Source of Shaolin-Do Willfull Ignorance

[WannabeWarrior]

In truth Eastern Kentuckians far prefer their crystal meth aka hillbilly cocaine and oxycontin to booze.

Hey, wonder what all those dirt poor hill jacks who lost their homes, kids and went to jail for Oxycontin think of ol' Rush?

[themeecer]

Oh that wasn't degrading stereotyping in the least.

[Serpent]

Originally posted by themeecer

Here in the states we normally call them bars and no there are none here. I prefer it that way. Others don't like it, so they don't stay.

So you're a Creationist Shaolin-Do student that lives in a place that prohibits alcohol.

Sounds like some bizarro universe!

[WannabeWarrior]

Oh that wasn't degrading stereotyping in the least.

May be, but it's the truth. Of couse a bible thumping"creationist", right wingnut, Bush apolgists, who hates gays is not the Kentucky stereotype at all, eh?
...if you don't want to be stereotyped don't act stereotypical, right?

[Serpent]

Originally posted by WannabeWarrior


May be, but it's the truth. Of couse a bible thumping"creationist", right wingnut, Bush apolgists, who hates gays is not the Kentucky stereotype at all, eh?
...if you don't want to be stereotyped don't act stereotypical, right?

Heh. I like this guy!

[themeecer]

Originally posted by WannabeWarrior
...if you don't want to be stereotyped don't act stereotypical, right?

Well Einstein, I don't act in the way you described and you still stereotyped myself and everyone else that lives here.

Edit: You edited your post as I was typing mine.... you were originally calling all of us poor dirt hill jacks on drugs.

[themeecer]

Originally posted by WannabeWarrior
May be, but it's the truth. Of couse a bible thumping"creationist", right wingnut, Bush apolgists, who hates gays is not the Kentucky stereotype at all, eh?
...if you don't want to be stereotyped don't act stereotypical, right?

I'll take bible thumping as a complement. Not a 'wingnut.' Yes, I like Bush. No I don't hate gays.

By the way where are you from so I can stereotype you?

[CaptinPickAxe]

Bush gives Texans a bad name...

[cerebus]

Hell, Bush gives shrubbery a bad name! (unless, of course, you believe it's a good thing that he's repealed so many clean air & clean water laws, & wants to open public parkland for oil drilling and logging). T.

[Brad]

Can't think of anything Bush has done to really help this country.

[MasterKiller]

Originally posted by shaolinarab
the article on authenticity is indeed interesting and useful for a beginning student, but it is not right in my opinion to speak in such absolutist terms, as it comes off arrogant, misleading, and even incorrect at times. just three cases in point. we've belabored the issues of either sais, nunchukus, or even colored sashes being used in CMA schools (especially the rank sashes), and the author is presumptuous to automatically dismiss any school that does any of those things.

Originally posted on Xiang Hua
If I have hurt your feelings by the comments I made in "How To Recognize an Authentic School of Chinese Martial Art," I am truly sorry. I have great respect for you, and for anyone who works hard at anything. But, I am not being unfair to you. The people who pass themselves off as teachers of Chinese martial art, but are teaching something else— they are being unfair to people whom they deceive. The "How to Recognize..." article is designed to help you and others avoid being deceived by charlatans. Not using the Chinese language, wearing karate uniforms, and awarding and wearing colored belts is a screaming alarm that something is very wrong.

[MasterKiller]

This is a pretty good Q and A.

http://www.xianghua.com/questions/questions029.asp

http://www.xianghua.com/questions/questions030.asp

http://www.xianghua.com/questions/questions045.asp

[shaolinarab]

Originally posted by MasterKiller

ha. nice one MK

[Meat Shake]

Kentucky... Kentucky grows more outdoor marijuana than any state in america.

"fool who wrote that and then tie him up and make him listen to Atom Ant."

Hey! You got a problem with atom ant, you got a problem with me buddy.

[David Jamieson]

Hi MK-

I liked those posts from Xinghua and in general terms I agree.

However, one thing he said I found to be quite biased and ill informed. and that was, to paraphrase "China is the motherland of all martial arts".

I'm sorry, but that is out and out untrue. I can look at martial arts resources from as far back as the 1600's that have nothing to do with China, but like Chinese martial arts have been refined and use proper body mechanics as the foundation.

Also, Chinese martial arts didn't all spring forth from Shaolin Temple, in fact martial arts came from all over. there are systems and styles from everywhere that have rich and deep histories and heritages.

For someone to say that China is the motherland is to onbly expose their own historic myopia.

Not to take away from the huge body of really good Chinese martial arts, It is just that I do not buy into that general idea that they all come from China or they all come from Shaolin.

With the internet and it's incessant spread of information, both egrigious and true, it is not so hard to find some really excellent references to some astonishing materials in regards to martial arts. There is also a whole lot of horse hockety being pushed out there laced with myth and legend and fairy tales.

The biggest problem with martial artists today is that they see selectively, listen selectively and perform selectively. All these are a problem because they create a barrier to the truth that is in each of us.

So long as we keep these barriers, is as long as we remain ignorant of the personal truth that resides in each of us.

If you sit at the foot of a "master" long enough, the smell of his feet will begin to bother you

cheers