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Originally Posted by JoshAussie
"Fuck you and fuck your country." - Tenchu
i find it hard to believe he was in the Australian army if he hates Australia so much... the only reason i could think of why he would hate australia if he actually did serve in Aus was if they deported him for paedophelia.. but what can i say Australians dont like Paedophiles
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Actually... that's what happened. From what I understand, the other party wasn't a "child", though. I don't right remember, but I believe it was more a case of statutory rape (what we call it in the states) than a case of an adult taking advantage of a pre-adolescent. Tenchu'd have to explain, 'cause I don't quite remember.
Anyway, about KM... I have to disagree with you again, Tenchu. You say that a MT kick to the chest would be sufficient to quickly end a fight, and I normally would agree. The difference is all the shit that a soldier wears. Some bullet-resistant vests still use ceramic plates behind the kevlar, which would take away a lot of the energy going to the chest. It would still hurt like a bitch, but I don't think it would end the fight.
And yes, I have seen people break ceramic tiles before. AFTER significant preparation and meditation and actually knowing the ceramic is there.
KM is about ending a fight fast so that you can face the next opponent. They train under the assumption that there is never going to be an end to the opponents you have to fight, so the goal behind the movements is efficiency. They don't do any flowery stuff that you see in some forms of Kung Fu because it's a waste of time and energy. They just do one quick strike to the throat and turn around to face the next guy.
KM is not an ineffective art. I don't know who you were watching that you have the impression that they teach people the wrong way to throw a punch, but they obviously didn't know what they were doing. I would be more afraid to face someone who'd trained in KM than someone who'd trained in American Kenpo, which looks and behaves very similarly.
Lol, KM is sort of the Tendo School of
Anything Goes Martial Arts. Anything goes. Pulling hair, throwing sand, biting, etc. If it's possible to do, they train to do it.
The Isrealis may not follow bushido, but they sure know how to kick ass :3 .