I think if someone were to do a two fingered handstand, their body would not be in the position his is in. He doesn’t look balanced, but what do I know? I’ve never seen a two fingered handstand (except I did see a one figered handstand in a movie once, but it was totally fake).
Delicate Sound said:
But I can never sleep with Leia… [
Dude, if you’re Luke, she’s your sister. Why would you want to sleep with her?
IronFist
Zhang Bin from Anhui province:
http://www.quebecwushu.net/drummondville/chine5.jpg
He looks to be better balanced than that other dude.
“Dude, if you’re Luke, she’s your sister. Why would you want to sleep with her?”
When he first met her and hung around she was not his sister (well she was, but he didn’t know it) so he fancied her.
When he found out she was related, see the look on his face?
Not ‘oh joy, I have a sister’
It was ‘oh sh*t, how can I shag her now?’
See?
That’s excluding Han completely.
But ON TOPIC, I think Lucas based the Jei and Yoda around stuff like Shaolin monks. Yoda is obviously an old internal master.
Ouch! That pic looks like the guy is in a painful stance…look at his bent fingers…must have soo much pressure on the joints!
What about Force Jumps? Could Great Chi Masters ever use Chi eneergy to leap very high or move very fast?
I really don’ know what this Chi can do…
Force Jumps! Lol! You’ve been playing Jedi Knight too much! (then again, so have I!)
Ewallace - I am working on light-butterfly swords as we speak!
KC Elbows - It didnt mean anything! really, it was an accident, one day I just found myself on this forum full of star wars fans, they mean nothing to me, I dont love them!
Also Alkerian - alot of what Lucas based his Jedi on was from Samurai legend and history with a little bit of buddhist monk thrown in.
DS - Sister or not I would climb her like a jungle gym…wait, this isnt the incestious sicko forum!!!
It seems that George Lucas has taken principles straight from Taoism into the belief of the Force in Star Wars. I think you can get more answers to that from the Star Wars forums. Very interesting…
Just saw it in English here and just got home. I teared watching Yoda.
Yeah, I heard that Lucas used Japanese MA for the “light saber” style. I heard he used Kenpo, but I don’t really know much about the Kenpo sword style to say “definately”.
Yoda though should be the Chinese internal guy that wips his chi out and kicks the **** out of anyone who gets in his way.
peace
NYer, I wholeheartedly agree.
one more thing…
Speak like Yoda you can?
Speak like Yoda do I.
Ironfist - Scotty and Red kind of made my point. If I were in Star Wars, I’d be Han. 
Yes KC - a whining Han.
Yoda though should be the Chinese internal guy that whips his chi out
I hope that’s “Chi” in the traditional sense. Sicko
Yoda that kind of man he not.
not quite jedi…
It is indeed interesting that Lucas created the Jedi knights as a religious/spiritual order with much apparent philosophical influences from Asian/Chinese thought. But that’s where the similarities really stop. Lets not forget that the Jedi Knights are an order of warrior peacekeepers. The Shaolin are monks. Although history does indicate that the Shaolin did get involved in a couple conflicts through their long history, they were NOT a bunch of crusading warriors as some seem to assume. They were not guardians of the free world. They were meditating, lotus position-sitting, mantra chanting monks…plain and simple. Yes, they were known to use martial arts exercises as one of the ways to enlightenment (and also in case they had to defend their temple), but that hardly qualifies them as warriors. With the exception of a couple poorly documented, isolated incidents in history and a healthy dose of folklore and speculation, there is really no evidence to support the assumption that they were awesome warriors. As Yoda might say, Jedi they are not 
Remember that the way Luke meets Yoda in Empire Strikes Back is very similar to the old stories of masters posing as ignorants.
There’s a story of Wang Xiangzhai that resembles very much the Yoda/Luke meeting (Without the "MINE, MINE, MINE!!! part, of course)
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Actually the Jedi are closer to Samurai than anything else.
The fight choreography used in Empire and Jedi used a lot of Kendo, although in the new flicks, Nick Gallards sword play is definitely more swashbuckling with some chinese influences (more in Episode 1 due to Ray Park).
Peace
Hop…
My Yoda voice kicks *** though.
Can do it in Italian as well.
wish there were REAL jedi…
Goodnight guys.
(and I can too break bricks! … just not 15 )
Ryu
There ARE real Jedi.
Just because a guy can’t shoot lightning bolts or do clairvoyance or read minds doesn’t mean that he can’t be “in tune” with the universe’s “Force”.
When one thinks about it, those types of Jedi skills really aren’t a big deal. Now being able to get up in the morning and enjoy the day - THAT’s what real Jedi get into.
Definitely the Shaolin monks are not like Jedi Knights, who protect the peace and go out into the world to help others.
I’d think of guys like Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld as “Jedi” before I’d think of Shaolin monks.
Ironfist - Scotty and Red kind of made my point. If I were in Star Wars, I’d be Han.
If I were in starwars I would be the surly guy in the cantina who gets his arm cut off.
DONALD RUMSFELD! How American is that!
If you’d have said Mother Teresa I would have said OK, but Donald Rumsfeld?!
I have lost all respect for you 
If the Jedi were real, I doubt they would sell out like the Shaolin Monks have, they’re so Hollywood.
“Appearing at Caesars Palace for the fifth time, Pepsi Max presents the Shaolin Monks!!”