Is Shaolin-Do for real?

[Old Noob]

i think, from what I'm seeing out there IRL, in a few years there will be very few schools that call themselves "SD" or openly affiliate with the remaining SD crowd and instead they'll adopt some Chinese style uniforms and flower up their system in an attempt to seem more Chinese based. I think this latest controversy is having a slow burn effect but **** is burning none the less.

I'd bet against this. Not because I think Sin The is not a liar. He is. I just don't think that the system will bog down because of it. Most of the schools that are splitting were already calling themselves Chinese Shaolin Centers or Shaolin Tao schools any way; the Georgia and Tennessee contingents were already wearing Sams instead of gis. The SD core is Kentucky/Ohio/Texas and that core has already bought Bill Leonard's BS explanation for the lawsuit and moved on.

Frankly, I'd hate it if SD guys changed the schools' names, started wearing SAMs and started flowering up the moves (the Colorado contingent already tried flowering the moves and they've got Jake Mace to show for it). I just wish they'd come clean about the origins and call the style what it actually is. I don't have any qualms with the non-stolen material.

But such is life. SD will still be around in its current form years in the future. After all, pro football players are willing to spend money on holographic stickers that divert cell phone waves and negatively charged water. That's way kookier than the SD origin story. America is a country full of undereducated consumers. That's why we love zombie movies.

[kwaichang]

I'm curious about this too man? whats the hold up? either you're not happy with your performance or were you just bullsh1tting us?

I am never "Happy" with my performance, but at times Im OK with it. KC

[MasterKiller]

3, 4, 2, 5, 1

[hskwarrior]

3, 4, 2, 5, 1

in that order

[MasterKiller]

in that order

*fist bump*

[MasterKiller]

Shaolin-Do porn:

[bodhi warrior]

I just watched "the black kung fu experience" on PBS. It offered some good insight. But there was one part that caught my attention. One of the guys was looking for a martial arts school when he was younger. He found a school named Lin's karate. He said back in the '60's no one knew what kung fu was. Same thing Sin The' did. Lol

[hskwarrior]

I just watched "the black kung fu experience" on PBS. It offered some good insight. But there was one part that caught my attention. One of the guys was looking for a martial arts school when he was younger. He found a school named Lin's karate. He said back in the '60's no one knew what kung fu was. Same thing Sin The' did. Lol

what sin the didn't realize was kung fu was already in america decades before he or even bruce lee showed up on the scene.

[Empty_Cup]

I just watched "the black kung fu experience" on PBS. It offered some good insight. But there was one part that caught my attention. One of the guys was looking for a martial arts school when he was younger. He found a school named Lin's karate. He said back in the '60's no one knew what kung fu was. Same thing Sin The' did. Lol

I'm sure like most things it's regional. The point is, if you're trying to explain something you use whatever language conveys the idea easiest.

[Kellen Bassette]

Shaolin-Do porn:

It's been a while, but MK is back in the win category!

[hskwarrior]

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[Laoshi]

/\ u guys are crazy LoL!

[One student]

I just watched "the black kung fu experience" on PBS. It offered some good insight. But there was one part that caught my attention. One of the guys was looking for a martial arts school when he was younger. He found a school named Lin's karate. He said back in the '60's no one knew what kung fu was. Same thing Sin The' did. Lol

The point being, it turned out to be a traditional kung fu style (Tiger Crane?) plus Tai Chi. The speaker, now a renowned teacher in Washington DC, specifically made the comment that in those days no one ever heard of kung fu so everyone called all martial arts "karate."

And later, the same guy renamed his school, "Shaolin Wu Shu."