To Understanding Pacquiao's past martial arts influence...

[F l i c k e r]

filipinos main contribution to martial arts internationally is weapons training.

filipinos has good stickfighting and knife fighting training for cops and military.

not really much in the empty handed stuff.

Yup, one of the reasons why I want to learn Escrima or kali. No matter where you are, there will always be a stick shaped weapon around. Might as well learn it from a art that focuses mainly on knife and stick type fighting.

[fabie]

filipinos main contribution to martial arts internationally is weapons training.

filipinos has good stickfighting and knife fighting training for cops and military.

not really much in the empty handed stuff.

That's on the surface on what KALI/ESCRIMA/ARNIS are known for but a well-rounded approach to fighting. Boxing, Wrestling are very big part of the FMA.

Panantukan and Buno/Dumog are variations of the name.

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You know when you played with toy guns as kids and would point your gun at someone and say "Bam, I got you" and the one kid who always would be like, no youd idnt, I have a forcefield up, or that missed me, or I dodged it, thats Segal.

nah seagal is just too fckin ****** to act. he's more like the kid that says "am i supposed to drop right here?" and the other kids would be like "nevermind steve, just stand there, the rest of us will do all the action stuffs."

[ummeed]

I dont really draw comparisons with a guy like pac to someone who is a martial artist. He doesnt really follow through with the lifestyle that embodies it. He parties alot, and its not like he is truely 24/7 dedicated to boxing, if he was, you would see him be alot more technically sound than he is, and no, his new additions have made him an improved fighter, but he is nowhere near the tactician/student that a Bernard Hopkins is.

Whatever connection he has to martial arts is purely a fan type thing and thats it. Pac relies far too much on natural ability (speed, great chin, natural punching power), with little to no inside fighting, nothing on the clinch, and very little from the outside, and so/so counterpunching.

Ive said it before and ill say it again, the only thing pac and bruce lee have in common is they are both asian. Guys like Mayweather Jr and Hopkins far more embody that lifestyle more than anyone else in the game. They know the ins, the outs and they take their physical regimen extremely serious. They rarely drink if ever and stay in shape 24/7/

This little fantasy post is way off.

A guy like Bruce Lee could continue fighting for years even when his natural abilities have left him. If pac loses just a little punch resistence or speed, thats it for him.

ok ok. floyd can also have bruce lee, jeez!

[fabie]

FMA is part of the Majapahit Empire (Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia) and the art of SILAT, BUNO, KALI are the results...

This link is a perfect example...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri4qx...next=1&index=4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri4qx...next=1&index=4

[Sin City]

if I remember correctly.. Pacquiao has been in the sport of boxing since he was 16. I highly doubt he has had any other martial arts training.

[Sin City]

I dont really draw comparisons with a guy like pac to someone who is a martial artist. He doesnt really follow through with the lifestyle that embodies it. He parties alot, and its not like he is truely 24/7 dedicated to boxing, if he was, you would see him be alot more technically sound than he is, and no, his new additions have made him an improved fighter, but he is nowhere near the tactician/student that a Bernard Hopkins is.

Whatever connection he has to martial arts is purely a fan type thing and thats it. Pac relies far too much on natural ability (speed, great chin, natural punching power), with little to no inside fighting, nothing on the clinch, and very little from the outside, and so/so counterpunching.

Ive said it before and ill say it again, the only thing pac and bruce lee have in common is they are both asian. Guys like Mayweather Jr and Hopkins far more embody that lifestyle more than anyone else in the game. They know the ins, the outs and they take their physical regimen extremely serious. They rarely drink if ever and stay in shape 24/7/

This little fantasy post is way off.

A guy like Bruce Lee could continue fighting for years even when his natural abilities have left him. If pac loses just a little punch resistence or speed, thats it for him.

this is ****ing hilarious right here! then how come mayweather's ass is always at the club?

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this is ****ing hilarious right here! then how come mayweather's ass is always at the club?

he was out there trying to practice some kungfu, durrr...

[Real King Kong]

chuck norris would pound bruce lee into bolivian. fact.

[Akinapepemo]

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