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mar-nut,

no no. The best martial arts instructions are movies starring white or black martial artist. You know like Van Dam, Steven Siegal, or Wesley Snipes will teach you all you need to know about martial arts.

Jacky Chan and Jet Li uses wires. So we know it must be fake.
AC Dropout Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 11:06:30 (PDT)

lmao I was reading Fightsport magazine and there was an interview with Tank Abbot the Ultimate Fighting Championship so-called bad man. He said his worst ever beating was from a Samoan at a party in California. Abbot said that it resulted in his head blowing to the size of a beachball for a week. Alot of Samoans are part Chinese aren't they?
Shaolin spirit Monday, June 17, 2002 at 21:35:34 (PDT)

Asian wrestling,

which type of wrestling do you consider as different from the 5 types of wrestling you mentioned?
rare stuff Saturday, June 15, 2002 at 17:20:35 (PDT)

The best info on Martial arts are any books that say Complete or Comprehensive in them because it usually means the author has taken the time to include everything they know in the form and the art.

Yang Jiang Ming's books are pretty extensive as well as the Bruce Lee fighting method books for instance.

I tend to like books that are alittle harder to find or even esoteric in nature because you can learn alot from authors who offer different views from the regular path.
Mar-Nut Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at 13:53:46 (PDT)

Chinese (sut-chiao), Turkish oil wrestling (yalivash), Mongolian wrestling, Japanese (ju jitsu) and Korean (ssi-rum) all have similar moves.

Can they have come from an ultimate similar source?

I noticed that the Chinese (sut-chiao) and Mongolian wrestling have nearly identical moves.
Asian wrestling Saturday, June 08, 2002 at 21:41:39 (PDT)

rare stuff,

I agree. The Chinese developed acupuncture in the same manner. They would use some type of sharp objects to torture their prisoners (who were most likely Huns at that time). Soon, new medical discoveries were developed as a result. That is how acupuncture came about.
acupuncture was not used to cure in its early stages Saturday, June 08, 2002 at 20:10:52 (PDT)

To rare stuff:
I agree.
Historically martial arts were developed from two main arenas:
1. The monastery{ or some religious
spiritual citadel or retreat.
2. Political organizations in the form
of ruling houses or families.ie
clans, dynasty, or specific "power"
group.ie. ruling elites..aristocracy
This is no coincidence.
To master the arts of war requires intensive study and practice ...all of which requires total devotion of time and energy. In the first arena individuals forgo all temporal ambitions allowing for the total devotion to these arts{ notwithstanding the fact the temple or sanctuary takes care of the basic human needs ie. food and shelter. In the second arena the disciples are members of a ruling elite freeing their energies from scrounging for existence and allowing for their every waking existence in learning the arts of war and politics.
Martial arts were never meant to be taught to the general populace. Also, the arts were never developed for altruistic reasons { that was a later byproduct} western knights, korean hwarang , japanese samurai, or chinese shaloin monks almost always were part of the elite of their respective societies. All of these violence specialists exist for protecting , expanding{ knights, hwarang, and samurai} or advising power holders.
latina loving korean hombre Friday, June 07, 2002 at 19:27:54 (PDT)

rare stuff,

The whole elephant. Two Ears and the Trunk. Remember to preserve it in a Jar if your Buddist. Wouldn't want to come back in the next life without it as a male.
AC Dropout Friday, June 07, 2002 at 12:24:38 (PDT)

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