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This. I found the flexibility, balance and strength I gained from doing gymnastics when I was younger were directly applicable when I started my martial training and gave me a headstart over others...

Edit: Sorry; you can ignore this post - just read some more of the posts in this topic and saw that a few people actually apologised for wrongly linking me to Warrior_Man (I think it was only one guy...

Weirdly specific. Not to mention extremely disturbing...

+1. All about the English-Chinese girls.

LOL... Love that people keep linking me to that guy when I have nothing to do with him. I would have thought that was pretty obvious. This is a prime example of people trolling themselves I guess...?

Came back on the forum today and saw my thread had been moved to Off-Topic... May as well post a bunch of pathetic comments about the Ancient One now:

My Sifu, The Ancient One taught us, "Trust...

Putting the obvious question of legitimacy aside, this is actually fairly interesting.

Yes, so true. Systems of respect are actually there to prevent dangerous situations. That's what a lot of people don't really get.

I'm actually genuinely glad to hear this - I wish this sort of common respect was more prevalent around where I live!

I'm going to try my best to ignore Dale's posts from now on, as they are clearly just designed to be inflammatory. I don't understand what his agenda is - but it's poisonous to the discussion at...

Once again a serious discussion goes to the dogs because of internet trolls. I know you're trying to goad a reaction from me by making these baseless statements, but I'm not interested. If you kept...

Haha - I hope this is true. So much.

Authentic means "of undisputed origin; genuine", or "made or done in the traditional or original way".

Hope that clears that one up.

Whilst I appreciate you replying to my thread, I don't really appreciate the digression. Could you keep this in private messages or something instead please? It just ruins the discussion. Somewhat...

One thing I've noticed in the last few years or so is a gradual, but noticeable, decline in respect and politeness. This comes from both masters and students of the dojos in my local area.
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I'm pretty sure this is the same guy who I saw posting "mouthboxer" before. Astonishing.

^ This. Not sure why people are so afraid of this - it's a forum after all!

Noted.

Though I do still stand by my original point. I don't believe there's ever any reason to be impolite or disparaging to anyone, in any situation. This is something I feel is also...

Wow. I've seen your posts and you're really quick to jump on the bandwagon to disparage others and try and belittle people's viewpoints. Just because you've accumulated a massive number of posts on...

Had never heard of either of these styles but just looked them up and they seem to exist at least...

...would you mind elaborating on your style's origins? Was it really that effective in street fighting? Or was this the only time you've run into trouble?

I've recently moved to Paris and am looking for a Tai Chi teacher. I've heard a lot of talk about Stanislas Kemper Sensei - apparently he teaches at Luxembourg Gardens. Supposedly he has a "black...

Personally I only train with Pudaos with live blades. I see no point in practicing without a semblance of real application, in fact I find it pathetic.

An article springs to mind from the "Mantis Quarterly" journal, in which Sifu Robert Hui talks about training with with the Taiji Mantis wooden dummy. Perhaps this might be of interest?