Wing Chun Bear - Range of Martial Arts

Wing Chun Bear doing Chi Sao

Wing Chun Bears are not limited by its very own Martial Arts, Wing Chun Bear are trained in various other discipline to better themself Mentally and Physically.

Wing Chun Bear does Sumo!

Wing Chun Bear Do Ninjitsu!

Wing Chun Bear doing an upper left hook! from Boxing maybe?

Adding Gracie Jiujitsu, and we have Wing Chun Bear as the All Rounder Bear!

London Summer Olympic 2012 - Epic Martial News! Day 6

Now isn't that awesome looking or what?

The London Summer Olympic 2012, Countries have won glory & golds whilst some receive close-call wins and some regrettable defeats. And we are only hitting Day 6! Good luck to those who have not competed yet and well done to those who already did their country proud....or not..?

I'm sure many of us can simply look around for scores of their specific matches and teams on the official London Olympic Website, but what Wing Chun Bear is more interested to find are more impactful news!

Remember the controversial defeat of Yang-Shu-Chun from Taiwan during the Beijing Olympic 2008?

So without further ado lets look at the current big news in current Olympic news to Martial Arts.

Japan Victory? or lost? or win? I DUNNO! Tell us refereee!

Boxing, Japan Satoshi Shimizu lands a body blow to his opponent from Azeri named Abdulhamidov. Looks like a sure win to move to quaterfinals for Japan since Abdulhamidov fell to the ground whilst wobbling standing back up. However Referee gave Abdulhamidov a contradictory score of 22-17 whom which Satoshi lost. Clearly spectators booed the decision and later the referee decided to appeal for his previous decision and made Satoshi to move to the next round.....well atleast the referee is doing whats right....RIGHT?? more info courtesy of DailyMail.

Sit down Protest! soo its sitting down protest....don't the managers need to move on to the next match?

Supposedly sitting-down protest is not a new thing, you just sit down to protest something about the match until someone or something is being done. But of course theres always controversies! The news supposedly that Korean (sitting down) Shin Lam is winning and when suddenly the match was given some time extension and that gave her opponent German, Britta Heideman to get the upperhand and won. So it was an utter defeat for Shin who then made London Olympic's first sitting down protest! let the Protest begins!....supposedly she had the chance for Bronze match and lost that one as well.......well.........a lost is a lost right?...more info courtesy of the Telegraph

The path to win the Gold medal in the Olympic is very expensive.....lets start a brothel! 

New Zealander, Logan Campbell who competed in the 2008 Beijing Sumer Olympic in Taekwondo didn't make it too far. Upon returning home he amounted a large sums of debt for his travels for the Olympics....(correct me if im wrong but dont they get sponsorship from the governement for these sorts of trips?) So for him to compete in this year's London Olympic he needs more money fast.....so he decided to open a brothel. To fund for his training.....(apparently). "Training" alright. tee hee...
Jokes aside, those who don't know, it is legal to sell sex under the right guidelines in New Zealand. He sold his business thereafter but with the press and the media won't let go of such story kept on bugging him about his past, calling him the a sleazy pimp. Some Olympics officials find it degrading to the Olympic community for having such a past. Logan continues to defend against the barrage of negative press. More info coretesy of Yahoo! sports.

Olympic will continue to be strong due to stronger competitors every 4 years setting new records but it is also the controversies the dramas and the weird that makes Olympic great! Keep them coming i say!

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London Summer Olympic 2012

Another exciting year have come forth! it almost felt like yesterday when Beijing Summer Olympic happened. Massive fireworks, large crowds, China showcasing to the world,......and most importantly my highlight, the Opening Ceremony of impressive number of Taichi demonstration.....oh and the flying old man...lol. 

On another note, our condolences of Beijing and its flooding incident and wish/pray for their speedy recovery....(coz im gonna be going there in few weeks!!!)

So to celebrate the opening of another great year of Martial Arts related Olympic competition, let us recap of last years highlights of the worlds greatest competitors!

