Karate experts - are they really 'hard'?

[Disastrous]

968 said:

Disastrous said:

I fenced competitively for years and got pretty good results at a national level. As such, I'm well qualified to lethally force a blade into a man's heart, eye, or any organ you can name.

I don't say this to sound like I'm a goddamn assassin with an epee or anything, but honestly, if you put me in Alexandre Dumas' France, I would be like a fking God to those people. D'sastrous and the 3 Musketeers. Obviously I'd need my breeches and a properly qualified President to referee, but apart from that, I'd straight up kill everyone.

Not humble-bragging at all though, you feel me?

Lol

I used to fence competitively too in national squads, I could be Aramis to your d'artagnan?

I want to be the one who was always on the piss, tanning back horse troughs full of mead and brawling with guards that spilled his pint and punching out horses and that. Athos was it? It was mixed up from the book...he was a Great Dane I think?



whassat? You can...fking...>hic<...chop three arteriesh without shever...sher...shevering my head?? fking...fking try it shun!

>wipes pint glass up wall and lacerates bushidosamuraikendonagasaki<

Obviously, the book is a load of st - the cartoon really nailed it!

[tumble dryer]

Disastrous said:

968 said:

Disastrous said:

I fenced competitively for years and got pretty good results at a national level. As such, I'm well qualified to lethally force a blade into a man's heart, eye, or any organ you can name.

I don't say this to sound like I'm a goddamn assassin with an epee or anything, but honestly, if you put me in Alexandre Dumas' France, I would be like a fking God to those people. D'sastrous and the 3 Musketeers. Obviously I'd need my breeches and a properly qualified President to referee, but apart from that, I'd straight up kill everyone.

Not humble-bragging at all though, you feel me?

Lol

I used to fence competitively too in national squads, I could be Aramis to your d'artagnan?

I want to be the one who was always on the piss, tanning back horse troughs full of mead and brawling with guards that spilled his pint and punching out horses and that. Athos was it? It was mixed up from the book...he was a Great Dane I think?



whassat? You can...fking...>hic<...chop three arteriesh without shever...sher...shevering my head?? fking...fking try it shun!

>wipes pint glass up wall and lacerates bushidosamuraikendonagasaki<

Obviously, the book is a load of st - the cartoon really nailed it!

[968]

Disastrous said:

I want to be the one who was always on the piss, tanning back horse troughs full of mead and brawling with guards that spilled his pint and punching out horses and that. Athos was it? It was mixed up from the book...he was a Great Dane I think?



whassat? You can...fking...>hic<...chop three arteriesh without shever...sher...shevering my head?? fking...fking try it shun!

>wipes pint glass up wall and lacerates bushidosamuraikendonagasaki<

Obviously, the book is a load of st - the cartoon really nailed it!

Lol, that makes me the Spaniel. I think Richelieu was a Doberman. Maybe you could be Drunken Master instead?

[Disastrous]

968 said:

Lol, that makes me the Spaniel. I think Richelieu was a Doberman. Maybe you could be Drunken Master instead?

So long as I can still be a dog - these pyjama wrestlers will have less chance of knowing where my arteries are!

[968]

Disastrous said:

968 said:

Lol, that makes me the Spaniel. I think Richelieu was a Doberman. Maybe you could be Drunken Master instead?

So long as I can still be a dog - these pyjama wrestlers will have less chance of knowing where my arteries are!

If only Deev was here....

[Pixel Pusher]

I had a magenta belt in Ying Tong Iddle I Po and invented the one inch punch.

I have many scars.

[Troubleatmill]

Pixel Pusher said:

Ying Tong Iddle I Po

That brought back memories....

[Ayahuasca]

FredClogs said:

Since the advent of the UFC and MMA all this conversation is/should be redundant, we do know what happens when men fight in their underpants with very few rules now, it's not a mystery anymore, there's very little to really talk about, the evidence has been provided.

Wrong, many of Wing Chun's moves are banned in UFC, MMA. Stomp kick to knee (possibly a crippling kick), eye gouge (possibly blinding), throat jab (possibly killing).

