Nungali
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I can top that easily You only seem to be wrong .... outside of your own ego . Now, if I get no downvotes on that .... it must be right !
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Ah, but what this tally ignores is the secret down vote . that is, you might deserve more downvotes but I won't give them to you because I dont want you to win
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To have it 'closed for review' or to be sent on a 'little holiday' again ?
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Where are the High Level Martial Artists/Fighters at?
Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Unfortunately , off to the side of that 'temple' are stalls ; they sell trinkets and flashy weapons that break if used for more than posing ; they have colored belts and all types of colored uniforms and badges and signs of rank ; they sell certificates of merit and accomplishments and promise a future of endless devolved styles and junior student fees . many get distracted , buy the goodies and wander off to seek their fortunes . -
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Its certainly the case with our founder ; Bushi Matsmura ; him and other 'pechin' ( sort of like 'knights ' ' 'royalty' ) went to Fujian more than once . After Hohan Soken died I and other students where given his 'Jisei' * that he wrote out for us ... interesting subject matter ! * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_poem "I have taught you all I know. There is no more I can teach you. I am a candle whose light has traveled far. You are my candles to whom I have passed on my light. It is you who will light the path for others. Today I see around me the lights of Shaolin. The flame of tomorrow. My task is done, soon my flame will end. Teach the true spirit of karate-do and one day you may enter the Temple of Shaolin." -
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
? Not only have I heard about it , I believe I have discussed it , here on DBs , with you . Now, is my 70 yo memory imagining things .... or is the 'young fellah' loosing the plot ?- 137 replies
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JEEEZUS ! Just in case it isn't clear I will try to spell it out in the most basic kindergarten language I can . I am often pointing out with magical texts like these that ; They CLAIM high spiritual motives and practices but their end AIM and result is supposedly the powers they give you to control spirits ... and a lot of these spirits are listed as giving powers and benefits that dont seem high or spiritual at all, in fact many seem base , perverted and greedy materialism . Has not anyone else noticed this ? and when I write it clearly and when its read I am asked if I think its a worthwhile practice ? and then I am asked why I find that confusing ? I guess my joke was too 'cryptic' . All I can assume is it wasnt read (although I know some of 'you types' HAVE read it ! ) and context in a conversation cant be followed ( by some ) and a one glance eye shot at what appears today in front of them, on the screen , is unrelated and merely some trigger for whatever else is going on in their consciousness at them moment .
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Because he seems to be asking ME why I want to play with the devil , due to (it seems ) , me sharing a joke a with him , and that, of course, is bouncing off what he said previously . But I know people nowadays cant seem to follow a simple context backwards to previous posts . Its the work of the Devil I say ! ( and thats a joke too ! )
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You seem confused , go back and read again ... I am not advocating , I am exposing this ! I certainly dont think 'playing with the devil' is worthwhile . I dont like to play with the negative creations of the Judaeo-Christian tradition . I'll leave that up to those religions proponents . I dont even 'play with Ahriman ' ; the Judaeo-Christian source materials on 'the Devil' . My belief system there (In Zoroastrianism ) is that it all originated in re translation of the term 'mainyu' in two forms ; good and bad as 'mainyu meaning mind' as opposed to 'external spirit' . One's mind can go 'good or bad' , of course it seems human nature to change that into an external influence ... Hey , it wasnt me ! ...... Da Devil made me do it ! I hope I made it clearer for you now ? .
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NO ! HAPPIER ! ! !
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And dont worry Maddie ... SOME people here HAVE HEARD what you already shared with us . Still, I am wary and suspicious person . . . thats just me I guess ?
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
The wing chung practitioner I had a go with moved around pretty good ! She slugged me one on the point of the chin as well !- 137 replies
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
The amount of times ( in karate practice ) I have simply stepped forward , onto the others foot , and caused . well, chaos . This is due to the weird way modern karate works , one steps forward to attack, the other steps back and blocks , if you step on their lead foot ( well, not all of them but a lot of them ) and they cant step back, it seems to disrupt their technique and 'skill' ... now you are 'in their face ' and a lot of them are not used to that . regarding the 'foot stomp ', I saw a very slight Vietnamese guy down a huge abusing racist bully with that . Big drunk guy grabbed him, started yelling racist abuse , the Viet guy ( seemed to, from what I could see ) put the front corner of his shoe heel into the guys shin, ran it down the inside to the top of his foot and gave it a little twist . Bully went down instantly in a heap , Viet guy stepped over him and kept walking away . ... wow !- 137 replies
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What they used to call 'it' ; Give someone a green gown (1351) Play nug-a-nug (1505) Play the pyrdewy (1512) Play at couch quail (1521) Ride below the crupper (1578) Board a land carrack (1604) Fadoodling (1611) Put the devil into hell (1616) Night physic (1621) Princum-prancum (1630) Culbatizing exercise (1653) Join paunches (1656) Dance the Paphian jig (1656) Play at tray trip of a die (1660) Dance Barnaby (1664) Shot twixt wind and water (1665) Play at rantum-scantum (1667) Blow off the groundsills (1674) Play hey gammer cook (1674) Join giblets (1680) Play at rumpscuttle and clapperdepouch (1684) Lerricompoop (1694) Ride a dragon upon St. George (1698) Houghmagandy (1700) Pogue the hone (1719) Make feet for children’s stockings (1785) Dance the kipples (1796) Have one’s corn ground (1800) Horizontal refreshment (1863) Arrive at the end of the sentimental journey (1896) Get one’s ashes hauled (1910)
