1. Is the conclusion reached from that YT video factual or not?
Actually it is opinion. There was nothing factual about it. A clip about two guys fighting that goes to the ground. For all we know the guy might know more than he wanted to show, or missed a lot of practise in terms of ground fighting. Maybe he felt he did not need groundgame and ignored it. Maybe his sifu did not teach it because he thought time was better spent standing up. Or his sifu simply had no groundgame to teach.
A judgement based on a video is purely opinion. Bringing back the question, you honestly think YouTube can be considered proof?
2. At this point in the evolution of martial arts, yes.
Interesting. So how much time do you train to punch or kick in BJJ? I mean, after all at this point in the evolution that is a requirement is it not?
Do you have some examples that you could show me? Further, can you confirm that they're native to Wing Chun and not an add-on some sifu attached to WC in order to stem the MMA fad? I'd be very interested in seeing them. Hopefully its not like some other TMA ground fighting that has been posted earlier on these forums.
There is no traditional Wing Chun, just like there no longer is a traditional BJJ. It is constantly evolving. People may argue with me but things do evolve.
And what are you expecting from a groundfighting system in TMA? You want them to be BJJ? Newsflash since you have no logic at all in your statements, 99% of the stuff you do in BJJ is not applicable to self defense unless you are attacked by a grappler. (That 1% is enought to protect against almost all attacks)
Many TMA's have some limited groundwork to allow them to survive well against a non-skilled attacker. That is the goal and what they do is simply something that fits with their training and is easily taught and practised. Problem with all no matter what it is, it is easily destroyed by a grappler. Here comes the newsflash, nothing can beat a grappler unless you spend equal amount of time training grappling. You do not become a better fighter at someones game unless you train more than they do.
Oh and to continue the thought process you refused to accept. Many practitioners of for instance WC are training a secondary art for learning grappling and ground fighting. Reason why? Because the more people that watch UFC the more general knowledge some techniques become and someday soon we might start seeing them on the streets because people grow up with thinking it is the way one should fight.
According to you, an art does not exist or can be called good unless it can cover ground game as well, spoken by a grappler who can not handle all standup games. Or you never seen a grappler do a crappy job in defending him/herself against punches or kicks? I am sure there are plenty of proof on that on YouTube as well.
Hopefully you recognize that all of those reasons are outright nonsense.
You are speaking nonsense. Or maybe perhaps you trained WC for many sifus? Learned all about how the world works by travelling the entire world and doing everything? Or perhaps you are just some guy that thinks his own art can only be better if he assumes all other arts are crap? Not saying you are, but telling you some of my worries based on the way you write.
Well given you learn punching and kicking in your BJJ class I am sure you dont need to think much about mixing.
There's a stark difference between not teaching ground fighting in a hand to hand fighting system, and not teaching how to shoot a gun in a MA school dedicated to hand to hand fighting. There's some pretty good reasons not to teach shooting in a Bjj gym. There's very little reason not to teach ground fighting in a MA school.
You do know most places I seen and/or talked with train groundfighting to a limited amount. Nothing that would beat a grappler but still.
Things like not landing on your head, getting back up to base and kicking your opponent and preventing him from getting close. When all that comes to **** and the opponent sits on you? Well there is only so much you can learn before you have to become a dedicated groundfighting art. There is only so much you can learn in a class before the time is up for the day. Besides, why evolve a whole solution to groundfighting when GJJ and BJJ does it so much better?
