Rich_2k3 Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 Martial Arts are a western thing. The asians just refined them... like TVs and VCRs. There is nothing asian about martial arts unless you are asian or being trained by an asian. This is a quote from one of the threads in the weapons section, their all talkin about guns and stuff and who's got the biggest, I cant actually believe their even using this site! I didnt want to leave a message on their thread cuz I cant be bothered to argue. Why are some ppl so ignorent and why do they say things like that? "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee
Master Jules Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 Guns are "western" ?????? Didnt the Chinese invent gunpowder ??? Master Jules ~Master Jules......aka "The Sandman""I may be a trained killer......but Im really a nice guy"
SevenStar Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 depends on the perspective... the greeks, persians, etc. various indo-aryan cultures have records of having MA far before asians. Even before the greeks, there's said to be an egyptian style that was named after one of their gods or something. He definitely made a closed minded, ridiculous sounding statement, but MA actually didn't originate in asia...
Master Jules Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 True.....the arts didnt originate in China....when Bohdidarma traveled from India to China, he stayed at the Shaolin temple.....Im sure we all know the story.......martial arts technically originated whenever and wherever the very first physical altercation between two human beings occured.....probably eons ago, and probably wherever the earliest remains of man have been found to date......just a thought.. ~Master Jules ~Master Jules......aka "The Sandman""I may be a trained killer......but Im really a nice guy"
aefibird Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 Well, man has probably been bashing one another over the head with rocks for millennia. I think that fighting is somewhat part of our nature, so wherever MA originated, you can bet it was early on in the development of mankind... "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
bluetiger Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 Man, that's one of the funniest things I've read in a while! Thanks for the laugh.
bluetiger Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 Man, that's one of the funniest things I've read in a while! Thanks for the laugh.
Vito Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 hm, just for the record, yea guns are western. chinese had the powder, but the westerners invented the actual gun. that other quote though, wow, yea... some people are just flamingly stupid. there are so many things wrong with it i cant even pick it apart. hey, give us the link to where you picked that up from so we can all call him an idiot where he posted. "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." -Machiavelli
SevenStar Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=89851&highlight=martial+arts+western+thing#89851
Rich_2k3 Posted August 28, 2004 Author Posted August 28, 2004 Maybe, but dont u think the comment "There is nothing asian about martial arts" is little abit wrong!? "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee
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