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Many people think that learn the kungfu pattern as much as possible is good. But, I can tell you that, it is wrong, totally wrong!!!
Chinese kungfu didn't goes in this way. The more pattern the kungfu you learn, at the end, you got nothing.
Let me tell you the true story of Xing Yi Quan about the student Thang Yun Xiang. Thang was train under Master Li, because of he not that smart (noob), Master only able teach him one or two technique. The technique he practice is "Walking Half Step Punch with a Lower Stand (Ban Bu Peng Chui)". And then, everday he only practice this technique. Later on, Master went to some other place where it take few months. After few months, he came back and checked the student got any improvement or not. All student perform what they have learn. When is Thang turn, he claim that he only know one technique and dont how to perform. Master ask him just go ahead. Then, Master have a conclusion. Master said, all the student didn't have any improvement except him, Thang.
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It depends on the style of Kung-Fu. In my Style, Hung-Ga, our fighting philosophy and methods are directly in iopposition to Kung-Fu. TKD people like to move in and out, side to side. Hung-Ga people move in, and stay in.We move foward until we completely defeat our opponent.There is no backing up. I have a student who practiced TKD as well as Hung-Ga. Her TKD teacher kept telling her to move in and out. She couldn't undestand why, because she wasn't finished hitting her opponent!
Needless to say, she no longer practices TKD.
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The Wing Chun I practice is the same way. You do not retreat. If you are retreating you are putting yourself in a position of recovering. Rocovery os not a supurior position.
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Originally Posted by WC_Lun
The Wing Chun I practice is the same way. You do not retreat. If you are retreating you are putting yourself in a position of recovering. Rocovery os not a supurior position.
NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER! Guess Spartans trained Wing Chun huh? Sorry WC_Lun, I just couldn't help myself man.
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that really depends. There are styles these days that are absolute nonsense, and while you might get some overall conditioning, and basic punches and kicks, you will also be developing bad habits,improper structure, unrealistic self-defense technique, which in most cases ruins your potential for learning an actual bonafide system.
If I started kungfu, would I get some moves mixed up with tkd or would my experience of tkd help in someways?
Does anyone recommend I start kungfu as well as carry on teaching/training in tkd?
Welllllll you have come to the right place , i have done kungfu and have also done TKD , at the same time. They help eachother out because some moves are very simular , so i think you will have no problem , and you should do both at the same time like i did
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it really depends on the style of Kung-Fu. In southern styles, like Hung-Ga, the movement and fighting strategy is totally opposite of TKD. I had a student who was doing both and her sabumnim kept telling her to move around and go in and out. The problem was, she trained with me for many years and she would go right down their throats.
The stances will be similar, and some punches will be similar, as they follow body structure. However, modern TKD punches are not really designed for knockout power, but to set up kicks.
Funny you ask that "Tentigers" i actually studied and in my mind completed souther styles of Kungfu, but then agian i am a quick learner and can bend my ability to suit the circumstances , so maybe i was wrong in that advice , i apoligise. And no i am not a teenager , but when i was i had already recieved 3 black belts and had won many fights, if i may ask are you a teenager?
yes that is true they do have much more styles to pick from these days. To answer Tentigers question; well kungfu was one of my earlier styles and i reached the rank of "Black Sash Si-fu" so then i decided to continue with other styles , i am a person who takes all the information i can from a style but then moves on collecting as much knowlegde as i can, kungfu was very enjoyable but as you can tell from my rank i believe that i know enough about kungfu to use it effectivly and teach it.
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Black Sash Sifu is an advanced rank indeed. Not one that is easily acheived. What style of Kung-Fu did you study? Did you study other styles of Kung-Fu as well? What is your favorite technique?
tkd and kungfu?
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