My view is that Laurel & Hardy exhibit a generally ‘progressive’ attitude to life that remained extraordinarily ‘aloof’of the quite rampant racism of their day, whilst remaining, in many ways, very much a product of the times within which they lived.
Category: Human Interest
Anything that does not fit into to any of the other specific categories and is of general interest!
Moved by the Holy Spirit – the Christianisation of Chinese Martial Arts
Chinese people must eradicate ALL vestiges of Western imperialism and Christianity from their martial arts practises and return to the higher wisdom that defines Chinese martial history.
How Lama Dondrup Dorje Misrepresents Chinese Taijiquan! (30.11.2016)
Lama Dondrup Dorje, in the above video is following the typical Pro-Tibetan Movement imperative of continuously misrepresenting Chinese culture, and brain-washing Westerners into following nonsense and believing in religiously inspired mythology. None of this Lama Dondrup Dorje expression is real. Within authentic Chinese culture, qi translates as ‘breath’, that is all. Within the body, qi flows through the blood as oxygen, and is augmented by bio-electric energy, and the energy provided by the digestive system. Within
Russia: Systema – Relaxed, Aligned Hitting
Although fighting is an inherently ;violent’ activity, there is an implicit ‘peacefulness’ to this attainment and practice. Russian Systema is a martial art worthy of study and respect.
I Will Never Forget the Perfection of LU Li!
This 15 year young woman – Lu Li – from the People’s Republic of China, scored a ‘Perfect 10’ in the 1992 Olympics and received a standing ovation!
UK: London Underground Fight [28.04.2014] at Aldgate East Tube! (15.11.2016)
An academic friend of mine (who monitors levels of street violence in the USA and UK), drew my attention to this disturbing footage. It appears to show an elderly Chinese man involved in an altercation with a young man on London’s Tube network (the District Line – to be precise).
