Fake Kung Fu Vs Real Kung Fu

April 23, 2014 By admin Leave a Comment

Knowing The Difference Between Real Kung Fu And Fake Kung fu

Recently I was trolling YouTube looking for interesting martial art videos and I came across some that made me sit back and really re – think if something is real or not. First realizing just how powerful our minds are. Our mind does exactly what we tell it to do. I’ve been looking at different clips of people who are getting slammed for teaching what they are teaching because some martial artists call it fake. I disagree, none of it is fake. It’s really a matter of perception.

For example this clip

While I will totally agree that what this person is doing will never work on a real fighter who is out for blood or anyone who refuses to let their mind become open to suggestion. What I think people are missing is the reality that some people not only buy into it. It actually works on them.

Therefore to call it fake isn’t 100% accurate. What has me concerned more than anything about these video, is he clearly has a school of students that are buying into his mumbo jumbo. I feel bad for his students who go out there and try and use those skills in an actual fight.

A good example of the same thing being done is in this video. [Read more…]

How Long Will It Take To Learn Kung Fu?

February 17, 2014 By admin Leave a Comment

Learning Kung Fu In Three Easy Steps

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In all the years I have studied Kung Fu the question that seems to come up most often is how long does it really take to get good. I remember when I was 8 yrs old studying Karate GoJu. I use to admire the black belts in the school.

Their hard work and discipline encouraged me to keep going. As I got older like high school age. I would see black belts in school who use to get there butt’s beat. It really didn’t make sense to me at the time because you would think someone who is trained would be better than someone who isn’t trained, at least that was the reasoning I had when I was 15. [Read more…]

Chi Sao Demo, Lesson On Chi Sao Understanding Sticky Hands

February 11, 2014 By admin Leave a Comment

In many Wing Chun circles there is much talk about what is proper chi sao vs what is not proper chi sao. If we look on YouTube we find tons of samples of people doing bad chi sao or worse people thinking chi sao is actually sparring.

In a previous article I talked about What Is Chi Sao.

In this article I want to show you what I feel chi sao should look like. I am not a big fan on filming myself doing kung fu. However, my sifu did a really good lesson on it and I wanted to do the intro to the the lesson justice.

Chi Sao Is Important For Stress Testing Your Skill

While Chi Sao isn’t exactly fighting if you are practicing with an aggressive partner you can experience a real adrenaline dump. These things are nasty. Your body locks up in many cases you even get scared.

Essentially when an adrenaline dump happens your chi sao skill goes out the window. Chi Sao training can help teach you breath control and pressure control. Only a novice practitioner thinks chi sao is actually fighting. Besides the fact that in Chi Sao you start with your hands connected, in a real fight you are not connected.

Chi sao has fixed patterns, therefor depending on your partner you could be training repetition rather live energy. So there are many factors that go into chi sao.

Make no mistake though, a person who is very good at chi sao is also more than likely a very competent fighter.

There is a saying:

Don’t box a boxer

In order for Wing Chun to work, a wing chun practitioner has to use their skill vs using brute force. Wing Chun is a counter attacking system. I know you see lots of videos online where wing chun fighters are doing the attacking. I don’t believe it’s how it was meant to be used. Wing chun is devastating from a counter attacking position.

The skills you learn in chi sao can be applied the moment the energy calls for it. As Bruce Lee said, when it attacks it attacks all by itself…….