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    I have the Renzo Gracie logo on my shoulder blade. I'll try and upload a pic of it later on.

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    nice.

    ill be getting color started on my sleeve next session. im so stoked.

    ill get a pic up in this thread as soon as its finished for sure.
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    ttt 4 2017!

    Slightly OT but I just couldn't resist a decade-old bit of thread necromancy for the Kung Fu (and other Martial Arts) Tattoos thread. It'll sit well on the Tattoo... thread too.

    In Pictures: Tattooed and proud – Chinese women peel away stigmas
    26 December 2017 08:00 AFP5 min read

    Once the mark of criminals or sex workers, for centuries tattoos have been stigmatised in China but the growing influence of celebrity culture is changing all that — particularly for women.

    Nowhere is the trend more evident than in Shanghai, China’s most cosmopolitan city and recently dubbed “China’s tattoo mecca” by the country’s state media.

    This photo taken on November 29, 2017 shows a tattoo displayed on the neck of a tattoo artist at a studio in Shanghai. Photo: AFP/Stringer.

    Body art for women has long been frowned upon in socially conservative China, but studios are mushrooming throughout the city of 24 million.

    Zhuo Danting, widely considered one of China’s top tattoo artists, has witnessed first-hand how the industry has exploded.

    The 35-year-old has 70 percent of her body tattooed and has been operating her own Shanghai studio for 11 years.

    Inspired by celebrities and sports stars, unprecedented numbers of mostly younger Chinese are getting inked, Zhuo said at her shop, Shanghai Tattoo.

    “At the beginning, of course, they just give you a weird look, they’re freaking out,” Zhuo, who also has multiple piercings and dyed green hair, said of the reaction she gets on the street.


    This photo taken on November 29, 2017 shows sketches of tattoo designs displayed on the wall at a tattoo studio in Shanghai. Photo: AFP/Stringer.

    “But now there are a lot of people getting tattoos, it’s getting more and more popular. People see them everywhere so they don’t see it as a big deal,” she added.

    Zhuo, who got her first tattoo at 16 and has inked both her parents, is originally from Harbin, a city in China’s far north.

    There is a growing body art scene there too, she said.

    A cool thing

    “There is a lot of change. Before, not many people get tattoos. They thought that people with tattoos, that person must have been in jail or you are a bad person.

    “Now it’s a cool thing, to represent yourself as different.”


    This photo taken on November 29, 2017 shows tattoo inks at a studio in Shanghai. Photo: AFP/Stringer.

    In imperial times, convicts were sometimes tattooed as a lifelong reminder of their crimes, and tattoos later were used by Chinese triads to signify gang loyalties.

    But Zhuo said attitudes towards women with tattoos have changed rapidly in the last three years, and the Chinese are increasingly experimenting with their body art.

    “Before, when you saw a woman with a tattoo, it was usually just a small one,” she explained, adding: “But now you can see everywhere that they are having full sleeves, or chest, or full back.”

    ‘Pretty and artsy’

    Wang Qi, a web designer, is about to have Zhuo tattoo her already heavily inked right leg.


    This photo taken on November 29, 2017 shows the English writing “Yes!!! Tattoos Hurt!!!” on the ceiling of a tattoo studio in Shanghai. Photo: AFP/Stringer.

    The 29-year-old has several body designs, including an hourglass to remind her of the preciousness of time, and a sailboat and lighthouse inspired by her love of the sea, as wells as tattoos of a snake’s head and a crocodile’s eye.

    Her latest inking: the Chinese characters for her grandmother’s name on the inside of her thigh.

    “Ten years ago, only 10 percent of people could accept women doing this. But now at least 60 to 70 percent of people can,” Wang said, while adding that quality can vary widely.


    This photo taken on November 29, 2017 shows tattoos on the legs of Wang Qi, a web designer and tattoo enthusiast, at a studio in Shanghai. Photo: AFP/Stringer.

    The trend has spawned extreme examples, including a couple in northeastern China who covered themselves in patriotic artwork, including a Chinese flag on the man’s face.

    Reliable figures are elusive, but Hu Deliang, former head of the China Association of Tattoo Artists, estimates there are about 200,000 such artists in the country.

    The Shanghai tattooist said women now account for at least 60 percent of his customers.

    “Back in 2002, only about 20 percent were female and most of them worked as escorts in nightclubs or that kind of industry,” Hu said.

    China’s increasing prosperity, meanwhile, means more women now can afford tattoos, which can cost thousands of yuan (hundreds of dollars) and previously would have been considered an unjustified splurge.

