[Haas]

i was reading a round a bit and got curious what is the aim or strategy of tiger Kung Fu and would it be good vs. Muay thai ??

[graham1]

Tiger kung fu fighters, whether using North, South, black or white versions, seek to overwhelm their adversaries by a sustained flurry of blows from a variety of angles.

Muay Thai fighters have a long record of beating 'unbeatable' fighters from other systems, so it would all depend on how good the individual fighters were if it came to a match.

Read zed's comment on this thread:-

http://www.fightauthority.com/module...r=asc&start=15

I hope this'll help you. Good luck!

[Haas]

to tell the truth zed's post is what led me to being curious. what i was thinking is if tiger style was a sort of a grabing, squeezing and ripping style (with the hands in the shape of paws). so that when the Nak muay gets you in the clinch u would have easy access to the opponents sholder, head or neck and when that knee comes up you could easly get a mean grip on his lower thigh.

this is theory of cores but i was wondering if thats what tiger was ment for

[WushuPadawan001]

In a ring, tiger kung fu would not do much good against a muay thai fighter - gloves negate the tiger claw hand and its grabbing power.

On the street, I am not too sure how the tiger claw would help in the clench. Perhaps one could use it to grab at the kidneys or any loose fat ? but that would leave one completely open to a flurry of those trademark thai knees.

[Haas]

once u grab his lower thigh tho the knees should stop and i would think the tigerKF guy would have a painful grip and from there he may eaven be able to knee the thai guy in the Groin.

[bamboo]

Getting the chance to actually grab the thighs whist being pummelled by them is the trick....notice its not done often.if at all?

[graham1]

Originally Posted by bamboo

Getting the chance to actually grab the thighs whist being pummelled by them is the trick....notice its not done often.if at all?

....and that, my Lord, is the case for the defence.

[Haas]

pray tell do you know anyone who has tried?? have you seen a video of this approch used before ?? of so i would like to see it, and even then it would not prove it cant work ^_^

[Gazelle]

Originally Posted by Haas

once u grab his lower thigh tho the knees should stop and i would think the tigerKF guy would have a painful grip and from there he may eaven be able to knee the thai guy in the Groin.

At the risk of this being mis-interpreted...you don't need to do tiger Kung Fu to grab someone's thighs...

Before anyone's head goes charging off track, and so drawing the wriath of the mods out of their special store for taking the topic off track (you know i love you guys, and mean no offence). My point is that any martial artist, of any style, or indeed, even someone who hasn't trained in a martial art can grab someone, it doesn't exactly go against natural instinct, i'm sure. And, i also suspect that other styles have such techniques in them.

[Haas]

"At the risk of this being mis-interpreted...you don't need to do tiger Kung Fu to grab someone's thighs..."


the idea is that if you train in that style your hands would be a lot stronger for griping (or so I am told) that is the styles so called strength so I was thinking of a way for it to be used against one of the more popular stand up MA's now days. I dont know a lot about the style, but I would think that a style dedicated to griping among other things would have a stronger grip then the likes of muay thai, boxing ect.