a bit of fat: advantage or disadvantage? - Page 4

**Oraenor** · 01-27-2007, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Yum

Actually the Asian martial arts were initially designed as a form of excercise to keep buddhist monks in shape after long sessions of meditation. The excercises came from Da Mo (Boddhidarma) an Indian who made a trip to China to spread Buddhism. The Chinese took the excercises, learned them while also studying the way different animals attacked each other (shaolin 5-animals). The combination did not initially make sense, but overtime it developed into a set of excercises that could also be used as a fighting art.

The martial arts developed further to include weapons and were spread to Korea and Japan (via Okinawa).

Wrestling, as a combat sport, has been around long before gong fu.

Thats the biggest myth and controversy of Kung Fu.Fortunately it has been busted. You can check the history of kung fu in wikipedia.

KenshiRyan · 01-27-2007, 07:15 PM

no offence taken man, that helps alot thanks heaps, all of which you said helped alot, I dont have any trouble with them grabing up high as I know a few techniques to get out of that. but the headlock one seems to be the easiest and most effective(am i right?).

Tom Yum · 01-27-2007, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Oraenor

Thats the biggest myth and controversy of Kung Fu.Fortunately it has been busted. You can check the history of kung fu in wikipedia.

Found it. The predecessor to it is horn butting; putting on horned helmets and charing at your opponent using the horn. Talk about old-school...

jubaji · 01-27-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by KenshiRyan

the headlock one seems to be the easiest and most effective(am i right?).

Easiest is gonna depend who is attacking, and most effective is gonna depend on you.

The_Judo_Jibboo · 01-27-2007, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Yum

Found it. The predecessor to it is horn butting; putting on horned helmets and charing at your opponent using the horn. Talk about old-school...

horn butting= "shuai li", the "shuai" looks familiar right? this is where shuai jiao comes from, the oldest kung fu and according to some the great grandfather of judo.

KenshiRyan · 01-27-2007, 10:48 PM

I see, thankyou for your wise advice jubaji, im very greatful for it.

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01-27-2007, 07:15 PM	#47 (permalink)
KenshiRyan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 77	no offence taken man, that helps alot thanks heaps, all of which you said helped alot, I dont have any trouble with them grabing up high as I know a few techniques to get out of that. but the headlock one seems to be the easiest and most effective(am i right?).

01-27-2007, 10:48 PM	#51 (permalink)
KenshiRyan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 77	I see, thankyou for your wise advice jubaji, im very greatful for it.

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