From: shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
Subject: Stop it! (was Re: Nice combos with cat claws (or other combos))
Organization: Vallen Software
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:13:30 GMT

In article <1bi6h0INN5p4@agate.berkeley.edu> robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson) writes:
>In article <BvzJu6.IKr@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu writes:
>>Are there any good books that explain and depict good combinations using cat
>>claws or sai?  I'd really appreciate it.  My cat claws are coming in the mail
>>in a couple weeks, and I've already made up a few of my own combos which I
>>think are excellent to use against non-MA's.
>
>Great.  Just what the martial arts community needs:  some sub-white belt buys
>an esoteric weapon mail order, goes and slices up a random non-martial-artist,

Did I say random?  No.  And not for offense, either.  And when I say "non-MA,"
I mean someone who isn't going to retort with an outside jumping crescent kick
from hell.  Believe me, I using shuko vs. a non-MA does NOT mean I'm going to
tear them to shreds.  I'm by no means exceptionally strong.  So get OFF my case
already.  It's self-defense, and I hate guns.  I see why people are somewhat
flustered by what I said about using shuko (or any other weapon) against
non-MA's.  Sounds arrogant, but it's not.  Now if I were a black-belt, yes that
would be extremely "bullyish."  And the fact is, I just don't have the time nor
money to take hapkido or TKD right now, so I'm winging it.  The reason I said
my combos would, IMO, be good against non-MA's is to differentiate from saying
that the combos are good against MA's.  No way.  Most likely, if I tried my
combos on a yellow or orange belt, or above, I'd lose.

As far as the redneck bit: The rednecks around here do NOT take martial arts
(in this context, karate, TKD, hapkido, etc. etc.).  Not the dumb ones, at
least.  There ARE actually open-minded ones who will sit down & learn t'ai chi,
but most of the big-shot motorheads would just say "That's fer queers" or
whatever.  It sounds stereotypical, but they are NOT really friendly around
here and they think everyone but themselves is "queer," and if you ever had a
hostile confrontation here, it's most likely going to be an ego-inflated
redneck who wants to "kick yer ass" for fun.  It's not great, and I've been
tossed around by these people, and after they leave, I just fume because I
couldn't defend myself.  And no, I don't think the shuko are going to help
that, I just have an interest in exotic weapons (and a will to learn how to use
them).  So please dont' bitch at me when I say that I have some move or combo
that could surprise or hurt a non-MA.  Why would I attack a MA, when I myself
am a non-MA?  So don't flame.  I read&post to this group to learn what I can,
not to get flamed by people who think I want to kick some butt.  I never
attack, and if I am BEING attacked by someone, I want to be able to not back
down and to actually stand up.  (I guess you can say being pushed around since
kindergarten may have pissed me off)  :)  Maybe martial arts isn't the answer
to my inability to stand up & defend myself.. I don't know, but I wish I could
do something about it..

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