    Peng Lin, who has the Italian phrase “La vita e bella” (Life is beautiful) among her three tattoos, is one of the few in her circle of women friends with a tattoo, but many are considering it, she said.


    This photo taken on November 29, 2017 shows Wang Qi (R), a web designer and tattoo enthusiast, taking photos as she gets new ink on her right thigh at a studio in Shanghai. Photo: AFP/Stringer.

    “Before, people may think women getting tattoos is sort of off-the-mainstream behaviour, but now they all appreciate them when they found out that tattoos can be pretty and artsy,” said Peng, 31, who works in advertising in Shanghai.

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    Tattoos are still frowned upon in government positions and at many companies, however, while some women complain that their husbands or partners object.

    “Even now people are judging, they don’t think that people should get big tattoos, especially women,” said Zhuo, who has tattoos across both sides of her scalp.

    “Still, people think it’s more acceptable for men to get a tattoo than women and some get smaller ones to hide it from older family members or work.”



    Zhuo said lack of official oversight makes it “too easy” to open a parlour. She often sees customers who ask her to fix shoddy work done elsewhere.

    “Sometimes I can see some good work, but not much. The percentage of good tattoos is quite low right now,” she said.

    “Tattoo is still a new thing in China. A lot of new people become tattoo artists pretty soon, but there’s still a lot to learn.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1bad65 View Post
    I have the Renzo Gracie logo on my shoulder blade. I'll try and upload a pic of it later on.
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    haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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    1bad was such a douche
    Dude hasn't been round here in seven years. In fact, the forum here has been astonishingly peaceful in these polarized times. Let's let sleeping douches lie, shall we?
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    Banned in China

    If America banned vulgarity on TV now, we'd have nothing to watch.

    ENTERTAINMENT CHINA
    'Tasteless, Vulgar and Obscene.' China Just Banned Hip-Hop Culture and Tattoos From Television


    This photo taken shows Chinese rapper PG One (2nd R) posing for a picture during the premiere of the movie "Wu Kong" in Beijing on July 9, 2017. AFP/Getty Images

    By CASEY QUACKENBUSH and ARIA HANGYU CHEN 2:29 AM EST
    China has banned hip-hop culture and actors with tattoos from appearing on television.

    The country’s top media regulator — the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT) — now “specifically requires that programs should not feature actors with tattoos [or depict] hip hop culture, sub-culture (non-mainstream culture) and dispirited culture (decadent culture),” Sina, a Chinese news outlet, reports.

    Gao Changli, director of the administration’s publicity department, outlined four “Don’t” rules on Friday:

    Absolutely do not use actors whose heart and morality are not aligned with the party and whose morality is not noble
    Absolutely do not use actors who are tasteless, vulgar and obscene
    Absolutely do not use actors whose ideological level is low and have no class
    Absolutely do not use actors with stains, scandals and problematic moral integrity
    The ban follows the removal of the prominent rapper GAI from Hunan TV’s Singer, a hit competition show. Clips of GAI, whose real name is Zhou Yan, were also removed from China Hunan TV’s official Youtube Channel, but no official explanation has been given. He does however appear in the show’s trailer:
    ENTERTAINMENT CHINA
    'Tasteless, Vulgar and Obscene.' China Just Banned Hip-Hop Culture and Tattoos From Television
    This photo taken shows Chinese rapper PG One (2nd R) posing for a picture during the premiere of the movie "Wu Kong" in Beijing on July 9, 2017.
    This photo taken shows Chinese rapper PG One (2nd R) posing for a picture during the premiere of the movie "Wu Kong" in Beijing on July 9, 2017. AFP/Getty Images
    By CASEY QUACKENBUSH and ARIA HANGYU CHEN 2:29 AM EST
    China has banned hip-hop culture and actors with tattoos from appearing on television.

    The country’s top media regulator — the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT) — now “specifically requires that programs should not feature actors with tattoos [or depict] hip hop culture, sub-culture (non-mainstream culture) and dispirited culture (decadent culture),” Sina, a Chinese news outlet, reports.

    Gao Changli, director of the administration’s publicity department, outlined four “Don’t” rules on Friday:

    Absolutely do not use actors whose heart and morality are not aligned with the party and whose morality is not noble
    Absolutely do not use actors who are tasteless, vulgar and obscene
    Absolutely do not use actors whose ideological level is low and have no class
    Absolutely do not use actors with stains, scandals and problematic moral integrity

    The ban follows the removal of the prominent rapper GAI from Hunan TV’s Singer, a hit competition show. Clips of GAI, whose real name is Zhou Yan, were also removed from China Hunan TV’s official Youtube Channel, but no official explanation has been given. He does however appear in the show’s trailer:
    <iframe src='//players.brightcove.net/293884104/SJa0Thl7_default/index.html?videoId=5708867943001' allowfullscreen frameborder=0></iframe>

    Wang Hao, aka PG One, another well-known rapper, was forced to apologize earlier this month after one of his songs, “Christmas Eve,” was criticized for promoting drug culture and insulting women.

