Share your thoughts concerning the fighting arts...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, April 2, 2010 03:18
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Quote:Whoops. My martial bad.
Originally posted by Haken:
A slight clarification. Ip Chun is Ip Man's eldest son.
Quote:Unless one grows up in Hempstead, Long Island...
One may never use the combat skills in real life
Quote:Yep.
, but the ideology is constant and pervasive and teaches one how to live a just life.
Quote:At 14 - 17 years old, I was in an Okinawan Karate school where the teacher would kick you or hit you with a plastic baseball bat if you messed up. We *never* hated him for that.
My daughter used to be somewhat of a wild child before she joined TKD, it really helped her focus more in school. Step out of line in TKD class and it's 20 sit ups and 20 push ups. This was when she was 6. She learned very quickly to listen after that.
I wish they could do that sort of thing in the public school system. Some of the kids I see in my daughter's school really need discipline that apparently they are not getting at home or school.
It's a thing of the past...
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Quote:Haken, man, I'm drooling for the 2nd movie 'cause of these clips, and I haven't even received the first one yet!
Originally posted by Haken:
Michelle Yeoh's Wing Chun has been my perennial favourite (silly as parts are)- I suspect Ip Man might replace it (not a big fan of wire work usually).
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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chrisisall wrote:
Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:37
The real answer is to not be bound by any particular martial dogma.
Isn't that the essence of Lee's Jeet Kune Do?
I used to own a book called "Tao of Jeet Kune Do", pretty sure was written by Bruce himself. It has his actual drawings and everything.. was a prized possesion until a truck crashed through my house one day and it was lost.
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Quote:Essentially. I took his words seriously as a young'un, & took every style I could.
Originally posted by Calhoun:
Isn't that the essence of Lee's Jeet Kune Do?
Okinawan karate, Tai Kwon Do, Praying Mantis(lots of fun), Aikido, Tai Chi from a friend who teaches, Jeet Kune Do from two different schools, and Wing Chun, also from two different schools. I also studied Drunken Boxing & Chinese Fast Wrestling from books & videos.
Wing Chun was and is my favourits, although my personal applications incorporate some of all of the above.
Quote:I have it, and the re-structured versions published later. Great stuff. Sorry for your loss.
I used to own a book called "Tao of Jeet Kune Do", pretty sure was written by Bruce himself.
Worth buying again, IMO.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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I really enjoyed this book
http://www.amazon.ca/Search-Warrior-Spirit-Awareness-Disciplines/dp/15
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In Search of the Warrior Spirit: Teaching Awareness Disciplines to the Green Berets
It is about training in meditation, aikido, and biofeedback...
The results of the six month course were quite interesting...
the expected improvements in endurance, marksmanship, etc were there
but the thing I found interesting was most of the guys on the course commented that the end result helped in their marriages, and dealing with their kids because it make them calmed, and better able to deal with conflict resolution.. One guy said he never really knew how to relax, and destress himself until he learned meditation techniques.
The positive mental aspects I find very intersting
and while I do not have time for a course myself, I try to walk myself thru some of it from books...
Not sure if I am doing it right... but I think I am seeing balance and agility improvement and I seem to have more focus.
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When I first heard about UFC from a friend years ago, it sounded amazing. All styles of fighting mixed, and dedicated martial arts. Then I saw a couple matches. Yikes, if anyone remembers the early days of UFC it was horribly brutal. Many broken bones and worse(I watched a guy get pummeled until his cheekbone exploded). And while it was fun to see Judo performed in a real fighting arena, I was kind of turned off by it, and decided not to get lessons.
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70's TV FOREVER
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I'll stick to my sidearm I think. Good ol' Equalizer. Thank you Mr. Colt.
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Quote:That's the severe end of the martial spectrum- professional full-contact bout fighting.
Originally posted by OPPYH:
Yikes, if anyone remembers the early days of UFC it was horribly brutal. Many broken bones and worse(I watched a guy get pummeled until his cheekbone exploded). And while it was fun to see Judo performed in a real fighting arena, I was kind of turned off by it, and decided not to get lessons.
Pretty much overshadows the grace, exercise & spiritual content of the arts in that context.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Quote:BUT, like when a Samurai loses his sword, you must have a fall-back art.
Originally posted by reenact12321:
I'll stick to my sidearm I think. Good ol' Equalizer. Thank you Mr. Colt.
Just sayin'.
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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My Buddha, I'm STILL waiting for Ip Man!!!
Backorder SUCKS!!!!
The laughing Chrisisall
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