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Originally posted by hashpuppet
I've been reading books on arts and a lot of the chinese arts seem to have histories of guys knocking other guys 100 feet away and unimaginable stuff like that. It would be interesting to take a chinese art, i wish they had a dojo in my area.
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I grew up in a MA family and as a youth, I was exposed to all sorts of kung-fu stories, mysticisms and mind-control. For a long time, I believed in many of that stuff. My older brother had gone to China on several occassions, training with kung-fu masters, etc... I was the little kid always watching as my father and brother trained together in TKD, karate and kung-fu - they ate that stuff up.
Unfortunately, by the time I matured enough to partake in my family sparring sessions, I noticed that all the secret kung-fu techniques my brother had hidden from me, really had no effect. He would talk of such things as "chi" and "dim mak", but when we sparred, I would clean his clock with simple boxing combinations and well-timed kicks. My father would always make excuses for my brother, pointing out that he was holding back.
It was different with my dad, however. He was trained while serving in the military and spent time in Thailand, Korea and Japan. My dad always beat both our asses.