Comments on: This is What Happens When You Skip Stance Training

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:38:05 +0000

First video the attacker has a solid stance with weight on both feet…stable and he was able to make the kick mostly miss. The second video the attacker is in the process of kicking and off balance…of course the defender’s kick is going to seem so powerful.

This is a very very very biased article searching for videos to support their biased opinion and only idiots can’t see it.

Why are the results different? It’s because the defender in the first video was live but the second video was scripted. Get a clue people.

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By: Solomon

Solomon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:23:20 +0000

OK, nice stuff, but the Wing Chun guys didn’t do anything with opponents handling knives. What is point of this? Let’s see some Wing Chun against knives. Please.

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:41:07 +0000

I guess they never heard of side to side movement against a knife attack. Both guys allowed the individual with the knife to move forward and engage. The first rule is to side step the hand with the knife and counter by moving in trapping the arm, and taking the opponent down HARD!

By: Human God

Human God — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:58:31 +0000

Actually several styles of Kung Fu do teach attacking the wrists and hands whle parrying or blocking.
The art is only as good as the student and the teacher.
If it is taught incorrectly or used incorrectly it will not work.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:31:43 +0000

after reading the responces, I believe the problem is simply a belief in magic. Kung Fu is magic and therefore does not exist.

Stance-work, as well as foot-work for those who think they are different, is simply training to be stable up to the point where you can feel stability and maintain that stability while moveing. In the first vid, the krav maga fighter actually had stance-work. he was focused forward and his stability supported his ability to use the knife. The two morons on that sad show got scared and simply did whatever techniques supported their ego. The small guy kept his hair from being messed and the big guy proved that he weighed more than his opponent.
While the second video did not have real fighting, it did show what is possible when you have the skill to maintain a solid foundation while punching.

Back to the first video. How come punching the hand and wrist is never taught? You can hit the hand and wrist when blocking. Does the punch somehow make you less perceptive? If you can’t affect the wrist then why are you punching the chest? Baby steps!

All krav maga teaches is coherance. the whole body is connected, pay attention to it. When punching remember that you have two hands. What are your legs going to do now that you have punched?
Why is this considered revolutionary?

By: Josh Young

Josh Young — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:06:31 +0000

I think the faults in the training of the individuals in the 1st video are too many to list. Clearly they do not work hard enough, or long enough. Gym work will not replace daily drills and practice. These guys wear makeup in front of a camera.

Bodybuilding MMA fighters look like poster children for gay pride.

By: Solomon

Solomon — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:56:57 +0000

I looked at it carefully, after the kick, the opponent just knocked his leg out of the way and totally wailed on him. The defender NEVER tried to trap the knife arm, instead tried an inclose body lock which left his back open to multiple stabs. If his kick was going to do anything he should have side stepped and then throw a more substantial blow below the knee or some such.

The Wing Chun master most likely would not have used a kick but some kind of arm trap and beat the crap out of the attacker.

Anyway, that’s my opinion.

By: This/is/pointless

This/is/pointless — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:31:31 +0000

Put that craptastic wing chun guy in with that agressive knife attacker and he’d be dead too. Personally I think TMA’s are dead. Rarely do they ever prove effective. Any art can be effective if the practitioner is athletic like Chuck Liddell for instance. If not, then you need something that’s proven time after time.

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