm going to show my EGO here. It wouldn't happen to me. The reason I say this is because of how I teach. I teach in a way that allows of discussions like that to occur. But after class. This is a Jow Ga class. So until class is over, everyone eats, sweats, breathes,, bleeds, sees, trains, and vomit Jow Ga.
As someone who tries his best to represent the functionality of Jow Ga. If I were ever in a situation like that and things went that bad. I would at least use Jow Ga to beat the person up. I wish I could say that I was Disappointed in the Wing Chun Instructor, because he didn't do any WC so he has to live with that. The kid didn't know anything about JKD. and the Instructor should have picked up on that when the JKD lesson began. He could have had an easy win that read. Headlines: JKD fan boy scared to spar with WC Instructor after Instructor offered sparring gear.
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First off I had to see the video without the commentary. I rather not be lead to a perspective based on the commentary So here's the video
After class is when I allow such discussions to occur. I also allow and accept corrections during class and I make ok for students to correct me when I misspeak. It's not uncommon for people to be thinking one thing and something totally different to come out, only for it to register a few minutes later that you misspoke. It happens, it's a human thing.
It's easier for me to thank the student, and for me to say my mind is currently in many directions, and to be thankful that a student was able to pick up the mistake vs just letting it slide. Now, if I'm right and the student is wrong, then everyone will get the "this is why we do it this way" lecture. Get a couple of those and the desire to correct is greatly lowered lol. But seriously, in the past I have had to say. "We train way because I want us to develop "Skills A, Skills B, Skills C...." In general I start off by telling students why we do exercises up front because I want the students to be knowledgeable about what they are doing. One day someone may ask them, "Why do they do a certain exercise."
Now that my Teacher EGO is done. I would have sparred with him only because I know my stuff. After he would have explained his game plan to me, I would have taken that information and then poke holes through his technique via sparring. If he's going to stop my kicks, then I would count how many times I land a kick and how many times he was able to defend it. At least that would be my game plan.
He would have probably responded the same way to me @ 2:00. The guy said he would go super easy so he can see it coming, but then Waldo chickens out. The WC instructor was actually in the process of throwing "the super easy so you can see it coming kick." This is when the WC instructor has won. He could have walked away at this point and said that Waldo was afraid of a "super easy so you can see it coming kick." Game over WC wins. Or in my case Jow Ga wins.
This is where I my response would have changed. I would have said. OK I have sparring gear. Then I would have offered the sparring gear. I would have asked him does he want to wear it or does he want me to wear it. At this point you can box someone in to making 1 of 2 decisions. He will either put on the gear, or He will either walk away in fear. Either way is fine with me.
I wouldn't have gotten within grabbing distance though. Everyone has their "Red Zone" No need to put him in mine. If person gets in my Red Zone then self-defense mentality kicks in and puts me in the mind set of fighting. If you ever see me in a situation like this in a heated argument then I'm going to attack. I only say this, because I don't get into people's "Red Zone." The only way this can happen to me in an argument, is if the person advances towards me.
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The disappoint side of all of this is if I have to fight someone because they interrupt my Jow Ga class like a butt. Not saying I would, but if things lead to that path, I would feel a strong "duty" to beat this guy up using Jow Ga Kung fu. I'm just saying. If 2 people from 2 different systems get into this situation then at least back up the fight with your skill sets. Literally everything is going down hill at this point so at least layout some Wing Chun so that people in YouTube land can send Rokas a video of a real street fight using Wing Chun. At least get that victory ha ha ha.
The punches weren't damaging. I think the WC hurt his hand when he hit the skull. The JKD sucked, and the guy slipped on a stick. His kicking strategy totally out of the window ha ha ha.