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Police training nowadays seems ... well, ridiculous ! In the courts here atm , big time , is a case against police who where called to a an old peoples nursing home as a 90 year old lady was being aggressive and walking around , with her walking frame and had a knife . One of the tasered her , she fell back, hit her head and later ... dead . The police say they felt threatened . The prosecutor asked if that threat could have been annulled by them merely stepping back from the old lady . OMG what a stupid mess . Didnt the nursing home have a protocol ? Didnt the police have different protocols ( for a crazed younger person with a kife and and an old lady with walking frame with a kife ? The could merely have done what we used to do when I worked in a hospital ; approach them with a couple people holding up a blanket and wrap them or the offending limb in it . My Israeli mate I mentioned above works as a carer in such a facility and months back he had the same issue . he walked up to the woman , waved his hand in her face off to the side to distract her and grabbed the knife wrist with other hand and then took the knife out her grip with his first distracting hand . There was no 'lock' , twist, manipulation or 'take down ' .. let alone tasering ! of course that was all against 'protocol ' , he said the reason he did that was the protocol was not suitable for the occasion and besides he didnt want to do all the associated paperwork . He was 'officially reprimanded ' but had appreciative feedback given unofficially . -
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Well, that was pretty evident , BEFORE he went in the comp . But I thought it made a valid point about ' what works in a tournament might not work otherwise' , tournaments depend on rule adherence . My experience with 'ju-jitsu' was VERY different . I was young had been doing modern Jap karate a few years, was mucking around with a mate ( who didnt know any ) and his father offered "I will give you a go ." he was about average height and VERY slight and skinny , he was an ambulance driver and I think he trained in this for that purpose , sometimes things can get a little 'heated' out there . He didnt even bother starting with a grapple , it was all strikes and kicks, strange ones I had not seen before . He confidently dealt with what I had to offer . He got me with a sideways 'chop' between my nose and top lip and a few other nerve points (lightly ) , then got me off balance , in a tied up position, pressed an elbow into the side of my neck and then let go , he said his next move would have been to let me fall , with him on top , and the combined force, through his elbow into the side of my throat . Old school 'ju - jitsu ' . I also saw an old 'ju-jitsu' manual that seemed similar to what he did , it was a very old police self defense thing .- 137 replies
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Oh sure , thats why one art alone is not good enough . Old school karate had a lot more wrestling type stuff in it before all that got banned for use in modern sports Jap style karate . I remember one such guy , an instructor with a big club interstate ; he was part of 'our style ' . he tried to use me to 'show off' when visiting us ; invited me to come forward and strike him so I moved in and he " Stop stop ! Look everyone, he has moved in wrong , now he is too close to do a technique and ...... (WTF .... 'too close to do a technique ??? ... this from a guy whose supposed style teaches a whole range of close in fighting grappling , stranding take downs with follow ups etc . So I threw a volley of different close strikes , elbows etc . he did manage to stop them all, but I soon stopped , as he was too busy stopping and evading everything to be able to counter ... he could have if he had ;earnt the 'infighting' 'stand up wrestling' stuff . ) So, it was rather funny as his 'lesson ' ended up being ; " See , he is too close to do anything ... except use his elbows ! " (as he retreated in vary vigorous blocks and deflections But maybe you meant , it would be good for a karate guy to know what top do if he gets taken and what to do down on the ground ? Well, simple ! Just do the same as you would standing up ( thats an old karate joke, from some who didnt seem to have 'outside experience ' - I shall let 'The Master ' explain ;- 137 replies
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Okay then .... 'No , I dont believe you did tell me that , and what did you find there ? "
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Ju - jitsu ) modern forms ) get a bad rap . First there is the 'Gracie fiasco' . Next, as far as a 'street fight' goes , many won;t have a bar of it ( eg, Israeli mate , he was in military and did some Krav magra and was in my club for a while ; " Dont take it to the ground , as soon as you do, their mates that might be hiding and watching , will come in while you are distracted and give you a kicking . " Apperently it was a common tactic where he used to live . And then in competition ... there are the dreaded 'rules' . -
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Nungali replied to Goden's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Boxing is good for developing punching and evasion skills . And good for 'unarmed combat ' for people that are used to competition that works under similar conventions . But any good boxer that is also a good 'street fighter' or good at actual 'unarmed combat ' (as opposed to a martial arts or martial sport ) is going to have other skills as well . Eg , what is the boxing technique to defend against lower kicks to the leg .... ask Muhammad Ali about that one ! -
Namaste , silent thunder ;
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Why would they be 'getting wet ' anyway ?
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Oh oh ! Someone tell a joke , quick !
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I remember our small nuclear family one year having the woman next join us , for some unusual reason . I must have been about 14 . For some other unusual reason she started talking about the bright future with nuclear power , my parents nodded and agreed . I asked " But what about all the radio-active waste ? " Only to get a 'shuuut - uuuuup ! ' glare from my parents . The woman then offered ; "Well, they will store it and in the future scientists will figure out how to dispose of it . " parents nod . But not little Nungers - you all know what I am like ! " So, the plan is to dump it into our future and make it our problem ? " She was flustered , I was told to not talk at the table any more and woman continued in silence looking indignant at my rudeness . Later my parents told me I had been very rude " Me ? Rude ? She was the one suggesting dumping nuclear waste on my generation ! " I was told it was not appropriate to talk to my elders like that . . . especially on ' Christmas day ' .
