Kung Futsal

Alright guys this post Im about to write has nothing to do with Kung Fu and all about Kung Fu, martial arts and figthing. What I'm trying to say is that what I'm doing is comparing Futsal the sport we love with actual fighting. Futsal is an important element in your sporting life. Not only is it a modern idea of outdoor football it is even harder to play for strikers a smaller goal, for easy scorers no offside, for defenders no sliding and for keeper smaller playing area which means opponent can get close to the goal and score easier. Futsal is like a way of fighting itself. This does not refer to real fighting when there is tension what it refers to is the way we play, the way we kick the ball, the skill and the acrobatism involved in doing the sport.

SHADOWLESS KICKS
This envolves all the people who uses their abilities to shoot,cross and take last minute blast. Players who I can recognise with this abilities are Benjamin, Austin,and Daniel Mok. They use their full force and deliver the ball and if anyone of you who have been blasted before you would understand this kicks are lethal just like in Kung Fu that uses the shadowless kick you have seen are mostly based on sending a kick that can hardly be seen and also a chain of kicks attacking a target. I feel that powerhouse players are the same as those martial artist who practice the shadowless kick because of the ball they kick that can hardly be seen because of the speed and sometimes if you notice players like Benjamin's style, they would continue to blast the ball until the target is achieved slowly breaking the defends wall wherelse Austin prefers using a surprising blast to score a goal from a long distance when the keeper's view is blocked or distracted, he would take advantage and blast it in just like the shadowless kick that was believed to be invisible or uneasy to be seen. Daniel however uses his uses the same technique but with a different angle of shooting as his kicks are closer to a goal which means it goes directly at the mid point of the keeper. POWERHOUSE= SHADOWLESS KICK

Freestyle Showman.
This technique has been talked about in this blog for so many times that it may seem boring but this skill is remarkable. Not only do you need the mind to control it, you have to have the correct footwork or you would end up stepping on the ball and trip on it. What intrigues me is the reason this futsal players use it on the sport why can't it be use as a way of combat the more I think of it martial arts use to be something regularly practiced by people from the past. So would the showman technique slowly end up like Kung Fu itself with only certain experts being able to use it. Comparing Roderick's style to Ju Ping's would they be both able to out-trick each other and would their skills combined make a better one. If you notice the way they play Ju Ping play he works more with keeping the ball grounded and moves it with his leg and the front of his shoe slowly rolling it futher and catching it back to go through people. While Roderick chooses to take the ball that is crossed to him and take it aerially which means using the ball that is in the air using the back of his shoe to chip it right to the front and blast or passes it to someone. He uses his prediction and control of his hind legs as well as the ability to juggle the ball which is commonly practiced by showmans like Ju Ping with his cousins Benjamin and Brandon.

The Art of Defence.
This are the common rules of defenders in futsal most importantly the Canaan teams tactics that I observed. Jump,Head,Tackle,Resist,Pass,Mark and Clear. This are the basic rules that have been used by defenders like Yee San, Brandon and Jeffrey. Personally if anyone remembers I started out as a defend myself before I decided to turn keeper and defending is not and easy task at all. It would be the hardest job ever. Important jobs are that all these seem to sound very martial artistic to me because of all the knowledge you need to follow. The ones that I mentioned earlier are all basic defend methods. I remember there are stronger and more advance methods like the ones Manager Ju Yuan mentioned before like moving back with opponent with the ball, strong marking leaving no empty space and player and most importantly court knowledge. What could be compared to real martial arts in this is the way we play, the rules and knowledge that takes time to gain and is quick to be lost if not practiced.

6 Elements of Keeping.
Goal keepers are the ones that are probably closest to real martial arts seeing the way they play that envolves resisting pain and mostly acrobatism in futsal. The agility of goal keeping is very important just like martial arts . Hands, Body, Slide, Stance , Legs and Arms. This are what I observed mostly used by Canaan keepers and myself which I feel should always be followed. The usefulness of this things are without anyone of this elements you can still be a good keeper. Most keeper could use their hands but never their arms and some prefer to slide or use their own stance. Hands refers to using your bare palm , fist, fingers and gloves when you save a goal. This relates to Kung Fu because of the way we control our the strength we put in wether by punching with force , slightly touching to save high shots or even by depending on gloves to catch the ball. Body refers to our ability to resist pain and acrobatism in jumping, rolling and most importantly the speed we use to enforce the moves. Sliding is the most efective yet dangerous way of playing when you try to tackle an opponent in one-on-one situation. It takes much practiceto perfect and also needs excellent prediction of the time the player chooses to blast. Stance is the way keepers use. Joel uses his height to his advantage by covering the goals with his long arms making sure no empty space was left. While I prefer croaching slightly with gloves on saving position to be able to jump or slide. Daniel however prefers to wait and take shots by predicting the opponents shooting area which is a very effective way of keeping. Legs is the way keeper tackle or take low shots and arms is the way certain keeper like Joel uses to catch long shots.