Chinese tattoos
Here’s one of my favorites - an oldy but a goody - The Chinese tattoo prank
a warning to be careful what you put on
I’ve heard some pretty interesting stories regarding tattoos since my uncles are all cops.
In a nut shell they have had manyy incidents where people, (asian and not) beat the crap out of someone who either had on a tattoo similar to their organization or (especially in asian circles) it was insulting to them
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just food for thought, really enjoy the Chinese Character tattoos that make Asians laugh 
kung fu tattoos
Just wondered if any one had any tattoos relating to martial arts. What are they of? What was the reason behind it – eg support for your club/looked nice/or more of a spiritual connection.
I have my given generation name in caligraphy down my arm done by sik yi wong the old fashion with ink, bamboo and a mallet… hurt like hell and took 5 hours for each character
5 hours each - thats heavy going!
Would love to try a traditional tattoo but would want somone really good to do it. I heard it hurts less than the machine and heals easier due to it not being a needle dragging across the skin but being tapped instead. Maybe they were wrong then!
all my ink is done by me in the traditional way.
I sport 4 tattos that all have only personal meaning to me. I’ll likely get them professionally redoe in the next year or so. They’re fading after more than 25 years!
Had mine done the traditional way, took days. Pain was minimal and worth the result.
anyone have Tiger and Dragon on their forearms? And if you do, which is on which arm?
all my tattoo’s are martial arts related.
on my left forearm is hung sing choy lee fut in chinese. on both insides of my forerams are the hung sing branches couplets, on my chest is my branches name in chinese, i have a dragon on my right forearm, the monkey king on my right shoulder, and a tiger on my left one.
all of these are connected to my gung fu style and that’s my one true love.
while most like to watch football and baseball, i like martial arts related shows like ufc and the like.
ten,
left shoulder is my tiger, right forearm is my dragon. wathching both is my monkey king who all surround the hung sing name on my chest.
one of my training buddies has a symbol of every oart he’s trained in tatted on his body somewhere. I am planning to get one - a big one - across my back, but it’ll be expensive, and likely painful. I talked about it on a thread a few months back, but it will be a capoeirista fighting a thai boxer in a roda of fire. (I train thai boxing, my kid does capoeira and I do classes with him) In the background a judoka and a kung fu guy will be watching the match, representing two other styles I’ve trained in. I considered putting a karate guy in the background as well, but it will be hard to tell him from the judoka, as would a bjj guy.
I talked to a guy about it and he really wants to do it. either that or he wants to do one of goku fighting majin buu (he knows I’m an anime fan)
I have a naked ninja lady on my back with only her mask on and some nacho chips covering her special parts. and next to her is a can of cheese.
I have the Chinese characters for “Crane-Fist” on my righ forearm and the characters for “Martial Arts” on my left forearm. I wanted them for years and feel they give me a “connection” to my art.
im thinking of getting adora tattooed on me somewheres.
nothing makes you train harder than having a daughter.
More than i thought!
I am planning on getting the hung kuen 5 animals in a sumi-e style grey shading on my back soon.
Hopefully it will look good. Not too concerened about the pain as i have to already and one was on my stomach - my first - which hurt like hell - especially when it hit my ribs and belly button.
Lookin at gettin a full piece from the knee to the ankle of the 5 animals, a tiger lashing out at a retreating crane on the outer side, a snake wrapped around a leopard that’s biting deep into the snake on the inner side, and a dragon wrapped allthroughout as the background to the whole thing, with it’s head ending at the tip of the knee and the tail at the back of the ankle.
Gonna be expensive as crap with all the lines and color I’m gonna need. The last artist I talked to estimated 15 hours chair time for the whole shebang.
Nothing like a pain over a long period of time for something you love. 
I have a tiger on my right shoulder and a dragon on my left shoulder, but they’re big and move down my arm 'til their claws stretch out on my forearms. Very painful on the back of the arm. Make a friend who is a tattoo artist, you get deals!
Show off your MA tattoos !
I got a tat last night after Mr Quervo convinced me it would be a good idea…
Turns out he was right… I’ll post it when I find my invisible usb cable.
Let's see'em !
no tats here, but looking forward to seeing the work you got!
I commissioned an incredible piece. I paid a very famous comic book artist, Tim Sale, to do a 10 animal mural for me (cost me $3500). It ended up being a full back piece, with the dragon and the snake running down either arm. I brought the extremely intricate work to a NYC tatoo artist. He worked it up and told me the work would take 60 hours black and white, and another 100 hours if i wanted color, since it was so detailed. It was to cost me $3K, half up front, half upon completion. We set the appointment to start, and I dropped $1500. The day comes, he rubs my back with alcohol, and starts…a minute later he stops and says “something wrong with the needle, hold ont”. He changes the needle and begins again..turns out my iron body is so advanced, the needle could not penetrate my skin. I was out $5K!