Chinese Martial arts in action

[Tom Yum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmoN3OpJbXU

Here's an old-school san da match in Chengdu province during the 80's. Not bad for a bunch of dudes who practice qi-gong and forms all day.

I don't know anything about any of the instructors; their kicks look pretty good and some of their takedowns took out the fight from their opponents. Their hand techniques, footwork and conditioning look so-so at best.

If anyone has any good footage of Chinese martial arts in action (whether good or bad) let's see it.

[Tom Yum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD7jSgjiwKc

This old guy looks like he has some training.

[Tom Yum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMJ_b9uV1Lo

Shaolin monk vs. Tae kwon do black belt

Its spontaneous and live-speed, but its only an exhibition.

[Tom Yum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcRhVR-WbaI

First two matches: kyokushin karate vs. drunken gong-fu.
Karate guys dominate.

Last match: kyokushin karate vs. mantis gong fu
Mantis guy keeps up with karate guy, but the match gets cut short.

[shaolin-warrior]

SORRY COULDN'T RESIST.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa-PhBRiuMU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrGgGvP95SQ

[Mephariel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwSY6OhLEWg

Kung fu in action.

[Tom Yum]

I just watched a black and white clip of two Chinese gong fu masters sparring (along time ago) and it was terrible.

The '86 Chengdu San da clip makes up for it.

San da (as a style) and shuajiao are pretty much combat sports, like muay thai and wrestling/judo. It'd be nice to see some shaolin in a real fight (the exhibition was interesting).

Alan Orr blasts his opponent back with chain punches in the MMA video. Good on him for making wingchun work.

[Red Rum]

Take your pic of wing chun clips...

http://www.kamonwingchun.com/Gallery.aspx

If there is anything specific you want, let me know