Guys, apologies for a small mistake: The third match the Hung Gar student was not Sifu Albright’s student. That was another match we covered a while ago.
Novell know what he's doing, so if Cavali is part of that NYC/Harlem/Brooklyn group, he's gonna have the benefit of that experience. Those guys have been mixing it up for real for a long time. 👏
The ironic thing is that within China, the word "kungfu" (功夫) doesn't refer to a specific style of martial art. Sometimes doesn't even refer to any martial art. The word just means skill acquired through time and effort. (usually refers to a physical skill) So something like parkour would also be called a "kungfu". Often, "kungfu" does get used as an euphemism for martial art training, but once again it doesn't refer to any specific style. Even a Muay Thai expert would be described as having "kungfu". So whenever someone (including traditional chinese martial arts practitioners) presents "kungfu" as if it's some distinct & bounded style or lineage of martial art, something has gotten seriously lost in translation. And yes, that means most of the Internet's understanding of "kungfu" is seriously off. :| ( In the same way that Taiji Quan often gets (mis)translated as "the supreme ultimate fist", thus propagating a false impression of what Taiji is really about.)
Funny how you feel the need to explain this to the owner of this channel who’s a Mandarin native speaker 😅 Also that’s some of that “well akshually” type of knowledge. Everyone knows, but we still do it.
@Livingtree32 it's funny that you feel the need to pass judgement on the value of my comment. My explanation is not specifically for the channel owner, but for whoever comes by and sees the comment. Perhaps you've lived in an environment where it appears "everyone knows" and everything's fine. That's great, for you. From my own experience, a lot of people actually don't know the true meaning of kungfu-related terms (or actively ignore it), and it's a root cause for a major portion of problems arising in the kungfu scene.
Even back then, Cavali's fight I.Q. was very good. Distance, angles, anticipation... all there. Yeah, you don't see a lot of axe kicks. Why bother? Just push kick.
I still throw axe kicks now, but not as much. Only when I know I have it. But yeah I was always about fighting. Forms and all that are cool, but I’m bout that action
I literally forgot about these fights. The first fight was against Richie Torres from rhino fight team. I used to stalk to a girl from that same gym lol. But yeah this was at UCL(underground combat league) MMA wasn’t legal in NY yet so these were in sanctioned fights. I think I weighed 137 and he was about 160. I haven’t smoked in 11 years but I came in high as hell that day. Richie was also a contestant on the iron ring TV show that was on BET The fight with Alejandro Richardson was actually my first fight in UCL, and and just like the fight with Richie, I didn’t really have the fundamentals of Kickboxing down yet. I just had that dog in me and was down to fight using kung fu. The fight with sifu Jess upton was a rematch. I stopped him in this fight with a knee. I was a on for that one. Novell saw that he didn’t really have it, so he stopped the fight. Me and Jess had some words again and that ended up in a 3rd fight on the MUSU karate vs kung fu event. I fought a wing chun dude from Sweden that same day. I can’t find those clips tho
Sometimes jerry just want to see kungfu win, and acting like it actually happening. But cavaly didn't show much, let's be honest. No setups, almost exclusively singl strikes and kicks, then he is rushing into clinch, where he does almost nothing
don´t know much about kung fu, but the ¨muay thai¨ guy looks more like a kickboxer. The stance, the way he moves to punch or kick, the way he punches.... I´ve done both kickboxing and muay thai... a lot of people use the terms interchangeably, but I see more kickboxing in him.
I see someone with explosiveness, great cardio, aggressive, and fast reflexes. Don't see see how Kung Fu is winning this, rather being young and athletic is.
I understand that view. Though... Martial arts are by their very nature, Violent. Some more or less than others. So an accomplished Snake🐍 practitioner's movements would be more fluid than someone practicing Tiger🐅. You would see more technique and less violence when it came down to combat. The guy in video; His practice is one of external resilience. Same could be said about Monkey🐒. The external arts don't really age as well as the soft/internal ones which is why you tend to see the old practicing things like Tai chi. Some schools express the qualities of hard and soft in their art, I've only seen Tai chi & Dragon stylists blend it well.
Athletic talent might be inborn, but being able to actually use your reflexes or explosiveness, apply aggressiveness effectively, etc. are all trained skills. When muay thai fighters win matches, people rarely say "oh, this isn't a win for muay thai, just the fighter's athleticism." But obviously, the best muay thai fighters are ones with great athleticism to build their training on. No style has a monopoly on being able to prepare people to fight effectively.
