"Idiots think spouting banalities is deep."
Yup. Look at what you just did.
Type: Posts; User: Kevin Huang
"Idiots think spouting banalities is deep."
Yup. Look at what you just did.
Nope.
I make my share of noise - just as you do.
For me, I've experienced both upswing and downturn.
Some students indeed have not been coming due to economic uncertainty, but others take their place. Recently I closed one panel and opened up...
One major misconception that I used to have was that martial artists who talked smack at others were the same ones with great ability and who could kick butt.
Now I realize that the really...
I live on a ranch.
Hoisting those big hay bales is great exercise. The ones I'm moving around weigh around 100 lbs.
Lately, I've been helping a lot of people move furniture around. That's...
students have to be worthy of teachers, and teachers have to be worthy of students.
"twisted social reject and childish egomaniac"
Heh.
I don't think any of us kung fu guys are NOT that way, to some extent.
People can spend a LIFETIME mastering that particular form, so it is not a shame to not have mastered that form after only 3 classes.
What works great for one person may not work for another.
My own art is not suitable for a lot of people to do. Many a martial arts enthusiast has tried my class, only to walk away unsatisfied. ...
No stories from me.
Killing people doesn't make a martial artist legitimate.
What YOU don't think is "good" can still hurt you badly in a real fight, as so many martial artists who've considered themselves "objective" have painfully discovered over the centuries.
Thighs parallel to the floor is too low, at least in the style I do.
With any martial arts style, one has to constantly ask himself "What value am I deriving from doing this exercise?"
When one is being assaulted by a much larger and stronger opponent(s), Drunken Style has certain twisting applications that are useful.
I have always felt that it's more about matching up the...
Many of the skills of kung fu are easily transferable to other disciplines.
Bosses can screw up too - repeatedly.
"Good" is subjective.
Coworkers are human, with human foibles and inconsistencies.
And then once it happen, the defender can't just carve his opponent into little bloody bits.
In today's era of cell phone cameras, hidden video recording, forensic evidence, and hospital reports,...
Point sparring - or all tournament sparring including MMA - is a good drill for teaching various physical aspects of combat.
However, there are many additional factors that go into surviving...
I don't have stats or any "official" reports, unfortunately.
However, I do know people who are involved in both fulltime professional and part time professional (i.e. rec center) martial arts....
In that article, Jonathan Poston wrote "It was the traditional training like in the Matrix or Karate Kid that intrigued me".
With that kind of preconceived notion, it would be very hard to find a...
Karate's original meaning: "China martial art method"
Kempo = "chuanfa" in Chinese = fist way
Shorinji = Shaolin Ssi = Shaolin Temple
Some people (i.e. myself) just HAVE to train.
We can't necessarily explain why.
The traditional kung fu arts are very much out there.
However, one's perception of what a traditional kung fu art is will influence the direction in which one travels in order to find it.
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When assigning trust, one should not abrogate self responsibility and self judgment.