watch at your own risk!

[hoodedmonk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMq-Ar1O1Yg

[Ke?poFist]

I think I nearly coughed up a lung with this. Christ, whatever do Kenpo people do when they aren't fighting living mannequins?

And LARRY! Where was your mullet!???? I was worried there for a second. And where do you get your "speed"!? It's mind-boggling. Such power should not be possessed by a mere mortal.

[hoodedmonk]

You know kempofist I used to have guys come in off the street and.....It was a shame because more often then not I had to defend myself!

[variance]

there is no hope for us.

[Jim_Jude]

It's amazing what Sevendust and choreography can do for some people...

[DAYoung]

So, when you're on the beach, and you're attacked by gi-wearing Hymie robots from Get Smart, you'll be the victor.

[Jadonblade]

Oh my word, the human brain really is magneficient in its ability to delude.

[Omega Supreme]

I thought it was pretty cool and I don't even do kenpo. Laugh if you want guys, it was only for show. We could have the same discussion with MT, MMA, or BJJ if they put on a demo.

[Ke?poFist]

I thought it was pretty cool and I don't even do kenpo. Laugh if you want guys, it was only for show. We could have the same discussion with MT, MMA, or BJJ if they put on a demo.

But it's Larry Tatum! He shall be spared no quarter!!!

edit* oh yeah, that, and none of those moves work ;)

[Teh El Macho]

*** cries in pain yelling WHY, WHY, WHY OH WHY? ***

[Omega Supreme]

But it's Larry Tatum! He shall be spared no quarter!!!

edit* oh yeah, that, and none of those moves work ;)

Fuck....you mean an elbow to the head and hammer strikes don't work. Thanks, I'll go tell my mma team not to do those.

[patfromlogan]

Fuck....you mean an elbow to the head and hammer strikes don't work. Thanks, I'll go tell my mma team not to do those.

This comes back to effectiveness of drills/kata etc. As per my post (http://www.bullshido.net/forums/show...7#post1606007), I don't really know what makes good fighters. The Okinawan dojo mentioned in the post produces some great fighters and they hardly ever spar. But I have noticed over the last four decades of training that people who put on demos like Larry, can fuck me up. Like the karate guys who have five people standing around holding boards, and then they leap around breaking them. Yeah yeah yeah, boards don't attack/dead training vs live training etc etc - but Larry's demo shows a high level skill, and the karate guy who does the multiple board breaks can move his strikes in space effectively. By itself, that means little, but combined with a bit of sparring....

In Kajukenbo we trained roundhouse kicks against cinder block walls in order to learn "control," (no touch), and we also put on gloves and went as hard as one wanted to. I learned to place my kicks very prescisely, in and of itself, and without learning movement from sparring, that's not good for much. But I did end a situation once by shooting my big toe into a guy's solar plexis. He was certainly impresssed.

[Ke?poFist]

Fuck....you mean an elbow to the head and hammer strikes don't work. Thanks, I'll go tell my mma team not to do those.

Is it a standard part of Kung Fu training to intentionally misconstrue and pull things out of context to rationalize your own agenda?

No, flailing your arms in a standup exchange, leaving yourself widely exposed doesn't work. And only seemingly capable of executing such acts of flash and finesse on people who serve as lunge punching crash dummies doesn't help ones argument either.

[patfromlogan]

Is it a standard part of Kung Fu training to intentionally misconstrue and pull things out of context to rationalize your own agenda?

No, flailing your arms in a standup exchange, leaving yourself widely exposed doesn't work. And only seemingly capable of executing such acts of flash and finesse on people who serve as lunge punching crash dummies doesn't help ones argument either.

Since you ignored my post and it's links I will

1) Go back to watching Scrubs, or
2) Pay your way to Hawaii and drag you to a Kaju school and have them beat your head.

It's up to you, dude, your sad history with Ke?po should stand aside from rationality.

[Ke?poFist]

Since you ignored my post and it's links I will

1) Go back to watching Scrubs, or
2) Pay your way to Hawaii and drag you to a Kaju school and have them beat your head.

It's up to you, dude, your sad history with Ke?po should stand aside from rationality.

1) Scrubs is hilarious

2) I already have/do trained with Kaju folks. What do they have to do with Tatum LARPing?

In response to your prior post, you say schools put out great fighters and they never spar. How do you know they are great fighters if they don't fight? Or do they compete in kickboxing or MMA bouts? I don't judge skill based on compliant demonstrations. Anyone can put on an impressive show. It's quite another thing to actually put it into use.

I guaran-damn-tee that if I ever were to spar/fight with someone who trained such techniques as in that video, whether I won or not, they would not use what they practice.