Hello Everyone,

Here is another old post from the new blog!

This is a post to discuss the title of this blog "Kung Fu San Soo Truth." 16 years ago I studied the martial art of Kung Fu San Soo. My instructor is a member of the Kung Fu San Soo Association and is listed on the website KungFuSanSoo.com. I studied for less than a year and attained the rank of yellow belt. Anyways, as time went on in my KFSS training other things came into my life that prevented me from training further.
I'll never forget the day I went into his school to hand him the final payment and inform him I wouldn't be studying Kung Fu San Soo anymore. As soon as I walked into his school my KFSS teacher just stared at me and didn't say a word. There was no "Hi (name), nice to see you, been a long time." I think he knew what was going to happen. I had to speak first and inform him why I came in. He obviously was upset, not that I couldn't keep training in the art, but he wasn't going to have a student give him some money each month to eat. As I walked out of the school I thanked him for his time and he just closed the door. Looking back, he knew the art of San Soo well and could perform the San Soo techniques and lessons well, but put him against a guy who trains in martial arts like Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and he would get the crap kicked out of him. My experience in Kung Fu San Soo was bad due to the fact it didn't train me to deal with real live non-cooperating opponents bent on beating the crap out of me, but instead, had me "play fight" with other people. Harsh truth. Well, the harsh truth is that Kung Fu San Soo is like many of the martial arts that don't focus on reality of combat and if you find yourself going against a person who has trained in real hand to hand combat situations like Muay Thai, Sanda, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, etc. be prepared not to make it home to your mom, wife, or girlfriend. There's a phrase used by many martial artists that styles don't matter, but it's the person who makes the difference. Well, in my opinion that's not true. Fighting styles do matter in an outcome of a fight. I'll write about this in the future.

Also, here is a video of the play fighting in San Soo. Most of the training in San Soo involves this type of stuff where a person throws a punch and reacts to the counter attacks thrown by the training partner. There's no actual hitting your opponent to see if your techniques are really effective.

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

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