I dont know where ths thread should be placed;
What, to your knowledge, are common martial arts myths?
Let's start a list and/or discussion
"The Black Belt is a Universal Level of Fighting Skill"
I dont know where ths thread should be placed;
What, to your knowledge, are common martial arts myths?
Let's start a list and/or discussion
"The Black Belt is a Universal Level of Fighting Skill"
Richard Scardina
How about "black belts need to register their hands as deadly weapons" and "you don't wash your belt"?
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By the way, for a discussion of the role of folklore in the martial arts, here are a couple of references.
Green, Thomas A. 1997. "Historical narrative in the martial arts: A case study," in Tad Tujela (ed.) Usable Pasts: Traditions and Group Expressions in North America, pp. 156-174.
Green, Thomas A. 2003. "Sense in nonsense: The role of folk history in the martial arts," in Martial Arts in the Modern World (Westport, CT: Praeger), pp. 1-11.
Joe
http://ejmas.com
"Karate" guys always take their shoes off before fighting
Regards,
William
William Derobec
Witch hunts often end with burnt fingers....
If a Japanese sword is drawn, it can't be put back in the scabbard until it has shed blood.
Bruce Lee was poisoned to death by (insert nefarious evildoers' names here).
Wayne Muromoto
Japanese swords are indestructible and can cut through anything.
TSKSR - Kakudokan Kristiansand
Kendo - Kristiansand Kendoklubb
Nitobe's Bushido or the Hagakure was THE Way of the Samoorai.
Wayne Muromoto
All the karate-ka....training, training, training, all the time and is prohibited fighting in the street....so if you need defend your self...can't use it?????
"No existe obstáculo invencible, solamente existen hombres incapaces"
"Using this martial art, you'll be able to defeat someone larger and stronger with a minimum of effort."
Others:
Hwarang-do.
The ancient origins of taekwondo
Okinawan peasants defeating armored samurai by punching through the armor.
Jumping kicks designed to knock mounted samurai from horseback.
I love those.
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Aric Keith
That anyone on a martial arts internet forum actually knows anything
"A Martial Art Master can rip out a opponent's spine"
Richard Scardina