Kung Fu Do Tricks

**Mr.Tanuki** · Posted On: 11/26/2009 9:59pm

Originally Posted by stinkykickvt

Like a lot of the tricks on that site, it's just something else that requires proper technique. Breaking a brick is akin to tearing a phone book in half. Neither one requires highly developed strength, speed, ki or the Force. I guess the real question is whether any of those techniques is particularly applicable to fighting, thus justifying practicing the technique.

Kyokushin uses it as a test of power and skill. It's like saying "Why punch a punching bag/sand bag?". For Kyokushin and the traditional Okinawan Karateka they view it as a type of punching bag.
For CMA, I think it depends on the style your speaking of. Shaolin breaks bricks and cement slabs as a way of conditioning the body.

**NJM** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 12:06am

Originally Posted by Mr.Tanuki

Shaolin breaks bricks and cement slabs as a way of conditioning the body.

Uh, are you sure that's why?

**Mr.Tanuki** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 3:41am

Originally Posted by NJM

Uh, are you sure that's why?

Quite sure. I watched it with my own eyes up close in Henan a year ago. They also punch newspaper taped to the wall for hours on end and butt their heads against sand bags.They do this daily and as I was told it's for conditioning.
I even have a video of it here somewhere. I'll try to find it and load it up.

**Asriel** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 4:47am

Then, when you and the other tourists leave, the monks put their feet up and play MW2 on their X-Box while laughing at all the westerners that are going to hurt themselves when they get home.

**Mr.Tanuki** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 6:02am

Originally Posted by Asriel

Then, when you and the other tourists leave, the monks put their feet up and play MW2 on their X-Box while laughing at all the westerners that are going to hurt themselves when they get home.

You can't just walk into Henan temple quarters that I was in. I was there as an invited guest, thank you kindly. Before you request, I was there because I was invited along with the other teachers who attended the Beijing Educational board presentation. I work as a school teacher here in Japan.
The monks don't train in front of tourists. You are thinking of the government gimmick they have going on, where they put on flashy shows and travel around the world. They state they from the Shaolin temple and then do all these fanciful tricks.
Yeah, wrong guys.
But, I'm sure you knew that already.

**Asriel** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 6:15am

I don't care, it was a joke. Lighten the **** up

**It is Fake** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 7:32am

Originally Posted by Mr.Tanuki

You can't just walk into Henan temple quarters that I was in. I was there as an invited guest, thank you kindly. Before you request, I was there because I was invited along with the other teachers who attended the Beijing Educational board presentation. I work as a school teacher here in Japan.
The monks don't train in front of tourists. You are thinking of the government gimmick they have going on, where they put on flashy shows and travel around the world. They state they from the Shaolin temple and then do all these fanciful tricks.
Yeah, wrong guys.
But, I'm sure you knew that already.

Being a school teacher in Japan has nothing to do with Shaolin Monks. Please don't fall into the trap of appeal to authority. Did you train with the monks?

I'll see if I can find an article of a friend who trained with "the real" shaolin monks.

**Diesel_tke** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 7:55am

Originally Posted by Mr.Tanuki

I was there because I was invited along with the other teachers who attended the Beijing Educational board presentation. I work as a school teacher here in Japan.

How is a teacher who went to a convention make you more qualified to judge than a tourist. And what is the difference between a tourist on an educational board trip and say a tourist on a family trip?

**It is Fake** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 8:32am

I think, what he is trying to imply, is he saw monks training. There are two groups of monks but, there is more involved than a simple dismissal.

Now, they are working back to full on fighting and training, BJJ, MT, TKD, and styles of kung fu. They have brought in Sanda coaches and we have MMA springing up in Shaolin.

This does not suddenly negate decades of BS. It just means they are starting to get it right again.

**Mr.Tanuki** · Posted On: 11/27/2009 9:32am

Originally Posted by It is Fake

I think, what he is trying to imply, is he saw monks training. There are two groups of monks but, there is more involved than a simple dismissal.

Now, they are working back to full on fighting and training, BJJ, MT, TKD, and styles of kung fu. They have brought in Sanda coaches and we have MMA springing up in Shaolin.

This does not suddenly negate decades of BS. It just means they are starting to get it right again.

I'd have to say that's pretty much correct.