Drunken Monkey

oi, that's THREE times a week thank you very much

whatever

you really do watch that show too much.

that could have something to do with the fact that it's what, 14 yrs old already? you expect it to stay still and not evolve for 14 years? although admittedly, some of the versions have been blatent 'moneymakers'...

sano, are you saying that you don't like the gracies because OTHER PEOPLE think that their style is good? oh and please, in future, don't use my posts out of context.

grow up little boy. as for the jkd/wing chun thing. maybe i'm just too used to hearing people clump them together because ol' mr lee was a wing chun student. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that either is better than the other just that despite the similarities in theory, concept and execution, they deserve to stand alone/separate. but then i read somewhere that the earlier jun fan kung fu was basically wing chun 'loosened' up.

i think the best way to answer this is to ask why you don't think a christian (or one of any religion)can do martial arts.

whoa... the bowing has to be taken in a cultural context. it is about respect, not worship.

i am fully aware of that. what initially bugged me about some of the posts here is that they seem to worship bjj as the absolute ultimate in self defence martial arts and don't seem to be able to see flaws.

which is exactly why i don't like it when people say there is a 'superior' style. ultimately, it is all down to the person doing it, and how much luck he has when the time comes.

whoa... don't put wing chun and jkd as the same thing....

not too keen on the 'deadly' tag... it isn't a 'special' move. just a name that fits in with the style that it's from. there's a 'prayer hand' or 'buddha hand' that is so called because of it's position. a 'buddha palm', as far as i'm aware, basically describes a palm type strike that begins with your hand in a postion along your central plane.

it's supposed to be absurd because in a way you are saying that a bjj guy can't win by striking and that's the point i am trying to make. it seems to me that you are saying that in order for a bjj guy to win he HAS to grapple. i mentioned 'rounded' because in my opinion, bjj is not rounded because it is primarily one on one. in my opinon, karate is more rounded as an art because it is about self defence as opposed to beating ONE guy in a ring.

but it does go to show that the rules have a lot to say for who wins. and if noticed, i did mention, 'rounded' martial art in my post. my point is the focus of different arts. and once again, i go back to treebranch's point of bjj being by nature very much one on one.

limited? but surely a well rounded martial should be able to handle itself in any type of competition. a lot of guys say that wing chun is limited in a nhb fight but then there are shot down very quickly by bjj guys. why is it that different when you say that bjj is limited in a karate fight? like many people have said before me, a ring competition isn't really a fair judge of whether a style is good or not.

last one... we do use a rattan staff but it has it's own extra little set of principles because of its flex. use wise, it's much the same. we just got to be wary of the 'bounce' when weapons meet.

but nhb is gracie territory, so to speak. how well will they do in japan's karate tournaments?

sold out? i don't think 'sold out' can be used for anything that is wwe related. all he did was move from one commercial stage to another commercial stage (and one with a wider audience too). in my opinion, i would say that is called 'moving up' in the world.

if you drink your tea when it is too hot you get burnt

the dream thing is a common chinese myth. it's kinda a common thread in chinese buddhist/taoist myths; y'know, moments of enlightenment. drunken style (the proper one that is) has moves that are based on the immortals but as far as i know isn't from the 8 immortals. y'know, this in itself is kinda odd cos drunken style is a shaolin style and while the 8 immortals are part of chinese buddhist mythology, some of them are taoist characters.... anyway, trying to find out more, will let you guys know if i dig up anything.

paulie zink... is he the dude who wears chinese style clothes and has cultivated a really dodgy moustache? the name is really familiar but i just quite picture him...

it isn't really a case of how 'he' is attacking you but more about what you are doing to defend. if you know how a certain type of weapon is used, you can see how a certain type of weapon can be used against you. if you know how a weapon works then you should know how a weapon doesn't work. it's like in normal hand work; you know what your techniques are weak against and so you watch out for them. 'before you learn to hit, you learn to get hit. while learning to hit, you learn how not to get hit.'

not sure about a short staff but the two i've trained with are both long. one's about six foot and the other one's nine foot. the six foot one is just a regular staff, normally made from red oak, teak or some other heavy, oily wood but sometimes people use a rattan one for it's flexibility. the nine foot one is tapered on one end (something to do with either being a punt for an old chinese boat or the 'staff' of a spear) and again it's usually a hard oily wood. there's also a chinese weapon loosely called a 'whip' that is almost just a short stick. it kinda looks like a sword but it has a pole instead of a blade and is usually made of a metal of some kind. saw something about 'unsupported spins' but not sure what you mean. when we do a spin in chinese styles, we tend to have both hands firmly on the staff at about shoulder width apart. like i say, i've never really seen japanese staff play or weapons compititions.

and the chinese thing is heavy... we also use it for strength training, basically as a leverage bar. have you ever tried doing one arm lifts from one end of them? anyway, i'm straying.... sorry. y'know, i've never actually seen how japanese styles use a staff.

is this at one of youe imaginary fights?