300! owned!

Cyborg_wolf Wrote: 300! owned!

*kicks the dog*

Eh! There's always 400! Congrats everyone.


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My friend and i just started Tai Chi about a month ago. I was a yellow belt in Karate but saw a sign that said Kung Fu & Tai Chi so we went there and started.

Well, to each his own, Sub-Zero315
Anyhow, welcome to the thread.

hey guys i have been looking around and so far i havent found anything that catches my fancy so to speak. any suggestions would be appreciated. and krackerjack definitly go to work with ur father! my father works construction and i always go to work with him and needless to say i have construction worker hands...very tought and rugged. lol! o and i wasnt trying to put u down with my previous post. didnt want u to take that the wrong way.

You mean you want us to tip you on another martial art?

Cyborg_wolf Wrote: You mean you want us to tip you on another martial art?

yeah give me ideas on something that will really challenge me and opush me to my limits! im sure u guys know of some really hard martial arts i can take! o btw congrats on 500 visits.

SUBZILLA Wrote: yeah give me ideas on something that will really challenge me and opush me to my limits! im sure u guys know of some really hard martial arts i can take! o btw congrats on 500 visits.

Not sure whether you mean hard as in external or hard as in difficult. If you mean external, think about trying tae kwon do (i'd say that would be the next logical step after coming from a kickboxing background). If you're after something difficult, i'm really not sure what to suggest. If you pick something and stick with it untill you get to a higher skill level (rank, or whatever you want to call it), you're quite likley to be challenged.

Thanks. I still don't understand how it works though...
New martial art, right?
Ok...Let's see.
Krackerjack already suggested Tae Kwon Do, that's a logical step indeed.
You could also check out an internal style, like Tai Chi or Bagua Zhang? Or if you want another external martial art, why not Hung Gar or Choy lee fut? You could even check out Savate.
Hapkido is a nice Martial art too, IMO, joint locks, throws...
If not, there are other martial arts you could consider, Vale Tudo, Sambo, Brazilian Jujitsu...
Anyhow, any martial art would be challenging if practiced regularily IMO.

thanks to the both of you! i think i will give tae kwon doe a try and ill look into hung gar! i really dont know how the visits work either but i honestly dont think it matters anyway!

Cyborg_wolf Wrote: Thanks. I still don't understand how it works though... New martial art, right? Ok...Let's see. Krackerjack already suggested Tae Kwon Do, that's a logical step indeed. You could also check out an internal style, like Tai Chi or Bagua Zhang? Or if you want another external martial art, why not Hung Gar or Choy lee fut? You could even check out Savate. Hapkido is a nice Martial art too, IMO, joint locks, throws... If not, there are other martial arts you could consider, Vale Tudo, Sambo, Brazilian Jujitsu... Anyhow, any martial art would be challenging if practiced regularily IMO.

I was actually going to suggest choy lay fut. That could be challenging for a kickboxer, especially the lower stance.

I think that's called horse stance. If it is with both feet about twice the shoulder width apart, and low gravity point, its horse stance. (Or you could just picture it as:if it looks like you are on a horse, and there is no horse, it's horse stance.) Otherwise it may be another sort of low stance such as the bow stance (wich i'm not going to attempt to depict, since my english does have it's limits.)
Anyhow yeah, new stances and movements are challenging.

Hey, my late night (or early morning, whatever way you see it.) webbrowsing has lead me to find this site.Whushucentral pretty cool, lot's of videos, and Amateur coreography from the stunt team calling themselves Zerogravity. Pretty cool, definitely worth a look and a few downloads. (Mpeg files, some are zipped.) Well that's what i had to say.

Humm... After having downloaded all the stuff at Wushucentral(well,almost.) I'm a little more curious about Capoeira. I've done a few searches, but nothing majorly interesting. I know Forevergrey had found a Capoeira school, care to inform us further?
Also, i'm gonna ask you people now, what do you think of amateur coreography? Would you care to participate yourselves in filming an action movie?
I know i would.

DUDE! It's like you found gold!!!! I'm downloading these s.o.b.'s like NOW! Great find!


AFLAC!!!

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Thanks. Now you'll have the privilege of telling me what AFLAC means
Also, Zerogravity's biggest work up to posting date is Title Pending 2. 5 zipped files are available for download, and the movie kicks an supernatural amount of ass.

