The Iron Crotch of GM Tu Jin-Sheng
A BBC crew was here today to film a documentary on GM Tu Jin-Sheng and his iron crotch. It's part of a 3 episode series called ***** Envy; this episode is called Building the Perfect *****. So anyway, they filmed him pulling a 17ft U-Haul truck in our parking lot and both Design Sifu and I got to brace him for the tow. He did a similar tow at our 10 year anniversary
GM Tu had me kick him a few times in the crotch to warm up. I didn't go full power - I have these slip on shoes from Caterpiller (even has a a tractor on the side) and it has the retaining bead which I was afriad might hurt him if I unloaded a full snap kick (it's one of my few decent kicks actually). But I did kick him about eight times, half of them were solid, all of them were enough to put a normal man down, given the target.
He did two pulls. For the first, he tied off using his shaft and balls. The second, he just used his balls, which he claims is much harder. He said he can do just the shaft too, but he has to be very erect and he said he didn't want to scare anyone. I had a close up view of all the tying in - it was as real as it gets. It took about half a dozen of us to push the truck back into position for the second pull.
For anyone behind the times on our Iron crotch research, here's my cover story. And my first piece that broke GM Tu's story. There was also a Weekly World News article that plaguerized my first piece without crediting me back in in Nov 2003, and a Penthouse article earlier this year that completely misqouted me (but made me sound wittier, so I didn't complain). We also did an article on his son Jack, a national champ, in our last issue, Nov Dec 2005. Sandy Tu (aka Mrs. Tu) pulled me aside and said that I could have those skills for just 10-15 minutes a day. I don't know, man, I don't know...
A disciple of Buddha does not lie
It's been one of my more challenging vows, but not nearly as hard as 'A disciple of Buddha doesn not intoxicate self or others' :o Besides, what if someone beleived me and kicked me in the junk? That would suck. Or maybe the converse. Whatever. It certainly would NOT be good for me.
Howard will have to wait. The next stop is Kevin and the Bean show, a southern CA morning show. I have an appointment next Monday. Tune in, turn on, drop kick. ;)
I couldn't leave the SF massive out
I'm also scheduled to be interviewed on the John London show at 4PM next Monday. There's live streaming on their site, so you can all hear me get flustered by another DJ. :cool:
Just another manic Monday
Well, the Kevin and the Bean interview went well for me. They were really funny and seemed to be on point with their questions. Plus a So. Cal listener coached me a bit on their routines. Double December indeed. It was also noted that I tend to start answers with the word 'well'
Well, what can I say? I'm a writer, not a talker.
The John London interview went into this weird tangent that I didn't get at all. They started asking me if I thought Bruce Lee was really killed by Chinese mafia, then that classic newbie question "what is the best martial arts for the street?" then what my height and weight was and if I'd be open to accompanying one of them on a night out drinking some he could turn into drunk ******* and have me save him by kicking everyone's ass. wtf? I thought we were talking about Tu's testicles.
For the rest of the day, Gigi did a search on our novel incoming traffic, finding these sites, mostly porn sites, which she would IM me and ask about. That's right, my boss was IMing me porn. Can I claim sexual harassment for that? If only. Meanwhile, a mischevious Design Sifu was also IMing me sites that mentioned our recent Iron Crotch publicity, only a few porn ones, but one really nasty one that had nothing to do with it with these horrid overweight dominitrixes and, and, oh lord, let's just not go there. DS and I discussed posting the odd links here, at least the ones that a SFW, since most of them, especially Gigi's, were NSFW.
blisters and dominitrixes
woliveri: There are a lot of heat issues apparently, but blisters sounds rather extreme. If you really want to know, you should get Tu's Iron Crotch video; he explains it all there. I'm just the translator and occasional nutcracker.
DS: Overweight doms are just nasty. You just wanted to 'one-up' what Gigi was sending me. You could make yourself useful and post the SFW links you sent here, if you still have them.
smothered in nacho cheese and pudding...
...I soooooooooooooo serious about this - you don't even want to know...:eek:
Iron Crotch makes Dave Barry
I hope that's not a pun, zuiquan1
I tell ya, after being pummelled by shock jocks after Tu's last stunt, I don't even bother trying to be excessively mature about it. That would be like overcompensating. Iron crotch is what it is. At the same time, I don't ridicule it. It's a formidable discipline and I have a lot of respect for GM Tu, not just for his IC, but for so many other talents he exhibits. He's a fascinating one, that's for sure...
Mind Body & Kickass Moves
Grandmaster Tu gets labled "******* of the week"
I stumbled across this
http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution...bage_*****.htm
Edit: language filter interferes with the link. So if you want to see it go here. http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution.com/Features/
Then go to "*******".
And lastly, go to week 47.
Jack is still in the game!
We had heard that Jack was eliminated earlier but we just got a call from Mrs. Tu. K-STAR has left Shaolin and is travelling about the country. Out of Shaolin, 4 Mainland Chinese and 5 foreigners qualified for the final 9 (including our own D. Y. Sao and Philip Sahugin). Jack didn't make that cut.
But Jack was re-qualified in a xiu chou contest. Ok this is going to take some explaining. Xiu chou literally means 'embroidered ball.' It's the name of that big red ribbon used in weddings (it's also the name of the ball that is used to tease lions in lion dance). There a ritual that's very parallel to the bride tossing the bouquet (or the garter), but in Chinese marriages, it's this xiu chou. For the show, they gathered up a bevy of miao girls to toss xiu chou to the competitors (this was after Shaolin) and Jack received the most, so he's back in.
fair question, golden arhat
The simple answer is that iron crotch works for us. The bottom line is that we have to sell issues to keep the magazine going and iron crotch sells. I get more publicity out of my iron crotch research than any other of my pursuits. Just take a look at this thread. No morning DJs have ever asked me to talk about Shaolin, or Kung Fu, or Tai Chi, or anything, except for iron crotch. Additionally, MartialArtsMart.com is the primary distributor for Gm Tu's Iron Crotch gear, and while it's not as profitable as TKD, nunchuks and ninjas, it does generate more substantial income, and ever little bit counts. So, just like if you're front kick is solid, for us, iron crotch is solid. We always hit with it.
The more complex answer is that GM Tu is extraordinary. Like I've said a thousand times, every fixates on the crotch, but once you get past that, there's so much more. Pretty much every master that reads and speaks Chinese and have interacted with GM Tu here respect him. They respect his skills, his research, and especially his painting and calligraphy. More than a few have asked for private lessons - and mind you, I'm not talking our customers that just walk off the street looking to buy a staff. I'm talking some high level masters. Bottom line - GM Tu has it going on.
You'll have to check out our upcoming NOV DEC 2006 because I have an article featuring GM Tu that has nothing to do with iron crotch. It's all about how to make and use stone locks.