Ye Olde Inn

by **Gold Bearer** » June 12th, 2014, 7:27 am

This video isn’t finished yet but I’ve just got to show you what I’ve got so far. http://youtu.be/dgD75c5cS4I

That's some pretty impressive stuff. Is it you?

I wonder how much of this would be possible if you were wearing jeans or a tuxedo.
I mean... How often are you attacked while wearing your gi (or superhero costume).
Odds are that you would be wearing clothes unsuitable for combat.

Also a lot of the moves and jumps are very impressive, but they seem rather "fancy".
Are all of them actually usable in combat.

by **Gold Bearer** » June 12th, 2014, 12:29 pm

Goblin-King wrote:That's some pretty impressive stuff. Is it you?

No, this is me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ht8TYME1A I can't flip about like he does. I'm not into parkour, mainly because I'm useless at it. That's Aron Gasor. I've deliberately spelt his name wrong because some people google their name and I don't want him to see it until it's finished. That's the third video I've done, I'm next. My next one will be a lot better than the last one. Better light, music, editing and martial arts. I was very rusty when I made that video and there was a lot I couldn't do well enough to show, although I still had my speed. They'll be a lot more flashy stuff that people like in the next one. I want to get a decent martial arts channel going and I'm using three top class and popular martial artists to hopefully get it off the ground. Using videos of the best bits of their videos together in one video will hopefully get my channel going and if they like them and put them up on their channels with a link back to mine I'm away. I'd also love to do a video with all three of them, separately or together.

Goblin-King wrote:I wonder how much of this would be possible if you were wearing jeans or a tuxedo.
I mean... How often are you attacked while wearing your gi (or superhero costume).
Odds are that you would be wearing clothes unsuitable for combat.

I'm wearing jeans in my video. It doesn't make a lot of difference. It's slightly slower but not really noticeably. Wearing trainers makes a lot more of a difference. If that bothered me I'd wear light shoes. I don't do it do defend myself, that's mostly about attitude anyway. You don't reach a high level unless you're doing it for its own sake, it would feel like effort, you've got to love it.

Goblin-King wrote:Also a lot of the moves and jumps are very impressive, but they seem rather "fancy".
Are all of them actually usable in combat.

That's what tae kwon do looks like, lots of flashy kicks. Korean martial arts in general focus on kicks. The Bruce sisters are tang so do, which is basically tea kwon do kicks, kung fu strikes, plus weapons. All of those techniques are usable if they're timed right and you've got the speed to use them, but there's not a lot of point. You can generate more than enough power to easily knock someone out with a basic kick. They're so much fun to do though and they look beautiful. They help a lot indirectly though because they're great for balance and coordination, and if you practice them the basic versions are so straight forward, virtually no effort at all.

by **TMU** » June 13th, 2014, 5:33 pm

I've tried to get 11 things about myself, but can't get them all. I guess I am a boring person

by **tasoe** » June 13th, 2014, 6:00 pm

TMU wrote:I've tried to get 11 things about myself, but can't get them all. I guess I am a boring person

don't feel bad, I assume most scandinavian people are boring. :roll:

on another note, I liked watching goldbearer's video, i'm not into martial arts but it's nice to put a person to the forum name!
so I thought I'd share with you one of the youtube videos that is including my face.
this is me, surfing on my back, on a very hot summer afternoon on my wet balcony a number of years ago.
don't ask me why I did that, just make sure to check video 2 from the related videos on the right, it's a little bit better and more painful.

by **knightkrawler** » June 13th, 2014, 6:01 pm

TMU wrote:I've tried to get 11 things about myself, but can't get them all. I guess I am a boring person

You're 17. Some interesting things are bound to be added over the next few years. A funny haircut, maybe.

by **TMU** » June 13th, 2014, 8:41 pm

knightkrawler wrote:
TMU wrote:I've tried to get 11 things about myself, but can't get them all. I guess I am a boring person

You're 17. Some interesting things are bound to be added over the next few years. A funny haircut, maybe.

If my favourite ice-hockey team wins the national hockey league, i will colour my hair blue