    Rapper Mao Yanqi, aka VaVa, was cut from the variety show Happy Camp, according to Tecent News. Music by Triple H, an influential underground rapper, has also been removed from major streaming sites. And a contestant on the show Super Brian, which is not hip-hop related, even had his hip-hop style necklace blurred out.

    Chinese social media has responded angrily to the ban.

    “SARPPFT is so trashy! They didn’t want to give Chinese hip pop singers any chance of survival! we can go back to ancient times,” wrote one user on Weibo — China’s equivalent of Twitter.

    “How can a government with high culture have such childish logic?” asked another.
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    Slightly OT

    Sometimes the most obtuse things pop up on the Kung Fu newsfeeds.


    Peter Vasquez runs Second Chance Grace, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to mentoring. Michael Katz

    God and Country Festival is not just faith. It's about second chances, tattoos and kung fu.
    BY MICHAEL KATZ Mkatz@idahostatesman.com

    June 26, 2018 10:18 PM
    Updated June 27, 2018 06:50 AM

    A tattoo removal service isn't the first thing one would think of when walking into the God and Country Festival of the Treasure Valley. But there Peter Vasquez stood Tuesday, outside Nampa's Ford Idaho Center on a warm evening, letting anyone walking by know that his services were available.

    Vasquez runs Second Chance Grace Inc., a nonprofit tattoo removal program that also specializes in mentoring and prison prevention. Vasquez said he spent several stints in prison, one of which included four years of solitary confinement. After finding faith, he has dedicated his life to making sure others don't make the same mistakes he did.

    Of course, there were the sorts of booths you might expect at such a gathering: military sign-ups, church awareness, gun information, etc. Festival board member Kevin Harper believes an unfair, artificially created narrative of "militia" and "trying to overthrow the government" exists at such events, an idea he believes couldn't be ****her from the truth.

    It's all about helping people, he said.

    “We really care," said Vasquez, 47. "We really want people to know there’s hope, no matter what you’ve been through.”

    The God and Country Festival is in its 52nd year. Thousands attend the nondenominational gathering. The event started as a way to put "a stake in the ground and (say) we have a right to express our faith in a public forum," according to Harper.

    And that is a major part of the festival: Performers on the outdoor stage sang about faith as church brochures were handed out at certain booths.

    But Harper believes there is a misconception about what the God and Country Festival is truly about.

    "We’re passionate about our faith. (And) we’re loving towards people of other faiths. We just want to help people," he said. "Most (booths) are here for a mission."

    Harper helped run the Fostering Idaho booth, a program dedicated to getting people involved in the foster parent program. Harper and his wife, who have been fostering children for nearly two decades, have a mission: to make sure every child has a parent in some capacity.

    "That’s what these kids need, someone to get attached to," Harper said. “I’m just here to do good.”

    Just a few steps away from Harper's booth was Vasquez's. His setup involved images of the jail cell he once called home and how the tattoo removal process works. Tattoo removal can help erase negative stigmas, he says, and can help people get jobs. It's a way for people to get a fresh start — and it's never too late to start over.

    “We want to leave people with a sense of hope," Vasquez said. “I’m trying to show them we’re available, the secular side or the faith-based side.”

    A few seconds away from Vasquez's booth there were a pair of cinder blocks on the ground, with boards atop them. In front of the boards were children of varying ages, on their knees, doing their best Bruce Lee impressions to chop through the boards. This was Cosmo Zimik's booth.

    Zimik is the owner and lead instructor at Empty Hand Combat, a martial arts and self-defense studio in downtown Nampa. Zimik teaches his students martial arts, but the other purpose at his studio is mentoring.

    Zimik is hoping to train the next generation of what he deems "warriors." But these are not warriors in the traditional sense. Instead of escalating conflict physically, Zimik's hope is to help prevent such interactions by teaching students respect.

    “We talk a lot about ‘warrior’ these days, but there's a misconception about ‘warrior,’“ Zimik said. "Our idea of warrior is to respect parents, to respect women, to respect elders. We mentor a lot of children that have no mother or father figure.”

    Zimik admitted that money doesn't flow through his business. But that isn't his chief concern. He said his faith helps him believe he's doing the right thing.

