• Archive through October 18, 2005 October 18 - 01:30 pm [20]

A Ferrari is much more than just a car, but if it doesn't start in the morning....

My Neon is old, rusty, creaks and groans and often needs servicing; but if I ram you with it, it will still hurt ...

May the torque be with you! ;-)

Michael,

I see you agree that martial arts should be for more than just fighting. I assume you mean for sports too! Fun fun fun. How about teaching responsibility to stand up socially and politically for what you believe and being apart from the too tired crowd to help steer the good ol US of A in a direction that will produce leaders. You know people with opinions and something to say.

What about fight preventive measures? Such as building confidence and character through Asian social ethics, which WERE an intrinsic part of the arts (since the majority were from Asia regardless whether a particular teacher emphasized them or not)?

Or is it just all about training and fun? Forget about real fighting or character development.

After all that training to fight, you wanna PREVENT one??! Gimme a break!

"After all that training to fight, you wanna PREVENT one??! Gimme a break!"

...If you are ready.

Atnotoos:
There are lots of reasons to do taijiquan or any martial art beyond just being a capable fighter. On the other hand, most practitioners never go much beyond focussing on whatever aspect of the training that interests them the most.

I think that the study of something like taiji or bagua or xingyi should bring competent self-defense skills as well as improve your health and, in the long run, make you a more mature human being -- not just a great martial competitior or an effecient ass-kicker or someone who does great form but falls over from the 'blow-back" when he kicks someone wearing a chest-protector.

Oh, and you also have to enjoy the training because that's important in the long-run as well. ...

I wouldn't dare take on someone with a name like Sukhwani.

Its' my surname. (...you have offended my family & you have offended the Shaolin temple!)

Did i offend you in any sense? :0

Yours,

Jagdish

Michael:

If there is no intention to learn to fight when practicing Bagua, Taiji,etc, should them be called martial arts?

Yours,

Jagdish

Er....no, no, not at all! After all, (heh, heh)what's a few jokes, between friends, right? I mean, hell, it's all in fun, right?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!

Thank God! LOL!
I'm new in the forum so got off tracked.
I'll take note but may be i won't post as i should cause...
... " I'LL-BE-TOO-BUSY-LOOKING-GOOD".
HA,Ha,Ha!

Yours,

Jagdish

you girls appear to be ready to take your little relationship to the next level.

Gulp!

J.T., your last post shows that you qualify!

BOB #2,

I will find ...someone..with who you can fight!

Kenneth,

You'd better get back to Barbie.Lol!

Yours,

Jagdish

Just to bring this thread back to reality .....
for those of you who are interested, have a look at http://sfuk.tripod.com/reviews/stevemorrisnhb.html
for a review of one of Steve Morris's videos - there's been lots of comment here about what the man himself says on his site, so check out what a knowledgeable reviewer has to say about Morris's work.

Now, why in hell would we want to return to reality?

Yeah,in my own world there is a cue of masters willing to teach me because i am...the specimen!

...but i have reject some!

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