Rumor has it there’s an Internet forum that’s all about Chinese Kung Fu and discussions center around all forms of Chinese martial arts.
Some say it’s related to a hardcopy magazine. Anyone know where this fantasy forum can be found?
All I can seem to find is MMA round and round discussions. 
Heh…same thing’s happening at dragonslist. Face it, they won’t be satisfied until they achieve world domination.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
i agree, the debates are tired, very very tired. I don’t practice CMA anymore but don’t feel the need to argue why I don’t.
The myth about a forum is to clear things or “demyth” myths.
oops. My tongue stuck.
MMA or not. Any martial arts require practice overtime. Any skills take practice overtime to get good. Well they are Kung Fu.
whatever style, MMA=MT+BJJ is also a style and Kung Fu.
MT from Thai boxing, several hundred years old or older.
BJJ 3 generations or more and then from Japan–
Are they new?
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you are contributing to the tired debate.
From what I’ve heard, MMA is just another front for Scientology…
They’re out to get us, man. They’ll stop at nothing. You see, the IRS, in league with the English banks, means to keep us thrall to Intergalactic Warlord, Lord Xenu’s vicous body thetans…
Wait…who’s that knockin’ at my door?
Oh ****!!!
crash boom clang
Take that, you MMMutha****a!!!
A debate of CMA v. MMA is still about CMA. I mostly see this here in the General forum. I go to the Southern or Shaolin forums for other aspects of CMA.
A few years ago, I completely avoided the General forum because I felt threatened by the CMA critics. Now that I’m somewhat more open-minded, I find it helpful to keep my training under constant scrutiny. Just take it all with a grain of salt.
The fact that 90%+ of these discussions has not been initiated by an MMAer should speak volumes on the issue.
[QUOTE=street_fighter;729939]The fact that 90+ of these discussions has not been initiated by an MMAer should speak volumes on the issue.[/QUOTE]
Actually, that would make no sense. “these” discussions? what part of your anus did this brain fart come from?
Boy, you are the embodiment of whats wrong with this forum. WTF, does an upstart 17 year old BOY know? Not a whole heck of a lot, thats what.
The LAST thing we need is another whining mimi kid coming in here regergitating the same old BS he learned on the 1nt3rn3tz trying to look cool in front of his friends.
[QUOTE=Yao Sing;729353]Rumor has it there’s an Internet forum that’s all about Chinese Kung Fu and discussions center around all forms of Chinese martial arts.
Some say it’s related to a hardcopy magazine. Anyone know where this fantasy forum can be found?:([/QUOTE]
http://www.emptyflower.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi/YaBB.cgi#xing
[QUOTE=SifuAbel;729947]Actually, that would make no sense. “these” discussions? what part of your anus did this brain fart come from?
Boy, you are the embodiment of whats wrong with this forum. WTF, does an upstart 17 year old BOY know? Not a whole heck of a lot, thats what.
The LAST thing we need is another whining mimi kid coming in here regergitating the same old BS he learned on the 1nt3rn3tz trying to look cool in front of his friends.[/QUOTE]
You are a very sad, frustrated man, arent you. I keep posting to a minimal, because (usually) I try to post only when what I have to say needs to be said. I do occassionally speak beyond my field of knowledge (which is admittedly quite small), but most of the time, my posts are solid, and anything but “whinny”. I come to learn. Something you seem to have forgotten about. So instead of picking apart a 17 year olds post, and pointing out a typo, why don’t you try to learn something on the “1nt3rn3tz”? Or better yet, learn how to spar, because frankly, the video clips you have posted are some of the most pathetic things I have ever seen.
[QUOTE=street_fighter;729989]You are a very sad, frustrated man, arent you. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, it is pretty pathetic to pick on somebody just because they’re young. I have to agree having argued with Golden Arhat about life after 20, that considering he’s only 16, I probably shouldn’t have entered into a debate about that, but just because somebody’s 17 doesn’t mean they don’t know anything.
When I was younger, I used to hang around with a lot of young people who at 13 had a lot more experience in some areas and a better handle on some things than many adults.
Pft, Both of you are idiots.
[QUOTE=SifuAbel;729995]Pft, Both of you are idiots.[/QUOTE]
Whatever, dude.
There’s been an inordinate amount of cyberbullying here lately
That’s a shame, really. Our focus at KungFuMagazine.com is CMA, first and foremost, but this is a forum, open to all comers. It wouldn’t be authentic if we were to eliminate those outside of CMA. To remain vital, CMA must exist in context of modern times. While many think this is new, some backlash from MMA perhaps, if you study history, you know that all traditional martial arts have been grappling with issues of validity for the past several centuries. MMA poses less of a threat than the personal firearm did.
