Hello Everyone,

I've been attending a lot of fighting events (Muay Thai, Kickboxing, MMA) lately and have put a post together to express feelings I have regarding why it would be important to study any of the fighting styles recommended on this blog for a person who wants to learn how to fight in order to defend oneself if such a situation arises.

First, imagine the training Kung Fu San Soo entails:

Forms training:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKRkwbQJwnU&t=6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj0icZhp8SM&t=89s

Weapons training (it's combined with forms):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSq5Sn17_3w

Lesson training (the video below is Numpi which is the most advanced type of KFSS):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaiSQyy_o0&t=2s

Finally, the "Freestyle workout" where people use whatever techniques they learn in their lessons.  I would like to call it the "play fighting" workout.  No real sparring takes place and the people involved are cooperating with each other (I'm going to include a variety of videos from variety of KFSS schools to show you how ridiculous it is):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkhdpC5Z-2k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kU40R5PoDM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ-t5f9mKk8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRvUxlyYps&t=63s

Anyway, you get the gist of the ridiculousness of this crappy art!  Now I'm going to present videos of fight training from some of the arts recommended on this blog:

Sanda (San Shou, San Da):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLLMIWg7OA&t=5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLLMIWg7OA&t=5s

Muay Thai:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kedX5w6MpJY&t=13s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYiGX0lCP0

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44940xzn34

Sambo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi1zAOMuHXE&t=7s

I can't use examples from all the recommended fighting styles on the blog because it would take too long, but you get the point.  Anyway, between the examples I provided and looking at the Kung Fu San Soo training which side is the most realistic, effective, efficient, and practical in preparing for an unarmed encounter?

It's obvious the fighting styles recommended on this blog are the most superior and a crappy art like Kung Fu San Soo is going to get you killed.  Sure, you might get lucky and be able to poke a person in the eye or kick them in the groin, but if you come across a person trained in the fighting styles recommended on this blog then you better be prepared for a big ass whooping!

Anyway, back to the fighting events that I attended.  It's always amazing seeing two people go at it in the ring or cage using some of the fighting styles recommended on this blog (not all of the fighting styles recommended on this blog are available to study in the USA).  I can't help but think that a person trained in Kung Fu San Soo would not last long in the ring or cage, because the art doesn't teach a strong foundation in applicable punching, kicking, and certainly NO grappling skills (unless the Kung Fu San Soo teacher goes out to learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu).  Kung Fu San Soo DOES NOT teach punching and kicking skills like the striking styles mentioned on this blog!  A person who trains in Kung Fu San Soo CANNOT ATTAIN the SPEED AND POWER in his/her punches and kicks like the fighting styles recommended on this blog (unless the Kung Fu San Soo teacher includes Muay Thai, Boxing, etc. in the curriculum).

The FACT that Kung Fu San Soo teachers combine techniques/curriculum from the fighting styles mentioned on this blog into Kung Fu San Soo and the FACT that the teachers of the fighting styles mentioned on this blog DO NOT take techniques/curriculum from Kung Fu San Soo show Kung Fu San Soo is not an art worth studying.

Questions or Comments?

JimmyHWoo2016@gmail.com

Recommended Fighting Styles:

Southeast Asian Boxing

Muay Thai, Muay Lao, Pradal Serey, Lethwei, Tomoi

East Asian Boxing

Sanda (San Shou, San Da), Kyuk Too Ki, Shoot Boxing, Yaw Yan

Western Striking

Dutch Kickboxing, Savate, Western Boxing

Grappling and Other

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, Sambo, Pankration, Judo, Shuai Jiao, Kali/Arnis/Escrima