To: IronJack
No argument there. The Dojo and the street are two different things also for that matter.
74 posted on
11/23/2002 2:37:39 PM PST by
4Freedom
To: 4Freedom
In Black Belt magazine, around 15 years ago, a small add apeared in the back.
It issued a challenge: a no-rules fight until the loser gives up or is dead. Winner gets 100k.
The add raised a storm, and martial artists protested. Bad for the industry, etc.
Secretly they were scared.
The challenge was by Gracie Ju-Jitsu, the amazing family from Brazill. It led to The Ultimate Fighting Contest. Where the Gracies won the first few years. UFC 1, 2, 3 available at blockbuster.
Never got beyond green belt in Aikido, Tae Kwan Do, or Gojo-Ru (Okinaowan "hard" Karate). Learned to shoot & carry instead.
Gojo-Ru made us break boards in mid air, with fist. Tough on the knuckles.
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