(apologize some videos are harder to find than others so i put up whatever is available in the net) 

Tae Kwon Do, Men Finals - Italy Vs Iran

 

Tae Kwon Do, Women Finals - Canada Vs Korea

 Boxing, Men Finals - Ukraine Vs France

(Apologize could not find a female Finals highlights - if anyone have the link i'm be more than happy to post it here)

Fencing, Men Finals, Japan Vs Germany

 Fencing, Men Finals, China Vs Ukraine

Wrestling Highlights

sorry couldn't find the finals videos...- feel free to link the videos to me

Judo, Men Finals, Azerbaijan Vs Korea

Judo, Women Finals, China Vs Japan

Good luck to all of 2012 competitors all around the world and lets give it our best shot for the gold medal! And of course for us spectators and patriots alike, put up a good and exciting show for us to watch and remember!

More to Come, Taiji Quan, Wushu and much much more...

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New Punching Bag - punch him in the gut!

When in doubt, invite your boss to wear one of those strong man pads

Ohhhh right to the kidney!

Then punch him/her in the gut for good measures

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Epic Martial Meme #3

Well atleast they included Wing Chun Bear

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Russian Martial Arts - Systema

Russian Martial Arts seems to derive its roots from it's Soviet Military Hand to Hand Combat

To follow up my previous knowledge about Russian Martial Arts, I've done a little bit of research to find out what are the martial arts scenes from Russia. Aside from the mainstream Olympics of wrestling & boxing, Martial Arts in Russia are gaining more and more popularity and exposure thanks to the internet.

From what I gather mostly in popular culture and references from the internet there are 3 main styles that keeps coming up every time I google "Russian Martial Arts" This probably explains how I begin to see more unique readers from Russia as well.

Systema (the system)

Systema are trained in hand to hand combat, grappling, knife fighting and fire arms training. Training involves drills and sparring although without the set kata like traditional martial arts. It's an art focuses mainly on controlling the six body levers (elbows, neck, knees, waist, ankles & shoulders) through pressure point application, striking & weapons applications. Systema is often advertised and mainstream as a martial art trained by their special forces, the Russian Spetsnaz. Check out the rare Video below.

With the booming threat of street safety, self protection & self defense, Systema have been incorporated to be trained by normal civilian for Self Defense purposes. And the video below are examples of Systema being implemented to be trained to civilians safety.

Some notable names of Systema Masters responsible for its global exposure includes Mikhail Ryabko & Vladamier Vasiliev. (apologize if i got the spelling wrong) As I noticed during my research i found that their concepts for punching, kicking and stance seems different than conventional martial arts. Traditionally the fundamental of power comes from the hip motion and its present in Systema as well, however their anatomy of punching are unfamiliar territory for a traditionalist like myself. As explained in videos below

Mikhael Ryabko

Vladimir Vasiliev

Notice how the people taking the impact of the punch moves when getting hit. From the looks of it apparently a way to absorb the impact or deflect the force away from the body. It's very unique and unfamiliar...which also excites me :D

Another thing that I come across in my research are the criticism towards the demonstrations of Systema. There are those critics out there believe some of their concept shows in the videos are fraud and some even calls it as "Soviet Propaganda".

Courtesy of Martial Arts Haters & non-believers who contributed their point of view of Systema below

I have much respect for all forms of Martial Arts, I'm not here to provoke heated discussions with the internet people wether the video above is real or not, an open-minded Martial Artist are mature enough not to be phased by criticism of those who barks at cats. My intention is to merely put up observations from my research and for people to expand their knowledge in the aspect of Martial Arts.

Criticism are everywhere and in every Martial Art. It is up to the Martial Artist to form a constructive opinion of the criticism and take inner peace in their decisions.

Coming up on more comprehensive study of other Russian Martial Arts
(Sambo & Voin system)

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Epic Martial Memes - What i do #3

As mentioned there will be tons of internet related memes to come across through the month.

The fact i like this one the most is because they reference 2 movies and they had 2 Bears duking it out with one another. Wing Chun Bear are all over the fighting circuit.

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