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Akido, Hapkido, JuJitsu, and KyuKido...
Ummon:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on June 13, 2009, 12:28:09 pm ---Finally, Wang Chun is good... but they only had like 2 hits, where as Wing Chun is full of hits. ;) ;D
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Funny. Yeah, I guess in 'crushing grapes', you already have them in a submission and are swiftly coming down. And, well, it's a killing move. I definitely see the sense in using sand bags. (Incidentally, using them for physical conditioning is well-documented and much advised.) Of course, I inherently question the interest in martial arts, for, meditation, physical conditioning, and spiritual development are not dependent on them.
Xiaou2:
--- Quote ---Of course, I inherently question the interest in martial arts, for, meditation, physical conditioning, and spiritual development are not dependent on them.
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You can be incredibly fit (and conditioned)... but, if someone attacks you and you have poor technical ability... your fitness will not save you. Nor will your meditation.
The best fighter, does not need to fight. They can talk the fight down. However,
there are those times when someone will persist. It is that time, in which the best
diplomacy is a show of arms (and legs).
Also, If you have ever rode a city bus in a rough area... without any martial arts training... you are going to look around you and feel slightly uneasy, if not a little frightened, by some of the hooligans and their stares & antics.
Those feeling are extremely reduced if not completely eliminated, once your skills have
attained a high level.
Martial Arts had started out as a means of protection, as well as a tool in
war (Offense). The arts were never about 'Fighting' for the sake of Fighting.
Ummon:
I understand that. Still, I prefer more clandestine methods of....interaction. Besides, the right bearing goes a long way in avoiding and fending off would-be altercations.
saint:
Today I ripped my big toenail halfway off. Good times....
(I hurt)
saint:
I hurt *everywhere* ... Yesterday was a black belt test. Not my black belt test, but I was one of the uke's (throwing dummy) yesterday. Did the 2 hour regular class, then lunch, then 2.5 hours of the black belt test. I can't count the number of times I was thrown in the air and slammed to the mat.
Good times....
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