Well I m speaking of a well practiced martial artist.
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Shaolin kung fu, does look like a-lot of useless ballerina crap, but a-lot of it is extremely effective. Keep in mind that Shaolin is a very old art designed to really hurt people, and their training is ridiculous. Also keep in mind I am talking about REAL shaolin training. Not the stuff found in the US or anywhere else. Watch these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUx5JB-YTuQ&list=FL…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G8AnBNBs1Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XB4D-3jxDU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_97D0hLBc
Probably not the best videos to prove a point and as for the 1st video and the whole “pierce the neck” strike, which is kinda laughable keep in mind that a real shaolin monk break watermelon, wood, and concrete with only their fingers. Is it harder to pierce the throat? Who knows? Is their training as useful as it is supposedly is? Perhaps. Only way to really find out if you have a stubborn mind is to go train, spar, or fight a monk.
Source(s): My opinion.
Shaolin Kung Fu Fight
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No doubt about it, shaolin masters are a sight to behold. They’re tough, have excellent conditioning and have technique so refined they have earned the title of martial art, but I feel like you are comparing apples and oranges. For one, MMA assumes a certain rule set. Throw anyone in the cage who isn’t ready for it and they will get murdered by a seasoned fighter. I don’t care how acrobatic a kung fu master is, if he can get pressed into the cage/taken down, then he’s going to get maimed unless he knows how to fight in that situation. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think shaolin kung fu trains for those circumstances. But throw a fighter into a temple and a similar thing will occur. Can the fighter wield any of the weapons that a monk trains in? Doubtful; I sure haven’t. Could an MMA fighter even survive the conditioning and exercise that these monks put themselves through? Maybe, maybe not. The thing is, the differences between MMA and shaolin kung fu are vast. It’s not fair to pair them against one another because the comparison will diminish the beauty of both arts.
From living in China and from what I’ve seen and heard, Shaolin Kung Fu will rarely be used outside of tournements and forms competitions. A lot of Shaolin and Wushu are specifically geared for forms competitions and aren’t taught for self defense in China. What many martial artists in China use for real fights and sparring matches is Sanda -also known less commonly as Sanshou- a somewhat newer form of Kung Fu made sometime around the 1960’s for the military and police, and later adapted for MMA style matches. Ching Na can also be an effective martial art, but if you are going to get in combat or a street fight you want self defense oriented Sanda.
Source(s): Living in China and talking to a Gong Fu master about Sanda.
Shaolin kung fu has other forms of kung fu in it means shaolin has all kung forms so kung fu and shaolin kung fu is the same thing and it will work in any street fight but tained from a good master and a good master is hard to find you will easily find fake master I am learning monkey kung fu ( hou quan) by myself and reading books and watching monkeys but note reading kung fu books or any martial arts books will not work unless you have experience
True Shaolin Gong-fu is no joke, the stuff you see on TV is performance art and is no more a representation of Gong-fu than Daniel Larusso is a representation of Karate. The shaolin fought in support of the ming dynasty and more then held their own against trained armed soldiers. Many of the temples were burned down because the opposing military generals were in fear of shaolin opposition. I had the rare privilege of meeting a couple of the students formerly of the Dengfeng temple whilst living in china and the power they wield is by no means weak. As for Sanda/Sanshou..it is taught in most (pay as you go) temples and is a strong form of self defense & sport but it is barely a scratch on the surface of “Shaolin Gong-Fu”.
Source(s): Student @ International Wing Chun Academy
No for one simple reason. Kung fu in general is incredibly complicated and difficult to learn. It’s almost like they asked themselves how you can make something simple more difficult.
I saw this fight on youtube. Shaolin kung fu guy vs muay thai fighter. The shaolin fighter had been doing it since he was like 2 feet tall. The muay thai fighter had not been doing it nearly that long. The shaolin fighter won by points in the end but the point I’m trying to make is that there are arts that are simpler, equally effective and a lot easier to learn. If you take 2 people who are completely new to martial arts. Put one in kung fu and the other in MMA or something like that. Let them meet up one year later and battle it out. I promise you that the MMA guy would win. Make them fight again 20 years and I think the kung fu guy would win.
I know which one I would rather be.
That depends on the kind of combat/street fight you expect. If you show up empty handed to a gunfight, shaolin dance fu ballet might not be so helpful afterall. If your street fights are handled with only blunt weapons, then the shaolin jump fu dance orchestra might be a really good deal.