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  1. Thread: No Style

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    I've never studied Taiji but we were surrounded...

    I've never studied Taiji but we were surrounded by Taiji players in the park where I was taught. There were basically 2 types of Taiji instructors that I saw.

    There were those who taught the...
  2. Thread: No Style

    by daiyoshida
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    Say, what? I don't know, maybe I'm getting too...

    Say, what?

    I don't know, maybe I'm getting too old for this. You kids speak a different language.
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    The elusive mystical art

    Well, let's see. I was 13 when I studied Shorinji Kempo. That was a lot of throwing, chokes and holds as well as strikes and kicks. For the last 40 years, Chaquan, Chuojiao, Bagua, I can't think of...
  4. Thread: No Style

    by daiyoshida
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    Maybe I'm dense

    I don't quite get this conversation.

    I've never been taught a form without being taught the function. (often in an extremely painful demonstration) It was followed by a half hour humorous...
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    Big change from when I was growing up in LA. I...

    Big change from when I was growing up in LA. I used to walk around with nunchuku sticking out of the back of my pants and nobody stopped me. (The best place to buy
    them was the Okinawan place on...
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    Things have changed

    I think Gene had been around long enough to know this but the way they teach even to the locals have changed over the years. There are enough wealthy Chinese in China today to justify "Western style"...
  7. Thread: Rush Hour 4

    by daiyoshida
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    Any good films lately?

    I don't think I've seen a good "martial arts" film in years. I don't know which I loathe more the silly American films or the overly-politicized Chinese ones.

    How is it that Luc Besson knows how...
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    Striking art?

    I find your ending tag confusing. All art that teaches striking also teaches joint techniques and takedowns and visa versa. If anyone teaches you "striking art" or "Grappling art" he's teaching you...
  9. Thread: No Style

    by daiyoshida
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    Old, New, both bad

    I usually just browse and snicker but I'm getting tired of the same old argument based on misconceptions on both sides. There is nothing old about exacting forms just as there is nothing new about...
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