ANY BROWNCOATS KNOW KUNG FU?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, July 10, 2005 17:15
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YO, Fremdfirma, sounds like you know Gun Fu,
Did you ever see Equilibrium, sounds like your type o' flick.
" When you can take the pebble from my hand, it will b- BANG..ughh.."
Chrisisall
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Might look into it, thanks.
What most folks don't get, is there's fighting dirty, and knowing HOW to do so effectively and get away with it.
If I think the situation warrants it, and I could get away with it, someones catchin a trio of .380ACP in short order - if things require a little more restraint, someone gonna get ventilated a bit with my UC Scorpion Mark II (A rather nice blade with no realistic purpose other than that).
Or the snapwhip, for locales that seem to have outlawed every other thing you could defend yourself with - even in the hands of a complete amateur, it can quickly level the playing field.
I dun go hand to hand if I can help it, but if I do it's all about close-range maximum damage, rabbit punch to the collar bone, stomp-heel kick to side of knee, very basic, very effective and immediate damage-dealing, nothing you'd ever wanna even practice on other live human being, nor could you spar in such a fashion because the only reflex you'd learn is to pull your shots, which would cause a hestitation you could not afford in the situation where such skills would be useful.
I'll just close in as fast as possible and soak up anything coming, because letting someone bigger and stronger than you line up at range and clout on you is just stupid, if you have a hold of him, he'll be using at least one arm/leg to try to dislodge you, and thus.. you break the other one!... and if you've ever tried to restrain a very pissed off cat, you get the general idea of what'll happen if I have a blade handy.
There's technique, and experience, both of which are useful, and I give the nod to technique as superior if you stack them apples to apples and compare, but experience has it's voice too.
-F
UC 697 Scorp II
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Snapwhip
(Spring-Type, bottom of page)
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I have no formal training.
I used to have an original of Bruce Lee's "Tao of Jeet Kune Do" which I would study religously.
I have several Black belt friends who for a long time used me for target practice (sparring). I have bested all of them on occasion. Not saying I am great but I think my adrenal system supplies more power and speed in a pinch than most peoples. I just lack stamina. I rely on finishing the job fast, if it goes much longer than 1 min I am doomed :)
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Needleseye, you're talkin' all that nerve and chakra stuff,.... but it seems to me he poked one o' your breathin' nerves real precise-like.
Ouch.
Yeah, it hurt (but not as bad as what the guy who flinched got.) If I hadn't passed out as the prescribed pressure point suggested, instructor would have done it again. :{
The harder you trained the more they favored you. Favoring meant they'd practice their "knowledge" on you,and you had to take it. At this school it was supposedly an honor to be the punching bag for the instructors demonstration.
Is it like this in anyone elses experience?
Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)
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That happens a lot at my Dojo with the Head Blackbelt using a few lower level black belts for demonstration purposes. Makes sense though, more experienced students have trained longer with him so there's that sense of trust that prevents panic reactions. Also their better trained in knowing their limits and how to take advance break-falls.
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15 yrs Kenjutsu, same with TKD, 5 yrs in Judo.
Would love to learn Aikido, but no good dojos where I live :(
"Your mouth is talking. Might wanna look to that"
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I practiced Tae-kwon-do, Kenpo, Ninjitsu (yes the ninja stuff) all together, now called American Freestyle, for four years. I loved it. I took state champion in sparring two years in a row. I even went to a national tournament but didn't get to fight because there was no one else in my division. So i got first there by default. I was pissed. I wanted to earn it. I've been out for a while now, but sorely miss it. I would love to go back to get my black belt (only two belts to go) but i can't afford it right now.
The fight (sparring match, never been in a real fight) that i remember most fondly, i didn't even win. I was fighting this chick in a state tournament, in the advanced division. In this division you're still supposed to use control. You're sparring for points not for KO's. Well anyway this girl was hitting as hard as she could and the judges weren't paying any attention to that. (Probably because i wasn't a wimp about it. I hated the girls that would cry for judges sympathy.) So finally i got so pissed that i sidekicked her in the stomach as hard as i could. She flew a good ways before landing on her ass. Then she cried about it! I was so happy with my little revenge that i didn't mind when i was disqualified for excessive contact. Everytime I saw her at the tournaments after that she wouldn't join my division. I think i might have scared her, hee hee.
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Needleseye, my Okinawan Kempo sensei was FROM Okinawa!! If he thought you were good, he'd hit you all the harder. It got to be we wanted him to hit us!
'Course, that was some years back, teachers these days, for the most part, don'e cozy up to the notion of sending thier students home all black and blue, they let the senior students handle that task, for legal reasons, I assume.
The formerly bruised Chrisisall
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At this school it was supposedly an honor to be the punching bag for the instructors demonstration.
Is it like this in anyone elses experience?
At the dojo i trained at, when you would receive your next belt, the Sensei's would all take turns punching you in the stomach. The harder they punched the more respect they had for you. Once you got your black belt, they all sidekicked you instead.
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Fremdfirma you are so right about training hampering performance, what you train is how you'll react, so pullin' kicks and punches has never been my thing. If ya can't make contact when ya train, it's honestly better not to.
Get a wooden dummy!!!
Telephone poles are good, too.
The impact obsessed Chrisisall
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