VIDEO: Kung fu used in a street fight

[GreenCloudCLF]

Geez, you've bypassed the censor! How'd ya do that!?

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ahh, **** it!

yeah, I want in with the knowledge of overcoming the censor machine...

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[monkeyfoot]

when theres a will, theres a way .....censor and all


I offer my apologies to you Mr. Miyagi. Your original post (before edited) sounded suspicious, so i jumped at you.....thats no excuse though, so again my apologies.

welcome to the forum

craig

[GreenCloudCLF]

when theres a will, theres a way .....censor and all

I wish I could gollydarn do it....

[monkeyfoot]

nice one greencloud you silly rebel!!!!


anyways nuff of this, im not about to make enemies with the mods for abusing the system

back to the vid
Craig

[Mr Punch]

Well, since it's just for political maturity and all: hug censorship!

And for all you kids out there who can't haven't learned the word yet: how come you can read before you can speak?

[GeneChing]

...it's having my boss say "I just got this email complaint about swearing on the forum. Do something about that now!" Come on, guys. Keep it clean. This is a family show. There are plenty of places to swear on the internet and plenty gets through here, but that doesn't mean you have to add to it. Thank you for your cooperation.

[QuaiJohnCain]

I think this clip will never die in my memory as one of the coolest things I've ever seen on video. So many attack it, citing cheesiness and such, but the fact remains that this is the one and only video clip that shows what ALL of us want to see- kung fu working in the street.

AFAIK, nobody has pinned down what style this guy is doing, or who he is. I'm thinking it's Shaolin Long Fist with som CLF mixed in... Anyone want to corroborate that? As others have expressed as well, that footwork is pretty darned cool. The gallop is jumping front kicks cancelled halfway through the step- hard to do in such a low stance.

I say kudos to the dude. I deeply hope that I can meet that guy someday and buy him a beer.

[Mr. Miyagi]

I think this clip will never die in my memory as one of the coolest things I've ever seen on video. So many attack it, citing cheesiness and such, but the fact remains that this is the one and only video clip that shows what ALL of us want to see- kung fu working in the street.

QuaiJohnCain- I have to agree with you, cheese or no cheese, the bottom line is - he succeeded. What I appreciated was that he tried to stay true to his training…what ever it was. I give him his props even if he did end it with a wild bolo.

[GeneChing]

GDA & MF: Apologies accepted. I'm thinking of banning 'gollydarn' now.

Personally, I've always hated that whole "he used such-and-such technique." I remember trying Chinese weapons sparring in the early 90's. I managed to dominate one of my first opponents completely. I found his flinch reflex pretty quickly and the bout was quick and decisive. After that, one of my classmates asked me if I used my kendo, my western fencing, or my kung fu. "I just hit him" was my answer, and it's true.

I'd be interested in knowing what that guy in the video used, just out of curiousity. The funny thing is that when I first watched it, I thought his stance looked like wushu nanquan. It seemed a little too wide for traditional kung fu. Wouldn't it be hilarious if that was his style?

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

...it's having my boss say "I just got this email complaint about swearing on the forum. Do something about that now!" Come on, guys. Keep it clean. This is a family show. There are plenty of places to swear on the internet and plenty gets through here, but that doesn't mean you have to add to it. Thank you for your cooperation.

im sorry gene.

tell your boss that a weird little dude with a chip on his shoulder appologized and even bought mad merchandise because he felt so bad about it all.

[GeneChing]

bought mad merchandise

true or not, we appreciate the sentiment.

Now back to the post at hand, I usually wait until after I've knocked the guy down before I go into my Bruce Lee kung fu dance. It adds insult to injury. In my school daze, I remember leading with it a few times, perhaps not intentionally, but you got to win if you're going to showboat like that. Imagine if he got his ass kicked on that video - imagine what this thread would look like then. If you're going to represent, you must also impress. That being said, it's clear that the person in the video was confident with what he was doing. It totally psyched out his opponent. That dude was lost from the beginning - you can see the fear in his posture.

[GreenCloudCLF]

...it's having my boss say "I just got this email complaint about swearing on the forum. Do something about that now!" Come on, guys. Keep it clean. This is a family show. There are plenty of places to swear on the internet and plenty gets through here, but that doesn't mean you have to add to it. Thank you for your cooperation.

Gene, I aplogize too...and I like the creative editing....I sound all manly saying "Gollydarn"

[Banjos_dad]

love the sparkling dialogue...


but if nothing else he prevailed over the mouth-fu of his ****y little antagonist.
The lil shave-head guy learned everything he knows about fighting from MTV.

i like it when the belligerent guy gets ktfo'd by the more modest one. to paraphrase the Snicker's commercial, who doesn't appreciate a satisfying crunch lol.


i agree with the previous comment that red-shirt set up a current of doubt within Curly, and he exploited that. and yeah, it looks like when they finally closed the gap with the natural stances, he was flailing with that hook punch that downed the other guy.


but yeah, a real laff-riot.

[n.mitch]

good to see he won. you would want to be able to fight after pulling out those stances in a large crowd

[Ben Gash]

To be honest, his "flailing" does appear to be legitimate longarm techniques if you look at it properly, he does a kind of Dot Choy, Pao Choy Sow Choy combo. It does kinda look like a mix of CLF and Songshan Shaolin, but if I had to put money on a style I'd say it's something like Hop Gar. His delivery of Dot Choy and Pao Choy/Jong are more consistent with Hop Gar or Lama than the main lines of Choy Li Fut (could be Bak Sing Fut Gar maybe, some lines of that do those big vertical fist Pao Choys).
ANYWAY, I wish my stancework was that good I'd say he's done more than "a few lessons", I think he just lacks a bit of experience at the sharp end of things (and he really needs to learn how to close with his opponent, although if he didn't really want to fight I suppose there's value in setting a strong defence and waiting). Most importantly of all though, his Kung Fu worked!