MMA vs Tai Chi

[Guido]

Now other Kung Fu fighters want to fight him.

This is not only a Kungfu Duel, but also a competition between traditional and modern martial art.
However, this ‘legendary’ fight lasts only 10 seconds…

 

[Reverse]

Let's get real, it was obvious just in watching the stances who was going to win that fight.

 

[Boing]

Let's get real, it was obvious just in watching the stances who was going to win that fight.

Iwill fight those twins of yours. Just say the time and place.

 

[Faphard]

It was staged so they can make a movie out of it.

 

[dreamblade]

It was staged so they can make a movie out of it.

Kinda curious how do you see this as staged?
Rarely do Traditional Martial Artists train in aliveness situations, and are completely unprepared for a continuously advancing opponent. No ground game, no anti-grappling strategies, no conditioning on how to react when they take a hit. I'm not saying that TMA doesn't have real world applications, I actually use Chen and Yang Tai Chi forms as a moving meditation. But more and more fighters are fed up with the woo in TMA being taught as actual effective fighting.

 

[Faphard]

Kinda curious how do you see this as staged?
Rarely do Traditional Martial Artists train in aliveness situations, and are completely unprepared for a continuously advancing opponent. No ground game, no anti-grappling strategies, no conditioning on how to react when they take a hit. I'm not saying that TMA doesn't have real world applications, I actually use Chen and Yang Tai Chi forms as a moving meditation. But more and more fighters are fed up with the woo in TMA being taught as actual effective fighting.

Thought that it was but you seem to know more than me so paying attention now.

 

[papasmerf]

If you rigidly fight or defend only within your style you will be unprepared for other styles.

That said it was a set up.
No one will set an open, standing defensive stance with a prepared enemy.