Here is an excellent throwing demonstration - from an internal Northern Kung Fu style known as "Baguazhang" ("Eight Trigram Palm").

Earlier this week I visited a martial arts school where I tried out their first free trial lesson (which most schools offer and I like to take advantage off to sample their styles ) ... I didn't get an opportunity to watch or train with any of the senior students there, which was unfortunate - this was yet another school which disallowed students from different levels from training with each other (sigh). Yet I heard the instructor chastise his junior students for being too 'compliant'/'easy' on their partners - which is a fine point, but if you really want to make these junior students train harder, put them up against more senior students! He specifically said, "We only become good because our opponent is good," - something which is hard to achieve if you're only ever training with someone who isn't better than you are! So he knows the concept in theory but fails to put it in practice - all he does is tell his juniors to fight harder... but they're noobs! They can only fight at noob level - if you want them to fight harder, put them up against a more senior student!

Then later on the instructor came up to my partner and me (both of us who were first-timers there) and tried to demonstrate the technique that we were supposed to be practising, which was a defence against a choke resulting in grounding and locking (standing-grappling) the attacker. He told me to choke him, so I did... then he tried to do the counter and ground-lock me, but I easily maneouvred and thwarted him from applying it. So then he tells me that the technique didn't work because I didn't attack him properly and tells me to attack him properly. So I tried again and he tells me that I'm doing it wrong and tells me that I need to try and choke him like I want to kill him, but without actually constricting the trachea (which is fair enough as that would actually be lethal). So I did that. He tried the counter again and I outmaneouvred him again without too much effort. He kinda looked like he was getting frustrated and tells me that I'm not attacking him properly, I asked him if he wanted me to just submit - but he said no. He tells me again that I need to seriously choke him and move forward with the choke. So I tried that, and he goes (with his voice constrained), "that's it," and tried the counter again. Again, I moved and it failed. Again he tells me that I'm not attacking him right and suggested that I don't know how to do a proper choke-attack, so I asked him to correct me and tell me what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do differently - he tells me that he doesn't tell people how to attack him and that it was up to me to attack him however I wanted to and that he would counter it. I did... we had the same tirade again, and he tries to counter it, but I slipped out easily; this time as I slipped out he quickly fires a succession of three punches at me, the first one hits but I blocked the other two. His frustration then seemed to increase - similar conversation reoccured and he tries the counter again, this time SLAMMING my elbow real hard (as if he wanted to break it) then fired a few hits which I blocked/evaded. He then goes on to explain that 'unfortunately' in a class situation he wasn't able to actually break my arm and that in a real fight he would've broken my arm and that would've been the end of the fight.

I said, "No it wouldn't" but I don't know if he didn't hear me or if he deliberately chose to ignore me. Okay, having a broken arm would put me at a disadvantage - but that alone would not finish me and be the end of the fight. I still have the rest of my body at my disposal - even if he attacks me on the side where my elbow was broken I would still be able to block/deflect/barge with my shoulder and execute headbutts, use my hip, knee, leg etc. - and of course, my other side would still be just fine.

I would maybe expect a noob to say something like that - but an instructor?! (O_o) Noone is actually finished unless you've incapacitated their ability to attack you (which doesn't necessarily mean you have to hurt them).

The whole thing really reminded me of this skit by Jim Carey

...in the end I just submitted and let him put the hold on me because I just couldn't be bothered watching the poor bugger try and fail again and again for the rest of the evening... especially if he's going to get angry and try breaking my limbs - not worth the bloody trouble. :/

This school claims to practice a martial art style that I'd never heard about - and in fact combines the names of two entirely different martial arts and claims it to be a traditional martial art despite the fact that these two arts have entirely different histories. I asked the instructor about the history of his style, he gave me a story which I'd never heard about and kinda indirectly contradicts existing history that I know of... I tried to Google more information about it, but found nothing substantial, and one source says, "The authenticity of these claims are controversial." ... so as far as I can tell so far, the authenticity of this style appears to be dubious at best. :/

I'm not going to name this style or school here. If you're thinking about taking up a martial art, do your research into its authenticity - you can ask me and I'll tell you what I know. Check the instructor or school's claims as you would any other document... by cross-referencing their sources (just as you would examine the bibliography of an essay or publication). I would recommend finding at least three independent sources that can verify their claims.