Posts by Jamie Fowler2

crimsonbison10 said:Man, once I finally get this deck up, drinks and burgers are on me...

😬

I'm down. As long as you teach me some Kendo moves first...

ruggedfalcon2 said:what even are "concrete fingers" these days🤣👍 ☕ 🙏

think iron palm drills, stuff from a decade ago... stabbing makiwaras and hitting heavy bags with just your fingertips...

George Martin70 said:Is that Dim Mak? Does Hao use that too?

Nah, just hitting people where it hurts with concrete fingers :P

As far as I know, Hao doesn't do that.

Zlatko Pađan taught me how to grapple...

Zoran Grgos. He’s the one who got me into Shorinji Kempo back around 2001. He runs that Shaolin school right by the courthouse... also competes in all those open submission wrestling tournaments.

plus there’s an unnaturally high percentage of gay people among them. Scientifically—well, statistically proven, anyway.

😁

Look, since I know how rock-hard Miran Škerl's hands are—and I know exactly where those strikes land—this isn't funny to me at all.

First off, you get that feeling when you bang your elbow on a desk and feel that electric zap in your pinky... that's just biology. Second, a cheap shot to the groin? There’s zero art in that. And third—come on—a punch to the nose or the cheekbone? No mystery there either. Just basic physics.

He’ll be the first one to tell you there are way more effective ways to fight... but since the article was about Kyusho Jutsu, he showed that.

Wait, isn't that George and Zack in the photos? What year is this issue from?

ruggedfalcon2 said:it'll be sad? 😢 😲 ☕

exactly.

Shouldn't you be out there writing some blog post? 😬 Why'd I even bother...

ruggedfalcon2 said:yeah, they know what's up 😁 things are gonna get wild 🍿 ☕

Nah, won't happen.

George Martin70 said:Look, Ed—with your weight, you think this heat isn't gonna give you a heart attack or something... 🙂 🍿

nah.

George Martin70 said:👍 You can totally see that little blowhard's influence here. He’s talking about stuff that doesn't even exist... If Wing Chun has fewer training methods compared to Tai Chi, then why isn't Tai Chi used as a combat method? 😳

We can meet up and I'll show you...

ruggedfalcon2 said:so what was that even about? 🤣 🙏 at the end of the day, they were basically just grinding on each other—it's obvious one of them was throwing "force" into thin air without any actual contact 🙄 😁 ☕

😬 😬

was gonna say something similar, but I can't top that...

🙂

George Martin70 said:Everyone brings their own flavor to sparring... like how Baker sticks to his Wing Chun roots or Howard uses what he knows from Chen Tai Chi chi sao. And I know what you're gonna say—Tai Chi doesn't even have chi sao! 👍

Look, chi sao is a game. Tui shou is a game. Different games, different rules. You said it yourself—they weren't even sparring...

Roger Smith6 said:Why?
Doesn't the quote fit?

Nah, because it’s about the whole nature of YI...

ruggedfalcon2 said:I'll post something on my blog later... dealing with some heavy emotional stuff right now 😢 🤣 😬 so I've got zero motivation for anything 👎 women, man... who even came up with you people, let alone invented Wing Chun 🙂 🤣 ☕

Women, man... forget it.

Good luck getting back on your feet 👍

George Martin70 said:Of course Baker didn't get wrecked by some 5'5" Chinese guy. Imagine if those guys were out there beating up Americans in downtown Chicago... 🤣 The point is, Baker invited this dude to the club to show off some Tai Chi, and then they ended up sparring in Wing Chun. Obviously, the guy was no match for Baker—later on, the little man was bragging about how he was basically tossing him around the gym all night. 😬

...and now that I've walked this guy off, I actually have the energy for this again 😬

I mean, how would Howard even do Wing Chun with anyone if he’s never actually trained it? What you're saying is like me asking you to try some Bruce drills right now, and then having some random person jump on this forum later calling you an idiot, a loser, and a total fraud who doesn't know anything...

ruggedfalcon2 said:Just ten basic letters... ☕

Can you drop the most common interpretations here? Or just hit me up in a DM if you're too shy to say it in public... 😉

ruggedfalcon2 said:countless! but there are just a few core characters; depending on how skilled the guy is, those few letters determine how many words he can pull from them...☕

uh, I meant letters.

Bruce, say it's got 7—press, grab, circle, embrace, drop, round, unify.

George Martin70 said:Like I said, that guy Kevin 😈 teaches Bagua, so he might actually be able to use it in a fight. Have you seen his training sessions?

As you probably already know, you can't exactly just "watch" his training. But from the little bit I've heard and seen... it looks more like Mizongquan than Baguazhang.

I'm way more interested in the modern Jujutsu he's teaching.

George Martin70 said:Oh yeah, you're such an expert. But if today's version of Tai chi probably has zero connection to actual fighting, why would Xinyi and Bagwa have anything to do with it? And looking at how you listed everything out, it seems like Wing chun actually has more training methods and is way more complex...

I'm no expert—it just looks like you don't know jack about Tai chi. (Translation: I'm talking nonsense)

As for his Bagwa, I don't do it myself, but 95% of Bagwa instructors couldn't apply it in a real fight if their lives depended on it. It’s likely just a Taoist meditation system anyway. (Yeah, I'm talking nonsense)

His Xing Yi, though—that has clear combat value. Even if you're skeptical (and you totally are), it's still worth learning the basic Xing Yi forms and techniques from him. I'm not talking nonsense there because I actually know something about it.

Regarding Wing chun, it seems like it has very few training methods compared to Tai chi. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's mostly just chi sao and its variations (chi gerk? blindfold drills? stick work?), three empty hand forms, short sword, and pole, right? How many "words" does Wing chun even have?

George Martin70 said:Teach me something from that massive Tai chi knowledge of yours. And once Hao finishes training you in all those styles... you actually think you'll be a master like him?
Hao tried a bunch of times to make a name for himself as a big-shot BV trader in Washington, D.C.—but it never stuck. He even tried cutting corners with that guy from Yoga and Kemp... but that whole thing went south too...

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I don't do full-blown Tai chi—just pick up the specific bits that actually work for me. If you bother to look into the stuff, you'll see all those five main styles and the million sub-styles are basically cut from the same cloth. Same core principles, same philosophy... just different "packaging" depending on who's teaching it. It's always the same 8 forces plus 5 directions, the sung, the opening and closing movements... everyone uses tui shou as a training tool too. It all stems from the same root. Correct me if I'm wrong...

It’s a fair question—whether any version of Tai chi being taught these days actually has anything to do with beating a skilled opponent...

Hao's trading career was a total bust—now he just spends his Saturdays making tofu...