5 Effective and Practical Martial Art Styles You Should Consider for Self-Defense (Page 2)

[Thisperson98]

Where is kung fu?

[Imhotep99]

Kung Fu is one of the toxic martial arts which needs too much skill to be useful.
There's a reason why UFC fighters don't do Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Aikido etc.

[Thisperson98]

Actually that is not the reason they don't use it. A lot of it would be against the rules in ufc.

[Imhotep99]

Yes that too.

[Imhotep99]

Kung Fu has many legit kicks like butterfly kick, tornado kick and many blocks and parries but they just don't work in the UFC.

[Thisperson98]

You do realize that kung fu is one of the deadliest martial arts out there right?

[Imhotep99]

Yes, if you consider eye gouging and groin kicking.

[Imhotep99]

It's bad if you train in a style that doesn't even do competition at all. This happens in many kung-fu schools. In those styles, you're either just doing forms and punching to the air, or maybe you are lucky enough to have some partnered activities, but the partnered stuff is compliant and not practical.

By compliant, I mean that your partner is not resisting you. He's just letting you do stuff. He might throw a punch, for example, and then he stops and lets you do any number of crazy things to him. You might grab his wrist and yank at it until it locks his arm. And then you perform a standing arm bar. But he let's you do that. He doesn't try to pull his wrist away when he sees you reaching for it. He doesn't try to keep his elbow from being locked.

[Thisperson98]

I suggest learning what you are talking about. A lot of kung fu schools do use partners. Also there is a lot more to kung fu than you realize. I trained in the art Tai Chi, which is based off of kung fu.

[Thisperson98]

I shouldn't say it is based off of it, but a lot of Tai Chi is taught with kung fu.

[Imhotep99]

See these two fights and come back to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19VsB7__v0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqD8Odaebw

[Thisperson98]

I can show you hundreds of fights were someone that uses kung fu beats the other guy.

[OrdinaryGentleman]

No it isn't bud. Kung foo is the quickest way to get your ass kicked.