[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis, your story brought the idea that canine companionship might > offer multiple > benefits when you're meeting the public - 1 ) security - lots of bad > guys won't tangle with a dog. 2.) a cute dog can be

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Is that your douche bag imitation or is samadhi just much closer than you think? --- "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pay Attention! > > The question had to do with the videos presented. > > > > On 11/29/0

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pay Attention! > > The question had to do with the videos presented.> So please define your question again. OffWorld > > > > On

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm still a believer in siddhis being possible. Go figure. > > That said, Curtis et al, how'z'bout telling us which of the martial > arts really have spiritual programs of merit. Do any or all have their > practitione

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer > Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > " You are making a fool of > > yourself if you think those goons of yours are kneeing someone in > the > face over and over again with full force. ROTFLMFA ! People > would die > if what you are watching was re

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Pay Attention! The question had to do with the videos presented. On 11/29/07, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than > You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >

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I'm still a believer in siddhis being possible. Go figure. That said, Curtis et al, how'z'bout telling us which of the martial arts really have spiritual programs of merit. Do any or all have their practitioners do daily meditations on "martial mantras?" I think that only an enlightened person c

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than > > You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" > > wr

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than > You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" > wrote: > > > > So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this th

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > wrote: > > > > wrote: [snip] > Black guys approaches me on H street in DC up the street from the old > College of Natural Law. He tells me h

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

Curtis, your story brought the idea that canine companionship might offer multiple benefits when you're meeting the public - 1 ) security - lots of bad guys won't tangle with a dog. 2.) a cute dog can be a magnet to draw people closer. May you move safely.. Thanks Main! Actually the DC tough

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > wrote: > > > > wrote: > > I have had a team of street hustlers in DC approach me in a > > choreographed sequence, contrived spontaneity. It is q

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" You are making a fool of > yourself if you think those goons of yours are kneeing someone in the > face over and over again with full force. ROTFLMFA ! People would die > if what you are watching was real ! It is all a stupid ratings show. > Nothing more." Mario Yamasaki, one of the UFC refs was

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--- "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what is the redeeming value of this > demonstration, this thread -- the > flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality > of moral retards, from > whom we must lea

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the > flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral

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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But I learned a nice little lesson for the street. Now if someone asks me for the time, I step back first and look around me. Then I give them the time. I never take for granted the power of more than one person with me in their sights. Thanks for asking Lurk. I ho

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > wrote: > I have had a team of street hustlers in DC approach me in a > choreographed sequence, contrived spontaneity. It is quite convincing > and dangerous. One lady in the group was pushing a baby in a

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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have had a team of street hustlers in DC approach me in a choreographed sequence, contrived spontaneity. It is quite convincing and dangerous. One lady in the group was pushing a baby in a baby carriage, how disarming is that! Lurk: How does that work. I love a go

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > > You cannot test martial arts without using a Kmiti Shotokan > style > > > competition. > > > > I am a little unclear on your point

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread - - the > flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral

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So, what is the redeeming value of this demonstration, this thread -- the flagrantly ruthless wanton and rampant beastiality of moral retards, from whom we must learn to defend ourselves? *Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to convey, the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to othe

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > UFC 1-6 were the best! What a shock to all the > karate/gung-fu one-punch-kills-all dudes. That's why > I'm surprised that there are martial arts afficinados > out there that still believe in some superduper secret > school o

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You cannot test martial arts without using a Kmiti Shotokan style > > competition. > > I am a little unclear on your point.> The point cannot be clearer: There are a dozen places such as you adams apple

[FairfieldLife] Re: UFC Goons

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you not quite believing my story? Truth is often stranger than fiction Angela, and you were there, I wasn't. It sounds like a fascinating relationship with an amazing person. > > Those girls were big str

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis: > > Did you ever read Jasper Becker's "Hungry Ghosts; Mao's Secret > Famine"? Oh yeah! Really a powerful book. I also dug the one by his personal physician. The guy lived like a rock star with hundreds

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To Deltablues: I understand your skepticism. Vaj posted a story about some dude whom cameras couldn't capture on film because of some magical properties of his body. Then he vanished into thin air in a blast of light. I don't believe a word of it. "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

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TurquoiseB wrote: > Yep. The parallels between belief in magical > abilities through siddhis and the belief in > magical abilities through the martial arts > is a strong one. As is the posturing we see > in those who still "believe the PR" despite > decades in the study without ever seeing even > o

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Curtis: Did you ever read Jasper Becker's "Hungry Ghosts; Mao's Secret Famine"? http://tinyurl.com/2esomb --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Angela, > > First of all I am fascinated with China. What an interesting life you > must have

