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An Ultimate Fighter's Take on Kung-Fu

kung fu in bar fight ultimate fighting and kungfu Nov 26, 2006

I read an interesting story about an ultimate fighter who was putting down kung-fu.

I've studied martial arts since 1973 and in all that time, I haven't been in a fight. My last fight was as a junior in high school. Okay, technically, it was the summer after high school, when I punched out a bully who had been harassing me for years, but he ran, so it wasn't really a fight.

As far as I'm concerned, I hope I'm never in another fight.

In the article about the MMA guy, it's implied that kung fu isn't effective because in one particular bar fight, a kung-fu "grandmaster" kicked a guy in the groin and bashed his head on the bar to end the fight rather than rely on the more elaborate techniques he had spent decades practicing.

My response is: So what?

In the current steroid and testosterone-driven view of martial arts that's a side effect of the ultimate fighting craze, we lose sight of some important principles.

For one thing, these are "arts." When you're young, you very often star...

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Ken Gullette

I have practiced martial arts since 1973 and began studying the internal arts in 1987. My goal is to cut years off your development time by coaching you in the real skills for high-quality Tai Chi, Xingyi, Bagua. To see more about my bio, click the "About Ken" link on the menu at the top of this page.

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An Ultimate Fighter's Take on Kung-Fu

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