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Amazing how no one cares about what they are wearing when the Chinese Shaolin Martial Artists are wearing GI'S Hurts dont it. Denial I mean Mawahahahahahahah KC :)
Do they have kersnappy patches too?
Patches are optional so you dont have a patch? Even BJJ has a patch. KC
Nope. Never got into all those funky things. Hard to put them on sweats anyhow...
But if you have a duck billed platypus one, I'd go for that...
What are we talking about again? I swear this happens every time a troll starts another d@mn flamewar. Okay, I'm going to start a new topic: SD peeps, have you ever traded hands with another martial artist outside of SD? It's a lot of fun and a wonderful learning experience. Also, after we spar/demonstrations and whatnot, we tend to have a mutual respect for each others martial art style and become friends.
You know what I think? I think any troll who starts talking crap about the effectiveness of our material has never crossed hands with us and is talking out of his @$$. As for the whole lineage thing of Shaolin Do: I don't really give a flying fuk either way. Yeah, yeah I know, controversy. I for one don't have any stakes or claims to the Shaolin Temples, so getting into a flaming contest with our local trolls about the lineage is pointless in my opinion. We all have our reasons for practicing martial arts and mine are focused on effectiveness of the material, practical applications and self defense. You know, I hung out with Oasis and Wutangforever here in Chicago yesterday, and though each of our respective arts are distinct, I couldn't help but notice certain similiarities between Choy Lay Fut, Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Do. For example, the j-ring stance that is common in most Choy Lay Fut forms reminds me of our own incorporation of the j-ring stance in forms like He Hu Huan Sen. It was a fun and enlightening experience and I look forward to the next time we get together and practice some more kung fu.
As martial artists we must remember the most important element of any and every particular style is the material taught. Is it effective or not, is it your cup of tea or not? While it's important to know your history and where your style came from, you shouldn't lose sight of why you're there in the first place: to practice kung fu.
All very true. It seems that the only problems are the Japanese terminology , Japanese GI, questionable lineage, and the body of material.
All of this is questionable in all the CMAs that I have seen. Fukien five animals / Families?? I mean really most of the lineages from others styles now are suspect. As for the uniforms, as anyone can see from the old paintings inside the temple the uniforms are far closer to what we wear than the supposed "traditional " style uniforms that are worn by other schools. Speaking of which ,have you seen some of these so called uniforms? Fruity if you ask me. Actually we use both Chinese and Japanese terminology .Basically it is just another dialect of the same language. The characters are the same anyway.
I think most people are just jealous.:D
I've never commented about the j-ring stance before my last post. I could be mistaken in the terminology, but it's where both legs are bent at approximately 90* angles, one in front of the other. here's an example:
http://www.kungfu-taichicenter.com/images/twist2.jpg
when Oasis was demonstrating the 10 elements or 10 lines (I'm not sure which set), in accordance to Ng Family Chinese Martial Arts Association, I noticed that his legs would assume the posture as demonstrated in the photo I included, and I noticed we SDer's assume a similar stance in Hei Hu Huan Sen. Anyway, just an observation.
we assume that stance in a ton of different forms.
drunken
5 animal
tiger
crane
lots!
yeah jade ring is ....how would you describe it...a really high monkey leg stance?
Very funny. Go back through the history of any gong sau between Sd and decent CMA. It doesn't look good.Quote:
You know what I think? I think any troll who starts talking crap about the effectiveness of our material has never crossed hands with us and is talking out of his @$$.
No one cares about the gi's. What people care about are the claims of teaching things - that SD is not suited to teach. Example: Sin The's Preying Mantis demo. - Demonstrated that he does not know Northern Mantis.