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Post by pitbull on Sept 30, 2004 19:16:41 GMT -5
the philippines isnt a hostile country for hoa kiao(not much though) but we certainly have to deal w racist crimes and insults. i cant remember how many fights i got into bec of these things as ateenager but last year i just made 2 kids cry uncle for giving a racist comment(like what shaq did)....
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Post by Suhana LIM on Oct 1, 2004 5:30:50 GMT -5
the philippines isnt a hostile country for hoa kiao(not much though) but we certainly have to deal w racist crimes and insults. i cant remember how many fights i got into bec of these things as ateenager but last year i just made 2 kids cry uncle for giving a racist comment(like what shaq did).... Pitbull ni hao Can you be more specific? Cheers.
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Post by pitbull on Oct 1, 2004 7:41:05 GMT -5
how specific?
well...i was going home from working at the casino that time..around 1 am i guess
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Post by Suhana LIM on Oct 1, 2004 19:15:16 GMT -5
Pitbull ni hao What is this, a serial comic books?
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Post by pitbull on Oct 1, 2004 19:24:04 GMT -5
eh? u asked me to be more specific...
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Post by Suhana LIM on Oct 1, 2004 19:30:11 GMT -5
Pitbull ni hao That's ok if you've forgot. Cheers.
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Post by pitbull on Oct 2, 2004 9:35:57 GMT -5
i remember it just ike yesterday ;-)
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Post by Suhana LIM on Oct 3, 2004 0:23:49 GMT -5
Pitbull ni hao Yes, I also still remember the Beatles song called "Yesterday". A very nice song. Cheers.
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Post by Hungfist on Nov 5, 2004 22:21:40 GMT -5
My reason? So I would not be 'unprepared' for any obstacle that may cross my path. Unfortunately violence is a way of life for many - if a man attacks you with a stick you can get beaten, or take the stick away from him.
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Post by Suhana LIM on Nov 6, 2004 4:24:52 GMT -5
My reason? So I would not be 'unprepared' for any obstacle that may cross my path. Unfortunately violence is a way of life for many - if a man attacks you with a stick you can get beaten, or take the stick away from him. Hungfist ni hao Make peace not war, but we must prepare for the war. Cheers.
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Post by essence on Nov 6, 2004 7:08:56 GMT -5
Good day everyone.
My main reason for learning kung fu is because I am fascinated with the culture, the relationship traditional arts have history, the achievement of practitioners that are my friends and the amazing abilities of the old masters.
Regards, Tze Hou
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Post by Suhana LIM on Nov 6, 2004 7:24:13 GMT -5
Good day everyone. My main reason for learning kung fu is because I am fascinated with the culture, the relationship traditional arts have history, the achievement of practitioners that are my friends and the amazing abilities of the old masters. Regards, Tze Hou Tze Hou ni hao It's always wise to be able to connect to your own root. Cheers.
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Post by konghan on Nov 6, 2004 16:29:52 GMT -5
Aside from the desire to learn self defense, which I could have easily choosen other more wide spread martial arts like karate, judo, tkd, MT, etc. I choosed kung fu ngo cho kun mainly to seek my cultural heritage & find that missing link. And thankfully, I did found that link & it made me more prouder to be what I am. I have always told my kids & relatives that ngo cho kun is the only link to our heritage & culture that can identify us as to who we are. Unfortunately, some of them have lost interest in preserving their heritage.
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Post by Suhana LIM on Nov 6, 2004 22:55:35 GMT -5
Da jia ni men hao At first my intention to embraced the art was to train my muscles, to defend myself, and other (related to strength, macho, etc) reasons. But as time passed, my reason to keep on practicing the art has changed. It is neither for showing off nor proving that I am capable of conquering other people. The end goal is to discover the meaning of life. I know for some (especially friends from different culture background) this idea sounds strange. To train in martial art to discover the meaning of life. What a wierd or maybe stupid reason! Why would you wasting your time and energy and money if at the end you just want to "conquer" yourself and understand the meaning of life? Well, my explanation is like this: Through training martial arts, you learn how to use your wisdom mind to conquer or control your emotional mind. This is one of the most effective ways of reaching a high level of spiritual understanding of life. Everything we have experienced before is just one learning process in reaching the spirit of our life. Once this learning is completed, the process of learning is no longer necessary and ceases to exist. It is just like the Buddhists who believe that our physical body is only used to cultivate our spirit; once you have reached a high level of spirit, the physical body is no longer important. Training martial arts is the same. You are using the way of learning martial arts to understand the meaning of your life. The higher you have reached, the better you experience the spirit which is beyond other martial practitioners. One day, you will longer be able to train or perform martial arts. But, your understanding and spirit will remain there; and you will retain your knowledge and spirit. Cheers.
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Post by essence on Nov 7, 2004 3:36:31 GMT -5
Good day everybody,
My own martial arts experience goes something like this.
At first, I did not feel that traditional kung fu was anything special. It is not flowery and is not anything like you see in the movies.
However, after my persistence in learning NCK (while I was in Tiong Wah), some of the older folks started to talk more and explain the art in more detail to me, which opened up my eyes to many things.
Most importantly, it showed me how effective the human body can be, with regards to improving circulation, control of breath and the generation of power. It also showed me that power is not everything, the minimal effort to achieve the maximum results would be best (in a defensive scenario).
However, to achieve this, you must put in your maximum effort in training. This juxtaposition really intrigued me, with maximum effort in training, you need less and less effort to defend yourself.
Also, the human body's extreme adaptability and efficiency was amazing when they started expounding on the different applications of the techniques. Again, another juxtaposition when the frailness and how fragile the human body really is was explained. It was amazing how little effort is needed to effect an elbow break or how you could accidentally kill someone.
All this taught me to appreciate my body more and to appreciate life even more.
The sheer amount of knowledge which is hidden and would take years of training to unearth also made me feel insignificant, kind of like a speck of sand in the fabric of space and time, but training and absorbing more knowledge made me feel more and more a part of this universe.
Warmest regards, Tze Hou
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