Yeah, that's the one!Brad you talking about the shaolin.nl site from holland?
Yeah, that's the one!Brad you talking about the shaolin.nl site from holland?
I've heard from my old friend Matt Polly - apparently he's managed to sell his screenplay, based on his experiences at Shaolin Temple as one of the first Americans to spend a lot of time there. He's scheduled to appear on the CBS Late, Late Show this Wednesday, April 13th. Check it out if you're up late.
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gene is schooling us in how to search the archives to find the relevant topic in which to post.
2 years back Gene?
kudos to you man. lol
Kung Fu is good for you.
Here's the listing for the Late Late Show. You'll see Matt there now, but it'll probably change next week...
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If Tamo could stare at a rock for nine years, you can stay up past midnite, can't you? Just keep your nacho sauce bubblin' and it's all good...
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Ferguson wasn't kidding when he said that Matt's mom sent them baked goods. She did that for us too when I published that article on him. She sent this frosting candy snack thing - it was sooo sweet.
Anyway, it was killing me to see my buddy Matt last night. I felt he didn't get his story off fast enough for Ferguson and wound up sounding a bit off. What did you think (if you stayed up that late)? It's hard for me to be unbiased since I know Matt's story all too well and it's a big story that just can't be delivered in a short late night interview...
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It was a pretty entertaining interview, but you could tell they cut it short Would've been nice if they could've show some kind of visual aid of some kind (photos or something).
Matt originally wanted to demonstrate his iron forearm with some breaking - he actually contacted me about where to get good breaking staffs (I said a lumberyard). Then he was talking about having Ferguson hold a bag and Matt would kick it. I don't know how well he kept up with his training, but in his day, Matt had a fearsome sidekick that he could shoot out repeatedly, like a jack hammer. Plus he's quite tall, 6' 3" so that made him rather formidable.
My TV reception for CBS is really bad. I could see he had some Chinese characters on his jacket but I couldn't make them out. Could anyone?
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Sorry, don't read chinese, but I thought he did good, not great, especially given the circumstance...
The story about the challenge thing kinda sounded hokey, but believable, I think he could have delivered a little better, but in the same right, a lot of people would have choked hard in that circumstance (being on TV).
practice wu de
Actually I bored everyone to death. Even Buddhist and Taoist monks fell asleep.....SPJ
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There's a much better version of that challenge in that article I wrote on Matt in the May June 2001 issue. That host cut him short and was obviously looking for a specific ass kicking story. Matt was a bit more confessional in the article...
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Bad lueb....Originally Posted by Shaolinlueb
more redbull....
practice wu de
Actually I bored everyone to death. Even Buddhist and Taoist monks fell asleep.....SPJ
Forums are no fun if I can't mess with your head. Or your colon...
uh-oh, I hope no one quotes me on that....Gene Ching
I'm not Normal.... RD on his crying my b!tch left me thread