Why I don't practice kung fu anymore

[jmd161]

That's ludacris! You would use a front stance/bo stance in a real fight? Or use a horse stance? If you used a front stance in a real fight all you would have to do is sweep that front leg because all your weight is on it and you would fall flat. If you used a horse stance you would be vulnerable to groin attacks. You can still use kung fu techniques with out using traditional stances. Would you use an eagle stance? I hope to God you wouldn't.

JadeDragon,


You really prove with every post that you are not worthy of the title sifu! Of all the so called sifu you've trained under, you mean not (1) knew how to use traditional stances in a fight? It's obvious from your post you really have No Clue as to how these stances are meant to be used. Yes! I could use Bow and Arrow stance in a fight...Yes! I could also pull off a Mabo (horse) stance In a fight.

Would I use it in the method it's taught in forms?

No!

You don't just drop into or start in a stance...you have to transition into them. Bow and Arrow is one of the easier stances to use...It's used as a trip or even as a take down, but based on your self described experience, It's obvious you can't even begin to fathom what I'm talking about.

And that is the sad part...because it's really just basic kung fu. You don't even have a understanding of the basics, so your kung fu knowledge is based off a shaky foundation to say the least.

You really need to seek out a REAL sifu...because all you've had up to now are pretend ones. I don't even have to know who they are, if they couldn't teach you how to transition into stances. Foot work is very important within kung fu, It's why some lines of Praying Mantis use Monkey foot work. It's why styles like Hung Gar and Black Tiger are taught to fight with their legs (using stances) to help uproot or take down their opponent. But I'm wasting my time telling you this stuff...because you obviously can't see the Forrest for all the trees.


jeff

[jmd161]

I just don't understand....

How can anyone walk around wearing the title of sifu/teacher and not even know the basics of what they claim to be a teacher of?

How can someone openly take peoples money to teach them self defense, when they obviously don't know self defense?


Man, some of you fakes/frauds have some really big balls. You play on people like con men and take people money looking them directly in the eye. There really should be regulation within martial arts schools. It wold force some of you BS guys into the light where you should be.


jeff

[Tant01]

Snake oil is nothing new. Buyer beware! Same ol' same... Always a new generation of vipers to prey on the naive...

What can you do?

[JadeDragon]

JadeDragon,


You really prove with every post that you are not worthy of the title sifu! Of all the so called sifu you've trained under, you mean not (1) knew how to use traditional stances in a fight? It's obvious from your post you really have No Clue as to how these stances are meant to be used. Yes! I could use Bow and Arrow stance in a fight...Yes! I could also pull off a Mabo (horse) stance In a fight.

Would I use it in the method it's taught in forms?

No!

You don't just drop into or start in a stance...you have to transition into them. Bow and Arrow is one of the easier stances to use...It's used as a trip or even as a take down, but based on your self described experience, It's obvious you can't even begin to fathom what I'm talking about.

And that is the sad part...because it's really just basic kung fu. You don't even have a understanding of the basics, so your kung fu knowledge is based off a shaky foundation to say the least.

You really need to seek out a REAL sifu...because all you've had up to now are pretend ones. I don't even have to know who they are, if they couldn't teach you how to transition into stances. Foot work is very important within kung fu, It's why some lines of Praying Mantis use Monkey foot work. It's why styles like Hung Gar and Black Tiger are taught to fight with their legs (using stances) to help uproot or take down their opponent. But I'm wasting my time telling you this stuff...because you obviously can't see the Forrest for all the trees.
jeff

No I have excellent kung fu. You made it sound as if you would fight from a front stance or as you call it a bow and arrow stance. You made it sound like you would just drop into the stance and throw your kick. You also made it sound like you would just drop into ma bu and throw your punches. Thats what I was talking about. I know how to use these stances, I didn't think you did. I mis interpreted what you were saying by thinking you were going to fight from these stances.

[jmd161]

JadeDragon,


I know you've mentioned you trained in Shaolin-Do at one point. What other styles of kung fu have you trained in?

You don't have to name the sifu, I'm just interested in the styles you trained. I really only count the teachings of my current sifu. I learned a lot of forms from prior sifu, but it was my current sifu that put all that knowledge into something I could actually use.


jeff

[jubaji]

No I have excellent kung fu.

Yeah, that's what tigerclown says too.

[JadeDragon]

JadeDragon,


I know you've mentioned you trained in Shaolin-Do at one point. What other styles of kung fu have you trained in?

You don't have to name the sifu, I'm just interested in the styles you trained. I really only count the teachings of my current sifu. I learned a lot of forms from prior sifu, but it was my current sifu that put all that knowledge into something I could actually use.
jeff

In 1984 I trained in Shaolin do for about a year, I got to green belt. I trained under Sin The's brother Hiang The'.

Then in 1985 I trained in Sil Lum Kung Fu. I trained under Tony McIntire at Four Season Kung Fu & Wu Shu Academy owned by Grandmaster John Wing Lok Ng. He retired and closed the school in 1988. Thats when I started training under Master John Dufresne my current teacher. He was another teacher from Four Seasons who opened his school when Four Seasons closed so he knew me already I just didn't study under him while he was at Four Seasons. I've been with him every since.

While I was in college I had a few different groups of friends that I would work out with and exchange techniques with. One group did Aikido. They would show me some Aikido techniques and I'd show them some kung fu stuff. A lot of their techniques were very similiar to chin na kung fu.

Another group that I worked out with did shaolin kung fu.

And another group that I worked out with did Hapkido. But to be honest the stuff looked more like kung fu than anything Korean so I don't know if they really knew what they were doing or not.

In or around 2000 I studied BJJ. I trained BJJ for a little less than a year.

And in high school I wrestled (1988 to 1991). I wrestled at the 160 weight class.