[AstonZagato]

Troubleatmill said:

Pixel Pusher said:

Ying Tong Iddle I Po

That brought back memories....

What about the Yorkshire martial art of Ecky thump?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpLZs5nbK9k

[wolfracesonic]

968 said:

Disastrous said:

I fenced competitively for years and got pretty good results at a national level. As such, I'm well qualified to lethally force a blade into a man's heart, eye, or any organ you can name.

I don't say this to sound like I'm a goddamn assassin with an epee or anything, but honestly, if you put me in Alexandre Dumas' France, I would be like a fking God to those people. D'sastrous and the 3 Musketeers. Obviously I'd need my breeches and a properly qualified President to referee, but apart from that, I'd straight up kill everyone.

Not humble-bragging at all though, you feel me?

Lol

I used to fence competitively too in national squads, I could be Aramis to your d'artagnan?

Can I be Hai Karate to your Aramis? You'll have to lend me a sword thing though.

[LittleBigPlanet]

This thread is approaching legendary status!

[Liokault]

Last word on this from me:

http://morrisnoholdsbarred.com/archives/pedigree/

Steve Morris, proper karate master, now MMA coach, probably still a psychopath. I really want but also really don't want to train with him.

[blindswelledrat]

FredClogs said:

turbobloke said:

FredClogs said:

There is really no such thing as aikido te

If so, it's a term in surprisingly common use, and over several decades. From the search I mentioned previously which includes the Oxford school:

Bushido Aikido-Te | Wisewarrior Training
www.wisewarrior.co.uk/project/aikido_te/
Training in Aikido-Te brings together this graceful ...

Bushido Academy - Aikido-Te
www.bushidoacademy.co.uk/aikido-te.html
Aikido-Te is a truly effective combat style that is centred on the manipulation of the opponents energy.

Aikido Aikido-te Focus | BUSHIDO OXFORD
www.bushido-oxford.com/index.php/tag/aikido-aikido...
Aikido - Te is an Aiki form with Kata that teaches fluid and harmonious movement coupled with technical skill and power.

Aikido Te - Bristol - Bushido Academy
www.martialartsbristol.org/aikido/

Aikido te katana atemi waza with Jaff RAJI Chile 2013 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rLiu9hksQ

Trust me, it's not a thing. It looks like some people caught in someones narcissistic fantasy.

Probably this guy (from the website)




This is the issue. Like I said I have been practicing all sorts of martial arts for many years but the thought of posing for a picture like that would never even cross my mind. The claims of Zen philosophy and warrior spirit juxtaposed with those image are I'm afraid simply funny - that's what makes people laugh.

Turbobloke - ask yourself this:
You and Fred Clogs both seemingly did martial arts a lot.
Everyone is laughing at you.
Nobody is laughing at Fred.
Just read your posts and just try and work out the difference. Until you are able to do that you will never get a girlfriend.

[turbobloke]

blindswelledrat said:

FredClogs said:

turbobloke said:

FredClogs said:

There is really no such thing as aikido te

If so, it's a term in surprisingly common use, and over several decades. From the search I mentioned previously which includes the Oxford school:

Bushido Aikido-Te | Wisewarrior Training
www.wisewarrior.co.uk/project/aikido_te/
Training in Aikido-Te brings together this graceful ...

Bushido Academy - Aikido-Te
www.bushidoacademy.co.uk/aikido-te.html
Aikido-Te is a truly effective combat style that is centred on the manipulation of the opponents energy.

Aikido Aikido-te Focus | BUSHIDO OXFORD
www.bushido-oxford.com/index.php/tag/aikido-aikido...
Aikido - Te is an Aiki form with Kata that teaches fluid and harmonious movement coupled with technical skill and power.

Aikido Te - Bristol - Bushido Academy
www.martialartsbristol.org/aikido/

Aikido te katana atemi waza with Jaff RAJI Chile 2013 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rLiu9hksQ

Trust me, it's not a thing. It looks like some people caught in someones narcissistic fantasy.

