Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Thu, 2 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 12:16:20 +0100, D wrote:
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This is the truth! In the past 10 years or so there has been a crisis
within traditional chinese martial arts. It turned out, when
MMA/Boxer/Wrestlers started to challenge the old masters, that they were
more or less worthless at fighting.

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That's what happens when martial arts turn into an art form. Some people
who were very proud of rank in the dojo found out the hard way it doesn't
work like that in a barroom brawl. 'Monkey Shakes Fist At Sky' might be

I will shamelessly steal Monkey Shakes Fist At Sky!

graceful but it doesn't match 'Boot In The Balls'.

Have you been in many bar fights? I've only been involved in one serious fight in my life, and my boxing skills served me well in an unexpected way. I was punched in the face, and the guy and his friends were very suprised when I did not shut up or pass out. Instead I got ready to retaliate, and when that happened the friend of the "fighter" aborted the fight fight.
Apparently they were so used to people either collapsing or begging forgiveness when being punched in the face, that the fact that I raised my guard and got ready to play really confused them.
Psychology is very important in fighting, and it seems to me that naughty people always love to attack when they are in superior numbers. Only once have I experienced a naughty boy trying to do something while one on one, but it didn't come to blows, and he didn't dare to accept my challenge.