It took me a long time to make the decision to do it and i had to search for the right image to etch on my body for all time. I am not into flash art by any means( i just feel if you are going to mark your body that it be something that really speaks to you from within. At its very core a tattoo is a reflection of the inner self brought forth. anyway here is a pic of my ink. its not a martial art one really. but there it is nonetheless.
Peace, TWS
Note: the image is from a painting done by a now deceased Zia Pueblo indian. i have loved his art work since i was a child. The picture was taken about a week after the tattoo was done so it is still in its healing process. Looks great still and i take care of it pretty good.
Last edited by The Willow Sword; 09-30-2007 at 08:39 AM.
It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, away from the first fight.
A friend of mine (who doesn't do martial arts) recently got some tats on his forearms of a dragon and tiger. Although I don't want that image, it looked pretty cool, and got me thinking of getting something on me arms, laddy.
I'm debating "Great Sage, Equal of heaven" on one, in Chinese.
Not sure about the other. Maybe mr. Wukong himself.
My mother used to tell me when I was a kid that she found me in an egg under a rock, cuz I was a strange, rebellious kid. When I was in my early teens and read some abridged Journey to the West for the first time, I laughed, showed it to her, and she commented on how she just knew I was a monkey.
Then of course, I encountered Darwin, and that was another thing altogether.
Last edited by Shaolin Wookie; 09-30-2007 at 09:14 AM.
Yeah I got the Monkey King on my right shoulder and under it it says "one equal to heaven"
it was done by a famous tattoo artist named Pinky Yun or yuen....idk.......hell, all my tatts are done by him except for the draon on my forearm.
hsk
Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
Bruh we thought you knew better
when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better
here are a couple of the monkey king i like
Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
Bruh we thought you knew better
when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better
these are some of the General Kwan pics i'd use for a tattoo also.....
Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
Bruh we thought you knew better
when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better
Cool, and by cool I mean sweet.
You didn't mention you have the Hung Sing couplets on your forearms. Definitely some MA related tats.
I recently got the wu character on my chest but it was done my someone unfamiliar with chinese characters so I need to get it adjusted just a bit. It lost a little when making a stencil.
My buddy got wu shu on his back after I left so I'll need to see if he made it the same as mine.
I'll snap a pic when I get a chance but I have an asian dragon on my inside forearm. It has 4 claws so it's bad luck. I call it the death dragon. Nothing on the other arm yet.
I've thought a lot about getting a tattoo also, but haven't made up my mind yet what I would want and where. It's interesting how different people's thoughts differ on deciding what to get. I have a friend who has basically the opposite opinion of you, TWS. She is trying to think of something that appeals to her, but which has as little meaning to her as possible so that it will not lose any relevance to her as she changes through life. I disagree with this for myself personally, but thought it was an interesting twist on the usual way of thinking about it.
well, to break it down, i got the hung sing couplets on inside of my forearms, hung sing choy lee fut in chinese on my other forearm, a dragon with our school fist logo in it, and on my chest are the chinese words Hung Sing.
im a monkey and since the monkey king is a martial artist, i got him.
on my left shoulder is a tiger.
Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
Bruh we thought you knew better
when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better
I make it a point, whenever I see someone at a tournament wearing dragon and tiger tats on his forearms, to tell him with a totally straight face,"Naw man, the tiger goes on the left arm, the dragon goes on the right!"
After he freaks, I tell him I was fuking with him.
maybe.
No Tiger but I've thought about getting a Phoenix on my other arm. Also considered a Mantis on my chest but I don't really want any style specific tats. I went with Wu instead.
Been wanting to get Wen Wu Xing down the back of one arm and would like another 3 characters for the other but haven't found anything yet.
Any ideas?
i want a white crane tatted on my back, anyone know any good designs or artists?
mine's also pretty cliché I guess
Wu on my left leg. Got this one recently.
My buddy want to go for new tattoos next week before we go to HK, but Im still deciding if i want to do it or not
Last edited by Eddie; 10-01-2007 at 06:37 AM.
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