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Martial arts: theory and practice
ackblom12:
--- Quote from: BeoPuppy on 10 Jun 2013, 01:03 ---That sounds a bit negative, considering the movies involved.
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The key words you should pay attention to are 'fan fiction'.
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Jace on 10 Jun 2013, 01:07 ---
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 09 Jun 2013, 03:37 ---[video]
(Apologies for the voice over in this video)
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The one girl they show in this as a fast archer is shooting giant carpets, is hardly accurate because of that fact, and yeah I could draw and shoot as fast if I didn't have to worry about actually aiming.
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Right but she's not the point of the video, she's an example of the modern form of archery trying and failing to replicate older techniques, Lars is firing faster then she is while accurately hitting point targets, even piercing chain mail with those same shots.
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ChaoSera:
And up it goes!
I was on a festival this weekend and on one day I was teaching some of the girls some rudimentary self-defense techniques. At one point a buddy of mine asked me to demonstrate a hip throw (I'm not sure if this is a correct translation but I think you get what I mean). Of course I declined, insisting that it'd hurt him on this kind of ground, but he kept bugging me. I was a little drunk so after a while I gave in after all. The girls were in awe seeing it and my friend said it didn't hurt too much.
Two days later, when we were driving home, he told me his knee was still hurting from the fall. I feel kinda bad about using my skills in this kind of situation and hurting him in the process, but I warned him it wasn't a good idea. So I guess the moral of this story is: Don't drink and practice martial arts. (This sounds not nearly as good as Don't drink and drive...)
Sorflakne:
Bruce Lee stated that someone who'd trained for a couple years in boxing and wrestling could take on any Eastern martial arts practitioner in a no-holds fight and beat them. He was also an advocate of simplicity, hence his quote, "I do not fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times". It makes sense: learning 4-6 basic attacks and how to improvise them in a fight is more effective than having to learn 40-60 attacks (I exaggerate, but you get the idea).
And looking at Western martial arts from the late medieval-early Renaissance (those that documentation has survived), you can see similarities to some Eastern arts. Here's a video of moves from a Talhoffer fight manual. Keep in mind these moves were used against armored opponents, hence the lack of punches/chops:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0fV1oB3j4c
GarandMarine:
Lee was always a smart guy, and in my experience (though I find it lacking) mastery isn't learning many complex movements, it's being able to perform simple moves extremely well.
Any Aikidoka in this thread? I'm scouting potential training in Delaware for something to do in addition to taking up yoga (apparently fairly brutal, and it won't destroy my already Code Three knees.)
This dojo looks legit enough: http://www.aikidoda.org/
But I know nothing about Aikido except it's a Japanese martial art, and that it's big on throws from what I recall.
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