ANY BROWNCOATS KNOW KUNG FU?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, July 10, 2005 17:15
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Whisper, I went to a tournament when I was 15 (and met Chuck Norris, I might add) and I didn't like it too much, because while I scored the first point in the match, I felt in reality it wouldn't have hurt him. The next contact I made didn't 'score' even though I felt that would've
finished a real fight! (I had a hard time remembering that it was play, a game, not fighting)
Bravo for the revenge story, musta felt sweet:)
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If I think the situation warrants it, and I could get away with it, someones catchin a trio of .380ACP in short order...
There's a lot of reliable .380s out there but I think it's a little anemic. .22s are always underestimated but they can be fast movers and more people are killed every year by .22s than by all other calibers combined. My personal fave is the .45acp. The only caliber designed using cadavers. Even if it doesn't kill 'em, it'll put 'em on the ground. Doesn't hurt that I'm big enough to completely conceal a large frame auto though.
It really doesn't matter what the caliber is though. The weapon is the shooter, not the gun.
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- 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).
Nice, I like the Gerber Applegate-Fairbairn Covert. I used to carry mine everywhere but since my life got a lot less interesting I carry a SOG powerlock multi-tool.
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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 like those spring batons like the Asp. Good compromise weapons for carrying around. Don't forget the mag light. I carry a 4 D cell model in my car. Held with the shaft resting on your shoulder, light foward and light on your target you can snap it overhand and forward. Your target goes from blinded to watching the little birdies orbit their head. The C cell models are good too. The D cell models are clubs but the C cell models make good batons.
The one caveat to all of these is availability. You have to have them with you to use them. Preparing yourself with training and practice in a martial form gives you an option that can't easily be taken away.
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I agree with your statement, chrisisall, about sparring not being true to a real fight. It's more about learning to think in a "fight" situation and bettering your reaction time if someone was to attack you. If i was ever to get into a real situation where i did have to use any of my training, it wouldn't be my sparring techniques. It would be the nastier, grittier moves i learned from the ninjitsu side of my training.
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I agree.
Wisper, I think we played out this thread.
Thanks all, it was fun.
The Kung Fu Fightin' Chrisisall
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Kung Fu? Hey, I went to high school with that guy!
...hey, where'd everyone go?
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Don't seem to remember goin' to school with "Blinker". You from Long Island?
The 'got that face' Chrisisall
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We've gotten a lot of new people 'round here in the last 3 months, and a couple were on another thread askin' about fighting, so I thought it might be time to re-activate one of my favourite threads, the stories y'all told on here were facinating.
Any new martial artists here?
She can kill me with her pinky Chrisisall
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Hasn't anyone lost a fight? 
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Browncoats don't lose fights. They strategically withdraw when loss is eminent.
That's how I see it anyway Chrisisall
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Originally posted by Ghriska:
Hasn't anyone lost a fight?
Sure. Lost a couple in grade school before I began any martial arts training. Haven't lost any since.
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