shortdog

ok, i love all martial arts. i want to learn all of them, but that is impossible. i would be happy to learn one of the following: Capoeira snake kung fu monkey kung fu any drunken style but there are no schools near me. there is 2 TKD schools, and an akido school where i go now, but dont like it. the closest school is 50 miles away. does any one know any book that could help me pursue any of those 4 styles. SHORTDOG

i know this is kind of sad but i was into martial arts for a while, then i quit for a few years. then i saw "romeo must die". i had to be able to do what he does. and im still trying to find a suitable kung fu studio. SHORTDOG

my friend told me he studies scorpion kung fu. i think he is full of crap. has any one heard of this? i dont think it real. how many scorpions did they have in the shaolin tempols? SHORTDOG

does any one know where i can get a pair of cheap Hakamas? if you dont know they are not weapons. they are the flowing pants worn buy samuri and kendo practitioners. kind of like HUGE bell bottoms. SHORTDOG

how can they claim it is %100 it is effective. they have a lot of nerve to say that. the only way to be %100 effective is to not be in a situation where you have to fight. SHORTDOG

size does not matter. if your tecnique is good enough you can prevail over any adversary. btw are we talking about height or weight? cuz i wrestle for my hight school. i wrestle at the 150lb weight class. and i love tall guys. you give me a tall guy even if he is a class above me i'll take him and win. short fat guys(like me) are harder. SHORTDOG

has any one here actually used their martial arts style in a fight. i dont mean play fighting or sparing, i mean a real streetfight. SHORTDOG

kung fu was founded by bodhidaram or in chinese da-mo. travled to the shaolin tempol in songshan mountain in the henan province. he stayed in the mountain to meditate for 9 years, at 76 he began teaching health arts like maditatinf to the monks. durring his time living in the monistary he realised that monks who meditated for many hours a day were in poor physcal condition. they couldn't preform the physcal tasks to maintain the monistary. and when attacked by bandits they couldnt defend them selves. so bodhidarma taught the monks 3 exercises to keep them strong and healthy. he showed them: Lohan Shi ba shou (18 hands of arhats) yi jin jing (book of changing tendons) xi shui jing (book of washing bone marrow) over time there were 3 martial artist that changed the course of kung fu. but i cant find them in my book right now so. they eventually created the 5 animal system. kung fu went from 18 movments to 128 for each of the 5 animals, hu xing(tiger), she xing(snake), he xing(crane), bao xing(panther), long xing(dragon). and that dosnt include monked kung fu, praying mantis, drunken kung fu. or long fist or half a dozen others SHORTDOG

I INVENTED JU-JETSU

i find that in a street fight a front kick to the face or a jump back turn kick. i have used that one a few times. most people wouldnt use it. buz its too fance, but it is quick and effective if you hit them in the stomach or solarplexus. shortdog peace out

ok, i study kobudo i love it, going to class is the highlight of my week. i want to get more weapons, kama, and sai mostly. but my parents are paranoid, so they wont let me get any sharp weapons. i could convince my dad to let me get a kama with a foam blade, but its just not the same. can any one please give me advice!? SHORTDOG

does any one know if the following places have a self defence style? Australia vietnam africa russia thanks shortdog if you want to talk about these and other styles join here. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldofmartialarts

hey i started this yahoo group for all kinds of martal arts, kobudo, kung fu, mhindi vita sanna, capoiera, drunked boxing, shackled hand, if you practice some kind of not so well know form of self defence or want to lean about others join up please. SHORTDOG

the beauty of kung fu is that there are styles for different people. the shaolin monks were taught one and they branched off and created new styles for their physcal abilities and their surroundings. snake is sofy attacks to vulnerable areas, eyes throat, pressure points, etc. tiger is strong kicks, punches, and gouges. crane is very artful and is more of a passive art, with sharp attack to vulnerabe spots. monkey i have no idea, but it is confuse your opponent and strike hard from akward positions like drunked boxing. SHORTDOG