And yeah, linguistics again.
Could anyone describe to me the actual movements when you do a:

1 Butterfly kick?

2 Lunge punch?

3 Double twist?

4 Tornado kick?


It just feels dumb for me, knowing a movement, but not it's name. I'd appreciate if you help me out.
That was it. For now

And whoops, more words i'd like to associate with the proper action:

Gainer

Thunder kick

slash elbow

And why do people sometimes say "knuckle punch"? There are not that many punches done without the knuckes...except backhands.

***PROGRAM NOTE!!***

Today on Regis And Kelly @ 9am EST, Jet Li wiil be on to talk about his movie Hero. Although it was released years ago, it's coming to U.S. markets this month. And my firends still won't let me see the movie!


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ghostdragon Wrote: ***PROGRAM NOTE!!*** Today on Regis And Kelly @ 9am EST, Jet Li wiil be on to talk about his movie Hero. Although it was released years ago, it's coming to U.S. markets this month. And my firends still won't let me see the movie! GD

ARGH i don't get american T.V!!!
I have'nt seen the movie either, why won't your friends let you see it?
Although, a friend of mine has seen it.
He is not interested in Martial Arts whatsoever, but he did remark that Hero resembles Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in action coreography. So now i know what to expect at least

Cyborg_wolf Wrote: why won't your friends let you see it?

Maaaaan... I asked one to let me borrow it, but he never got back to me. and I talk to that mo fo like every week.


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Kick him in the throat. Your special
Lol, just kidding.

Anyway, on the subject of Martial Art movies, what coreographing "style" do you prefer?
The hyper graceful and arial "ballets" of Asian movies?(i.e. Crouching tiger)
The speedy and supernatural fighting of the Matrix trilogy and all that inspires from it?
The very environemental adapting action of Jackie Chan?
The brute force?(i don't know a MA flick that focuses on that, but yall probably seen something similar at least once.)
The vicious and nasty fighting of such films as Blade, and The Bourne movies?
Regular modern HK action?
Regular US movie action?
Or some other "style" i've failed to mention?
Edit: Fuck, i forgot to mention Bruce Lee movies. Now i have

Cyborg_wolf Wrote: Kick him in the throat. Your special Lol, just kidding.

Oh that wouldn't work against thim! He'd simply counter my kick by punching the inside of my thigh, then go for a ridgehand strike, but I'd roll under it and then.......... it'll like a Shaw Bros Kung Fu Movie where were countering each other's moves. The he yells out, "Very good *lips still moving*, but let's see if you can now handle my Eagle Style!" Then I'd say, "Huh! My Snake Fist can handle... *lips still moving* ANYTHING! Even your Eagle Style. EN GARDE!" Then it's another 3 minutes of absurdity before we both burst out laughing and go for a pizza!


* The hyper graceful and arial "ballets" of Asian movies?(i.e. Crouching tiger)--> Oh hell yeah!

* The speedy and supernatural fighting of the Matrix trilogy and all that inspires from it?--> It was okay.... for about 2 seconds.

* The very environemental adapting action of Jackie Chan?--> OH man! His stuff is just amazing! I watched Jackie Chan: My Stunts and learned a lot from it. Yeah, he's great!

* The brute force?(i don't know a MA flick that focuses on that, but yall probably seen something similar at least once.) *shruggs*

* The vicious and nasty fighting of such films as Blade, and The Bourne movies?--> The Bourne movies are cool because they use realistic fighting and adapt to the environment. Blade is cool because it's a comic book movie and the fights are always sick!

* Regular modern HK action?--> Not bad!

* Regular US movie action?--> Okay.... listen ver.... !!!!!.......... read very carefully!!!! US ACTION SUCKS A FAT THICK ONE!!!

* Or some other "style" i've failed to mention?--> I think you have, but I can't think of any.

* Edit: Fuck, i forgot to mention Bruce Lee movies. Now i have.--> HAHA! Of course dude! That fight with Bruce and Chuck Norris in Return Of The Dragon is Legendary!!!!


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I think that US Martial Art movies suck too.
About that, download the ZeroGravity movie USvsHK, it's really funny.

Cyborg_wolf Wrote: I think that US Martial Art movies suck too. About that, download the ZeroGravity movie USvsHK, it's really funny.

Is it an mpeg or something?


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