The Browncoat Martial Arts Forum

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, April 22, 2006 05:09
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CHRISISALL

Friday, March 31, 2006 6:07 PM

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Originally posted by citizen:

Though I did have some rather fetching bruises, like the one that was shapped like the letters AAH on the side of my face that was left exposed when I dropped.

In the words of Nancy Regan, when someone wants to give you a lead pipe, just say no.

Ouch Chrisisall

NEWBROWNCOAT

Friday, March 31, 2006 6:47 PM

Interesting thread. What is really interesting to me, though, is the age of many of the browncoats replying to it. Between references to Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, Kwai Chang Caine, and Bruce Lee, I can see that many of us got their martial arts training back in the early to mid 70's ;-) Amazing. First time I saw Bill Wallace was at a kicking demonstration that he gave at a tournament held by my school in Ohio in about 1974-1975. I was a yellow belt in Ji-Do-Kwan at the time. Progressed to Brown Belt, then got a job and career and didn't get back into martial arts till the early 90's. I've studied American Kenpo ever since.

But when I think of martial arts, I think of those days, the 70's, when martial arts was really taking off in the US, but there was still a lot of purity to it. Now days, you have to look pretty hard to find it. It has become far to commercialized, pre-packaged, and protected (there were no pads when sparring back in the early 70's ;-)

Anyway, glad to see there are browncoats from my generation. I was turned on to it by my son.

CHRISISALL

Friday, March 31, 2006 6:58 PM

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Originally posted by NewBrownCoat:

Anyway, glad to see there are browncoats from my generation.

Dude, I still have an ad torn out of a tournement program with Chuck Norris' autograph on it (he was such an understanding fellow, all us kids hopping around him and all..).

Lost my match that day, but it was on points, I HAD him!!!

Chrisisall, Okinawan Kempo at the time

NEWBROWNCOAT

Friday, March 31, 2006 7:32 PM

Yeah, Chuck Norris is about that time frame too ;-)

You see these guys in demos and on tv, etc, and you get one impression. But it is also very interesting to meet them in person. Most of them are just "plain folk", nice guys. Probably one of the things that make the Firefly crew so facinating to all of us.

Anyway, as I mentioned I first saw Bill Wallace in 1974, probably in his prime. Fastest left foot in the business. The guy threw this side-kick, roundhouse kick, hook kick combination where each kick flicked off the hair on the head of some guy helping the demo, and it was so fast you really couldn't see his foot at all, just the hair moving !

Anyway, I last met him when he gave a streching seminar at my kenpo school. This was in the early 90's. The guy always had an amazing flexibility and ability to throw a side kick vertically straight up. But after so many years of this, he was probably the most bow-legged guy I have ever seen. Legs seemed permanently stretched out so far they really didn't come back together ;-) But while he was still very confident and commanding in his classroom demeanor, he was also rather quiet and seemingly humble. Much more so that I expected. This was a small class of about 20-25 people and he was very fun and approachable. It was a great class.

CHRISISALL

Friday, March 31, 2006 7:39 PM

Hey, see em both here! heh heh
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6782126

I must have seen it 10 times in the theatre!

To the ground Chrisisall

RUXTON

Friday, March 31, 2006 8:40 PM

Chrisisall-san,
My style is 1911, which has been proven to be most effective over many years. As one gets older, his options for running and/or kicking are compromised. For beginners, I recommend a good revolver, .44 or larger.

Not to detract from this interesting thread, but it has been said that a 12-year-old girl with half an hour's training on a shotgun can overcome the best martial artists in the world.

In one of Chuck Norris' movies, he disarmed a bunch of cops as a demonstration, by kicking the guns out of their hands. But the cops had no idea how to hold a firearm, so it looked easy.

And in this week's episode of CSI/NY the good guys find a bullet that had dribbled blood after it passed through someone. They followed the bullet's blood trail. But bullets do not pick up any blood to speak of if they pass through someone. The truth is seldom shown on TV or in Hollwood, it seems.

What really impressed me was Bruce Lee handling a real cobra, which apparently also bit him off camera. Now, he wouldn't do that with a black mamba, betcha.

CHRISISALL

Friday, March 31, 2006 9:43 PM

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Originally posted by Ruxton:

What really impressed me was Bruce Lee handling a real cobra, which apparently also bit him off camera. Now, he wouldn't do that with a black mamba, betcha.

The cobra was de-venomed, but that bite still hurts!!
Hollywood goes for what looks good. I seen plenty of real fights-they look akward and miserable. Saw one suckerpunch landed once, only 'clean' fight I ever wittnessed.

My art is the art of not getting in a fight.

Violent Chrisisall

RUXTON

Friday, March 31, 2006 10:25 PM

Didn't think a cobra could be de-venomed.

Best way out of a fight: walk slowly over to your 600 HP F60 Ferrari, get in, and drive away swiftly.

Drive a long way away.

Keep on going.

CHRISISALL

Friday, March 31, 2006 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by Ruxton:
Didn't think a cobra could be de-venomed.

Well, it bit him, and he did another take. I read that it was de-venomed. Or maybe Lee was immune to it's bite?

Indy was a wuss Chrisisall

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

Saturday, April 1, 2006 1:09 AM

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Originally posted by Duelist:
I practice Yang Short Form (Cheng Man Ching lineage Tai Chi,) and have been studying and teaching rapier fencing for almost 20 years. Not really martial arts, more mayhem and fun, but I'm also pretty into full-contact LARPs and scenario airsoft/paintball.

I fence Epee and Sabre. Foil isn't really my thing, I prefer to have a more solid sword in my left hand. And LARPs and scenario Airsoft are awesome.

If anyone gets nosy...Shoot em.
Shoot em sir?
Politely.

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