The film footage of Xu Xiaodong (against Master Lei Gong), shows a man with no real mixed martial arts skills – who could have been easily defeated with groin-kicking or throat-punching, etc, and whose mental state is often described as ‘mad’ even by himself!
Category: Human Interest
Anything that does not fit into to any of the other specific categories and is of general interest!
A Postcard from Bhutan!
Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan A martial arts student of mine has trained at Oxford University – gaining a degree and doctorate – so that
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (1995): By James W. Loewen
The Homepage of James W. Loewen This is not a new book, but it gives the state of play in US pseudo-history manufacturing up until
This is What the Teeth of a Malamute-Wolf-Dog (Ruby) Can do to a Tin (28.5.2017)
Ruby is a Malamute Wolf-Dog who is around 8 years old. Her instinct is to eat any food she encounters – and if she finds a closed tin – she will ‘chew’ it open with her strong teeth!
China’s View of Evolution (Email Exchange 19.5.2017)
It is ironic that it could possibly be true that two ethnicities of human beings (i.e. the Chinese and the Africans), both historically oppressed and persecuted by Europeans, would turn-out to be far older in origination, and to have built advanced cultures very early on!
First Russian Aviator – Mikhail Nikiforovich Efimov (1881-1919) Bolshevik Revolutionary
On March 21st, 1910 in Odessa, Mikhail Efimov – in the presence of 100,000 people on the field of the Odessa Racetrack – took to the skies yet again. On this day he climbed five times, (performing three laps) at an altitude of 50 meters, including two flights with passengers – bankers Ivan Xidias and the Chairman of the Odessa Flying Club -A rthur Anatot.
