Wu Dang Honker,

Meynard wasn't showing a low level of technique with his threat to cut your balls off if he ever got his hands on you-- just a wrong assumption about your anatomy.

#2,

Finally I can say that you are right.Congratulations!

Meynard assumed wrong about my anatomy yes he did.He was going to cut off my balls and feed them to me.That would not work to well.

I never SUPERSIZE it.

Wu Dang Hanky,

Thanks for proving you're not Tom. Tom was more eloquently annoying than you are. Challenged as he was- he could out wit the likes of you.

>Roberto Numero 0- aka- No Manos De Piedra

I will say this for you.Like the real Hands of Stone you are a generous lad,giving of your time to sick children.Duran was known to load up a van and distribute food on the streets of Panama City.

As far as being Tom did I ever say that?As a matter of fact the name Campbell carries a storied and historical brand of vehemence among a certain clan from the highlands of Scotland.This Clan the most powerful and warlike of all Scottish Higlanders coined the term "Never Trust A Campbhell".The Campbells collaborators and traitors in bed with the English.The name coined after "he of the crooked smile" in Gaelic.

I hope Cartmell is not an English surname.

Wu Dank Honky,
I too watched the T.V. special recently which showed Roberto Duran's philanthropic activities.

Do you think he pussed out and gave up against Sugar Ray Lenard becuase of stomach cramps, as he says, or do you think he quit because he'd thrown
every combination he knew and had not been able to land any on the little guy? (I think it was the cramps).

Roberta Numero Dos,

Like the special mentioned and Leonard confirmed,I think the Leonard camp took advantage of Durans proclivity to ballon up after fights,and had the fight held as soon as possible after the Montreal fight.So I tend to believe he lost a lot of water weight to make weight for the fight,and thus the cramps.

Question is would have a properly conditioned and prepared Duran fared any differently against Leonard?I tend to believe Leonard when he states he fought Durans fight in Montreal.

Duran however in my estimation was the greates lightweight to ever lace the gloves up.Perhaps the greatest lower weight fighter period.Everybody talks about Durans punching power which was indeed awesome,but Leonard himself stated that Duran was a great defensive fighter.I have never seen a fighter so calm while adroitly slipping punch after punch by the smallest of fractions.

Duran had that magic that all of the great athletes seem to have,that charisma.I saw Duran when he destroyed Davey Moore in Madison Square Garden.The atmosphere was unbelievable.Poor Moore never had a chance.The Latino,s were going nuts.I will always remeber that.

Firstly, I do not believe your assertion that Roberto Duran was an android.

Secondly, androids are generally calm (whether slipping punches or taking orders on the main deck of a space ship which is under attack), therefore if you claim were valid, it would make sense that Duran would remain calm while slipping punches.

Would an android have given up, moron?
Do androids get stomach cramps?
Do you really believe that an android have a proclivity to play with baloons? You, sir, have a serious problem with reality.

Roberta,

The Duran of the 70,s as well as portions of the 80,s was a great fighter.In all aspects.

He was a brilliant defensive fighter who had developed the abilty to slip punches into an art form.

You however are simply slipping.That last post was BAD.You should have said NO MAS,NO MAS halfway through the post.Instead you persisted.

Why are the great ones often unable to say NO MAS?

Like the Ali of old your posts often left me grinning from ear to ear.Lately I have been just covering my eyes.

Come on Roberta.I witnessed redemtion for Roberto.I am hoping for the same from you.

You Go Girl.

It seems Sugar Ray developed an art form of landing punches on a brilliant punch slipper.

Lets get down to brass tacks here.... How long do you think Duran could've lasted against Rocky?

The Squirrel or the Eyetalian?

Lets not get ridiculous-
Rocky the Flying Squirrel was just a drawing.

Rocky was like so real to me man! And now you say he was (was?) just . . . a . . . drawing! (sob)Next thing you'll be saying is Bullwinkle was just a cartoon moose! My world is shattered.

How can you guys say that about me after all my posts?

Sorry little fella- but you're a Toon.

The following 4 posts were moved from the thread "Shen Wu : Wu De (martial virtue)". They are replies to the following statement made by Lao Tie Qiu on August 24,2001.

Tomorrow I'm headed down to Bowery St. in Manhattan to check out a similar no-nonsense bagua teacher who comes well-recommended. Another teacher, a xingyi student of the late Kenny Gong's, also comes well-recommended. The New York City area has a number of respected teachers who focus on developing the fighting skills of their students, fortunate for someone like me looking for decent instruction in a new town.

Lao Tie Qiu,

I'm going to be in Manhattan training on 8th Ave in a couple of weeks. There's a couple of events that some of us are gearing up for and we're getting some extra training in with my instructors cousin. Would you like to get together and train? I think it would be great to get together and exchange some knowledge transfer.

,
I'm sure he is on a tight schedule and can't make it, but he would have loved to have made it.Maybe next time.

Hey Joey,

The events of 11 September make your kind offer really unimportant to me. The prospect of squeezing your bald little head til it popped like the pimple you are was an attractive one, even if it meant rolling with a few of your fellow BJJ dry-humpers at the same time. But what happened at the WTC really makes this whole discussion board irrelevant to me right now.

And some of us have to give up our playtime now to go do some real fighting. I'm taking the red-eye in to NYC tonight. I'll be around until Tuesday, when my assignment starts. I don't know when I'll be back (not that you care).

If you're still around NYC, though, come on down. It's 499 Canal St., a 3-story brick walk-up on the north side of the street near the Holland Tunnel. Most of the area around there is closed to car traffic right now, and the tunnel is closed, but it's easy to find. There's a fenced-in parking lot a couple of doors down where we can play. It's kinda dusty, so leave your nice white gi at home.

"Exchange information" my ass.

Good luck with your assignment Tom.

I'm sure there will be other opportunities for you to squeeze my bald little head in the future. I also agree with you that the recent tragic events of 9/11 make the discussions on this and other boards irrelevant.

good luck with your training in the future.

Joe
p.s. Just an FYI, I'm sporting a nifty blue Atama Kimono these days...

Whew!! Tom is saved by the bell.

Ain't life wonderful?

that it depends on which end of the gun you're on.

Is that you pulling the trigger, Bob? Watch out behind you . . .

If I had a neck I would... for now, my rear-view sunglasses do a dandy job.

Why is Tom doing a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde routine on us?

"It's a trick. Get an axe".
-Bruce Campbell
Army of Darkness

Tom?