@SKMGCavali Can you elaborate ? Because if you intend to fight like a kick boxer, you might as well stop practicing your form. Otherwise, it is a waste of time. When you will face a true kickboxer (training and fighting like a kick boxer), you will be facing a serious problem. My advise if you train kung fu, fight like kung fu, or don't train kung fu in the first place
@@Pieds-rouges bruh this fight is from 12 years ago. I’m a pro Muay Thai fighter now. And yeah I was doing form, but the moves are going to look like that in an actual fight. You sound like a novice, so I’ll let you live, but yeah. This ain’t a movie. Fighting is fighting
@ blood said convert like it’s a religion😂 But nah, fighting is fighting. Kung fu was the vehicle that I was using back then, and Muay Thai is the main one I use right now. But I like to fight, so even if I didn’t do any style I’d still be slanging them thangs 💪🏾
Interesting. So... He's trained alot since then, I'm assuming... In this video, seems like. He had a tendency to extend his face parry. Kinda hard to pull off in the moment. Really has to be trained... and the kicks weren't set up. Axe kicks are my favorite. Unfortunately, they require a good timing or set ups. You can throw them quick at the cost being significantly weaker. Also. Sidenote.. no headgear? I like the idea of not using it because we won't be in the street, however... Hit hard during training and it can mess with your effectiveness in the street. ...unless you're a sports fighter.
Guys, apologies for a small mistake: The third match the Hung Gar student was not Sifu Albright’s student. That was another match we covered a while ago.
I want to spar Cavali one day, his aggression & style really remind me of Retsu Kaioh from Baki manga!
Yeah. Let’s make it happen! Next time you go to NYC, we should all meet up!
@@FightCommentary for sure, Man! I would love to do that. I would look for it in 2025 !
His aggression do be feeling 4000 years long
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Yeah fr😂😂@@glatykoffi6672
Novell know what he's doing, so if Cavali is part of that NYC/Harlem/Brooklyn group, he's gonna have the benefit of that experience. Those guys have been mixing it up for real for a long time. 👏
This was in the Bronx in a boxing gym located on Morrison and soundview world class boxing gym.the ref I also the organizer peter storm.
Boom. Love seeing kung fu working
That is a fun as hell fighting style
It’s even better now
Cavali is so cool
Appreciate you my G
The ironic thing is that within China,
the word "kungfu" (功夫) doesn't refer to a specific style of martial art.
Sometimes doesn't even refer to any martial art.
The word just means skill acquired through time and effort. (usually refers to a physical skill)
So something like parkour would also be called a "kungfu".
Often, "kungfu" does get used as an euphemism for martial art training,
but once again it doesn't refer to any specific style.
Even a Muay Thai expert would be described as having "kungfu".
So whenever someone (including traditional chinese martial arts practitioners)
presents "kungfu" as if it's some distinct & bounded style or lineage of martial art,
something has gotten seriously lost in translation.
And yes, that means most of the Internet's understanding of "kungfu" is seriously off. :|
( In the same way that Taiji Quan often gets (mis)translated as "the supreme ultimate fist",
thus propagating a false impression of what Taiji is really about.)
Funny how you feel the need to explain this to the owner of this channel who’s a Mandarin native speaker 😅 Also that’s some of that “well akshually” type of knowledge. Everyone knows, but we still do it.
@Livingtree32 it's funny that you feel the need to pass judgement on the value of my comment.
My explanation is not specifically for the channel owner, but for whoever comes by and sees the comment.
Perhaps you've lived in an environment where it appears "everyone knows" and everything's fine. That's great, for you.
From my own experience, a lot of people actually don't know the true meaning of kungfu-related terms (or actively ignore it), and it's a root cause for a major portion of problems arising in the kungfu scene.
Even back then, Cavali's fight I.Q. was very good. Distance, angles, anticipation... all there. Yeah, you don't see a lot of axe kicks. Why bother? Just push kick.
He knows how to time his spinning backfist. One of the hardest strikes to effectively use.
I still throw axe kicks now, but not as much. Only when I know I have it. But yeah I was always about fighting. Forms and all that are cool, but I’m bout that action
I literally forgot about these fights.
