a message to the martial artists on this forum

[mr goodcat]

The abortion of a sentence quoted above is what makes you look stupid.

then you dont know what looking stupid looks like

so lets think for a second, this is a forum yes?

all kinds of people will come and go here yes?

therefore, a lot of people will be sharing opinions and beliefs based on what their view of the world is, which pretty much is what people base their opinions and beliefs on, seeing the world in a different light, if you think about it, it all comes down to a set of opinions and beliefs gradually becoming the circle of acceptance over time. therefore you must have patience or just dont say anything that might impair the acceptance of your opinions if you wish to state them in the near future.

[jubaji]

so let me say.. if you do not have the mental intellect to comprehend good insightful information, without becoming a loser and insulting the person stating it, then its probably best if you dont say anything at all, because judging things you do not know just makes you look stupid

The abortion of a sentence quoted above is what makes you look stupid.

[mr goodcat]

Yeh thats the sort of thing a Bullshiter would say

i see the world in a different light than you, as you do to me. so lets just leave it there hmm?

[mr goodcat]

Mr. Goodcrap is sooooooo full of shit, I LMAO for about ten minutes reading his wannabe-Bruce comments

so let me say.. if you do not have the mental intellect to comprehend good insightful information, without becoming a loser and insulting the person stating it, then its probably best if you dont say anything at all, because judging things you do not know just makes you look stupid

[mr goodcat]

Mr. Goodcrap is sooooooo full of shit, I LMAO for about ten minutes reading his wannabe-Bruce comments

bruce lee is dead my friend i am sorry if it makes you feel better believing i want to be him. no i am myself and thats all i am. dont be so quick to judge those you do not know it might turn up bad for you

[mr goodcat]

who? me or mr. goodbar?

cuz, I always say...if you can't impress 'em with intellect, baffle them with bullshit.

mr. goodbar? (those who know do not speak
those who speak do not know

[Garland]

Yeh thats the sort of thing a Bullshiter would say

I've been had!

[kuk sool won]

who? me or mr. goodbar?

cuz, I always say...if you can't impress 'em with intellect, baffle them with bullshit.

Yeh thats the sort of thing a Bullshiter would say

[kurt_myers0369]

Mr. Goodcrap is sooooooo full of shit, I LMAO for about ten minutes reading his wannabe-Bruce comments

[Garland]

This guy majors in Bull and minors in Shit...

who? me or mr. goodbar?

cuz, I always say...if you can't impress 'em with intellect, baffle them with bullshit.

[kurt_myers0369]

This guy majors in Bull and minors in Shit...

[NightStalker14]

The verse from Ecclesiastes in the Bible comes to mind...

"There is nothing new under the sun."

[kuk sool won]

Mr Goodcat how can a man who so strongly beleives in self expression follow so precisely a single mans words and a religion in its entirety? When you follow and do EXACTLY as they say, be it a person or a system, aren't you following the expressions of others and not yours?

[NightStalker14]

i have developed this unique set of fist and finger movements known to me as ''dragon art'' i was born in the year of the dragon after all

. Good luck with that.

And I'll bet you anything it's not unique. Somebody else has probably dreamed it up somewhere... and then he dumped it after he broke his pinky while trying to use it to deliver a knockout punch.

[NightStalker14]

I've never read the Tao of JKD, or anything really related. I read The Art of War and several other books that are commentaries of the Art of War, one written by a descendant of Sun Tzu. I also read the Book of 5 Rings, which I liked.

But, my friend Mr. Goodcat, despite my lack of 'enlightenment', I can still kick your ass all over the place. And in the end, it's not your spirituality and enlightened-ness (think I just made up a new word) that'll save your life. It's simply knowing the techniques to survive.

I took about a year of TKD. I don't claim to know a thing. I have a mean side kick though, and I promsie you I may not do it completely right, but it still works well enough for my purposes.

Your concepts: kicking low, adapting techniques, viewing the martial arts as formless, etc. were invented over three decades ago by a man who will likely never be surpassed as a thinker and inventor in the field of martial arts. Many of the people here on this forum, and many more around the world, have practiced these techniques and will do fine without your enlightenment, which doesn't really come across all that clear anyway, because I can't stand to read your syntax for more than a few seconds.

Now, I can't fight like Bruce Lee. I'm less an expert on JKD than anyone in this forum. I mostly know Combatives and a bit of BJJ and some Muay Thai.

You call yourself a martial artist. I doubt that. There are people who work their entire lives to EARN that title. Bruce Lee comes to mind as one. Dan Inosanto, another. (He recently made an appearance on a National Geograpich show called Fight Science, demonstrating his stick-fighting abilities, at well over the age of 60). Now that's a martial artist.

But a man who writes the same ideas that were put forth many years ago, ideas that were practiced long before you were born, does not strike me as enlightened and will fail in enlightening anyone else.

Take care.