"I've been frequenting these forums for years and understand all the criticisms (and agree with many of them)"
and you STILL study Shaolin-Do?
Type: Posts; User: LaterthanNever
"I've been frequenting these forums for years and understand all the criticisms (and agree with many of them)"
and you STILL study Shaolin-Do?
Talk about ironic here!!
" And hell, I'm a college english teacher."
If there was ANYONE who would be more of a stickler for proper terminology it would be you !
And being a man of higher...
"LOL...are you saying that wrestling is not a style of fighting?"
No..again..you have selective hearing and retrofit my answer to conform to your own ignorance of terms and established traditions....
"I dont get your gripe though , your post just reinforced SD philosophy not yours. KC"
??? I did?
I reinforced SKT/SD inability to understand the difference between a style and a form.
...
Direct quote vis a vis the website:
"Some of the forms and styles we teach are:"
And for a further breakdown
Animal Forms
•Black Tiger (Hei Hu)- this is a style(Black Tiger style). There...
"BTW GM Sin The has never said we know Hung Gar or Tang Lang as a whole and we are not masters of all styles included in our SD style I dont know where you heard that ????? "
I'm going to go with...
"Do you get it's essence by devouring the chicken to it's bones?"
Do you call yourself a garage car mechanic by learning just how to check your oil and antifreeze levels? How about..do you call...
"How about 7 hands, 8 hands, body leaning, elbow leaning, and the hand, foot, and leg linkages? "
So you can hold your hands in 7 or 8 different ways, lean on someone,etc. I guess that's ok..but...
"Without the Chinese lingo, this is absolutely.......banal! Even a tard knows those. LOL.".
Well YOU didn't..but I guess all of the sum total of what you learn is: " hit/ trap/block and redirect" ...
"A mantis is a mantis.
QED.
What is mantis kung fu? It is, well, kung fu that looks "mantiddy.""
Why do I get the feeling like I am reading a post that reminds me of stuff L. Ron Hubbard...
"the mantis itself has much to offer in that aspect You ever train or see SD at all?"
Don't need to train in SD my friend..I study mantis!!(8step mantis). I've seen some SD and admit to not being...
"LTN - Gotta know that I am with you on this, but also with the SD folks (bet you thought you'd never hear that from me, Sean, eh? :P)"
Hey..it's no skin off my nose who or what you want to...
"The Tang Lang we do in SD has Cond ex "
cond ex= conditionin exercises?
Does SD teach sets like "Fan Che"(rolling wheel), Lian Jie(intercept fist), Bung Bu(crushing step/collapsing leg), and...
"Having been a former SD student myself, I can attest to the atmosphere and dedication of many of the instructors there."
For the record, I don't have any doubt that those who study there are...
Onestudent,
"For JP and LTN: Maybe "Later" is not better than "Never""
Wow..you really zinged me there!! I may never recover!!! Oh this is just awful....
"Su Kong could come back and...
"For the love of all that is good and holy" that was the demanding part in my eyes."
Well w/out intentionlly bringing theology into this..I suppose that we look at "good and holy" in a different...
Judge Pen,
"" What I don't get is your immediate demand to "LOCK THE THREAD." "
I don't believe I used the word "demand" anywhere.
"Why do you have a problem with people discussing the...
Addendum..
"I'm not by any means a scholar on mantis,"
Forget about achieving "scholar" status...you are not even MINIMALLY knowledgeable!
" but to make blanket statements about the...
"The current Shao-lin temples were set up by the Communist government and teach wu shu. They've got as much a claim to the Shaolin lineage as a kid who got an official Shaolin Master Ring out of a...
SithLegal..er..um, I mean DarthLawyer,
"I wonder if this guy can tell the difference between traditional Shaolin and the Wu-Shu they teach at the current "Shaolin" (c)(tm) school..."
Well...
"Grandmaster" The does some "mantis" kung fu at the .40 second mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9xcly0coJw
It's the "new" mantis form..let me guesss: "Newborn mantis nibbles on the stack...
Silly me,
Need to update my profile. Grad school GRADUATE. 4 years of Hung Ga training. 1 year of Wing Chun, 1 year of Northern Eagle Claw kung fu, 3 years of Preying mantis kung fu training..AND...
"Just for the fun of it, try, really try, to imagine that somewhere there is someone that disagrees with you. Yes, I know, hard to do, but try"
You are free to believe what you wish. You are also...
For the love of all that is good and holy!!
Gene(or any moderator for that matter). PLEASE lock this thread!
Shao-lin Do may exist in terms of..yeah..there are schools you can visit that claim...
I just noticed: 13,048 replies to this? Time to lock this thread. Even better would be to abolish it and make a new rule of no mentioning Shaolin-Doo-Doo..er..I mean Shaolin-Do (cough) again.