After 8 years of kungfu training, around how good will u be in self-defense?

Question

fighting, defending

Answer 1

training shmaining


one good punch in the face coming from a pool of anger and all those years of handwaving mean squat

Answer 2

That depends on several factors. First how much emphasis was put on the practical applcation of the techniques by the instructor. IF a sufficient amount of emphasis was put on those aspects, a person SHOULD have a great deal of skill in thyat area...if not...they they won't. Secondly is the amoung of work that the student themselves puts into the training. IF they put the necessary time and work into learning the techniques then, again their skill SHOULD be quite high in those areas...if not...then they wont. These two things must exist in order for skill in defense to exist.

Answer 3

That depends on you. Some people in 8 years get 8 years experience, others get 1 yrar ecperience 8 times.

Answer 4

My 12 y.o. son has exactly that much training in Shaolin Dragon style KF at this time. I agree with many aspects of the respondents. If the practitioner stayed true to "perfection through hard work", you can be very good in a short time. In any art, your skills are directly related to th effort you put in.

BTW, in a room full of martial artists, you can pick out those who have put in the effort to be good. And yes, my son is very good.

Answer 5

That all depends on how much physical practice you get. you could train kata, and technique for a thousand years, and get whipped in a fight. it is the experience applying the techniques. a single technique is operated differently by each of us, because of body size, flexibility, power, endurance, fatigue... and you must learn your abilities in the flesh, against an opponent.

so you would be good if you had ample fight practice. its the balance you need to find, technique practice (static or slow motion, repetitive) and free fighting.

Answer 6

Depends on how much you sparred, how strong you are, etc... Go challenge a kickboxer, Thai fighter, Mixed Martial Artist or something along those lines to get a good view of your training and how well it has worked.

Answer 7

Well since 8 years of kung-fu would be $1200 a year...and a grand total of $9600... I better be pretty damn good after that.

Answer 8

it all depends on your instructor and how much you practice.. someone who practices a lot for 2 years could be a lot better than someone who has been training for 8 years but never practices..

Answer 9

Go to your local bar, pick a fight and see if how well you can handle an average drunk or two. Use that to gauge how well your training went.

Answer 10

Depends, they can teach you how to fight ect. But they cant teach how the body and mind is going to react. If you freeze up, your going to lose. know what I mean?....