aaron_mag said:There are many guys in many different schools who are decent athletes and good. This guy looked pretty good.
he looked good with a compliant partner.
aaron_mag said:That being said I don't think he would 'own the UFC' or anything. But I think he wouldn't be a bad guy to have watching your back if you were in a fight.
I don't see what is wrong with acknowledging the guy has fast hands. The sticky hands drill is just that, a drill. I mean rarely do people put their wrists together and say, 'lets fight!' Trust me. Most Kung Fu schools do sparring that is similar to kickboxing (with protective equipment). At that point they throw bombs at each other.
What you see in the video is just a traditional drill that they do to vary training.
he has fast hands. I've met a couple of ping pong players that have hand and reaction speed that would make him look like he's going in slow motion. doesn't have anything to do with being a bad ass.
I actually have a fair amount of respect for the whole San Shou thing. I'm not really involved, but I've always liked the idea of taking kung fu-ers, putting them in a ring and judging styles and techniques within a style based on that, as opposed to what looks cool.
the thing is that most kf sparring ends up looking like bad kick boxing. WC people don't even do sparing most of the time. I dont claim to have met every WC teacher out there, but two seperate schools I looked at did nothing but chi sao and the supper secret wooden dummy form at higher levels.
say what you will, but the overwhelming majority of KF being taught is little more than folk dancing.