Probably this guy (from the website)




This is the issue. Like I said I have been practicing all sorts of martial arts for many years but the thought of posing for a picture like that would never even cross my mind. The claims of Zen philosophy and warrior spirit juxtaposed with those image are I'm afraid simply funny - that's what makes people laugh.

Turbobloke - ask yourself this:
You and Fred Clogs both seemingly did martial arts a lot.
Everyone is laughing at you.

The thing is. as I'm not looking for approval it's not an issue, but thanks for your concern.

blindswelledrat said:

Nobody is laughing at Fred.

That's comforting for Fred but doesn't alter reality in that Aikido Te has been around for decades even though it doesn't exist.

blindswelledrat said:

Just read your posts and just try and work out the difference. Until you are able to do that you will never get a girlfriend.

Mrs TB will be pleased to hear that.

If lots of PHers approve of your brand of charm as demonstrated above then you're truly the lucky one.

Judging by PH meets, rolling road events etc quite a few PHers won't have long to wait until they/we can use pension statements to inflict a nasty paper cut, they really sting! No arteries involved, phew.

LittleBigPlanet said:

This thread is approaching legendary status!

The line is in sight!

[PositronicRay]

Liokault said:

Last word on this from me:

http://morrisnoholdsbarred.com/archives/pedigree/

Steve Morris, proper karate master, now MMA coach, probably still a psychopath. I really want but also really don't want to train with him.

Morris you say?

[FredClogs]

Ayahuasca said:

FredClogs said:

Since the advent of the UFC and MMA all this conversation is/should be redundant, we do know what happens when men fight in their underpants with very few rules now, it's not a mystery anymore, there's very little to really talk about, the evidence has been provided.

Wrong, many of Wing Chun's moves are banned in UFC, MMA. Stomp kick to knee (possibly a crippling kick), eye gouge (possibly blinding), throat jab (possibly killing).

If you think Master Wong (or anyone else) is going to simply throat jab, eye gouge and stomp kick to knee Jon Jones into submission you're deluded.

The old days of the UFC or Pride fights were as close to real street fighting as you're going to get in a sport setting and guess what - the guys who dominated events were not doing Kung Fu. And you might find some Brazillian "Vale Tudo" stuff from back in the day on YouTube that is genuinely no rules and again, they're not doing Bruce Lee stuff.

Don't forget if you're allowed to groin kick, snap fingers off, insert fingers in and elbow guys in the back of the neck then so are they. You don't need to study Kung Fu for 30 years to pull someones pinkies off or gouge their eyes out but if you are that guy then there are places you should be other than on a sporting pedestal.

[fido]

turbobloke said:

blindswelledrat said:

Just read your posts and just try and work out the difference. Until you are able to do that you will never get a girlfriend.

Mrs TB will be pleased to hear that.

[Hoofy]

tuscaneer said:

Hoofy said:

I think if you stick with it for longer you'd probably work out a strategy. Grappling on the ground is about figuring what the guy is trying to do or applying a counter to what he's already done.

I had a strategy.....punch them in the face every time they tried to get a grip of me....seriously though....not my bag....I just wasn't interested enough in the art to care...whereas boxing took over my combat art needs 23 years ago and has remained a constant since....you should see my memorabilia collection!!!....I fkin love it??

Fair enough. I've seen boxers try that strategy in MMA; all it takes is a less than perfect punch and they're through.

[Higgs boson]

AstonZagato said:

Troubleatmill said:

Pixel Pusher said:

Ying Tong Iddle I Po

That brought back memories....

What about the Yorkshire martial art of Ecky thump?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpLZs5nbK9k

Pah! 'not a patch on Llap Goch, obviously.

[blindswelledrat]

fido said:

turbobloke said:

blindswelledrat said:

Just read your posts and just try and work out the difference. Until you are able to do that you will never get a girlfriend.

Mrs TB will be pleased to hear that.

You know that "Mrs TB" is his carer, right?