Forms

[Drake]

Crikey, someone is actually calling you sifu now?

I knew it would come to this. I'm calling Barak and Vlad and telling them to go ahead an push those buttons.

Hell, if he looks even remotely Chinese, he could probably call himself Grandmaster and get away with it.

Just have to memorize some pithy phrases from the I Ching and Sun Tsu's stuff. Oh, and mumble stuff in mandarin....

Easy $$.

Us white folks actually have to go in and give the people smallpox, or blockade their imports until they have no choice to attack, then villainize them, nuke them, and rebuild them because we are so **** nice.

It's hard being white.

[David Jamieson]

Hell, if he looks even remotely Chinese, he could probably call himself Grandmaster and get away with it.

Just have to memorize some pithy phrases from the I Ching and Sun Tsu's stuff. Oh, and mumble stuff in mandarin....

Easy $$.

Us white folks actually have to go in and give the people smallpox, or blockade their imports until they have no choice to attack, then villainize them, nuke them, and rebuild them because we are so **** nice.

It's hard being white.

It's like some kind of burden or something...

[bawang]

Crikey, someone is actually calling you sifu now?

I knew it would come to this. I'm calling Barak and Vlad and telling them to go ahead an push those buttons.

that was a joke. i would rather die than reveal the secrets of kung fu to the hairy ones.

[TenTigers]

that was a joke. i would rather die than reveal the secrets of kung fu to the hairy ones.

you mean Italian wimenz?

[wenshu]

that was a joke. i would rather die than reveal the secrets of kung fu to the hairy ones.

you mean Italian wimenz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW_fbbGJz0M

[Gru Bianca]

you mean Italian wimenz?

To which Italian women have you been exposed to????

[Drake]

To which Italian women have you been exposed to????

Quite a few. Spent several years in Europe.

The best GF I had over there was Eastern European, though. I still wonder how she's doing.

[Gru Bianca]

Quite a few. Spent several years in Europe.

The best GF I had over there was Eastern European, though. I still wonder how she's doing.

Very nice indeed and the hairiest was?

[ginosifu]

that was a joke. i would rather die than reveal the secrets of kung fu to the hairy ones.

Bawang is actually right. When I was in China 15 years ago, they made fun of us cuz we had body and facial hair. It's not quite so bad today though... China is a bit more modern.

you mean Italian wimenz?

To which Italian women have you been exposed to????

When I was visiting relatives in Sicily, I swear every last dark haired woman had a mustache and legs hairyier then mine.

ginosifu

[Brule]

Forms are good exercise when you don't have a training partner. If you see a room full of students doing solo forms the whole time, then forms serve a different purpose, to get the monehs, as Bawang Sifu says.

[bawang]

all forms are not equal. some forms teach more and are more realistic than others. most american kung fu guys are familiar with chinatown kungfu which are made up dogsh1t.


from shaolin 24 cannons the first move is "wind blows snow". you raise your right shoulder to fake, fake a left hook, then a right hook. compare this to chinatown kung fu where you do some weird ass hand movements in horse stance, and havent even got to the salute yet.

when i tried to show 24 cannons to some white dudes they insisted i made it up, it was boxing. you guys are in love with that chop socky bullsh1t. so this is your own fault.

[TenTigers]

To which Italian women have you been exposed to????

When I was in High School, I was 16,
my (Italian) Girlfriend had a moustache and I didn't!
(ok, she was Sicilian...)

[SPJ]

a few moves strung in a logical comb

is called a posture or shi

most of the time we practice a few moves in a row

or combo

after a while from a move or posture

we may derive more

thus a routine exists

as pointed out

not all forms are of the same construct or beast

[dirtyrat]

all forms are not equal. some forms teach more and are more realistic than others. most american kung fu guys are familiar with chinatown kungfu which are made up dogsh1t.


from shaolin 24 cannons the first move is "wind blows snow". you raise your right shoulder to fake, fake a left hook, then a right hook. compare this to chinatown kung fu where you do some weird ass hand movements in horse stance, and havent even got to the salute yet.

when i tried to show 24 cannons to some white dudes they insisted i made it up, it was boxing. you guys are in love with that chop socky bullsh1t. so this is your own fault.

bawang, could you provide videos that show examples of both types of forms?

[Drake]

Very nice indeed and the hairiest was?

Not a one of them. Very fit, very sweet.

They can be very opinionated... though I'd take that over demure and submissive...