So I hope I cleared that up. . ..Oh, and BTW it's my birthday today!!! I just made it to 61.
^^^^ Good video. Thanks for sharing. But you know what? I think he definitely did a Tan Da at the beginning and a couple of times near the end!
Oh, and BTW it's my birthday today!!! I just made it to 61.
I had noted that as well but knew that had to be incorrect.Impossible! You did not see him do an inside gate tan-da at precisely 11:25 on the video, because we have been told that WSL VT doesn't really use tan-da!
Of course not, if I went to a school and the instructor claimed to have had dozens of street fights I would question his mindset/mental state and not train there. I personally HATE the whole "cobra Kai" no mercy on the street sh@t, it's just not healthy. A while back I had a guy come up to my class who clearly didn't want to learn wing chun but test his skills (Thai) against mine. I politely told him to "get the f&ck out of my kwoon, we are adults here it's not a playground". He duly picked up his gear and left, had he physically attacked me or my students then sure, I would have gone defcon 5 on him but until that point there's no need for physicallity. Dylan, no ones saying you have to go out fighting to prove your skills but I don't think anyone here would disagree that you must pressure test your skills in order to have something functional in real fighting. I don't endorse the blind faith "if Sifu says it works in the street then I don't need to test it". Problem is, Sifu won't be there outside the kebab shop went some scrub is trying to rip your head off.
David Peterson is a super nice nice guy, very humble and unassuming with great skills. Met him at a seminar a few years ago, although I'm not a WSL guy (and some would say HE isn't a real WSL guy) he was happy to play chi Sao with me and hang out a bit after the seminar. Top guy imo
Yeah, the Tan Da is not off limits in the WSL community.
For the record...I created this thread because aside from vids of PB posted by LFJ and Guy (to explain their WSL stuff to us) I'd never run across anything else. I thought it was interesting that the guy in this video seems to echo a lot (if not all) of what we've read from LFJ and Guy posts. And if I recall correctly, LFJ actually stated once that in the WSL line (i.e. WSL - PB - others...) the material, thinking, strategy, methods, etc are seamlessly passed on as each generation absorbs their VT. To me, that is interesting...because it seems to be a stand-alone characteristic when compared to other lineages of WC. Most seem to change or adapt or modify...and hence pass down something different.
Anyway, hopefully this thread won't circle the drain...
Yeah. WC/VT people often tend to be quick to pass judgement. We've had a few of those overly judgemental types on this forum. I think Saul would agree with that.
