Thai Bri, and many of you, have been taught many lies

[jubaji]

Hmmm.....I dunno...maybe get up? Maybe fight back?

[Ardith]

There is also a misconception that chinese weapons were crap compared to the "almighty Japanese katana". Realize that the Japanese learned swordsmithing from the Chinese. The Chinese had knowledge of differential tempering and advanced forging very early on. Today, when sword magazines review Japanese blades they are often put to the "cowbone test" where the femur of a cow is struck with the blade. This grueling strike chips most of even traditionally forged katanas. No sword can cut through solid granite. Stone is harder than steel, and that's that.

Bone is made out of granite?

The world is also still very violent. The 20th century itself wasn't a walk through the park.

[Oraenor]

I'll dispell some more random facts:
SWORDS.
What you think as a "Chinese broadsword" is not actually historically authentic. The Manchurians were the ones who used this blade design for their infantry. If you look at swords from the Han Dynasty up to Ming, they very closely resemble European swords. Asian people wore armore just like European people. Asian people used heavy bladed weapons just like Europeans.

I disagree with you there on the 'Dao'. This is primarily a southerner weapon, its design is similar to the machette, used as well in the phillipines, thailand, vietnam etc. The massive cleaving attacks is designed to cut flesh and bone and very will suited to the warmer nations since these people wear considerably less clothing.
Northerners prefer the straighter weapons such as spears and gim for piercing thick clothing and hide that they wear in the north. On another note about straight swords in europe, these straight swords are specifically designed in the shape of a crucifix as you would guess the primary belief in europe is christianity.
On a more general note, swords and knives work better curved as there is more surface area for slash attacks.

[osopardo]

I'm sorry, but that is a very long winded post. Would someone mind terribly telling me what and if that train of thought has a caboose?

Certainly. He's making the point that YOU SHOULD READ THE FREAKIN' POST OR STFU, YOU LAZY, DYSLEXIC MORON! IT'S ANOMALY, NOT ANAMOLY!!



Hope that helped.

[Mephariel]

Bone is made out of granite?

The world is also still very violent. The 20th century itself wasn't a walk through the park.

But Chinese martial arts doesn't do you shit when the Japanese with guns run all over you. In the Ming dynasty or whatever, at least martial arts can help you defend yourself.

[Oraenor]

trapping, kicking, fancy footwork, or even blocking. Some 75% of all streets fights end up on the ground at some point (the 90% everyone keeps talking about are more for the police/corrections officers involved encounters). The things you see here on the ground are most often punching, and or controlling.

Im not going to argue with facts but from my experience ive never been in a fight thats gone to the ground unless its me knocking the other guy down and the ones i have seen go to the ground was where a group of guys kick the shit out of a guy on the ground , or if its like one vs one pre arranged fight (you know meet me after school) .

Some gay statistics you got there with no evidence to back it up!

Majority of fights involve 2-3 hits and no knock outs

rarely people will go ground fighting like kids in the play ground. What u see on youtube are just pre arranged fights, non life threatening and they probably know it will be broadcasted.

[Tom Yum]

rarely people will go ground fighting like kids in the play ground. What u see on youtube are just pre arranged fights, non life threatening and they probably know it will be broadcasted.

How about that boxer who decked the two guys that hit his girlfriend?

[Oraenor]

How about that boxer who decked the two guys that hit his girlfriend?

I have no idea why you used that quote of mine for your argument but oh well

Sounds more like a pub story, like the time when....etc. after we had 15 beers.

[WildWest.]

Maybe you need to see the clip first??

http://www.defend.net/deluxeforums/showthread.php?t=21932

[Tom Yum]

I have no idea why you used that quote of mine for your argument but oh well Sounds more like a pub story, like the time when....etc. after we had 15 beers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OtvSHYzN4

[Oraenor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OtvSHYzN4

oh got it!

Odd how the camera was focused on the 2 guys and stirs up a fight...looks more like a set up but didnt get expected results in the end!
This clip also emphasises my point that fights usually dont end in knock outs or on the ground, just a flurry of hits and departure.

[Oraenor]

Where did Mr 47 Posts go?

[Thai Bri]

Maybe his number was up.

[ACP]

All this intelligent conversation makes me want to say something. "Something"