Danny T
Senior Master
Man said he is 26 and 0.Ask and ye shall receive
His strength; "Great JuJitsu Skills" and "Very Quick for a man my size"
From his performance in this video I can understand anyone questioning his statements.
So by that standard any BJJer who has extensive MMA training is no longer a BJJer?And Shawn Obasi says he's a Wing Chun stylist when he's trained in MMA extensively.
I have training in MMA and I train MMA fighters; that doesn't mean I'm no longer a wing chunner. I also have training with GJJ through Ricardio Murgel and Pedro Sauer, and Allen Baker (also a wing chunner). Have BJJ training with Jean Jacque Machado, Rey Diego, and Erik Paulson (shooto & catch wrestling also). That doesn't mean I'm no longer a wing chunner. I train in and am an instructor in Muay Thai that doesn't mean I am not a wing chunner.
Just as there are BJJ exponents that refuse to understand and test other things in any real meaningful way (like knife). And as per my above statement there are many WC people who do. It seems just not in your limited knowledge of the wing chun world.WT exponents refuse to test this stuff in any meaningful way.
One GJJ person who has embraced learning some wc, fma, and muay thai is Pedro Sauer who has been training with my WC Sifu as well as Guro Dan Inosanto. He has realized his understand of many aspects of the martial arts was limited and is adding that to his skill sets. Will he no longer be a GJJist?
Does wing chun have all the answers to all things - no.
Neither does BJJ. How about let's help bolster rather than criticize. BJJ is awesome, for what it was designed for. Muay Thai is awesome, for what it has been developed for. Boxing is awesome, for what it has developed into. BJJ came from Judo and had a long time to develop through trial and error. Something the Gracie's acknowledge. WC is a dynamic system meaning it is constantly researching, polishing, and learning. Some of us have not attempted to redevelop the wheel so to speak while others have taken a different approach. At least they trying and researching. In time they will either learn or struggle. With that, there are a lot of things in Judo not in BJJ, why? There are a lot of things in BJJ not in Judo, why? Judo came from Jujitsu and there are some huge differences from JJJ to Judo to BJJ. A lot of what is in JJJ is in Karate that you also discredit yet BJJ is but an offshoot of JJJ. All of the arts are good for something and are lacking for other things. Acknowledge the good and help strengthen the weak rather than criticize.
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