I love you.

Ninjas are only famous for their flipouts, because they have no control over their temper or emotions. At least the monks have control over their emotions, if not their intelligence once in a while.

Fully agree with what you said, here is my addtional 2 cents:

Just finish the Frontier Visionary Interview with Alvin Toffler ( http://www.hwswworld.com/uploaddownload/interview/toffler.mp3 ), I was impressed by his sharp mind as well as his talking speed, that is probably why he could made those precise predictions, such as Prosume, a combination of outsourcing and DIY

Through the interview, the following viewpoints have been drawn:

1. There is no truth, only the correctness of truth to be proved. That is the fundamental limitation of human perception of reality

2. Minority power is good in certain way; it is ridiculous a high school drop out shall have the same voting as that of post-doctor. Elite ruling is good for a less developed world for sure

3. To fix the education system, the key is not the system itself; the key is people, especially those students. How to motivate them is a key challenge, since current generation and future generations need not study and work hard in order to make a decent living as we did before

4. The causes and effects of innovation to drive knowledge creation is yet a wild land or wonderland to be fully explored

5. There is a possibility for business miniature to happen, it will be not a shame any more for one-man shop, or one-shop man

6. Where will the modern civilization head on remains an open question

7. Human intelligence will be enhanced through technology advancement

historically speaking (just for the record) ninja were generally trained from childhood as well. The ninja was a direct response to the samurai of the age being rather well… totalitarian. A village would donate a child to one of the ninja clans in exchange for relief from oppression.

Anyway, just 2 cents

1st: Normal or ‘street fight’ level fights;
In 1973 ABC Wide World of Sports *AND* Karate Illustrated magazine, both
(individually) hosted fights using top world champion karate masters. They were
responding to numerous claims and insults from the boxing community about the
inferiority of Karate to boxing. Both ‘masters’ were pitted against no-name
unranked club fighters. Both fights had to be stopped in the 3rd round…because
the boxers were beating the crap out of the karate boys.
It takes a kick 5 times as long to land as a punch from the same person. Hence
they are far easier to stop. They also take up much more energy. You might watch
50 karate fights w/o ever seeing a knockout kick land. And against a well
schooled boxer (who keeps his hands up) it is very unlikely).

Then (about 20 yrs back) ESPN started (or started showing) the World Karate Assn
fights. Boxers moved in and beat the snot out of the karate guys. So they
changed the rules and the 2nd year they required a min of 8 kicks per round.

Karate is for the movies – some modern forms are a little better.
But they all have cool looking but silly things in them that might get you beat
sensless.

On a personal note I started karate because I wanted the stretching after a
motorcycle accident. With only 2 years of boxing in HS I could beat my 3rd dan
instructor and every other person in the dojo. I was 140 lbs.

(Police statistic: 80% to 90% of ALL fights end up on
the ground).

Many years later I became a cop and was introduced to Jiu Jitsu. Then later to
Judo. Judo is Jiu Jitsu PLUS how to fight standing up. JJ is almost all ground
work. Even the Gracie manual says to train Judo 2 days a week. They say this
because in the vast majority of times a Gracie has fought a judoka, the judo guy
has won. If you control *how* you go to the ground you are likely to do better
once there.
If you want to beat the daylights out of any monk or bruce lee you run across
learn to box well and learn judo. Learning a few low snap kicks might be of use
but this can be done in a day. Boxing will take months of you are brave and
disciplined. Judo/JJ will take 5 to 10 years.

2nd Lethal fighting. Intentional killing.
All one needs to do is watch the "Human Weapon" series to see the superiority of
MMA type fighters. Take any ranked guy and put him in an alley with the top guy
from any karate and it will just be sad. Karate (and most other disciplines)
only look good when going against one another. And if you want to include
killing and maiming blows Krav Maga and others get it much more right than
karate and its immediate offshoots.

All of this of course applies to unarmed combat.
If your opponents are armed with anything, have a gun.
Don’t be stupid the cops will get there after it’s all over. 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=S7pGt_O1uM8

Life is not game where certain rules are always followed and in the real world there is always a random element. Many, if not most, of the people writing or reading this have never been in any kind of real combat, and that is a good thing. The most important thing I learned in martial arts training was be very very humble because every once in a while some jamoke with no training and an inflated sense of ego gets lucky and connects the punch, kick, etc. of a lifetime and then you are on the ground or in the e.r. with your black belt and all, bruises both to your body and your own ego. Another important thing I learned is that it really really hurts when someone kicks, punches you or dislocates your elbows. You don’t bounce back the way people do in the movies. Your hands hurt for days when you hit them against hard things like faces, shins and the ground.

Why would any organization or any master want to demand an apology is such a pedestrian forum as a court of law?

You guys calling Robert weird are missing the joke-

http://www.RealUltimatePower.net

Interestingly…neither show up for UFC.

And anyway, you know that Pirates would win the UFC. You do. Really, really.

I heard it was Chuck Norris!

I’m a monk and I really don’t care. Ninjas are just as awesome as us.

I thought Shoalin Monks only fought when the absolutely had to like when a life (not necessarily their own) is in danger. The main purpose of their training is the discipline, focus, and meditation not the kicks, punches, and attacks right? Why should the care that someone wrote a story about them being defeated?

In all reality, the Trolls have already won. We must submit to rule by the Trolls because neither the ninjas nor the monks seem to be able to win against them as the Trolls can use the internet tubes to attack from any where at any time.

I am Chuck Norris. I now how a Liger to help me. Together, the Liger, the other Texas Rangers and I will defeat all the monks and monkeys and rid the world of them. Then I will sell my Liger to Sigfried and Roy.

The whole ninja beats monks is basically a shitload of some muthafuckas who watched too much ninja craps and got no respect and basic knowledge of chinese martial arts and culture. And that applies onto all of you here.

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