barracuda wrote:When loose, I can definitely break a skull with a quick strike
no, you can't, jakob. stop it. this isn't nintendo.
if you reared back and then swung a balled fist with all your strength, you
might cause a fracture in a skull bone. the skull is the hardest bone in the body. you'd break your hand sooner than you'd break a skull.
barracuda wrote:used to shred sparring gloves
no, you didn't, jakob. stop it. this isn't nintendo.
blunt force to sparring gloves wouldn't shred the material they're made of. they might begin to tear after prolonged use due to a weakening of the seams, but not because of your super, inhuman strength.
barracuda wrote:I used to scare my teachers and big fellow students refused to spar with me.
that's a little more believable. not much more, but more nonetheless.
barracuda wrote:But then I have a background of internal arts, without which Wing Chun isn't nearly as useful.
i don't think anything more is required to utilize the wing chun principles. its purpose is to demonstrate the logic involved in close quarter hand to hand combat. it needs nothing to substantiate this logic; it is self evident. all that is required to do this stuff is a level of physical fitness and coordination. you can reach that level through any kind of physical exercise, whether it be tai chi or mowing the lawn.
one wouldn't be predisposed to be better at wing chun because they practiced the way of the lofty lotus on a mountain in tibet somewhere. they'd be predisposed to be better because they were physically able, no matter
how they became physically able.
anyway, keep in mind that the training... the
formal moves, are only for the purpose of understanding the most logical and efficient kinds of movement in a close quarter situation... so that they become reflexes.
in a real fight, split second decisions must be made, and rarely will such moves be executed fully or properly. by the time you realize what your opponent has done, it's too late to prevent it. you'll see this in real wing chun tournaments. the fights are far less organized and streamlined than the training exercises are. the fighters end up brawling with minimal form.
you see the same thing in the octagon. regardless of what style the fighter trains in, they all end up with the same basic form when fighting. you don't see any complicated, three part combinations being executed... because they rarely can be.
the only exception is in the grappling. only there is technical form actually observed. but on the feet, everybody looks like a boxer.
my point is, if a martial art teacher ever tells you 'you'll win if you know these exercises', he's bullshitting you. what he should tell you is 'these exercises help you respond better and more efficiently to a real fight.'
unfortunately, most of the teachers are clowns and misunderstand the philosophy behind the style. of course, they may be great fighters, but an idiot can be a great fighter, and be a great fighter because of reasons that have nothing to do with truly understanding the art, what it is, and what it is for.
this is why i wouldn't ever have a teacher in martial arts. i don't need a teacher to understand what is universally available to anyone who can understand the logic of fighting.
my only experience with formal martial art training was when i was in my twenties. i used to go to my friend's wing chun and aikido training sessions and mess around with them after class. but i didn't pay for anything, and only observed them training. the sensei often got tired of my pestering him:
'but why would you do that, if he did this? now you've made your balance vulnerable by shifting your left leg into that position, right?'
'yeah but then i'd do this, and if he did that, i'd then do this.'
back and forth this would go.
what i noticed is that the teacher always believed that a real fight would play out like he expected. he had to do this, because if he didn't demonstrate that confidence to his students, they'd no longer trust him, and he'd lose his business.
he was lying. he was 'selling' martial arts... he was a salesman trying to sell a product without a warranty. that's where he went wrong.
the teachers always do a terrible job at explaining everything. look at this guy. i'm pretty sure he could kick my ass... but what a spastic clown this guy is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1F-vXRFgyM&t=191scalm the fuck down, dude, and stop drinking three creatine shakes every morning. one is enough.