Just So You Understand.....

Wai Jia: The Kung Fu Forum Kung Fu Forum
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OK, because some of you seem to be a bit confused on where your posts should go…I’ve compiled the perfect reference chart for you. It is here that you will find where everything that you wanna say should go! I am happy that I could be of such help, and I certainly hope that this comes in handy to A LOT of you. Occasionally, I will bring this back to the top of this MAIN FORUM, so that you will remember exactly what’s to go in here. Again, I hope this helps…and no hard feelings. I just think some of you are a bit confused, and need a reminder every once in a while!!!

~Wen~

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so where does far east fighting arts go? they’re not all that martial, and the closest thing they have to art is the paint job on their iron palm stands.

:confused:

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LOL rtb :smiley:
Wen: good points :slight_smile:

david

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Yeaahhh Wen, it’s about time we talk about gong fu in here…
Nice call, my dear!!

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Clearly we need a “general” or “unrelated” forum. Swordforum.com has one, why don’t we?

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i like Doc (at russbo.com) idea… he has a “general bullsh|t” section which is what mainly gets used :smiley:

david

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So let me guesss, Your not going off to be a hermit, and I can’t easily steal the kingdom??

Where did that thread go anyway?

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in the deep dark recesses of your mind RD :smiley: or should i say the KFO database :stuck_out_tongue: Remembe rhow long it took between star wars episodes lol

david

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So, like, where do the cogent comments posts go? Or the ones that don’t necessarily have to do with CMA PER SE, but maybe fight strategy or personal observations from sparring experiences?

Just in case anybody is confused, that is.

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I’ve always said that the main forum should include all chinese fighting arts, even those that have separate fora for themselves (Wing Chun, Shaolin, Internals, etc.) and that once it’s that general it should also include all other martial arts. They’re simply too relevant to discussion of chinese arts to be blacklisted from here.

If anyone really believes kf is sooooooooooo special that other arts should be sent to a ghetto, they can **** off. Grow up and get a little humility, know what I mean?

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i love you, chang style novice, and i want to have your baby. but i’ll settle for thanking you on behalf of the legitimate but non-CMA posters here at KFO.

wushu chik, my question is the same as merryprankster’s. are you suggesting that legitimate discussion that pertains to martial arts in general should be relegated to the ‘other arts’ forum? if so, i disagree. we all know that jack and sh*t goes on in that forum. and, if people are posting in a responsible manner, i see no reason for us to be ‘evicted.’

if you’re talking about the nonsense being ejected to another forum, i’m more inclined to agree with you. but then, trolls aren’t terribly likely to comply, are they.

stuart b.

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This is really the wrong forum to post this thread in Wendy.

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YUP!

This is going to be good one!:smiley:

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I would love to see ONE kung fu forum that encompasses everything.

Fragmentation of the arts does work here, but I always wished that we had a single forum that everybody could cross ideas and barbs in.

Many of us (including myself) are interested in learning about other arts and those who practice them. If there were just one huge forum here, that would be even easier to do.

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I thought the wing chun forum was for debates about lineage and politics! :smiley:

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wen … i can understand your point, but think about how much less traffic there would be here if it weren’t for the off topic posts. maybe that doesn’t sit well with some because this is a kung fu forum, but i would personally rather not see any more of a loss in forum activity. the forum is staganant enough as is. the extra traffic, brought in for whatever reason, also adds to the posting on kung fu related topics.

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GDA, AP, CSN, MP…

I’m not talking about merely “other styles”…I am talking stuff like the pot thread, and all the temple kung fu crap, etc. I think the maiin forum is for all of us to hang out and talk about ALL styles…BUT, when we start fighting over all the same crap, and the same threads been posted 1000 different times, 1000 same ways, it’s time for it to be gone. Like TKF…etc… Apowen…I think that talking about NON CMA styles on the main is kewl, BUT, like i said…if its said 1000 times, the same way, it doesn’t need to be there anymore!!!

And, personally, I think off topic posts are all kewl, but com on…i am so sick and tired of seeing everytime i go on there stupid meaningless sh!t. And, I know i am NOT the only one…

~Wen~

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I think you need a vacation from the forum wen. Might I suggest Amsterdam?

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Ahhhh Amsterdam…

Sure Eric, wanna go with me??

~wen~

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checks to see who made Wendy our Lord and Master

Oh wait… she’s not.

Honestly, Wendy… your last few posts on the forum have really made you look really bad. You seem… tense. If it’s because of a few posts on an INTERNET forum, ewallance is right, and you need to take a break. It’s simply not worth getting excited over, especially since you don’t have the ability to change any of it.

If, however, it makes you feel better, then by all means continue.