    “A lot of my friends, they want airplanes and boats. All I want in my life is rice (and) hot sauce ... I don’t aspire to acquire a private swimming pool," he said with a laugh. "I found peace at life. I just want to help people.”


    The God and Country Festival of the Treasure Valley took place June 26, 2018 at the Ford Idaho Center. Michael Katz
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    Chinese parents sue tattoo parlour after son is suspended from school for covering half his body in ink
    Tattooists ordered to pay couple US$2,900 compensation after boy’s school suspended him over the body art
    Mandy Zuo
    Published: 4:30pm, 17 Jun, 2019


    The boy’s school told him he could not return to class until the tattoos had been removed. Photo: Weibo

    A couple in eastern China have won a lawsuit against a tattoo parlour after their teenage son was suspended from school for having too many tattoos, Chinese media reported.
    A court in Jiangshan, Zhejiang province, ordered the parlour to pay over 20,000 yuan (US$2,900) in compensation on the grounds that the student was only 13 when he got the tattoos and that his parents had opposed the step, the Qianjiang Evening News reported over the weekend.
    Quoting the court’s judge, Xu Gencai, the report said the boy’s school asked him in September 2017 to remove the tattoos before he can return as he would have “a major impact on the appearance of the school”.
    His parents sued the parlour, claiming that it had infringed the minor’s rights.
    Revealing details of the case – which was heard in March last year – Xu urged lawmakers to include tattoo parlours in China’s Law on the Protection of Minors, which bans under-18s from drinking or smoking.
    The boy, whose name was not disclosed, got his first tattoos in 2016, covering his upper body and arms with symbols including dragons and demon faces.


    The tattoo parlour was ordered to pay around US$2,900 in compensation. Photo: Weibo

    His father, also surnamed Xu, beat him several times in the hope of preventing him from getting more, but the boy said “the more they beat me, the more tattoos I want”.
    The school had ordered him to remove all of the tattoos, or if not technically possible, at least those that he could not be covered by clothing.
    It cost the boy just 1,000 yuan to get all the tattoos but the cost to remove all of them may cost more than 1 million yuan.


    The authorities have described certain tattoos as “typical of black evil forces”. Photo: Weibo

    The parlour was ordered to return the 1,000 yuan the boy paid for the tattoos, pay 5,000 yuan for his medical fees, and 15,000 yuan in compensation for mental “loss”.
    Tattoos have remained a controversial issue in China, with some arguing that they are simply a personal hobby but others associate them with criminals and gangsters.
    Last year a Communist Party drive to clean up society saw many police forces across the country being sent a list that warned them to look out for people with animal tattoos or “exaggerated” gold and silver jewellery, which were “typical of black evil forces”.
    Members of the national soccer team were also reportedly ordered to cover their tattoos on the pitch.
    These two quotes are the best:
    “the more they beat me, the more tattoos I want”
    “typical of black evil forces”

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    I have a bagua on my left bicep.
    It's the only tattoo I have that is somewhat related to martial arts.
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    no tats

    The Takedown by Nicolas Atkin
    Has China banned tattoos in MMA? Reports of crackdown on fighters but it’s complicated
    ‘If you have tattoos, they don’t want you competing,’ says Thailand’s Phuket Top Team
    The famed gym claims government has tightened rules for local promoters – but the issue appears to be muddy
    Nicolas Atkin
    Published: 10:12am, 20 Jul, 2019


    Song Yadong’s tattoo on his left leg. The fighter poses (right) before his win against Renato Moicano. Photos: Instagram/@songyadong

    Chinese MMA took a huge step forward with the opening of the state-of-the-art UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai last month. But there were concerns this week it might have taken a strange step backwards.
    Last year, China’s top media regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, decreed that media programmes “should not feature actors with tattoos [or depict] hip hop culture, subculture and dispirited culture”, according to a report in Chinese news outlet Sina.
    This later widened to televised sport, with footballers in China’s three professional leagues told by the Chinese Football Association to cover up tattoos with athletic tape – “no visible ink” was the word from the top.
    The issue has also appeared to touch MMA and other combat sports with rules said to be in place across CCTV and other major state broadcasters.
    “The new bosses of CCTV have introduced laws to stamp out crime, so there’s no bad officials, no bad police and no more bad influencers on society in the media. This includes people with tattoos,” a senior official who works closely with the government told Asian MMA website The Fight Nation.
    Chinese fighters have been able to get away with covering up any tattoos with rash guards or tape, just like their footballing counterparts – but one of the top Muay Thai/MMA crossover gyms in Thailand claimed this week the rules have recently become even stricter.
    “MMA in China has made another strange step … No tattoos allowed,” Phuket Top Team tweeted. “Fighters are having to wear rash guards or tape over tattoos. Promoters are getting bored of that and now just saying NO fighters with tattoos allowed. That sure does take out a large pool of pro fighters.”
    Phuket Top Team claimed the no tattoos rule was “direct from the Chinese government” and combat sport representatives.
    “If you have tattoos, they don’t want you competing in MMA/kick-boxing,Sanda/Muay Thai or boxing in China,” it said. “Combat sports have been BOOMING in China! Now the government has banned tattoos from being streamed or televised.”

