Problems and Possible solutions for Kung Fu

**The Vagrant** · Posted On: 1/01/2006 6:36am

Originally Posted by I aint punchy!?

Surely some dude with San Shou and some ground fighting would do well in MMA comps.

im no MMA event expert but i think there's plenty of them in KOTC.
i doubt we'll see any in pride soon, maybe in the lightweight divisions? i dont think they're marketable enough. in the UFC, we wont see any.

**Shuma-Gorath** · Posted On: 1/01/2006 11:35am

Originally Posted by I aint punchy!?

Surely some dude with San Shou and some ground fighting would do well in MMA comps.

Vacuously true.

**Cullion** · Posted On: 1/01/2006 12:02pm

Sami Berik in the UK. But I don't think the San Shou circuit is as big as the MT or Kickboxing circuits, so there are going to be less people coming up from that route.

**meng_mao** · Posted On: 1/01/2006 3:35pm

Originally Posted by Cullion

Sami Berik in the UK. But I don't think the San Shou circuit is as big as the MT or Kickboxing circuits, so there are going to be less people coming up from that route.

Sami Berik's record 5-9 or 4-8, depending on whether you look at his site or Sherdog. Props to him for fighting, but clearly he's not as good as other people doing 'traditional' MMA. If a pure Taichiguy managed to get a good record, that would be great proof that a CMA art works in MMA, but when the majority of you losses come from submissions, it tells you that what Taichi/Sanshou is missing is a major disadvantage in MMA. That said, yes Sami is a CMA fighter, so werd.

**QuickJab** · Posted On: 1/01/2006 8:29pm

James Fanshier is a former KOTC welter weight champ and currently the #2 ranked contender at welterweight. He's a San Da stylist out of Cung Le's camp.

http://cungle.com/profile_james_fanshier.html
Cung Le

**wer** · Posted On: 1/04/2006 6:03am

Originally Posted by Cullion

DeLucia did 5-animals. I heard somewhere that he made friends with the Gracies, learned BJJ and is now apparently into trying to make Aikido work in an MMA context.

You heard right, it's true.

**Mor Sao** · Posted On: 1/04/2006 7:13am

Hey any word on a get together?

Give me a call or drop me an email.

Later,

Dale

**wer** · Posted On: 1/04/2006 11:41am

Originally Posted by Dale Dugas

Hey any word on a get together?

Give me a call or drop me an email.

Later,

Dale

I'll post on the other thread, but we're going to have to postpone til after Jason DeLucia's Feb 4 Cage Rage fight.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread .

**meng_mao** · Posted On: 1/04/2006 7:54pm

Originally Posted by wer

I'll post on the other thread, but we're going to have to postpone til after Jason DeLucia's Feb 4 Cage Rage fight.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread .

Feb?! Aw come on, school starts in Feb! Can someone else host?