San Soo kung fu?

I have been training in San Soo kung fu for quite a while.





I know that it is a style, but i dont consider it beein a style.


For me it is the best/natural way to fight.





All the moves and technique has a proper way to do it, using the strenghts and weaknesees of the human body, proper hip/body movement etc. It is a pure thinking art, there is also a little bit of wing chun in it, but it has more.





It is not limited at all.


What I am about to say will offend alot of people, and they will start posting insults, but i dont care, to me this art is THE Best art *at least for stand up fighting* that there is around, there is nothing missing to this art.





I wish that people would stop thinking that beeing able to break 10 briks or kick super high is what makes you a good martial artist, that is why people lacks alot of technique and smarts when fighting.





If there is San Soo practicioners viewing this, do you agree with this statement?

San Soo kung fu?
Where do you get that being able to break 10 bricks or kick super high is what most people think makes a good martial artist and that "that is why people lacks alot of technique and smarts when fighting"? It seems to me that you have a good lot more presuppositions than you think and what you think of your martial art is not unique.
Reply:It depends on what you are refering to when you say that it is "the best/natural way to fight". If you are talking about from a Martial Arts perspective I would have to argue that no martial arts is better than the next.





If you are talking about for a street altercation I would have to question how practical San Soo Kung Fu is for the streets since I do not know much about San Soo Kung Fu.


How good is San Soo when involved in a self-defense situation?
Reply:If you consider your style to be the BEST, then lucky for you that you're doing it ;-)





You'll tend to find that everyone thinks that their own style is the best, and it is... Whatever you have trained the most in is going to work the best for you.





The only thing that really concerns me is that you say it is the best for stand up fighting, implying that it is no good at grappling range. I submit to you that if you're style can not counter a grappler on the ground then it is incomplete or you need to look closer at your techniques to figure out how to apply them on the ground. All good systems will teach ground fighting it's not a new thing. I train Wing Chun Kung Fu and it has ground fighting in it, both in the traditional sense where one uses kicks to keep the opponent at bay and regain your feet and a more anti wrestling thing where you use your chi sao skills which are totally transferrable to the ground and work quite well.
Reply:I do not practice san soo but I have watched its practitioners.


To me it seems to be a very practical art, without all the flashy moves of other kung fu styles. I've watched the san soo matches also, I can say they are very exciting. It reminds me of muay thai, except that it has better hand techniques, in my opinion.
Reply:lol Arrogance. There is no one best martial art. Mine is not better than yours, and yours isn't better from that guy's style down the street.





And you'll notice I never put San Soo down once.





From what I've seen of San Soo it looks good, but I'm just wondering where you got the thinking about the 10 bricks and kicking really high?





But no matter, you have much to learn in humility. Thanks for the 2 points.
Reply:Everyone thinks there martial art is the best. I think mine is!
Reply:What's interesting is that the school closest to me focus more on grappling then anything else. It is a San Soo Kung Fu school but they enter grappling tournaments and their fighters are very good on the ground. The instructor from what I'm told actually was trained in Jujitsu then earned his black belt in San soo Kung Fu. I believe it is a style that uses all things.





Sounds really cool from what I've heard.





Oh one last thing I don't buy into people trying to say all styles are equal. There is a best way to punch and either a style teaches it or not. If a style doesn't teach the best way to do soemething it isn't the best. I don't know enough about San Soo to say if they teach the best method but there is a best method out there.
Reply:Hmmm, I would spar you to see how versital this is and how good it works. If it works better than it just works better. that's life. But, never really know until you try.