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    The gym claimed that in the past two weeks, every local promotion in China had contacted them asking if they had any tattoo-free fighters, while a few said fighters can have tattoos but only ones small enough to be covered up with patches or wraps. Many Chinese fight promotions are broadcast on state television or streamed within China, such as WLF, Kunlun and Glory of Heroes.
    “This will rapidly decline the fight scene in China. A huge shame for all of the top fighters who were embracing the fight scene there,” Phuket Top Team added in a reply to another tweet. “UFC and One Championship are two major [organisations] that have been hitting the Chinese MMA market. Now they need tattoo-free athletes to fill cards.”


    Jessica Andrade and Zhang Weili (right) will compete in the main event of UFC Shenzhen. Photo: UFC

    Of course, the UFC has a big Shenzhen show coming up on August 31, where Zhang Weili will be the first Chinese fighter to challenge for a UFC title when she takes on Brazilian straw weight champion (and heavily tattooed) Jessica Andrade. The UFC signed a five-year exclusive rights agreement in China with PPTV Sports, the nation’s leading online sports platform, in 2016.
    None of the UFC’s nine other Chinese fighters have been announced for the card yet, though only Song Yadong has tattoos, on his left leg.
    In the only other announced fight for the card, neither New Zealand’s Kai-Kara France nor American Mark De La Rosa have visible tattoos. The Post reached out to UFC China for clarification on the rules – and received no response.
    One Championship told the Post there is no issue with foreign athletes who have tattoos competing on their fight cards in China.
    For Chinese athletes with tattoos, One always asks the fighters to cover them up whenever they do promotional material such as interviews – but not for fights – on Chinese shows.
    Officially, the Chinese government has not sanctioned a law on the matter, however, One said, adding that the rule applies more for football players and less so combat sports, with the reports of new changes to the rule just a rumour.


    Tattooed American fighter Troy Worthen fights against China’s Chen Rui. Photo: One Championship

    China is not the only Asian country, though, that has a problem with tattoos. Japan will host two of the world’s biggest sporting events – the Rugby World Cup and the Olympics – in the next 14 months. World Rugby has warned players and fans to cover their ink later this year, in a bid not to offend their host where body art is associated with criminal gangs.
    Rugby players and fans are one thing but MMA and its followers are a different beast. Tattoos and combat sports go hand in hand, and are a way of life.
    “You can imagine how many of the world’s best fighters they have eliminated from being able to fight in China,” Phuket Top Team tweeted, presuming that the no tattoo rule would also apply to foreign fighters.
    The issue is certainly unclear, and one to keep an eye on.
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    Such is Malaysia...

    Malaysian minister criticises 'obscene, half naked' tattoo show in Kuala Lumpur
    3 December 2019

    AFP
    Pictures from the Tattoo Malaysia Expo have gone viral online

    A Malaysian minister has called a tattoo exhibition "obscene" and ordered an investigation after pictures of half-naked men and women went viral.

    The minister for tourism, arts and culture said that while a permit was issued, there was no green light for any form of nudity at the event.

    Mohammadin Ketapi said the show "was not Malaysian culture...the majority of Malaysians are Muslim".

    Recently, there has been more debate about Islamic conservatism in Malaysia.

    The Tattoo Malaysia Expo drew participants from some 35 countries and was held over the weekend in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

    The show has taken place since 2015, but only this year drew criticism from the government, which announced "firm action" against the organisers.

    "It is impossible for the ministry to approve of any programme that contains obscenity such as this," Mr Ketapi said in a statement.

    Pictures showed heavily-tattooed participants in semi-nude poses. Malaysian media blurred some of the images.

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    Mr Ketapi said: "We will wait for the full investigation report and will not hesitate to take legal action if they are found to have been in violation of set conditions."

    Around 60% of Malaysia's 32 million people are Muslim, and critics say the country has been moving towards more religious conservatism.

    A religious court this year sentenced five men to jail, caning and fines for attempting gay sex.

    In 2018, two women were caned for lesbian sex in the conservative state of Terengganu.

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