Drunken Monkey

s2000 not really expensive... about £26,000. but it IS more than a lotus elise though. now that is a thing of beauty.

distraction? that's a rather dumb thing to say.

ok i can understand that KM could be very effective for specific situations. the only problem i have now is what do you do if what really happens isn't exactly how you practiced for? sorry if i sound like i'm picking on KM but i'm not. i have a slight distrust for a lot of the "self defence" classes because i'm kinda worried that it might train bad habits into a lot of people. teaching people to stomp on feet and jab eyes and hit groins is all well and good but we all know that the attacker isn't just going to stop attacking if you've hit him. one thing that has always bugged me is that in the past, you had to be very dedicated and must train herd to master a martial art. after the very long period of time you would be able to defend yourself because you would've spent a very long training for any situation you can think of. for those you didn't think of, your many years of training would've made the moves/techinques part of you and you should be able to work new solutions. in modern times, a lot of people just want results without the work. they want to say "i know kung fu" or go around saying that they take serious self defence lessons (once a week, on fridays for two hours...) granted that the new ways do work in their applications and within their parameters but it just isn't the same as the old ways. i know i've gone off a bit and to be honest i've forgotten my point... i guess i'm trying to say that you cannot really compare the two because they are two very different things. it is like comparing an oil painting to a photograph (maybe a bad analogy). both can get beautiful results but are completely different.

cos well, at the end of the day, martial arts is big business... if you have thousands of people coming to your doorstep offering you money to teach them something they have no clue about what would you do?

i can do a back palm to half deck flourish (from free hand) dropping to reveal the chosen card (forced, naturally...) in terms of martial arts, not a lot...

i don't think it was an attempt to make him look bad. i thought he was saying how removed the ring is compared to real fighting.

shhh... he's reading... sorry feeling a bit flippant today...

hey hey hey, you can't win. a lot of guys still hang onto this idea of ring fights being the test of the best martial art. they just want a round-about way to say that they are studying the best martial art. but then so what if they are? it doesn't mean that they will be any good...

still hasn't given any details about his art...

training for ufc is training for specific opponents who use specific moves. it might be the closest to a real fight but it is still very far from reality.

well, i am always dubious about what happens in china. i hear a lot of bad stories about what it is like (lots of fakes, mcdojos galore etc etc). however, i am aware that the good stories are never told...

well the thing is, most arts teach circular movements to neutralise attacks and to dissiptate force. correct me if i'm wrong but isn't that a classic hallmark of "soft styles". in that respect all styles are soft. i should add that i'm not a firm believer of chi and see it in terms of classic chinese martial arts theory...

well, it's hard to say that she trained in KM for the film. chances are she trained for the fight scenes. the style is almost irrelevent.

well. let's see. bruce's chinese name (for films) was lee siu lung (which translates to little dragon lee). you can't really say that they didn't get the name from him...

well, i was talking about where the name itself comes from. not the company that supplies it...

i think it is safe to assume that nearly all styles uses both...

oooh, are you sure it wasn't cos of bruce lee's name?

so what is the instinctive reaction to a choke hold? or any attack for that matter? it certainly isn't to hit back. and you may have noticed that i didn't actually mention any techniques/moves from any art because i was talking about instinct in general. my argument is that you train in "non-natural" moves in order to make them natural and instinctive.

i have asked him before about his "art" but have never gotten a proper reply. i think it's better that we don't ask.

whoa dude, she's 16.... careful...

well, even in a few months there would be a few things that you would have been told. simple, direct, no fuss/flash, no waste. almost everything that wushu isn't. ok, maybe time to clarify. my sifu has a lot of respect for those guys but as a fighting art, he doesn't rank them highly. more to the point, he isn't too keen when us kids are messing around trying to do wushu style flips and kicks and imitate things from films. he doesn't actually mind but he stresses to us that we have to be realistic and that we should be careful to not develop bad habits but then he always goes on to add, but if you can get it to work, then good... but damn... wushu does look good!

the more i read the funnier it gets but then it isn'r funny at all. it is this kinda crap that ruins our legit arts' reputation. we should be very, very afraid.

wow how mixed up are they? chinese name, koren master, phrases/names made up of three/four different languages god knows what kinda muddled history... are people really that dumb?

ok, i hear a lot about how KM teaches you to use instinctive moves in combat/dangerous situations. well, the thing is, as far as i know, when you are threatened, your natural response is to freeze or flounder. it is because we freeze that we need to train in these martial arts to make the moves/techniques natural and familiar so that we DO NOT freeze or flap our arms about. my point is, natural instinctive moves don't help you. well trained, tested moves/techniques do. in this respect, as long as you train properly, any style will work

i would've thought someone who holds a "black belt" in wushu would know not to call it "wushu kung fu"... and there's also an unmentioned "dislike" of wushu by traditional wing chun guys, mainly because wushu goes against everything you learn in wing chun... well, maybe dislike is a bit strong but you get my drift.