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Indians can now learn Shaolin Kung Fu
HindustanTimes.com ^
| New Delhi, November 13 2004
| Indo-Asian News Service
Posted on 11/13/2004 7:24:53 PM PST by AM2000
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posted on
11/13/2004 7:24:53 PM PST
by
AM2000
To: AM2000
Those two were fast as lightning....
To: AM2000
....Jeet Kune Do (a form of Kung Fu created by the legendary Bruce Lee)..... I read a book about that. Very interesting stuff.
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posted on
11/13/2004 7:28:47 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: AM2000
We had to run up a 1,200-metre mountain and then crawl back on our hands and knees in 20 minutes. Almost two miles, the second half on one's hands and knees (presumably on a rocky surface), in 20 minutes? I'd like to see that.
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posted on
11/13/2004 7:29:52 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: AM2000
When you can walk the rice paper and leave no trace, you will have learned....
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posted on
11/13/2004 7:30:01 PM PST
by
ScottFromSpokane
(We're none of us prefect.)
To: AM2000
snatch the pebble from my hand...
To: AM2000
Indians will get a chance to learn Shaolin Kung Fu, considered the mother of all martial arts... High altitude daylight precision bombing is the mother of all martial arts.
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posted on
11/13/2004 7:40:16 PM PST
by
swolf
To: PhotoFixer3; ScottFromSpokane
Yeah but burning the dragon and tiger into the forearms -- man I hated that part.
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posted on
11/13/2004 7:58:41 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Big government is still a big problem.)
To: AM2000
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:01:40 PM PST
by
Jalapeno
To: flying Elvis
In fact it was a little bit frightening. They fought with expert timing!
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:06:45 PM PST
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(The Measure of a Man is the Willingness to Accept Responsibility for Consequences of his Acts.)
To: Jalapeno
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:11:33 PM PST
by
6SJ7
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Cola nuts or uncola nuts.... can you choose wisely?
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:13:41 PM PST
by
Ronin
(When the fox gnaws....SMILE!)
To: AM2000
This is an example of the karmic wheel.
Ancient India had a highly developed warrior caste. When Buddhism appeared these techniques were incorporated and refined into aspects of Buddhism and monk training, along with healing skills. Buddhist monks took this to China and later Japan where they established monasteries and temples.
And now, these same traditions are being brought back to India. Ain't life funny!
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:16:10 PM PST
by
Khurkris
(That sound you hear coming from over the horizon...thats me laughing.)
To: 6SJ7
Looking for this picture I came across this site. It is full of quotes from the shows in an episode guide. Worth a look:
http://www.kungfu-guide.com/
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:16:35 PM PST
by
Jalapeno
To: Khurkris
And now, these same traditions are being brought back to India. Ain't life funny!Yes indeed, as I recall Kalaripayattu from Kerala is the oldest of the martial arts and the one that was taken to China to eventually become Kung Fu and then from China to Japan where it morphed again into other martial arts.
I saw a show on A&E I believe, it was one episode in the 'Deadly Arts' series about Kalaripayattu, some amazing stuff, but there are very few masters left now.. sad.
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:26:15 PM PST
by
battousai
(HM King Kerry's Royal Decree: Peasants cannot earn more than $200K per year!)
To: Ronin
There was Funky Billy Chin and Little Sammy Chong.
They said "Here comes the big boss! Let's get it on!"
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:29:41 PM PST
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(The Measure of a Man is the Willingness to Accept Responsibility for Consequences of his Acts.)
To: AM2000
OK.. the last 3 stories I just read.... I will no longer consider the
Hindustan Times a serious newspaper.
**whistles** "everybody was Kung-Fu fighting...."
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:38:12 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://images7.fotki.com/v125/photos/2/215708/780411/reow-vi.jpg?1100155138)
To: battousai
A good book on this is "The Bodhisattva Warriors" by Terrence Dukes aka Shifu Nagaboshi Tomio.
Dukes is about the most readable expert on this subject. He is also rather controversial. But the subject lends to varied interpretation. A google on dukes might help as a lead-in for his work.
The book is just a bit esoteric and rather large.
But if you want to learn about this connection, there it is.
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posted on
11/13/2004 8:39:24 PM PST
by
Khurkris
(That sound you hear coming from over the horizon...thats me laughing.)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning!
To: Khurkris
Thanks Khurkris I'll try to find that somewhere, sounds like an interesting read, and I have always been interested in the various ancient martial arts.
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posted on
11/13/2004 9:23:03 PM PST
by
battousai
(HM King Kerry's Royal Decree: Peasants cannot earn more than $200K per year!)
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