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Are you not quite believing my story? Those girls were big strong girls who had also done their share of physical labor and they worked hard and pulled no punches I could see. They were afraid that the scene would bring the cops and they were doing all they could to get out of Dodge. The man

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Sounds right. I forgot to mention that he could put a candle out at a distance by just pointing at it. Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are a good number of techniques in Taoist internal practices which are similar to what you describe. Some involve internal

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Angela, First of all I am fascinated with China. What an interesting life you must have had there! I know it only through Chinese friends and reading. I went through a rather obsessive period of reading stories of people who lived through the Cultural Revolution and the life of Mao. It kind of

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There are a good number of techniques in Taoist internal practices which are similar to what you describe. Some involve internal practices which are linked to movement. In external reality these would look like someone was doing Tai Chi or walking oddly, but in actuality the internal proces

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--- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Curtis, my neighbor (30 something guy) has trained > in > > Muay Thai for several years. He works out a lot in > his > > garage. I asked him to demonstrate some Muay Thai > > moves on me a while back. I'm an old judo guy so i > do > > kn

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--- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You cannot test martial arts without using a > Kmiti Shotokan style > > competition. > > I am a little unclear on your point. Is it that your > Shotokan style is > the bestest onliest realist ultimatist super > duperist wowy dowiest > topperm

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I saw a pretty amazing guy in China do some things I'd have thought good work on the part of the special effects people in a movie. I'll describe briefly what he did and then I'd like your thoughts on what that was all about. I was sitting on a bench with a student in downtown Zhenjiang, a crow

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I have never seen any evidence for the "one strike > > one kill" myth in > > karate anywhere in any fighting system I have seen. > > I think it is a > > story like y

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> You cannot test martial arts without using a Kmiti Shotokan style > competition. I am a little unclear on your point. Is it that your Shotokan style is the bestest onliest realist ultimatist super duperist wowy dowiest toppermostist of the popermostist ultraist wammer jammerist supercalafracil

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It doesn't have to be Shotokan style. The right strike ends fights in > a flash in UFC all the time. You don't curl in a ball to defend, you > move in and out of range while striking yourself. For a straight

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Tuck in your balls too boy, and make sure your knee caps don't get > smacked off with a foot. At the same time watch your ankles boy ! > They are easily damaged. Cover your stomach and kidneys ! And do ALL > OF THAT ALL AT ONCE, and make sure he doesn't break your jaw at the > same time. And,

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> > Curtis, my neighbor (30 something guy) has trained in > Muay Thai for several years. He works out a lot in his > garage. I asked him to demonstrate some Muay Thai > moves on me a while back. I'm an old judo guy so i do > know somethings on the mat. My experience was like > yours. That behind

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > > > You don't understand Shotokan or martial arts Curtis.

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--- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Muay Thai Boxing, the national sport of Thailand is > a striking art not > a grappling art. Every complete martial art has > counters to this move > including Muay Thai. It is executing the counter > that is the hard > part. Have you ever s

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--- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have never seen any evidence for the "one strike > one kill" myth in > karate anywhere in any fighting system I have seen. > I think it is a > story like yogis flying in the air. Well I probably > give it a higher > probability than flying, bu

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > > You don't understand Shotokan or martial arts Curtis. Go practice > it > > > for 3 or 4 years, 5 or 6 hard and heafty sessions a week

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You don't understand Shotokan or martial arts Curtis. Go practice it > > for 3 or 4 years, 5 or 6 hard and heafty sessions a week, then get > > back to me. Then you will understand better what a martial a

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> You don't understand Shotokan or martial arts Curtis. Go practice it > for 3 or 4 years, 5 or 6 hard and heafty sessions a week, then get > back to me. Then you will understand better what a martial art really > is and how those competitions cannot possibly test what it is > designed for. It

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I agree, You picked out two of the least technical fighters in > > UFC. > > > But both are champions for another reason, heart. > > > There have been Karate masters of all schools in the octagon. >> >

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> > I agree, You picked out two of the least technical fighters in > UFC. > > But both are champions for another reason, heart. > > There have been Karate masters of all schools in the octagon. >> > > Incorrect. You don't know a Master ehen you see one because you have > not practiced Shotoka

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Those UFC gorrilla goons are not even in the same league for speed, > > accuracy, and power, as true Shotokan. And half their stuff looks faked > > like Wrestling, otherwise, if it were remotely close

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> Those UFC gorrilla goons are not even in the same league for speed, > accuracy, and power, as true Shotokan. And half their stuff looks faked > like Wrestling, otherwise, if it were remotely close to real, people > would die using Shotokan for that UFC TV ratings kind of crap. I agree, You