Why do I say “chi” or “ki” is not real? The main reason is that many people like to claim it is some sort of external “force” or “energy”.
Most of the effects which are often attributed to “chi” or “ki” can be simply explained by CBM: “Coordinated Body Motion”. Some systems and styles call this “Single Unit Moving” or something similar.
That being said, some demonstrations of “ki” and “chi” are simply BS. It usually involves people who want to believe and are either consciously or subconsciously going along with the techniques, just like they do with the Dillman-style “no-touch knockouts”.
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Starring: Eric Lee, Bob Ramos
Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes
In San Francisco’s Chinatown, a band of thugs kidnaps a girl for a large Chinese gang. Her half-brother gathers a team of expert fighters to get her back.
From his bio on the Kajukenbo Cafe: Born in Canton, China, Master Eric Lee began his Martial Arts training under Chung Ball and later with Master Al Dacascos.
Nicknamed “The King of Kata” he went on to excel in the field of Martial Arts and is accredited with winning more national and international awards than any other Martial Artist in the United States.
Of Eric Lee, Black Belt Magazine is quoted as saying “Without a doubt, the most influential forms performer of his time … “The Original Martial Arts Encyclopedia states, “Before the advent of form ratings, Lee was unofficially the number one form champion in the U.S.”
He has been featured on the cover of just about every major Martial Arts magazine throughout the world.
After retiring from the competitive scene, Master Lee continues to distinguish himself in the field of Martial Arts instruction and the entertainment industry.
Perhaps Eric Lee’s best-known movie is “Big Trouble in Little China.” He has also had major roles in: Blood Sport II., Ninja Busters, Weapons of Death, Fist of Iron, The Shinobi, and The Game. Over the past twenty some-odd years his cinematic career has taken many other exciting turns. He has either starred, co-starred, or been featured in many other major motion pictures and television series. Some on the most memorable include: Ring Of Fire I & II, Death Match, Rambo, Misfit Patrol, License To Kill, Strong City, Smoke on the Water, Hanoi Hilton, Talon Of The Eagle, Steel Justice, Future Kick, Death Machine, Falcon Claw, Good Guys Wear Black, Shame Shame On The Bixie Boys, Uncommon Valor, Into The Night, “A” Team, General Hospital, Bob, Call To Glory, Airwolf, “V”, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Kung-fu Series, Fall Guy, L.A. Nightlife, For Love And Honor, Joe And The Colonel, Beauty And The Beast, Hollywood Beast, Creature Features, Me & Mom, Incredible Hulk, Bring ‘Em Back Alive, Hunter, Gavalan, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, Greatest American Hero, Gong Show, Rousters, Price Is Right, World Martial Arts Challenge, Just For Kicks Television, Evening Magazine, Kitt And Rene Show, This is Hollywood, A&E’s Martial Arts Special, and the Hollywood Reporter. He just completed work on Lethal Weapon IV and recently starred in The Master Demon.
Eric was promoted to 9th degree Grandmaster in July, 2004, by Sijo Emperado.
On Sunday, April 1, 2012, a Louisiana man was choked to death by his younger cousin. Stephen A. Arceneaux III, a 24-year-old from Destrehan, was pronounced dead at 10:39 p.m. Sunday night, April 1, 2012. The two were at a house party and began wrestling around on an inflated mattress when the 14-year-old, 110 lbs. younger cousin placed Arceneaux in a Rear Naked Choke. After 30-40 seconds, witnesses noticed Arceneaux was turning blue so the choke was released. Arceneaux’s girlfriend tried unsuccessfully to revive him before he was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
In the wake of the tragic accident that occurred last week, the Gracie Brothers provide a video breakdown explaining precisely how Stephen Arceneaux III was choked to death by his younger cousin. Their hope is to educate the youth about the serious risks of practicing jiu-jitsu techniques, chokes in particular, without proper training and supervision.
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Sihing Adam (Blackbelt under Sigung Joern Tiedge) left for three months to Thailand to train Thai Boxing . During his stay he also attended a Thaiboxing competition, fighting five rounds, two minutes each round. Shihing Adam won in the second round by KO.
After winning competitions in semi contact, light contact and full contact, later also winning grappling tournaments,he was now aiming for a new competitive challenge and showed all how versatile a Wun Hop Kuen Do Fighter can be.
Brother John Glendening submitted this. Not that we’d ever get caught doing something like this.
“This reminds me of a story Steve told about a friend of his in high school who would start every fight by throwing his hat in the other guys face. Also I think Dave must be some sort of master of disguise and have gyms all over America, because this guy says and does things that could only come from the devious yet loving mind of Dave Jones.” — John Glendening
“That guy must have been Daves’ student before us! No one besides Dave can be that devious, I mean demented, no, I really mean effective!!!” — Tim Dunn
In real life, Florence Gardiner (c. 1891-?) was a pioneering advocate of Asian martial arts as feminist self defense. Her theatrical and literary alter ego, “Florence ‘Flossie’ Le Mar, the Ju-Jitsu Girl” may just qualify as one of the first superheroines.
Florence and her husband, professional wrestler and showman Joe Gardiner, toured vaudeville theaters throughout New Zealand prior to the First World War. Their signature act showed audiences how a Lady might defeat an aggressive Hooligan (mugger) via the skilled application of jujitsu.
According to a 1913 poem promoting the vaudeville act:
In ‘The Hooligan and Lady’, they are smart, clean, clever, straight.
No act in this world is better – fast, and strictly up-to-date.
This act’s a small-sized drama – constructed round Jitsu
A Japanese discovery, wherein they show to you,
How it’s possible for a lady, when molested by a cad,
Maybe tackled by a robber, in fact, any man that’s bad,
Can hold her own against him and quickly put him through,
When she knows the locks and holds – pertaining to the art Jitsu.
So clever is the lady that when the tough with pistol, knife
And bludgeon tries to rough her and mayhap take her life,
Like lightning-flash she meets him and quickly stays his hand,
By tumbling him hard earthwards – I tell you it is grand –
And proves to me and all here what women folk can do
When attacked, if they but study Miss Le Mar at Ju Jitsu.
In addition to jujitsu lessons, the book offered a great deal of feminist polemic and a series of six fantastical tales describing her hair-raising adventures as the Ju-Jitsu Girl, taking on desperadoes including opium smugglers in Sydney, crooked gamblers in New York City and an English “lunatic” who believed he was a bear. The Jujitsu Girl defended the weak and innocent, solved crimes and punished villains through her mastery of the martial arts, pre-dating comic book superheroines like Lady Luck, Black Canary, Phantom Lady and Wonder Woman by nearly three decades.
Though not without charm, these short stories have the sharp corners and hard edges typical of early 20th century dime novels. They are also undeniably theatrical and, in combination with Florence’s biography and her fierce feminism, inspired the production of a play, The Hooligan and the Lady, which was a hit at the 2011 New Zealand Fringe Festival.
Florence’s heroic “Ju-Jitsu Girl” persona is also featured in the upcoming graphic novel trilogy Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons, in which she is a member of a secret society of radical London suffragettes who protect the leaders of their movement from arrest and assault. Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons is due to be published in early 2014 by Jet City Comics, a new imprint of Amazon Publishing.
