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    osu!
    that was so funny
    osu!

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    Originally posted by lxtruong
    You guys jump 40 ft. up in the air while doing Long Fist! Whoa!
    Um....most whoop-de-doos aren't that high. They are usually a long, continuous row of speed bumps that bounce you around.

    Anyway, the idea, right or wrong, is that the sash prevents possible damage to your internal organs from the high impact routines associated with normal kung fu practice.

    And for the record, I always wear mine when I practice and I've never ruptured a kidney or a spleen.
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    Ha. Forgive my smartassitude. I know nothing of Moto-X.

    Anyway, I think I'll stick with the belt/sash serving the purpose of keeping your shirt from flapping around and not from saving your innards from jumping out. I don't know of any spleen ruptures and I figure that those with 20+ years experience would have some horror stories to tell if there were. Maybe they do iron spleen training when I'm not looking though.

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    The way I see most sashes being used today, it's just cosmetic. I have a back brace velcro contraption that I wear if I strain my back that would work better. But, I have to agree with GT, you see lots of sports, like Basketball, cross country, football, gymnastics, etc. that don't wear any "internal organ" support and you don't generally hear of internal injury. Never did Moto-X though.
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    AND, yea, a good bit of it is about whether you can fight with what you know...kinda all of it is about that.

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    Maybe that's why the average career of a professional athlete is 3 years.
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    Originally posted by MasterKiller
    Maybe that's why the average career of a professional athlete is 3 years.
    I don't think their careers are cut short for kidney problems.
    Quote Originally Posted by Oso View Post
    AND, yea, a good bit of it is about whether you can fight with what you know...kinda all of it is about that.

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    Maybe internal injuries manifest in funny ways.

    For example, I have a tiny hole in my diagphragm, and sometimes a little section of my stomach pops through it. It's called a hietal (sp?) hernia.

    You know how it manifests? I can't move my right shoulder without extreme pain. That would surely inhibit a pro athelete. If it persists long enough, it might even end their career.
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    Originally posted by MasterKiller

    Anyway, I'm just pulling stuff outta my @ss...
    Quote Originally Posted by Oso View Post
    AND, yea, a good bit of it is about whether you can fight with what you know...kinda all of it is about that.

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    Zoiks! You're fast.
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    My forum fu is strong today.
    Quote Originally Posted by Oso View Post
    AND, yea, a good bit of it is about whether you can fight with what you know...kinda all of it is about that.

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    Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't there some rudimentary weight training in the old days? Stone locks and such?

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    Originally posted by MasterKiller
    Maybe that's why the average career of a professional athlete is 3 years.
    3.3.. but who is counting....

    Yeah, but look at their life spans...
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    ha been off a little while , master sins brother did come back for a little while maybe around 86-88 and then split again. hay to some of the older SDers on here my teacher also talks about the background training and the months before getting to the form and how it was used. He really misses those days he has been around from ?about 71? he tryies to teach it in a very similar manner ( you train you tell you cant breath or walk and then ok lets start ha ha )
    i was at the first mantis seminar that master sin did, it was crazy, so much stuff so little time
    JP i remember seeing your teacher, he was eating it all up and asking for more. On the on peace of background training he got had it down and was looking at his son (mike, is he the oldest?) "like don't you have it yet!!!!" it was great

    on ya belt/sash who cares it shouldn't be about what hold your guts in , your shirt closed, or your pants up just learn and enjoy
    ...or is there something i have missed a glimpse of phantoms in the mist. Traveling down a dusty road bent forward with this heavy load..

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    sean_stonehart, can i ask about the bad tast that you said you were left with? i could only imagine the people part &%*#@$holes are everywhere nowadays. I would also like to know did you enjoy the trip? there were someparts i could have done with out ?? whos grave with nothing inside, who sleeped here and oh ya NO ONE WAS SHOOT IN THIS SQUARE!! oh ya and the bus in tebit
    ...or is there something i have missed a glimpse of phantoms in the mist. Traveling down a dusty road bent forward with this heavy load..

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    Originally posted by shen ku
    sean_stonehart, can i ask about the bad tast that you said you were left with? i could only imagine the people part &%*#@$holes are everywhere nowadays. I would also like to know did you enjoy the trip? there were someparts i could have done with out ?? whos grave with nothing inside, who sleeped here and oh ya NO ONE WAS SHOOT IN THIS SQUARE!! oh ya and the bus in tebit
    I think I'll hold on to who left the bad taste. No reason to stir unnecessary personal feelings up. Just suffice it to say I haven't lost sleep over any of them & doubt seriously I ever will.

    The trip was fun. I wish there was more time with people rather than always go go go , but hey... it wasn't so bad. I'll be back soon enough.

    The bus ride in Tibet... you were in back throwing up, me & several other were up front threatening the bus driver... I haven't been up hills like that again but I did get up into the Nantahalia Nat'l Forest at the Ga/NC border & it kinda reminded me of it... minus the road work truck barrelling down on us in blind corners on single lane roads...
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