Real Street Fighting Moves

Charles, let me get your back on this before the frenzy of break dancers start piling in on you!

Now while the clip that you show in the previous post http://tinyurl.com/ybc6rep on Capoeira versus a boxer is from a movie, it is highly demonstrative of Capoeria in application.

Actually this guy moves better than most Capoeira practitioners…..but in a real fight I believe the results would be similar.

What everyone fails to realize, and you and I have spoken at length about this, is that these kind of guys think that flack wins a fight. What they don’t remember is while they are doing their little dance, the guy they are about to engage may have already produced a weapon and all the fancy moves can’t stop a bullet.

Now with that said, is is not a fatal flaw to showboat in a street fight, but get in there and immediately engage and neutralize the threat …that is how a street altercation is won.

Like I stated to you, I don’t teach my students how to fight, I train them to SURVIVE.

These fancy ass martial artists think they can dance about and go into their best hiii yaaaa pose and win a fight. That will get you shot.

You need realistic, non fancy, to the point take-em out techniques.

Great post Charles. Capoeria is great EXERCISE, might be very fun to do…but it is NOT fighting.

Anyone have an issue with me saying that can comment to me and Ill be happy to prove them waaaay wrong.

“Keep it real.”

David D’Antonio

C.U.T.S (Critical Urban Tactical Strategies)

kogawind@aol.com

Watch the long-haired Capoeira guy doing the fancy flips and how the boxer responds.

There is one fighting style that I feel is all but useless in a real life or death struggle for your life. This fighting system is:

• Capoeira

Wait! Wait! Wait! Don’t start buying your tickets yet to look me up in Los Angeles to give me a piece of your mind and/or foot. Just hear me out, and then let common sense be your guide.

Why Capoeira Is Ineffective As A Reality-Based Fighting Style:

Capoeira is a fighting system which originated from Africa and was later migrated to Brazil. This is a so-called fighting system based on dance, grace, acrobatic coordinated moves such as one handed stands while your head is upside down and your feet flip into the air before it twirls to the ground. These acrobatic premises in themselves are counter to grounded street defense common sense.

Capoeira causes immediate doubt and misgivings for me in that it is usually accompanied by rhythmic music. Real street fighting is very chaotic, and it would be very hard to write a musical score to the explosive, violent and unpredictable nature of its movements.

Whenever you have an audience who is doing so much applauding as they watch staged demonstrations of martial arts accompanied by music is cause to give me doubt. Why am I obligated to call entertainment “martial art”?

Yours truly,

Charles Prosper

“The Street Fighting Sifu”