KC Elbows
05-10-2002, 04:51 AM
In these dark days, when bjj practitioners covort openly with kung fu stylists, it can be difficult to know what is right. What does the great Gene Ching up in the sky want for us to do?
Ask yourself this question: What would Ryu do?
When the backsliders and fornicators openly post about triangle chokes, when the philistine krav magaist lays into the choy li futer for a dependence on forms; yay, when even the disciple of bjj videos appears to denounce all that is good and right and clean about kung fu, how can the innocent mantis stylist stand by, how can the sifu-to-be continue on and not stand up against these heretics?
Remember this: that Ryu, our kung fu brother who yet knew no kung fu, did practice the ways of rolling on the floor, and arm barred next to the unclean and sometimes unwashed wearers of spandex, and lifted weights next to the longfister, and yet he saw no difference between the two, but saw into their souls, and saw the light placed there by the Gene Ching who could not be named, the great moderator in the sky.
And when, on those occassions, when, in brotherhood, the Japanese Jiu Jitsuist and the Hung Garian took a breath from their discussions of theory, and spoke instead of wool and toothpaste and politics, did Ryu stand in judgement, and say "No! All of life must be clinches and ground and pound"?
I say to you, no, he did not.
Ryu is gone now, but his twelve hot asian disciples have spread to the four corners of the world to spread his word. They have told the word to me, and I listened, for they were hot, and though no chance did I have, I held out hope. And the word is this:
If the great moderator in the sky had wanted there to be an off topic forum, he would have made one. Had he really meant for us all to only discuss tiger claws and jings, he would not have provided so many attractive members of the opposite sex to try to entertain. No, Ryu gave to us the lesson that, to be a good martial artist, one must also be a good person, a person with a broad range of interests and knowledge, and one who is a good person and a mediocre fighter can still be seen to be a kung fu brother.
When we all can achieve this, then we too can have twelve hot asians and not be tired.
Those who accept Ryu into their hearts will have the forum they desire. And those who don't, to the Great Gene Ching in heaven, are punk a$$ B1tches, and for them will be unmoderated forums and Ashida Kim threads, and much gnashing of teeth.
Amen
Ask yourself this question: What would Ryu do?
When the backsliders and fornicators openly post about triangle chokes, when the philistine krav magaist lays into the choy li futer for a dependence on forms; yay, when even the disciple of bjj videos appears to denounce all that is good and right and clean about kung fu, how can the innocent mantis stylist stand by, how can the sifu-to-be continue on and not stand up against these heretics?
Remember this: that Ryu, our kung fu brother who yet knew no kung fu, did practice the ways of rolling on the floor, and arm barred next to the unclean and sometimes unwashed wearers of spandex, and lifted weights next to the longfister, and yet he saw no difference between the two, but saw into their souls, and saw the light placed there by the Gene Ching who could not be named, the great moderator in the sky.
And when, on those occassions, when, in brotherhood, the Japanese Jiu Jitsuist and the Hung Garian took a breath from their discussions of theory, and spoke instead of wool and toothpaste and politics, did Ryu stand in judgement, and say "No! All of life must be clinches and ground and pound"?
I say to you, no, he did not.
Ryu is gone now, but his twelve hot asian disciples have spread to the four corners of the world to spread his word. They have told the word to me, and I listened, for they were hot, and though no chance did I have, I held out hope. And the word is this:
If the great moderator in the sky had wanted there to be an off topic forum, he would have made one. Had he really meant for us all to only discuss tiger claws and jings, he would not have provided so many attractive members of the opposite sex to try to entertain. No, Ryu gave to us the lesson that, to be a good martial artist, one must also be a good person, a person with a broad range of interests and knowledge, and one who is a good person and a mediocre fighter can still be seen to be a kung fu brother.
When we all can achieve this, then we too can have twelve hot asians and not be tired.
Those who accept Ryu into their hearts will have the forum they desire. And those who don't, to the Great Gene Ching in heaven, are punk a$$ B1tches, and for them will be unmoderated forums and Ashida Kim threads, and much gnashing of teeth.
Amen