Is Shaolin-Do for real?

[bawang]

oh! so far i'm only 7 in around. working for the ten.

have you tried harnessing dragon spirit

[hskwarrior]

have you tried harnessing dragon spirit

nah can't get passed Tiger. one day.....one day.

[bawang]

nah can't get passed Tiger. one day.....one day.

practice and mantis beaks until your ki becomes filled.

[hskwarrior]

practice and mantis beaks until your ki becomes filled.

will keep you updated

[Judge Pen]

oh look, here is some bandung martial arts and they're NOT wearing karate gi's or wearing karate belts. how interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_xAbBrCas

In the videos that were from the vesitages of Sin's old school, most of the students were barefoot and wore karate belts, but Sam style tops.

[Judge Pen]

For those who say they are looking for the truth, I get that. I do. But haven't you wasted enough time with Sin The? I mean, come on. How much energy are you willing to put in to sort that mess out? Cut your losses and keep what feels right, but don't waste any more time trying to validate your decisions. Just move on man. You have a base that may be flawed, may not be. It will get sorted out by a real teacher. Just tell your new sifu what your experience is and what your needs are and go from there. If you find a good Sifu, they will take it from there and hook you up accordingly.

Most of the time this is just a distraction from work and I hold no real hope of getting any truth. But sometimes there's a nugget of information here and there that piques my interest.

[Judge Pen]

If I end up in Asheville, NC or thereabouts, I'll give you a ring. That's not too far from TN.

Yeah, that's about an hour and a half from Knoxville.

[Shaolin Wookie]

I like how Wookie tries to posit himself as some sort of quasi-intellectual academeic, then results to arguments like "Eveyone else calls theirs Shaolin, so why can't I?"

Lol. It was a joke, but I do wonder... If shaolin temple teaches everything nowadays and erects stones even to SD, then where's the line? What is shaolin?

[Shaolin Wookie]

He also forgets to tell people, when referencing his video performances of SD forms, that he attended a Wushu school for a year or so to have his techniques cleaned up.

No techniques. Just 3 roads of long fist. And I tell everyone that, just not in every post. Also add capoeira, Silat, kuntao, bjj, mma...long fist did **** for mantis. My instructor specialized in mantis.

[sanjuro_ronin]

I love this thread !!

[sanjuro_ronin]

[sanjuro_ronin]

This thread is fascinating...

[kwaichang]

wow 1009 cool SD is the Best Wenshu u s#@k. You have no idea if all SD pract look bad. Lets see ur form. and what u do. KC

[goju]

i post to collect tears of shaolin do inside bottle, then wear on neck for magical protection.

do this protect against the dreaded hopping vampire?

[MasterKiller]

Lol. It was a joke, but I do wonder... If shaolin temple teaches everything nowadays and erects stones even to SD, then where's the line? What is shaolin?

Steeles that essentially say "Thanks for your cash donation" are hardly evidence of Shaolin co-opting anything from anyone who buys one.

And USSD and Shaolin Do seem confused by the notion that buying a Steele is not the equivalent of having a monument erected in their honor. Well, not really. They just know stretching the importance brings them more $$ from white people with a cultural identity crisis.

I mean, it wasn't so long ago that SD and CSC school owners were telling people Sin The' had a statue of himself erected at Shaolin....