To people who don't seem to believe Bruce Lee is the real deal..

[bodhisattva]

I can't really say "Yay, someone will die at the feet of the muslims." I think that's a horrible thing. I think its horrible we are all separated and divided with religion and skin color and land of origin as the reason. How sad and poignant.

Nor can I really say "Yay, bombs!" Bombs kill everyone, not just combatants. Children, women, teachers, doctors, the infirm. Bombs kill everyone.

I can't really get too excited, happy, or worked up about that, either.

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I really wish everyone who believes in war, and finds it a thing to celebrate, would have a private war somewhere else and just finish it.

Celebrate it all you want, then.

I'm sure, when its over, we'll celebrate, too. And we'll dance - we'll share food - we'll help each other build shelter - and we'll just quit competing in general.

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[bodhisattva]

How do you say "hook" in Tagalog? Portuguese? Nihongo? or other dialects?

Can you diferentiate Hook Kick from Hook Punch or Fish hook from heel hook?

See where I'm coming from? Despite the broken english and lack of names one can still learn by doing those things.

I still don't know what to call some stuff but I learned a few Japanese names for things to do many years ago and NOW all the names are different...

Fancy shit like "Darce" or "Anaconda" is still just shimewaza to me...

One man's udegarami is another man's "kimura"

Phui...

Pugilism is no different. Hit here or there...with this or that.

Efficient communication is GOOD but action often speaks much louder than words.

I don't disagree with you. But terminology can sure say a lot in a hurry when you want someone to adjust their motion.

I can show you that you keep dropping your right when you jab with your left by touching (or slapping) your face on the right side each time you do. And that works MUCH better than words - I can TELL someone, and they'll keep dropping. After I start touching (or slapping) their face, they stop very quickly.

But its hard for me to tell somone that the reasons his hooks are weak when he hits the opponent/bag is because he is dropping his elbow, or opening his arm too much.

[bodhisattva]

Why does Mike stroke Jubaji? It almost seems sexual, sometimes.

"You were right, as always."

Wow. That's pretty far gone.

[jubaji]

Why does Mike stroke Jubaji? It almost seems sexual, sometimes.

"You were right, as always."

Wow. That's pretty far gone.

Hey, its not his fault I'm always right.

[bodhisattva]

I'm not too sure why you are so ready to bring the conversation to incest and pedophilia. I find people often try to turn a conversation to their own favorite subject whenever they have the opportunity - it's a common enough human trait. I'm not sure why that one is your personal choice.

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Twisted freak?

Probably so. But I don't share your "mommy fantasy" nonetheless. I think we use different search terms when we turn the safefilter off on google image search. Just a guess.

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It was not so long ago that Jubaji sent me a PM that told me that if I gave you trouble on the Urban Combatives thread, you'd make a complete twat out of yourself, Mike. Something about you getting worked up as soon as anyone discounts firearms or talks about gun control. I could not really take the gun control route - because I think *everyone* should be allowed to have guns if *anyone* is allowed to have them. So I didn't want to take his advice, and use gun control. But still, he pretty much predicted your response perfectly. Something about "wildly misquoting" and "foaming at the mouth while punching your "WebTV" keyboard and shooting your auto-shotguns randomly skyward in a rage." ??

I mean, he didn't say it like that, because he's not half the writer I am. But that was the basic premise.

[bodhisattva]

Ah, I dunno, you were't a complete twat, Mike.

[jubaji]

It was not so long ago that Jubaji sent me a PM

I'd like to see that PM. Don't recall ever sending you a PM or using the word "twat" ever.

[bodhisattva]

I will endeavor to improve.

laughed at that.

[bodhisattva]

I'd like to see that PM. Don't recall ever sending you a PM or using the word "twat" ever.

Yeah, I figured I'd have something witty to say by the time you got around to posting that. I don't.

[lucidmist]

Lee could also fly, I once heard tell.

In fact, he could fly using only his shoulder blades, a can of coca cola, and some dramatic impressions in pine.

We're not sure how he used those things to fly, but we're pretty sure Chuck Norris's round kick had to play into it somewhere.

Yeah, and someone said he could leap up to the ceiling, and stick there too. It's wikipedia man. But nope, no mention of Chuck's super kick anywhere.

[lucidmist]

As for why I posed the question of whether to follow the original style's name when teaching techniques to someone else, it's because I'm not a qualified teacher, and I'm not teaching for money. I'm just teaching within my family, and despite me pushing them to go to an actual instructor, they refused. But they kept wanting a name to go with the style, and I just felt it was wrong to use the style's name since I'm not an actual instructor.