What do you martial artist people think of Kung Fu- San Su?

Question

What styles is it closest too, and how effective is it?

Answer 1

San Soo is in a league of its own. There are no real "styles" like it because each practitioner ends up developing their own style based on their phyisical requirements (the closest possible correlation might be Jeet Kune Do). I have trained in American Kenpo (Parker System), Kosho Shorei Ryu Kenpo, Kali, Kickboxing, Point Sparring, and San Soo. I dropped all of them except for Kali and San Soo. It is extremely effective, especially if you manage to find yourself one of the old school instructors that still teaches all 45 lessons of "ah soo" with the standard white belt techniques.

It really does take too long to explain why San Soo is so effective, but to make a long story short: It's one of the oldest martial arts. It was developed over thousands of years using live people (criminals) as test dummies. We know for a fact that if you hit certain places in certain progressions that it causes severe injury, disfunction, and death. It's been proven for centuries. We train students to "turn it on" without any hesitation. Within three months, a San Soo practitioner is very capable of defending himself. This is because the lessons and techniques that he learns teach combinations that work together, and blend from one to the other (much like Jeet Kune Do). There is no technique or form, because in a fight there is no such thing. You can't stand toe to toe with a man in a fight and tell yourself,
"I'm going to use 'Purple Monkey Blowfish' on him."
Well guess what? "Purple Monkey Blowfish" was designed for a right hand punch, and he just hit you with a left hook.

San Soo teaches you to immediately recognize the impending attack, and rather than wait for it, you have an arsenal of immediate responses at your disposal, all of which are designed to destroy him because you have been practicing exact, specific targets which line up in sequences that present themselves no matter what he does.

Generally speaking, San Soo practitioners do not make the first move, but we do land the first blow.

Answer 2

San Su Kung Fu

Answer 3

Let me start out by saying I have studied traditional chinese KungFu from a chinese master for over 20 years - Jet Lee was 6 time national champion in China - no one else, that any of you have ever heard, of can even come close to that. Jackie Chan was trained in Chinese Opera - not traditional kungfu. Bruce Lee is a one in a million phenomena - a real expert and amazing movie star - one of the alltime physical screen actors, but never competed at the level of Jet Lee or even Chuck Norris - who was also a champion Fighter before acting. You'r question is for kids - all the answers given are movie stars - I could name some great masters but they are not in the movies - some of the legends that Jet and Bruce portray were real people that made history with their accomplishments on the battlefield - not in movies. As for Karate and Kungu Schools and movies - Karate has been in america much longer due to both our occupation of Japan and Korea, plus the chinese tradition of secrecy from foreigners. only in the last 20 years have real american born kungfu experts been trained under masters that moved to america in the 70's. and it is still fairly rare - also a world where frauds and 'home made chop suey' styles are more common than the real thing(too many would be masters grew up watching Grasshopper and no real teacher to be found). Kung Fu is more prevalent in the movies becaus it is more beautiful to watch, has the most exotic weapons and variety of styles etc.. and is also the oldest "grandfather' of all martial arts, which the others are derived from. Hope that helps ;) E

Answer 4

i dont think kung fu san su is any better than any other ma.and in case the expert that answered before doesn't know basicly most ma teachs you to not throw the first strike but to land the first one?they also teach you to recognise a situation before it happens isnt that a basic part of the majority of ma?so what makes any form of kung fu any different or any better.please explain.
kung fu san su is just as effective as any other form of kung fu.

Answer 5

"i dont think kung fu san su is any better than any other ma.and in case the expert that answered before doesn't know basicly most ma teachs you to not throw the first strike but to land the first one?"

First off, most modern "martial arts" are simply aerobics excercise studios at best. They may try to teach you not to throw the first punch, but after spending years in other disciplines and tournament sparring, I can tell you that you are more likely to get hit first.

"they also teach you to recognise a situation before it happens isnt that a basic part of the majority of ma?"

How can you learn the patterns of body language when you are practicing kata, or techniques in the air? (you can't)

"So what makes any form of kung fu any different or any better.please explain."

First off, "Tsoi Li Ho Fut" is a form of Kung Fu. "Tai Chi Chuan" is a form of Kung Fu. "San Soo" is the method of training. To put it simply, you can learn the technicals of flying a plane by reading a book, but it does not teach you how to fly. The only way to learn how to fly is to get stick time. The training method, "San Soo," is actual hand to hand combat in a controlled environment.

"Kung fu san su is just as effective as any other form of kung fu."

That is just gross ignorance on your part. Go back to your books.

Answer 6

Its good stuff insofar as kung fu goes. Very self defense oriented, similar to some systems of Hung Gar from what I understand.

Kathy Long, former world kickboxing champ, is (I think) master ranked in the system, and she's the bomb.

So if you want some gung fu action, do it!

Answer 7

never heard of san su... but i spar with sum kung fu ppl and they just own me left and right.... i dont think i ever got a good hold or strike or ne thing on em.... and dont let ppl tell you chi'na issint effective..... thwy did tien shan pai.. i think its a northern long fist style....

Answer 8

I don't think much of it; because, I have a black belt in Ker-Chink.
Ker-Chink is the sound my S K S makes when I pull the bolt back and load the chamber.

Answer 9

FUENG SHUI
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