Stupid things you used to believe about martial arts

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 11/14/2012 6:16am

Originally Posted by Kwizatz

I was 12, gimme a fuckin break

And...

how old are you now?

**OwlMatt** · Posted On: 5/17/2013 9:07pm

I believed that the old masters didn't spar with the young black belts because they were afraid of embarrassing or hurting them.

**submessenger** · Posted On: 5/17/2013 9:10pm

There was a brief period when I first joined Bullshido that I thought Lebell was Judo Gene. Yeah, I can be that dumb, sometimes.

**Katje** · Posted On: 5/18/2013 8:37am

When I was 15 a kempo guy I knew convinced me that you could bounce punches off your body to make them faster.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 5/18/2013 10:19am

Originally Posted by Kwizatz

I was 12, gimme a fuckin break

Give you a break from what?

**Mr. Machette** · Posted On: 5/18/2013 1:57pm

Originally Posted by Katje

When I was 15 a kempo guy I knew convinced me that you could bounce punches off your body to make them faster.

How's that work?

**Permalost** · Posted On: 5/18/2013 3:02pm

I think they call it "rebounding".

**It is Fake** · Posted On: 5/18/2013 3:34pm

Originally Posted by Mr. Machette

How's that work?

**Katje** · Posted On: 5/18/2013 4:01pm

The logic goes that you lose speed by bringing your hands back to guard position because you have to slow them down & bring them to a stop in front of your face after a punch. To counteract this you bring your hand back from the punch at full speed and "rebound" it off your body again for the next punch.

It's basically slapping yourself repeatedly in the torso to enhance the speed of your punches. Yeah, it's about as dumb as it sounds......

**Katje** · Posted On: 5/18/2013 4:07pm

Awwww, Fake got there first with the same video! That's the bullshido equivalent of turning up to prom in the same dress......

*slinks away to go hide in the bathroom and sulk for the rest of the evening*