Official IWS Traditional Martial Arts Thread

[Ludo]

GodDAMN!

The sound of the initial impact of foot to skull was sick. It sounded like he smacked him with a brick.

[SPX]

That guy got kicked into oblivion. It's a good thing for kicker dude that the guy's skull didn't get broken into pieces all over the pavement. Could be a legal nightmare.

[SPX]

. . . and that niggas head went back and to the left like JFK.

BOL!

[Ludo]

Yeah that had subdural hemotoma written all over it with the two impacts happening so close together, dude has a concussion for sure but he's lucky the guy didn't die or something. His head hit the ground hard as fuck.

[SPX]

That's one of the things that scares me the most about getting into a street fight. Even if you win, you can still lose.

[SPX]

I did. Saw that shit earlier. It was great.

To elaborate. . .

I've seen documentaries on Bruce in the past, have watched most of his movies, have read The Tao of Jeet Kune Do, and once read a biography on him. And even though I am already quite familiar with him, there were still some surprises about his life, some footage that I had never before seen, and some good reflections both from people who knew him personally (Linda Lee, Dan Inosanto, Gene LeBell, Shannon Lee, Bob Wall) and those who did not but who were influenced by him in some way (Mickey Rourke, Dana White, Jon Jones, Cung Le, Stephan Bonnar, Kobe Bryant, and some others who I had never heard of).

All in all, I thought it was really well done and thought it was kind of cool to be part of this little event that was a two-night only thing in my city.

[Ludo]

That's one of the things that scares me the most about getting into a street fight. Even if you win, you can still lose.

Well thats the danger with things like techniques designed to drop a guy flat like that, the skull is actually built like an egg in that it can withstand alot of force in the frontal and back lobes and is weaker on the sides, but the brain is not. Sudden jolts like that can cause things like subdural hematoma(bleeding between the layers of the brain, which is pretty much fatal) or concussions, or even fractured skulls if the surface is hard enough. But yeah, if the guy dies you get thrown in jail for manslaughter or maybe worse if it comes out that he's trained, which makes his hands and feet lethal weapons.

[SPX]

I think that lethal weapon shit is just an urban myth. . .

[Ludo]

I think that lethal weapon shit is just an urban myth. . .

You might be right about that. But during some quick googling on the subject I found some funny shit about ADW in California(Assault with a Deadly Weapon).

Not in CA. That's an old wives' tale about registering your hands. What are they going to do? Tattoo a serial number on them so they can trace them in case they're stolen?

We have Penal Code 245 = ADW (Assault with Deadly Weapon) which is a wobbler charge (M/F) that gets used when someone kicks another person in the head with a shoe.

Promise not to laugh... but the standard report reads, "Suspect knocked victim to ground. Suspect then kicked victim on the left side of the head with his right foot, causing victim to fall backwards and lose consciousness. Suspect was wearing heavy leather shoes with lug soles during the altercation."

We charge PC245. Under weapon... it will say, "SHOD FOOT". No joke. Then there's the GBI (Great Bodily Injury) enhancement if serious injury resulted.

No martial arts needed, just shoes. Sorry to those of you who spent thousands buying your black belt from the local dojo. Next time you kick someone in the head in CA, make sure you are barefoot. I think you might also get away with it if you wear those crappy $5.00 canvas and plastic sole kung fu shoes since they are almost like wearing nothing.

Shod Foot. Hilarious.

[SPX]

That is funny. Although perhaps not totally without warrant. After all, you can fuck a nigga up with some steel toed boots.

[SPX]

Ludo, you have any thoughts on American Kenpo?

[SPX]

Interesting article on the relationship between ITF TKD and North Korea. . .

http://article.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=3291178

[Ludo]

Ludo, you have any thoughts on American Kenpo?

I'm actually not familiar with it.

[SPX]

I'm actually not familiar with it.

It's a very self-focused focused style and kind of fascinating to me in a lot of ways. Since you are all about the SD I think you would find it at least somewhat interesting.

Here's the wiki article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Kenpo

Here are a few vids:

[SPX]

Love this girl. . .