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[Husky]

<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Nov 29 2008, 06:25 AM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Nov 29 2008, 06:25 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hindus also need to hire East Asian martial arts specialists to learn ways to get by with no weapons. E-Asian martial arts experts are not like the lame western 'E-Asian martial arts' centres where they know nothing (the difference is really stark). It's like the difference between India's Hindu Yoga and the rip offs of 'yoga exercise and mental destressing' in the west.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Didn't want to go off topic on that thread but imo there are a lot of con artists on both sides of the ocean, i have seen enuf ridiculous crap done in the name of martial arts on tv programs about shaolin monks and other programs, in a real life fight they would get hammered.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUS8lshgH_Y
[right][snapback]91039[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Ummm, I don't know about TV. My Taiwanese Bauddha friend didn't know martial arts until her Buddhist association organised some traditional training (but also including Korean Taikwondo, oddly enough) and in 2 weeks time she was breaking tough wood. And she's a compact, tiny girl. A bit more intimidating now. Seeing is believing - was enough to convince me.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The only useful martial arts for real life are <b>muay thai</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Tony Jha! "Save the Buddha vigraham!" <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->brazilian jiu jitsu<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->"Brazilian" jiu jitsu? They've inculturated on jiu jitsu now?


But I agree, Bharatavarsha, I am for any and all *real* martial arts that will help Hindus protect themselves and give them the additional confidence to stand up for their families/communities.