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    A botched spear on throat demo.


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    Where was the blood?
    Those that are the most sucessful are also the biggest failures. The difference between them and the rest of the failures is they keep getting up over and over again, until they finally succeed.


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    WE DEMAND MORE BLOOD!!!!

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    I demand a refund

    Ok hands up who was expecting to see some guy impaled on a long, sharp, pointy stick?
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    uhh i was
    It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, away from the first fight.

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    Me too....
    Those that are the most sucessful are also the biggest failures. The difference between them and the rest of the failures is they keep getting up over and over again, until they finally succeed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Su Lin View Post
    WE DEMAND MORE BLOOD!!!!
    More blood? Did you guy not see the spear pop him in the nuts the long term effects of doing that wrong are real bad. Has any one punched a board or a brick and not broken it?? All I have to say is ouch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Cloud View Post
    More blood? Did you guy not see the spear pop him in the nuts the long term effects of doing that wrong are real bad. Has any one punched a board or a brick and not broken it?? All I have to say is ouch.
    Yeah because if it doesn't break then the force goes into the hand. Guess next time they need to use a less bendy stick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Willow Sword View Post
    uhh i was
    Uh, yeah, me too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Cloud View Post
    More blood? Did you guy not see the spear pop him in the nuts the long term effects of doing that wrong are real bad. Has any one punched a board or a brick and not broken it?? All I have to say is ouch.

    I was watching Battle Royale at the time, hence my bloodthirsty comment! It's still impressive as I couldnt do that. There are rumours that we are starting wood breaking in class soon, so some amusing videos of me may yet appear on Youtube!

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    What exactly is the point of the old spear to the throat trick?

    Are we supposed to be impressed by this for some reason?

    I don't get it.
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    Spending your day jabbing sharp objects in your throat

    The point of 'spear to the throat demonstrations' is that there are no muscles in the throat, so it is believed that you can only survive if you have strong Chi.

    Traditionally this demonstration was used as a way for gongfu schools to show how good they were and encourage new people to lessons. I have seen various other demonstrations like Iron belly, where someone jumps from a height onto the stomache, blades rubbed or whacked onto the skin. Probably the best one is where they demonstrate kicks to the balls as a show of strength.

    Most of them are party tricks that look impressive, but arnt all that good for self defence.

    What you are watching is ancient advertising.


    Still fun to watch though.
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