Is Shaolin-Do for real?

[Lucas]

arent you chinese wenshu?

[wenshu]

Nice! You know how to use Google!

Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm out until tomorrow.

I've been studying Chinese for over three years, my spoken Chinese is horrible but I know close to 4000 characters (I study both traditional and simplified so a good portion are actually duplicates).

So while I did get that insult from the web, I actually can read and write Chinese pretty well.

I understand why you're angry, I would be too if I had wasted decades of my life being swindled by a loser like Sin The.

[wenshu]

arent you chinese wenshu?

I'm one of the rarely seen blonde chinese.

[kwaichang]

I am not angry , I am happy. I enjoyed SD while I did it and still enjoy the forms I practice. I love Kung Fu . and if what I learned from SD alows my already awesome skills to improve then that is fine. What ever i use to kick ur butt is good right. KC

[bawang]

I love Kung Fu .

u should learn it sometime

[Lucas]

I'm one of the rarely seen blonde chinese.

thats what i was thinking!!!

[kwaichang]

I did man look at my post about 5 back sissy. KC

[pazman]

Actually, there are plenty of people that post in the Shaolin Forum that have spent significant time in China and can speak the language. Their posts are a treasure trove of authentic information on real, traditional gongfu. Bawang's posts, even when he is trolling, are incredibly insightful. "Shaolin Do" rolls up and wants a piece of the action, calling themselves authentic when they are not, appropriating other's traditions...well, it's really ****ing disrespectful. Long gone are the days when people thought that this stuff was hidden and inaccessible.

There is no doubt that The learned "something in Indonesia," but to call himself grandmaster, call his art Shaolin, and put himself out as some authority on martial arts is bull****.

[kwaichang]

What do any of you know of respect u dont exhibit any you are mostly dis respectful. What ever he calls his M/A lets say this he has been teaching and training since before 1964 and does teach alot of varied forms whether he is a Grand master aside he has put more time and effort or Kung Fu into SD than most of you if not all. So i think after 50 years he may know a little about M/A whether you want to admit it or not. Just Sayin. KC

[tattooedmonk]

we understand enough not to wear a fukin karate gi.

And because the cloths matter, right?!

[hskwarrior]

Long gone are the days when people thought that this stuff was hidden and inaccessible.

What sin the did was one of the primary reasons gung fu was considered to be secret. they're going to be the reason why tcma goes back to being secretive. they didn't want the gwai lo's stealing their stuff then run off on their own and cut their ties while trying to be the king of the martial world. which is the very same reason why i limit my video's now to just very basic stuff in addition to chopping up our forms and rearranging them in an unfamiliar order.

we hate thieves.

[Kellen Bassette]

I wonder why no one ever mentions Japanese palace etiquette as an impetus for the development of ground fighting techniques.

Good point.

Aside from its theories being pulled out of thin air and not based on any data or scientific rigour of any kind, nothing.

And what would you consider a proven and worthwhile school of thought?

[bawang]

And because the cloths matter, right?!

clothes obviously matter to you shaolin doers or you would not insist on wear the karate gi.

but you do it for evil twisted reason.

[Lucas]

so does the name shaolin-do mean 'the way of the forest of mount shaoshi? or is the word shaolin not supposed to be a direct translation for the style? i'm kind of curious now, if its supposed to be meaning like the way of the shaolin in terms of shaolin martial arts, how much beyond forms are you following in the way of shaolin traditions? and how many of the forms are just like the shaolin material?

I'm still curious about this because no one ever responded.

[bawang]

I'm still curious about this because no one ever responded.

shaolin do doesnt follow shaolin. they follow sin the.