Are there real Shaolin Monks?

[Faux Newbie]

Of course it could be considered being a success and being a failure!

Every cloud has it's silver lining after all!

Herpes has no silver lining. I refute your assertion!

[Scott R. Brown]

Herpes has no silver lining. I refute your assertion!

It can keep you out of the army!!!!

[Faux Newbie]

It can keep you out of the army!!!!

Can't touch that.

[Scott R. Brown]

Herpes has no silver lining. I refute your assertion!

It can keep you out of the army!!!!

Can't touch that.

Aaaaaaaaaaand...........

you can have sex with someone who has herpes, without catching herpes!

[SHemmati]

indeed, among all the martial arts techniques, to "get hit in the face repeatedly with combos at full power" with the attacker's fist in those puffy gloves "does almost nothing to you" compared with most the other martial techniques.

if one hits your face with a semi heavy aerial kick...
if one locks your wrist or elbow joint and shocks or even breaks it with even an almost light-powered lock...
if one attacks your eyes with their fingertips...
if one attacks your groins with even a light blow...
if one attacks your diaphragm or DanTian with an open palm, chicken fist, or kick...
...and so on

all of these need just a few kilograms of force and can be done by a child on even 120+ kg guys, but the result is seriously destructive, indeed. and worse, neither gloves nor other safety stuff will be of any use in such attacks.

[gunbeatskroty]

indeed, among all the martial arts techniques, to "get hit in the face repeatedly with combos at full power" with the attacker's fist in those puffy gloves "does almost nothing to you" compared with most the other martial techniques.

if one hits your face with a semi heavy aerial kick...
if one locks your wrist or elbow joint and shocks or even breaks it with even an almost light-powered lock...
if one attacks your eyes with their fingertips...
if one attacks your groins with even a light blow...
if one attacks your diaphragm or DanTian with an open palm, chicken fist, or kick...
...and so on

all of these need just a few kilograms of force and can be done by a child on even 120+ kg guys, but the result is seriously destructive, indeed. and worse, neither gloves nor other safety stuff will be of any use in such attacks.

Yeah, but I ain't standing their like a statue while you try to do all of this to me.

What's the difference between you (who've never even eye jabbed anyone for real before) attacking my eyes with a jab vs. a PRO Boxer throwing his whole freaking fist at my face? ANSWER: The Boxer will probably land and disrupt my game and follow up with power combos to knock me the F out....while you will probably not hit squat but get countered by me doing what the Boxer does.

Point being, you throwing jabs at my eyes is no different then the thousands of times people try to knock me the F out as part of training by punching at my face. And do you think I'm oblivious to groin strikes? There's not much difference when someone tries to kick my inside thigh or knee my ribs....their limbs are generally heading towards my nuts....I FREAKING BLOCK, MOVE OR COUNTER. This is standard.

And do you think we don't know what joint locks are? A simple choke hold that we teach to brand new White Belts in BJJ on their first day ever, is a DEATH move....not letting go and holding it for 15-30 seconds more can kill someone. Breaking joints, big deal....we teach them these too on their first or next day in class. We teach little kids 4 years old and up these techniques too. Who do you think are better with submission moves, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Kung-Fu? C'mon now.

[bawang]

What's the difference between you (who've never even eye jabbed anyone for real before) attacking my eyes with a jab vs. a PRO Boxer throwing his whole freaking fist at my face? ANSWER: The Boxer will probably land and disrupt my game and follow up with power combos to knock me the F out....while you will probably not hit squat but get countered by me doing what the Boxer does.

you do realize without taking masteron and deca you will never reach level of pro fighters right?

you do realize if shenmatti train like you for 3 months he will basically reach your level?

[Kellen Bassette]

all of these need just a few kilograms of force and can be done by a child on even 120+ kg guys, but the result is seriously destructive, indeed. and worse, neither gloves nor other safety stuff will be of any use in such attacks.

Dude....I mean, really??? C'mon!

[SHemmati]

Dude....I mean, really??? C'mon!

yeah, really. there could be found a few dozens of joint locks and more than hundred of throwing techniques in other styles. the throws are ok most the times, but a big portion of the joint locks of Shaolin (in Shaolin i've seen about 240-360 joint locks, but other styles claim more than 700, i don't know, i'm not familiar with them) are done with a different aim and forcing than we see in many other styles. so that in most the non-Chinese styles they usually need tens of kilograms to control the opponent's caught limb, while if done with the correct aim and leverage method and forcing, tens of kilograms is much force and will definitely break or tear out the joint!

unfortunately, i don't have and also there's not any video facility in the forum, or i could show some instances of it.