The first fight was against Richie Torres from rhino fight team. I used to stalk to a girl from that same gym lol. But yeah this was at UCL(underground combat league) MMA wasn’t legal in NY yet so these were in sanctioned fights. I think I weighed 137 and he was about 160. I haven’t smoked in 11 years but I came in high as hell that day. Richie was also a contestant on the iron ring TV show that was on BET
The fight with Alejandro Richardson was actually my first fight in UCL, and and just like the fight with Richie, I didn’t really have the fundamentals of Kickboxing down yet. I just had that dog in me and was down to fight using kung fu.
The fight with sifu Jess upton was a rematch. I stopped him in this fight with a knee. I was a on for that one. Novell saw that he didn’t really have it, so he stopped the fight. Me and Jess had some words again and that ended up in a 3rd fight on the MUSU karate vs kung fu event. I fought a wing chun dude from Sweden that same day. I can’t find those clips tho
The man himself!
@ Live and in full effect
"THATS NOT REAL MAUY TAI"
Dont mess with Black Peoples who train kungfu (Def Jam!!!)
Sometimes jerry just want to see kungfu win, and acting like it actually happening. But cavaly didn't show much, let's be honest. No setups, almost exclusively singl strikes and kicks, then he is rushing into clinch, where he does almost nothing
don´t know much about kung fu, but the ¨muay thai¨ guy looks more like a kickboxer. The stance, the way he moves to punch or kick, the way he punches.... I´ve done both kickboxing and muay thai... a lot of people use the terms interchangeably, but I see more kickboxing in him.
It was an American style kickboxing fight. Notice there were no leg kicks.
I see someone with explosiveness, great cardio, aggressive, and fast reflexes. Don't see see how Kung Fu is winning this, rather being young and athletic is.
I understand that view. Though... Martial arts are by their very nature, Violent. Some more or less than others.
So an accomplished Snake🐍 practitioner's movements would be more fluid than someone practicing Tiger🐅. You would see more technique and less violence when it came down to combat.
The guy in video; His practice is one of external resilience. Same could be said about Monkey🐒. The external arts don't really age as well as the soft/internal ones which is why you tend to see the old practicing things like Tai chi.
Some schools express the qualities of hard and soft in their art, I've only seen Tai chi & Dragon stylists blend it well.
Athletic talent might be inborn, but being able to actually use your reflexes or explosiveness, apply aggressiveness effectively, etc. are all trained skills. When muay thai fighters win matches, people rarely say "oh, this isn't a win for muay thai, just the fighter's athleticism." But obviously, the best muay thai fighters are ones with great athleticism to build their training on. No style has a monopoly on being able to prepare people to fight effectively.
@@maxhensley1685 He's just another sinophobe coping.
I see no connections between his form and his way of fighting ...
I won. That’s all that matters.
@SKMGCavali Can you elaborate ? Because if you intend to fight like a kick boxer, you might as well stop practicing your form. Otherwise, it is a waste of time. When you will face a true kickboxer (training and fighting like a kick boxer), you will be facing a serious problem.
My advise if you train kung fu, fight like kung fu, or don't train kung fu in the first place
@@Pieds-rouges bruh this fight is from 12 years ago. I’m a pro Muay Thai fighter now. And yeah I was doing form, but the moves are going to look like that in an actual fight. You sound like a novice, so I’ll let you live, but yeah. This ain’t a movie. Fighting is fighting
@@SKMGCavali What do you think about Kung Fu now? And why did you convert to Muay Thai?
@ blood said convert like it’s a religion😂
But nah, fighting is fighting. Kung fu was the vehicle that I was using back then, and Muay Thai is the main one I use right now. But I like to fight, so even if I didn’t do any style I’d still be slanging them thangs 💪🏾
Interesting. So... He's trained alot since then, I'm assuming... In this video, seems like. He had a tendency to extend his face parry. Kinda hard to pull off in the moment. Really has to be trained... and the kicks weren't set up.
Axe kicks are my favorite. Unfortunately, they require a good timing or set ups. You can throw them quick at the cost being significantly weaker.
Also. Sidenote.. no headgear? I like the idea of not using it because we won't be in the street, however... Hit hard during training and it can mess with your effectiveness in the street.
...unless you're a sports fighter.
This was an underground fight. It wasn’t sanctioned. You had dudes Doing coke in the back. Headgear wasn’t even a thought on anyone’s mind
@SKMGCavali yea, that's an issue they didn't care about i guess 😅
First match vs Muay Thai fighter, no elbows allowed ?
It was an American kickboxing style match. If you noticed. There wasn’t even any leg kick. All the kids had to be above the waist
@@SKMGCavali ok, thanks for your feedback
@@bleexrossignol9782 no doubt