ANY BROWNCOATS KNOW KUNG FU?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, July 10, 2005 17:15
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Chisisall that reminds me of something that happened in my PIT training. The instructor was demonstrating a grapple from behind, which is where the staff person hooks the right arm with their right arm and put the left hand on the left hip of the patient. With your body on the line between the right hip and shoulder blad of the patient you can control their movements. This is a transitional move to stop a patient attacking somebody else or hold them to give other staff time to move in.
Anyway, he is using me to demonstrate this and he locks up my right arm and puts his hand on my left hip. I've got my knees bent and I am bent slightly forward at the waist. I flash back to wrestling and pin his hand on my hip. Then I go down to my left knee. Instructor sails over my shoulder and lands flat on his back. I stopped before going to the arm bar on the left hand I was still holding.
Greco-Roman wrestling is still a martial art. And it is often overlooked.
A friend of mine is a 5th dan black belt in (I believe) Karate. He is WAY faster than I am and I was showing him PIT's fencing technique. You use a forearm to fence aside a blow to your chest as you move your body the opposite direction. Your option is to hook the attackers arm and go to a hip throw, the previously mentioned standing hold or disengage. I demonstrated the move to the hip throw and he somersaulted OVER my arm. Very impressive. He finshed standing directly in front of me. I grabbed him in a bear hug and fell on him. I'm easily three times his weight. ALL of the air left his body in a great big *GOOSH*. We got up laughing, all in good fun.
Belts and trophies are all nice and such, but sometimes there's no substitute for size.
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Size is a weighty factor allright
okay, okay.
One time on my motorcycle (Suzuki Gs500e, sold years ago) I practiced Bike-Fu. I was on a parkway when 2 cars ahead of me suddenly swirved into eachother and then moved apart. The parkway was crowded (as they tend to be on Long Island 24-7)and I realized these two bozos would probably swirve back into eachother as a reaction to moving too far apart after the initial jolt. Being on a bike, I could not afford to take a hit so I dropped down a gear and hit it. 55 to 95 in a blink, I sailed right in between those two monkeys just as they, yep. In my mirror I saw them hit, skid sideways and create a pileup. And I woulda been in that mess.
Don't be there when the blow lands...
There ya go, martial arts can be applied in many ways, eh?
Chrisisall
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18 years of 25 in a TKD studio, 2 year choi kwon do (way easier on the joints, more functional than TKD but not as pretty)2 years varsity wrestling, 2 years, college boxing and two years kendo iado. Lot's of scraps as a kid, I also was the little kid, but I was also the smart mouthy kid, so bully's liked to go for me. Learned quick to be merciless on day one, not quite ender wiggin merciless, rather just short of expulsion merciless. I was a 30 lb first grader, 65 pound 7th grader and a 90 lb freshman, so I am adherent to the fight dirty and mean school. 'Favorite' fight moments concussing the 9th grade locker room bully in the locker room, and pinning (without bruising) my father who had taken it into his head that it was ok to punch me now that i'm grown.
Most Surreal result of training moment: I once threw the principal over my shoulder when she grabbed me from behind to stop an impending lunch room brawl. I realized what I'd done and managed to land her on her feet in between me and the soccer team. They got suspended, I got to write an editorial.
-Eli
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Of course looking mean enough to not have to fight is the best. Zonshin(sp) warrior spirit, the art of looking assured of victory has been the greatest gift of martial arts.
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Xenocide, thanks for the posts.
You reminded me of a High School event- a bully from the wrestling team started a fight with me right in the classroom after the teacher left to go do something or other, he rushed me and pinned me up against a wall (love to have a wall to work off of) and started punching me in the stomach and ribs. His head was low to avoid punches so I brought my elbow down on his spine right around c-5. It was like taking candy from a baby. He shuddered, then tried to resume punching so I did it again, Harder. He dropped onto all fours and I asked if we were done to which I got no reply. I went back to my seat calmly as the teacher came back in to ask that idiot why he wasn't in his seat, ha ha.
Chrisisall
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Greco-Roman wrestling is damned impressive, and in the hands of someone like Hoyce Gracie, downright scary - that guy tries to shake HANDS with me, and I'd be two states away before I stopped running.
Anyhow, if I know someone knows that, imma run away, and come back with a bazooka from 300 yards.
Being hammered on, I can take.. being chain-hold locked ? oh hell no, I'll shoot you.
-F
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OK I've been remembering some crazy stuff since this thread started.
I remember after a very rigorous practice at school, the instructor lined us all up as usual.
He walked down the line and hit a few of us with two fingers just under the collar bone area. (This was his form of affection for those who practiced hard, and don't you dare flinch!)
First, I'm standing there ,I feel completely normal except for where the instr. hit, then I kind of collapsed to my seat, I guess you could say.
Talk about lights out.
They had to carry me to the back and revive me.
I'd have been embarrassed but that the instructor was so pleased with himself.
Also, did anyone have to do Bagwa walk exercise. We weren't allowed to drink anything for a while after, wouldn't let us drive either if I remember.
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Needleseye, you're talkin' all that nerve and chakra stuff, I only learned howta break bones, crush windpipes, tear cartilage and the like.
I ain't no vibratin' palm expert, but it seems to me he poked one o' your breathin' nerves real precise-like.
Ouch.
Chrisisall
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I've bounced from various styles and schools trying to find the right one for me: TKD, Southern Mantis Kung-Fu, Taido, Muay Thai. Discovered Jiu-Jitsu (Shinto Yoshin Kai style) and found my "home". Been their almost 2 years now.
Haven't been in a real-fight. Just stupid school stuff.
My favorite would have to be one that I came out victorious and unharmed by attacking the bullies "spirit". The guy lunged at me trying to get me in a grab or headlock. I slipped out and grabbed the draw strings to the hood of his Starter Jacket and pulled it closed on his face. I shoved him to the ground and knoted the draw strings tying them off behind his head.
Everyone was laughing so hard at the bus stop where we faced off. He just slinked away when he eventually wiggled outta the jacket.
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Techiecl, I'm a big fan of trying many styles as you did, I'm glad you found 'home'. That's real important. For the longest time I stuck with TKD just 'cause I was a great kicker. But it kept buggin' me that I was spending so much time trying to manuver my opponants into just the right range to score that head shot! When I took JKD I felt a lot better, but then I went deeper to find the roots of JKD, and Wing Chun became my home.
Good bus stop story, sounds almost like sumpin' Jackie Chan might do...
Chrisisall
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