A part of me wants to blame the recent rudeness on our forum on MMA phenomenon. Don’t get me wrong - I love MMA - but it’s rampant commercialism has brought about a general loss of etiquette in the martial arts. That’s the real sacrifice and something we’ll all have to deal with in the future. But truth be told, I don’t really think that’s what’s at fault here. It’s more the insecurities of the traditionalists, and I say that as a traditionalist. In general, traditionalists are too easily sucker-punched by the ol’ MMA ‘real in the ring’ debate.
We crossed a critical landmark when we topped 10,000 members. Since then, we’ve been receiving about two to three dozen spambot membership applications a day. We filter that, of course. But along with the increased traffic, we’ve been getting more newbies. Here again, there’s been a drift towards rudeness at the newbies. I think this is a result of the current state of netiquette along with fallout from the trolling. It’s a shame too, because if you think about it, you wouldn’t treat a beginning student so rudely. Everyone is a beginner once. When we get rude to beginners for no other reason than knee-jerk reaction, we start to lose sight of the future.
OK, that being said, Yao Sing, I echo Ravenshaw here. This is a large forum. There are plenty of great CMA thread if you poke around. If you spend all the time stuck in CMA vs. MMA debates, that’s really your fault. You’re just looking in the wrong place.
Yao Sing just got the virtual crotch kick! POW!:eek:
[QUOTE=GeneChing;730358]
I think this is a result of the current state of netiquette along with fallout from the trolling. It’s a shame too, because if you think about it, you wouldn’t treat a beginning student so rudely. Everyone is a beginner once. When we get rude to beginners for no other reason than knee-jerk reaction, we start to lose sight of the future.
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I just get tired of being called a troll.
You try to debate some issue, people don’t like it, so they call you some troll instead of trying to reason for themselves.
I have to admit that I think my posts have gotten more rude recently as a backlash against that.
The MMA vs. CMA thing is a perfect example of that because everybody seems so stuck with their view. They don’t really seem to want to think about the other side – they’d just rather attack.
Perhaps this phenomena is because some people aren’t getting enough fighting outside the forum – I don’t know.
But it’s not just the forum – it’s also driving and life in general. As life is getting harder people don’t take the time to reason – they’d rather just attack.
if you feel somone is posting/responding, soley with the intent of arguing/insulting…ignore them.
you dont HAVE to debate anything.
trying to convince others that your point of view/training is the correct way is near pointless.
you will find that 90% + of the people on this forum are set in their ways.
you are the master of your domain.
[QUOTE=Shaolin Wookie;729850]From what I’ve heard, MMA is just another front for Scientology…
They’re out to get us, man. They’ll stop at nothing. You see, the IRS, in league with the English banks, means to keep us thrall to Intergalactic Warlord, Lord Xenu’s vicous body thetans…
Wait…who’s that knockin’ at my door?
Oh ****!!!
crash boom clang
Take that, you MMMutha****a!!![/QUOTE]
ha ha ha !!! oops fell off my chair
[QUOTE=SifuAbel;729947]Actually, that would make no sense. “these” discussions? what part of your anus did this brain fart come from?
Boy, you are the embodiment of whats wrong with this forum. WTF, does an upstart 17 year old BOY know? Not a whole heck of a lot, thats what.
The LAST thing we need is another whining mimi kid coming in here regergitating the same old BS he learned on the 1nt3rn3tz trying to look cool in front of his friends.[/QUOTE]
He is much more well informed than you are. If you look back over the various threads, you will find that MMA people generally start few threads and don’t post on threads that aren’t either about some portion of MMA or that include some ill informed comment about MMA by a CMA guy who doesnt’ have a clue about MMA or grappling.
I doubt you will see any MMA interjections in the threads about axe fighting, CMA teachers’ bios, dedicated CMA students, 5 animal 5 element forms, refinishing a drum, James Cama Teaching Southern Praying Mantis at Chinatown Sports Club, Cha style long fist, EBMAS, Kungfu in San Diego/ South Orange County, Falun Gong, Kungfu in San Diego/ South Orange County, 18 Daoist Palms System, James McNeil’s Iron Palm training, Yue Fei really creating Eagle Claw, or any of hundreds of other threads about kung fu.
It’s hard not to comment when some clueless rube talks about how he would poke Chuck Lidell’s eyes out.