Learning Combat Sequences for Free Sparring

[idakinlikes]

what's this got to do with shaolin?

[shaolindrunk]

they're not free sparring in this video, they're practicing pre-arranged combat sequences which help to develop skills eventually control is taken away from the sequences until free sparring is achieved. The training is systematic and scientific. free sparring at the beginning is sure to result in failure. It's like trying to figure out how to drive an airplane on your own.

[omnispork]

It's seems you use the term "sparring" in a way I'm not used to.

[shaolindrunk]

that's a good point but I don't believe in blocks. In good kung fu deflections, interception, and evasion is used.

[kungfufreddy]

that is one of the stupidest things i have ever seen

[blackjamm]

"Long fist" would be "Changquan", not "zhangquan." The character, "chang", long, does have an alternate pronunciation of "zhang", but that means, "to grow."

[shaolindrunk]

I like how they use stances instead of bouncing around.

[Wutangquan]

Yeah that's right. Because it is kung fu and not for example muay thai or kickboxing, in sparring you have to use stances and blocks instead of bouncing around like a boxer. You have to spar with stances and blocks if you want to put your kung fu in action. Otherwise its like a clone form of kickboxing