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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:


Is that when it comes to cases I reach a strange form of detached serenity, where time spins a little different, and every single motion however miniscule around me is magnified and highlighted the moment it begins

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
guess I have to wait once again for technology to catch up, eh ?

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Not to sound all Bruce Lee about it, but my take is that most martial arts are about conditioning. Getting muscles & reflexes tuned up through rote repetition. That all good & well, but any art needs to be distilled to it's most basic straight line & tightest circular motions to be effective in actual combat. Fluidity is the key- hard & soft poles within single movements.
Hey, I loves me my Wing Chun & Tai Chi, but in many instances, Drunken Boxing can combine both art's basic movements into a sort of usable nonsense.
The real answer is to not be bound by any particular martial dogma. Threads to all; cemented to none.

Okay, enough stream of MY thought, any others have any martial meditations?


The battle Chrisisall

"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010

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Originally posted by Haken:


If you haven't seen Ip Man, I highly recommend it.

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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:


The stylistic differences were too jarring to her and she only lasted about a year in Karate.

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Originally posted by Haken:
A slight clarification. Ip Chun is Ip Man's eldest son.

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One may never use the combat skills in real life

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, but the ideology is constant and pervasive and teaches one how to live a just life.

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My daughter used to be somewhat of a wild child before she joined TKD, it really helped her focus more in school. Step out of line in TKD class and it's 20 sit ups and 20 push ups. This was when she was 6. She learned very quickly to listen after that.

I wish they could do that sort of thing in the public school system. Some of the kids I see in my daughter's school really need discipline that apparently they are not getting at home or school.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:37

The real answer is to not be bound by any particular martial dogma.

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Originally posted by Calhoun:


Isn't that the essence of Lee's Jeet Kune Do?

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I used to own a book called "Tao of Jeet Kune Do", pretty sure was written by Bruce himself.

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Originally posted by OPPYH:
Yikes, if anyone remembers the early days of UFC it was horribly brutal. Many broken bones and worse(I watched a guy get pummeled until his cheekbone exploded). And while it was fun to see Judo performed in a real fighting arena, I was kind of turned off by it, and decided not to get lessons.

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Originally posted by reenact12321:
I'll stick to my sidearm I think. Good ol' Equalizer. Thank you Mr. Colt.

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