James_H
And I like to roam the land
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In recent years there's been considerable embarrassment in China with traditional kung fu practitioners being very easily beaten in bouts with MMA fighters. Here's the most recent such incident. Such incidents show that while the various forms of Kung Fu fighting may be ancient and valuable cultural traditions, they're not practical for actually fighting.
Aikido and Hapkido are often denounced as basically fraudulent, with their emphasis on using mental powers (Chi energy) and accusations of collusion between students and teachers to put on an impressive show. Watch this video of the little old founder of Aikido chucking his students about like paper aeroplanes and see what you think:
I myself went to one Aikido class and came away impressed with how the mental focusing techniques seemed to work, but I never pursued it.
Here is a whole website with an active forum dedicated to a skeptical take on the various occult claims in martial arts: https://www.bullshido.net/
Aikido and Hapkido are often denounced as basically fraudulent, with their emphasis on using mental powers (Chi energy) and accusations of collusion between students and teachers to put on an impressive show. Watch this video of the little old founder of Aikido chucking his students about like paper aeroplanes and see what you think:
I myself went to one Aikido class and came away impressed with how the mental focusing techniques seemed to work, but I never pursued it.
Here is a whole website with an active forum dedicated to a skeptical take on the various occult claims in martial arts: https://www.bullshido.net/