Hello all,
At the weekend I saw a demonstration of capoeira (by the guys in the BBC promotion advert no less) and it was quite impressive. These guys have amazing control and in this case speed too. All the other demo's i'd seen were usually quite slow so this one showed what can be achieved.
However, I was still wondering if anyone had seen a capoeira practioner actually use it in a fight? As much as I'm impressed by someone walking around on their hands kicking surely this isn't practical in a ring/street situation. Has anyone ever seen, for example, capoeira vs kung fu? I imagine a sanda fighter would just go straight through the capoeira exponent, with the sort of directness of one art compared to the other. I'm not saying it would be an easy fight or anything, but I just cannot see the capoeira guy/girl winning (except in Tekken).
I also saw a demonstration of Jujitsu which was also quite impressive mainly for their ground work. I reckoned that in a fight my kung fu could stand up to them reasonably but if they were to get me on the ground, i'd be done for, caught in one of those nasty locks. I imagine a good kung fu fighter (i.e. not me) could triumph but again they'd probably need to keep off the ground as much as possible.
Any thoughts???
Ross
At the weekend I saw a demonstration of capoeira (by the guys in the BBC promotion advert no less) and it was quite impressive. These guys have amazing control and in this case speed too. All the other demo's i'd seen were usually quite slow so this one showed what can be achieved.
However, I was still wondering if anyone had seen a capoeira practioner actually use it in a fight? As much as I'm impressed by someone walking around on their hands kicking surely this isn't practical in a ring/street situation. Has anyone ever seen, for example, capoeira vs kung fu? I imagine a sanda fighter would just go straight through the capoeira exponent, with the sort of directness of one art compared to the other. I'm not saying it would be an easy fight or anything, but I just cannot see the capoeira guy/girl winning (except in Tekken).
I also saw a demonstration of Jujitsu which was also quite impressive mainly for their ground work. I reckoned that in a fight my kung fu could stand up to them reasonably but if they were to get me on the ground, i'd be done for, caught in one of those nasty locks. I imagine a good kung fu fighter (i.e. not me) could triumph but again they'd probably need to keep off the ground as much as possible.
Any thoughts???
Ross
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