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Revisiting the thread after a long time...(see my post back on page 7-ish)...just to dispel some speculations.

Any supposed lawsuits, or cheesy videos distributed in the 80s in Seattle are not...

Well, with great dread and hesitation I'd like to post a comment...

As a former student of some years with the Shaolin group in discussion here (I think I recognize "just a guy"'s writing style...

Sheesh :rolleyes:

The original poster writes a well written honest question and it gets gobbled by the yabbering goofball hordes. KFO lives!

Thutn,

Are you experienced or proficient in another style, or are you new to martial arts and beginning from scratch?

I think videos can be extremely beneficial to learn from, assuming you...

Carradine has been a mixed bag over the years. I'd characterize him as getting bitten by his own ego/bravado at times, but overall I believe he has a serious love and knowledge of the martial arts,...

Extremely important!

Don't go in with the assumption that you will have control of how many students to teach or how many will be willing to join your class. I have seen a couple of schools go...

Honestly, aside from their goofy-smiley hug-a-care-bear presentation, I don't see anything objectively bad with their technique/stances etc.

Although I do recommend that they take the liberty of...

I'm also a member of the wise and exalted "pivot on the heel" crowd.

What was said earlier is true, you maintain your root thru the stance shift if you pivot from the heel. You lose root pivoting...

From the OP:"When you bring up your leg to kick, do you pass through this stance? "

All stances are transitional.

That being said, The traditional crane stance is used as a groin/leg block, a...

Let's see if this here old account still works....yep! Maybe I'll have to stop lurking and join back in the old fun...

18 posts? That's even more screwed up than before! Wish I could have my...

I bought a dao from kriscutlery a year ago. Like everything posted here, an excellent sword for its value. Nicely balanced and solid, a fine sharpened edge. The only drawback to the sword might be...

I just watched it, they've been running it on PBS the past few days...

Entertaining, and a fine performance, but still just a performance. This touring show is theater and drama and acrobatics,...

EF: "If that day comes and someone walks into my school for a challenge..."

Sadly, in today's world you are begging to get slapped with a lawsuit should the guy get hurt, or even "claim" he got...

Someone mentioned it, and I'll second it...

Read James Gleick's "Chaos". It is world-view changing, it's that good. It's the discovery that the world really does follow yin/yang principles...

Hee hee, apparantly c0ckpit is a dirty word? Whooda thunkit? ;)

Snipped from an article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 2/8/02.

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"Attendants left as last line of defense"
Author: Ken Kaye

"....Airlines are weighing options. American, for...

"...and boy were their arms tired!" (rimshot)

I was at a small exhibition once and saw this guy (can't remember from what school) doing a rope-dart form. The thing shot out precisely every which...

I agree with you both to a point, I'm not a believer in the "Invincible Kung Fu Touch o' Death" either.

My intent is to point out the hypocracy when someone claims to have set up the ultimate...

To the original topic...

Good kung fu should have:
Limb breaking, eye striking, throat striking, weapons weapons and more weapons, multiple opponent fighting, groin ripping, maiming strikes,...

Yeah, my sympathies :(

My girlfriend also got sucked into a Temple Kung Fu school here in Seattle. She was completely sold by the high-pressure marketing into believing that it was the ultimate...

I don't believe in posting "SPOILER", clicking on the thread is an act of free will, so don't flame me

That said...I LOVED IT. However...

There were a couple of things I didn't like...

The...

It is ALWAYS ethical to defend yourself against an attacker, and if removing someone's glasses will protect you then by all means do it. I would much rather break someone's glasses to end a fight...

Well said Kung Lek!

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Martial arts has fashion trends!
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I'm all of a sudden visualizing Victoria's Secret models in pastel silk gis throwing butterly kicks down a fashion show runway to thumping...

There is a very important reason why we in our art are taught to keep a firm and flat root while kicking and NOT to rise up...telegraphing.

You should be able to throw strong power kicks without...