Bullsherdog
Orange Belt
Everyone is sort of missing the point.
I know Kenichi is a manga. The story is full of BS such as flying in the sky, breaking tanks with one punch, jump kicks and spinning flailing attacks.
The point i was making is that even it and its brother DBZ shows the superhuman fighters doing common sense straight-in-you-face simplistic attacks such as straight punches, knees, backfists, elbow smashes, and even slapping.
This is in contrast to how in the West many schools not only teach BS, but even those that teach sound techniques end up producing students who think doing the crane kick a la Karate Kid style in the WRONG RANGE and TIMING (a la just as an opponent is about to land a fist) is an effective first move in a fight.
Same with trying jump kicks on a slippery environement, starting with a roundhouse in the head, etc.
Now I actually watched documentaries of Asian fighters and even know some Chinese who brought in relatives from the mainland for a vacation. Some of these relatives were masters of Wing Chun and acrobatics Wushu and despite using styles with a lot of fancy (often flowery movements), they just stuck with stuff like "Pin a student on the ground from behind his head with your arm" when they had to put down rowdy students (often white). In the few fights at public places I witnessed, these masters used common sense stuff and basic movements like headlocks and smashing a guy after shoving him to the wall with a hard elbow.
Which is why I'm wondering why the West has consistently produced BS systems. Even the Karate Kid at least showed Mr. Miyagi using straight forward punches, throws, and armlocks to take out a thug rather than BS flailing and as I pointed out int he link Hermit just used a backslap to KO a henchman despite usually using flowery wide movements when he fights other trained fighters in Kenichi.
Why does the West produce this level of BS fighters? Despite the fact traditional masters and high ranking fasters from Asia would just get-right-at-your-face and slam you on the wall with their hands or using a bearhug to take you to the ground? I mean I could have sworn the first movements some of these masters used was a simple slap to put a cocky student in his place rather than flowery flails!
I know Kenichi is a manga. The story is full of BS such as flying in the sky, breaking tanks with one punch, jump kicks and spinning flailing attacks.
The point i was making is that even it and its brother DBZ shows the superhuman fighters doing common sense straight-in-you-face simplistic attacks such as straight punches, knees, backfists, elbow smashes, and even slapping.
This is in contrast to how in the West many schools not only teach BS, but even those that teach sound techniques end up producing students who think doing the crane kick a la Karate Kid style in the WRONG RANGE and TIMING (a la just as an opponent is about to land a fist) is an effective first move in a fight.
Same with trying jump kicks on a slippery environement, starting with a roundhouse in the head, etc.
Now I actually watched documentaries of Asian fighters and even know some Chinese who brought in relatives from the mainland for a vacation. Some of these relatives were masters of Wing Chun and acrobatics Wushu and despite using styles with a lot of fancy (often flowery movements), they just stuck with stuff like "Pin a student on the ground from behind his head with your arm" when they had to put down rowdy students (often white). In the few fights at public places I witnessed, these masters used common sense stuff and basic movements like headlocks and smashing a guy after shoving him to the wall with a hard elbow.
Which is why I'm wondering why the West has consistently produced BS systems. Even the Karate Kid at least showed Mr. Miyagi using straight forward punches, throws, and armlocks to take out a thug rather than BS flailing and as I pointed out int he link Hermit just used a backslap to KO a henchman despite usually using flowery wide movements when he fights other trained fighters in Kenichi.
Why does the West produce this level of BS fighters? Despite the fact traditional masters and high ranking fasters from Asia would just get-right-at-your-face and slam you on the wall with their hands or using a bearhug to take you to the ground? I mean I could have sworn the first movements some of these masters used was a simple slap to put a cocky student in his place rather than flowery flails!