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My kung fu brothers and I were sparring with another school where we go 45 seconds and then get a fresh guy every 45 seconds. It's good training because I had to really dig deep. The only problem is that I let emotion get the best of me by getting frustrated. That lunge forward was me trying to swing on empty with zero energy left, but it's not an excuse because even when I have zero energy I should still have focus and control. Jai Harman was leaning when he was fresh. lol. I think this is the one video that I watch the most because it's the only time where I really defeated myself.\
I know your sparring approach is this as a learning exercise.... But in the traditional 1-steps, either the opponent or you close the distance before initiating technique.... PERIOD.... The actual time period for that can be very compressed....
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I typically don't try the "lunge forward" which we see you doing.... or Jai Harman & Co. @ times... hoping to out-react the opponent... which here with his reach & fresh energy he is able to back peddle.... I wait until the opponent approaches or alternatively deliberately advance on the opponent... I can also run at them (no into them mindset) if necessary....
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I don't generally trade punches...which I see you and your partner doing.... The overall working goal of the karate kumite traditional exercises is to turn his actions to your advantage.... make them into a vulnerability.... this requires proper tactical execution.
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TIME: 0:05. Opponent is wide open for rear round kick to face. This is also the precise moment to engage via 1-step tactics...I prefer hands.... Instead, you move away from his jabbing left hand.... I would actively embrace that jab with zero fear..... the danger is in his lowered right... he's too out-of-position to do much of a leg strike...
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An overall comment on the opponent's use of the jab..... which you do the conventional backing away from.... which is contrary to 1-step principles....
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You can jab at me all you want 'cause either I will do nothing 'cause it's out of range (essentially a feint); Or I will neutralize the jab from my guard.... I will take on the jab and disable, deflect, or otherwise dismantle the opponent's objective of intimidating or striking me with it... with that weapon temporarily negated, the opponent is now vulnerable to counter...
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It's all presented in the 1-steps, WC drills I posted, etc. etc..... what it take is the mental capability to act, not react.... mental discipline... which another poster @ the MT vs. WC thread said my WC traditional drills weren't competent in a real fight.... So we are right back to Jai-Like kickboxing.... re your opponent's style.....
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Nice training clip outlining the issues....
yeah about kicks. The rules that day were that we couldn't use kicks or sweeps. That's why our kicks looked the way they did lol. I never know what the rules will be when I go spar with the students at that school. It's their place so we have to play with by their rules. I'll definitely take your comments into consideration because with out my legs, I have a really hard time trying to close the gap on someone taller.
I'll give this a try. Drawing him in is the one thing that I didn't try. Even when I look at some of my earlier videos I can tell that I'm focused on "getting in." Thanks
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I'll see what techniques there are in my fighting system that are similar and I'll give it a try. The good thing is that when sparring with them I can afford to take a few hits to the face when trying to learn how to use a technique, so if I make a mistake it won't be a costly one. The punch will hurt just enough to be a good lesson, but not enough to break my jaw or knock me out.
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This is different from how I fight even when sparring. My goal is to control the fight mentally and physically. The punches that my opponent are by my choosing and not his. I'm ahead of the fight when I know what punches are going to be thrown. My reaction is based on what I see before it comes instead of what I see when it comes. The better I can do these things the faster and more deadlier I'll be. The last thing I want to do in a fight is to be trying to guess what is going to come at me. I rather bait than wait.
You won't find much on kung fu in terms of using actual kung fu technique (for the reason you stated many only do forms competition).
I definitely don't have to worry about this happening with me.
My school only does this type of drill when we want to kick something solid and for conditioning for the impact that occurs on the kicking leg. Other than that we kick each other without the pads because we use techniques that attack kicking leg. The only way the students can learn the techniques is to actually have someone try to kick them. The better the students get the harder the opponent can kick.
Students at my school doesn't do this type of training either. We punch heavy bags and pads without the gloves because it teaches proper punching technique. One of the students took tkd for about 6 years and he punched the a pad the wrong way and it took a little skin off the knuckles. This happened because the punch was incorrect. No matter what angle I punch my target all of the force needs to go into my target. The heavy bad teaches the same lesson. Punching without gloves teaches correct punching technique and delivers more power. It's also good for conditioning the hands.
For me. it's more like: If Ronda is punching fast then I have to start my action before she starts hers. If I can do this then I don't have to be fast. I just have to read her attacks well enough to act before she throws her punch.
Jow Ga doesn't have that much zen if any. So far the perspective of Jow Ga Sifu's have been more along this line:
???assuming this is to shotonoob.
