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Bruce Lee Vs. The Kiss Army
so, you think you're kung fu's pretty good, eh?
i want to fight your brother
him, against me
let's kung fu!!

the smoke is clearing you can see
peter and paul stanley
kareem and bruce they've made a truce
while ace and gene took pcp

a flying kick right through the air
his foot got stuck in peter's hair
ace and gene took on kareem
but slipped and fell in afro sheen
then bruce yelled out "oh boy"
i think he meant "la choy"
kareem and bruce don't miss when throwing stars at kiss

gene now has a shorter tongue
they should have used their love gun
gene and ace escaped today
they'll live to fight another day

oh, oh my god
ancient chinese secret sent by buddha
blah...
bruce and kareem out shooting baskets for two points.

well after reading over that site i have a few comments:

1. no mention of Seven-Star Praying Mantis any place.
2. his basic style is shoalin, this is a pure defensive art.
3. does not sound like you are telling us the full story here.
4. also sounds more then slightly fishy to me.
5. why if this guy has such a successful school would he alow for this match to happen in a basketball court?

ok, you have had 2 reasonable answeres on how to deal with this situation, one from me and one form the guy in the cat in the hat hat.

if this is a real situatin, then you need to talk with the instructor. if it is not then go away you bother me.

Just focus on defense for several minutes. After you seem him slow down a little, rush at him. One good blow to the face and he wont have time to recover. And if he really fights as dirty as you say a blow to the throat should solve thaat problem.

ok, this shows just how little you know about the martial arts in general.

as for turing the other cheek that refers to alow an agressor to not bother you as much. does not litteraley mean let them hit you in the face.

defuse the situation do not alow it to escalate, in other words as i have sujested.

just so you can learn something here.

by definition martial arts = the art of war. in other words the art of killing or destroying.

all true martial arts can be aggressive. just most modern teachers do not teach that to all of their students and certainly not to low rank students who do not deserve that kind of knowledge or they might misuese it much like you and the guy in your story are right now.

This guys doesnt own a real school they go to this elementary school basketball gym and train. He knows more than shoalin. He knows seven-star praying mantis, hung-gar, choy li fut, eagle claw, and some japenese styles like kempo, ken-jitsu, karate, and tung soo doo or however its spelled. That really is the whole story, i walked in their and the two guys (one was the big one) said "hey good to see you at our church" i replyed "naw im just saying hey to the preacher then i got to go". I dont attend this church because it seems too much like a cult (the poisonious koolaid type)

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=martial&db=*

mar·tial Audio pronunciation of "martial" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (märshl)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war.
2. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms.
3. Characteristic of or befitting a warrior.


and art, or in other words the art of war.

nice try btw.

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what you forget is to break the combination of the words down seperatly. martial is war or war like training or warriors, and art is just that. a study or mastery of something. so when combined you loosely get war art.

most martial arts that have been created over the centuries have been created for fighting. be it for offence or defensive reasons, but they were created to fight in wars before guns changed the battle field to something closer to what we think of today as war.

in the East as well as many parts of the world hand to hand combat was taught as a means of protecting ones land and life and honor. the Samuri errar in Japan is a very good example of this type of lifestyle. there were martial artist, artists of war from hand to hand, to range attack, to weapons and much much more. all of the "martial arts" taught in that time frame were for 1 reason and 1 reason only. for war. thus the world martial.

not much different in china, south east asia, or even the ME and europe or america and s. america for that matter. every land mass that has a culture wer fighting was involved had some form of martial arts. the romans, egyptians, greeks, all of them had their forms too.

even as modern as TaeKwon-Do founded by Gen. Choi during the occupation of Korea by the Japanise during the 20 - 50s. Gen. Choi created TKD for the sole reason of WAR. to teach the south korean army to fight hand to hand combat against the massive army of the N. Koreans backed by the red Chines. TKD was the first modern martial arts designed with the intention of always fighting multiple oppenents while combining 2000+ year old technique with modern science.

yet today it has been bastardized by the WTF into an Olypmic sport that is no more useful for fighting multiple oppenets then it is fighting 1 person. the WTF style of TKD is no longer a martial arts but instead a sport.

the ITF and many of the ITF off shoots on the other hand are still closer to the original form of TKD and are still true martial arts that can be used for fighting multiple opponents and for "the art of war".

Edited, Wed Mar 1 14:00:57 2006 by Singdall

Thanks Klyia i think that is the verse. Also even though i used to take martial art (since i was eight) i am a boxer...so basically their is no misuse..i can bite this guys ear off and feed it to him (hope i dont have too Mike Tyson ftw)

Singdall, stop being a ****. You're no good at it.

The term Martial Art does not employ the standard meanings of it componants in deriving it's meaning. You are intelligent enough to know this. "Characteristic of or befitting a warrior" is key here. Not war, not armed forces, not fighting, but characteristic of a warrior.

FUck off.

Edited, Wed Mar 1 14:22:02 2006 by NephthysWanderer

talk to a real martial artist and they will tell you exactly what i have. trust me when i tell you that martial arts is properly and loosly translated to the art of war, or that of acting as a warrior.

has nothing to do with open handed sports. that is a **** pore definition that holds no true meaning other then to say that karate is the same as taekwon-do or gung-fu. they are not the same and they are not all sports and they are not all open handed fighting systems.

Art of War is a book by Sun Tzu..not all war is art..unless you count the mushroom cloud after a bomb lol. I have never owned a gun though or shot one lol. But im quick to throw a chair or let my dog (canine familiris) handle my problems.