Kung Fu Trash Talk

[Drunk Monk]

Didn't know where to put this question, but here it is: What are some of the good, old-fashioned MA trash talks? DM's latest ("Next year today will be the anniversary of your death!") is good. I often use "you must be tired of living!" And "shall we get to the business?".

What are some others?

Your mouth is writing checks your body can't cash.

I often use "you must be tired of living!" 

Likewise. One of my all time favorites.

"Your <enter style here> is good, but it lacks the power to kill. Try my Shaolin Fist!"

This probably needs its own indie thread here on DOOM.

Not martial arts, but one of my faves:

"Now, I don't want to kill you, and you don't want to be dead..." - Danny Glover, Silverado

--tg

"Kill them all and make this place a brothel!" 

Yeah, I couldn't resist making an indie thread for this. It's just too good. Thanks Ivor!

P.S. Anyone else a little worried about what cf will add here?

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

TG: That totally applies.

I look forward to CF's additions.

[Drunk Monk]

"You have offended my family and you have offended the Shaolin Temple."

That one is pretty specific but it's soooooo good and I use it often. 

[cranefly]

"What a shame to waste my dragon blade on a rodent like you."

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"Scabby urchin.  You're not worth the killing.  Call out your father."

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

CF coming in loud & clear!

One I keep telling my kids when they hit too hard “We’re here for *Justice*, not *Revenge*.” It isn’t from any specific Shaw Bros movie, just a recurring theme, I feel.

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I have also used the generic “Ha! Your Foil-Fu is weak! I challenge you!”

[cranefly]

More on strategy than trash-talk, but a nice, if overwrought, turn of phrase:

"It is time to call a halt.  If we advance now and something goes wrong, it will be a case of 'ruining a perfect picture of a snake by adding paws.'"

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

I’m going to reply in Conan: “Enough talk!” [throws dagger]

[Drunk Monk]

More on strategy than trash-talk, but a nice, if overwrought, turn of phrase:

"It is time to call a halt.  If we advance now and something goes wrong, it will be a case of 'ruining a perfect picture of a snake by adding paws.'"

I'm going to translate this so from now on. 

The original chengyu is Hua she tian zu[b] [/b]画蛇添足 which means literally 'draw snake add legs'. It goes back to a fable from the Warring States period (475-221 BCE) where a master of a house held a drawing contest to see which of his servants would get a jug of wine. The one that finished first got overconfident because he was so quick and added legs, so he lost. It happens.

"HMMPH!" - common grunt said before launching into battle.

[cranefly]

...It goes back to a fable from the Warring States period (475-221 BCE) where a master of a house held a drawing contest to see which of his servants would get a jug of wine. The one that finished first got overconfident because he was so quick and added legs, so he lost. It happens.

Thanks for the background on that.  Now I know.

BTW, all my quotes have come from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.  When I read it back in the early '90s, I took extensive notes, which I still have.

[thatguy]

Sounds right to me...



--tg

[Drunk Monk]

Ronin Trash Talk (from Crazy Samurai http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=6109)


"Your head is mine!"
"Time to settle the score."
"As long as I get to kill you, scum!"
"You wanna do this? That'll be fun."
"I'll show you what I learned."
"Keep barking."
"I never liked you anyway."
"No one will know if I kill you here."
"You ready? Here I come!"
"I'll fight you in the name of the clan!"
"Kid who knows nothing of war, what do you want?"
"How dare you! Draw! Draw your sword!"
"Who gives a crap?"
"I just wanna win."
"Don't retreat!"



 This is the bulk of the dialog from this film. The rest is all sword fightin' 

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Ronin Trash Talk (from Crazy Samurai http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=6109)


"Your head is mine!"
"Time to settle the score."
"As long as I get to kill you, scum!"
"You wanna do this? That'll be fun."
"I'll show you what I learned."
"Keep barking."
"I never liked you anyway."
"No one will know if I kill you here."
"You ready? Here I come!"
"I'll fight you in the name of the clan!"
"Kid who knows nothing of war, what do you want?"
"How dare you! Draw! Draw your sword!"
"Who gives a crap?"
"I just wanna win."
"Don't retreat!"



 This is the bulk of the dialog from this film. The rest is all sword fightin' 

Pure Samurai GOLD!

[Drunk Monk]

[Drunk Monk]

"You insisted on fighting. Do not resent me for dying."
http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=6124

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

“You are not worth any ninja art.”