Australasian Kung Fu Championships 1981

[@lazefistz]

Thanks for striving to preserve the historical record of the early kung fu years in the bottom of the world Barry. The young ones today think they invented it ...

[@galain]

Nice snapshot of Aussie martial arts history. Everyone looks so young. William Cheung, Rick Spain...just babies! Thank you for sharing this.

[@Zedomatic]

A different era, but an important one for schools looking to properly test themselves in full contact, open styles. What would your typical student compete in today?

[@barrypangkungfu7629]

After four decades stuck in SBS TV's archives, the team worked hard to retrieve and convert all of the footage taken. They recorded the finals and with this clip we've summarised some key moments, showing who made it through to the end. Glad you like it.

[@galain]

@@barrypangkungfu7629 it's wonderful stuff. I started in 78 but was only a kid but I still remember the vibe from that time that comes through so clearly here. Really made me smile!

[@barrypangkungfu7629]

@@galain it always helps to start young! How long did you train for? Who were the people in your group?

[@galain]

@@barrypangkungfu7629 I started with a friend of my father's who was a sisuk with the Hong Seng Koon in Singapore (Choy Li Fut). Then moved to Qld in my teens where I started Chow Gar with the Sue-tin brothers Guy and Dennis) before picking up CLF again in my uni years with another Singapore almnus. I'm 53 years old now - hard to believe! Nice to see you still teaching and being active.

[@MbisonBalrog]

We need more of these vids from past. There is one in HK from 80s that had throws and mat work. Ron Van Cleef in it.

[@Ballarateast]

Hey Barry, wouldn't it be amazing to re create or try to emulate this type of tournament in Melbourne. There are currently some very good practitioners in Victorian or even Australia. I guess full contact is difficult to put on these days, but a genuine All styles Kung fu tournament would be amazing. 🙏

[@mogatdula]

this looked like a great event. i love the rule on no safety gear in the final match

[@tule8669]

Yes thry should have a kung fu, sanda or all style tournament. And it should be easy to enter

[@MbisonBalrog]

I wish they not break up clinch. 90% KF is about clinch work. If TDs are scored then must let work clinch

[@tule8669]

I dont get protecting the insteps, but the shins will do a lot kf damage

[@johncarroll772]

Hours and hours of wing chun trapping sure paid off

[@Zedomatic]

Would you expect all techniques to be feasible with boxing gloves strapped on?

[@joaquinflores3547]

@@Zedomatic those are some open finger gloves they could still do some of the techniques if they really wanted to

[@Zedomatic]

Adaptation to equipment and rules is a requirement (to be effective in a tournament context), so the option to use certain techniques simply don’t exist.

[@oldschoolfighter]

Good Event

[@duelo1ne]

Marvellous.

[@JoseMarecos-sq5eu]

Que es eso

[@houseofkungfu2543]

I also have been accepted as an inner disciple of Lung Ying via Chen Luk San in NYC/ Panama. I hope to build "bridges" (pun intended 😄) between my new Dragon Gate family and I. I'd love to speak with you and Ms. Pang sometime, as next year I will be using authentic ChuKa Southern Mantis and Dragon Gate in mma and will be champion. Amitoufo 🙏📿

[@officialdandaman]

Al😉ha from Hawaii 🤙

[@eddienegrino8348]

Kickboxing at a low level

[@jehutymortis6603]

Exactly !

[@blazingdragon9607]

Lmao that’s not kickboxing.. they’re using variety of hand strikes.. not your regular jab and hooks

[@eddienegrino8348]

@@blazingdragon9607 They can't fight

[@blazingdragon9607]

@@eddienegrino8348 wrong all day.. in traditional Kung fu tournaments held in China, fighters fight without any protective gear and use variety of hand strikes, bare knuckled.. See, Kung fu is vast.. It has hundreds of sub styles and each style is different.. That's why you see different kind of hand strikes, palm strikes, hammer fists, etc. which may not work in the ring with gloves on but they are, without a doubt, lethal if implemented properly without gloves.. So it's silly of you to assume they can't fight bcoz imma tell you, those strikes *"hurt"*

[@mikrobi_3419]

@@eddienegrino8348 Why? Because you say it?

[@Aniontedone]

Brawling

[@attiylanen]

This flailing around looks just like kid's backyard fighting. Hard to think they trained decades...for this. It's just sad. Amateur boxer would destroy these clowns.

[@Zedomatic]

Boxers competed in this event, but did not make the finals

[@dagaffer2269]

​@@Zedomatic Boxers didn't make it to the finals against these chumps😂😂😂😂Of course they didn't u 🤡🤡🤡 Dont lie 🤦🤦🤦

[@jehutymortis6603]

​@@Zedomatic Where are they ?

[@Zedomatic]

@@jehutymortis6603 this footage is from the second day of the elimination tournament, which got filmed for television. The boxers, including professionals, got eliminated on day one.

[@jehutymortis6603]

@@Zedomatic No footage of this ? Boxer and not kickboxer ?

[@jehutymortis6603]

Wow. So bad Level.