Safe Sparring Sifu vs Kado

Sifu Freddie Lee Kung Fu Demo
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Here is a demo of an Advanced No Contact Safe Sparring where we both are going at high speed. I met this person from someone I knew but I didn't know him that well. But he is clearly trained and hardcore. He is a big fan of Bruce. We only met up this one time to spar with no contact to get a feel for each other. But just that one experience alone, already I could tell could have been dangerous, because we were going at such high speeds, one mistake could have resulted in some serious injuries.

Once the sparring video was posted, it started to generate some buzz from people he knew and he started receiving challenges and threats and all sorts of things. I saw the direction it was going in and I decided to back off. When you have two Martial Artists who are highly trained, it can be a dangerous encounter, it requires a lot of experience and trust that the sparring arrangement will remain safe, but since we were basically strangers, I didn't see a point in engaging in the unnecessary risk, I have nothing to prove to anyone.

When I meet people who are clearly capable of defending themselves then really the question boils down to, what are they doing here? I don't see a point in two Martial Art Masters sparring each other with a lot of contact, that will only place both Martial Artists in great risk of bodily injury. It is like two Police Officers shooting at each other with guns.

This person is a teacher of the Martial Arts, having his own underground school, and I am a teacher as well. It is a conflict of interest, and when it comes to the sparring it can be very dangerous. Notice, we have no protective equipment, no referee, the encounter can turn into a violent fight in a split second.

I don't see a point in two Masters fighting. I see a point in a Master sparring with his student to help him improve. But I do not see a point in two Masters fighting one another to prove whom is better than the other. I have nothing to prove, if people want to believe I can help them, I will help them, people want to believe that I don't have anything of value to share, then they are free to leave.

I am looking for humble students who accept me as a teacher, the arrogant people who feel that I have to prove that I am worthy enough to be their teacher, well they can go elsewhere.

In this situation, I am not his student, he is not mine. So I didn't see any point in the engagement. Now if we were to come together to create a choreographed fight scene for a movie to make money like the way Bruce arranged with other Martial Artists, that's different. I'm all for coming together with other Martial Artists to make money together in a safe and healthy way, but I strongly oppose Martial Artists fighting each other violently to prove who is better, no matter it be for money or no money.