The UKE Thread

[DickHardman]

Oh no, Jubaji brings much, much, more.

no, no he doesnt.

[Troll Virus]

As whiney and needy as Troll Virus is, he still makes 10 times the contribution that jumanji does on these forums.
Fits nicely.

Not sure what I'd be whiney and needy about?
I'm wondering if anyone could point me out anything positive that jumanji has posted though?
I mean like constructive, life changing or even useful?

[shaolin-warrior]

Who do you think would win in a fight, Jubaji or bruce lee or luke skywalker?

[shaolin-warrior]

Sorry, couldn't resist

[Tom Yum]

Who do you think would win in a fight, Jubaji or bruce lee or luke skywalker?

Chuck Norris of course...


with jubaji in a close second.

[Hardball]

Gentleman choose your weapons................................

[gregimotis]

I think we should swing the whole damned thread and put a new spin on the Bruce Lee vs. Whomever idea.

We've seen Bruce vs. You-Name-It a million times. How about this for a twist?

Bruce Lee in Fists of Fury vs. Bruce lee in Enter the Dragon!

Does the vengeful hothead Bruce Lee beat the Special Agent Taoist Bruce Lee?

Let the nunchaku clash!

Sir, this is fantastic idea for a thread.
Here is another question worth considering: How badly did Bruce Lee want to kick the crap out of David Carradine?
You guys know that when Batman and Robin met and fought the Green Hornet and Kato, Robin and Kato fought to a draw in the show. You may not have know however, that originally Robin was scripted to defeat Kato but Bruce Lee refused to take a dive for some scrawny white kid. As I heard it, the director kept having to re-shoot the scene because Bruce kept coming on set doing acrobatics and fancy kicks and things like that to make Robin look like a chump- wouldn't let the scene go on until they agreed to a draw in the plot.

[treelizard]

Interesting thread. I myself need to learn how to say "yes, you're going way too hard." It's one thing to get hit hard when you can adjust what you're doing say in boxing or something (i.e. if I get hit too hard I get better at slipping, etc.) but I mean it's not like you can even defend yourself when you're practicing releases on each other... I have an injury from my last class because one guy was going way too hard. It'll heal, but I think I'm partially to blame because at one point he asked me if he was going too hard (we were just working kicks and punches and we had padding we were holding up but of course you can feel it through the padding) and I told him he was fine. I guess I'd rather just get used to it than ask someone to go lighter (and I want us to be able to train realistically), BUT there is a big difference between say kicks and punches (especially when I can adjust how I hold the focus mitts and Thai pads so they're not directly on my knees, etc.) and JOINT TECHNIQUES.

I don't think it's a macho thing for me as much as it is trying to learn how to deal with it, but part of it was having trouble reading the guy--is he asking me if he's going too hard for his own personal satisfaction, or is he really concerned about if he's going too hard? It can go either way. I mean you never know. Half the time (in my MA experience) when I ask people to step it down a notch they go even harder, so...

There's usually like one guy in any given class I go to (except MMA where everyone I train with is a rock star) that I really don't want to partner with, but sadly some classes make you partner with everyone.

"Throw as hard as you want to be thrown" is a good rule of thumb but not really applicable to people with different skill levels.

[Uke]

Sir, this is fantastic idea for a thread.
Here is another question worth considering: How badly did Bruce Lee want to kick the crap out of David Carradine?
You guys know that when Batman and Robin met and fought the Green Hornet and Kato, Robin and Kato fought to a draw in the show. You may not have know however, that originally Robin was scripted to defeat Kato but Bruce Lee refused to take a dive for some scrawny white kid. As I heard it, the director kept having to re-shoot the scene because Bruce kept coming on set doing acrobatics and fancy kicks and things like that to make Robin look like a chump- wouldn't let the scene go on until they agreed to a draw in the plot.

Great post. Nice little bit of trivia in there too.

[Tom Yum]

How about Bruce Li vs. Bruce Lee

or...

Bruce Lee vs. Bruce Leeroy

[Hardball]

Talk about Uke trusting Tori. I Uke'd this morning for a guy who used a devastating military strangle lock on me. He released right when I tapped. I also learned his choke. Nice, I've already taught it to two of my students. By the way this particular guy is a regular at my Dojo who I used to have problems with. Funny how people grow to respect each other over time.

[shaolin-warrior]

I know exactly what your talking about. We have a sixth degree black belt who gets pretty rough, but I've learned so much from him, I used to hate it when I saw his car in the parking lot at our school but now I look for it.

[angacam]

We have a young guy who is just stiff as heck and really tenses up a lot. he tends to go real hard. I am a bit older and have to wrap my fingers to help protect them (arthritis is real bad). Well this kid gets ahold of two of my fingers, boith wrapped and starts to lock em up hard. I tapped he kept pushin, I stomped his foot and reversed the finger lock on on him. Once I had him over my knee backwards i calmly informed him to notice all the white tape on my fingers. Then as I applied more preassure top his fingers I suggested he pay closer attention to peoples injuries unless he wished to end up with a few of his own.

[jubaji]

We have a young guy who is just stiff as heck and really tenses up a lot. he tends to go real hard. I am a bit older and have to wrap my fingers to help protect them (arthritis is real bad). Well this kid gets ahold of two of my fingers, boith wrapped and starts to lock em up hard. I tapped he kept pushin, I stomped his foot and reversed the finger lock on on him. Once I had him over my knee backwards i calmly informed him to notice all the white tape on my fingers. Then as I applied more preassure top his fingers I suggested he pay closer attention to peoples injuries unless he wished to end up with a few of his own.

Wow, you sound like an A-hole.

[angacam]

Wow, you sound like an A-hole.

Yes, and I would be the perfect A-hole if not for these darn hemroids.