Has anyone fought decent chinese MA practitioners?

[Shaolin Bushido]

Sigh. They're naming tournaments after a Jet Li movie now. What's this world coming to?

Oh and try to ignore sherwinc. He's one of the few trolls out there that manage to change every thread into a "KungFu is superior to all" thread.

Thanks for the comments. Now i demand more stories and such.

No, they're naming movies for actual people who lived early in the 20th century. Tournaments too.

[BB Wolf]

I used to do some informal sprring w/ a friend who trained in CMA, Southern Praying Mantis, if I remember correctly, I din't know then as much as I know now, but he was a good, or at least fast fighter. We never strapped on the gloves and really went at it, but he wasn't a half-bad fighter. There were also a few guys in the dojo when I spent some time training in "Tradtional" Kung Fu" who who spent more time working the bags and practicing techninques in a realistic manner on other people than perfecting their forms. Did't stay at the school long ( started back to college and moved to a different city) but in working with them, they seemd to have the makings of a good fighter.

[darrianation]

Like anything else it has more to do with the fighter than the “art”. There are TKD guys that are bad ass KO machines and there’s TKD guys who couldn't fight sleep (I think Geoff Thompson said that), any way this malaise is common to many martial arts not just the CMAs.

[Bjjexpertise@be]

Didn't you go off to Iraq a while back, darrianation?

[darrianation]

Didn't you go off to Iraq a while back, darrianation?

Yah, did two contracts. I spent a little over a year in the sand box.

[Bjjexpertise@be]

Welcome back, mate! I hope all is well. Thankyou for stepping up and doing what many people don't have the guts to do.