It's my martial arts world

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

The DM has fans everywhere. I almost had to shoot the video monitor to make him stop talking. Now, I'm going to KFC to further my quest for knowledge into the Yin Yang symbol.

[Drunk Monk]

[youtube]ZmlkmVoPuQA[/youtube]

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

that was fucking awesome!

[Drunk Monk]

If you get it, it's rather clever. Not blow-your-mind clever, but amusing clever. If you don't get it, no worries. It's not that clever.

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[Drunk Monk]

[Drunk Monk]

[Drunk Monk]

I know, I know, you all are dog people, 'cept maybe tQ. But still...

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

No catfight. Only a woman getting launched off a giant deflated raft.

[thatguy]

From Neatorama today:

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Battle for the Soul of Kung Fu
By Alex in Pictures, Travel on Apr 15, 2011 at 3:32 pm

In the past few decades, Shaolin Temple has become famous. Indeed, for many it is synonymous with kung fu. The temple has become an international business empire - it has built martial arts academies, funded touring kung fu troupes, shot film and TV projects.

But as it is gaining in fame, is Shaolin Temple losing its soul? Peter Gwin of National Geographic writes this fascinating article about the lives of a couple of Shaolin disciples:

On the last morning I spend at his retreat, Dejian shows me his private quarters, a tiny stone cupola perched on the tip of a sheer cliff. He leads the way out to a terrace with a view of the deep, bowl-shaped valley carpeted with thick pine forests. A weather front is blowing in, and his thick wool cape flutters behind him.

Without warning he jumps up onto the low wall bordering the lip of the cliff, the wind filling his cape so that it flows out over the void. I suddenly feel guilty, that I somehow prodded him onto the ledge, like a morbid voyeur. I hadn't consciously considered it before, but of course that's why many people come up to see Shi Dejian, to watch him challenge death. Maybe this time death wins. But standing on the ledge, he smiles at me. "You are afraid?" he asks, seeing the look on my face. "Kung fu is not only training the body; it is also about controlling fear." He hops lightly from one foot to the other, lunging, punching, spinning, each step inches from a horrifying fall. His eyes widen as he concentrates. The cape billows and snaps in the cold wind.

"You cannot defeat death," he says, his voice rising over the wind. He kicks a foot out over the abyss, balancing on one of his tree-trunk legs. "But you can defeat your fear of death."

Links to this Nat'l Geo page:
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I poked around the KFM forum, but I was having problems searching there, so no idea if it's already made the rounds...

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

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[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

those are some awesome staples.

[Drunk Monk]

it's still funny.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

That last one could almost be an ad campaign.

[Drunk Monk]

So I'm burnt out today - post show burn out coupled with deadlines. But this, my dear brothers, is a taste of what I get to deal with on KFM. This dude starts spamming his vids on our forum until someone finally checks out his site and it's...well... here it is: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chiinnature.com">http://www.chiinnature.com</a><!-- m -->

Some highlights:
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At least there's no iron crotch...

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

At last I can learn more about Tao gunning.