Being a bit of a douche

Me, being a bit of a douche.

* before one of YouTube's millions of black belt champion martial artists starts giving me shit: yes, my technique is very bad - I haven't trained for several years and I was quite drunk.

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Comedy

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• douche

[StudentOfObjectivism]

@WarVideo I can't remember well enough to explain; that's just the impression I remember from when I was into it. He was definitely against creating a dogmatic system though - as I recall he was quite emphatic about each student learning to use the techniques best for him (it doesn't make sense for a little guy like me to try to learn to wrestle against someone far larger, for instance) and being able to adapt his style to exploit the weakness of his opponent.

[WarVideo]

@StudentOfObjectivism Cool, id love to see a video on that. But what do you think is platonic about it? From what ive seen he was against creating a system that would turn dogamatic and Ossifie. It was not a system, but a way of thinking about fighting, keeping what works for you from all systems, and throwing away what doesn't .

[StudentOfObjectivism]

@WarVideo It's a bit of a mash up to be honest - it's kind of platonic. That said, his comments about the importance of stripping things down to the essentials are excellent. I like that he constantly tried to make techniques more efficient. The best thing I learned in my JKD class was how to change from applying an arm bar to applying a wrist lock/snap. I might make a video of that actually, it's definitely a very useful thing to be able to do.

[WarVideo]

@StudentOfObjectivism Yeah, ive seen some videos on Bruce lees jeet kun do philosphy and it seems very rational.

[StudentOfObjectivism]

@WarVideo I started doing it after watching a Bruce Lee season on TV, the thai boxing was the first school I found that offered it. Those were really good classes because there was loads of fitness, the teacher was very good and the other students were fun and friendly. It was a bit of a trek to classes though so I took up jeet kun do which was available in the city center. In retrospect those classes were a bit of a rip off but I do think jeet kun do, properly practiced, is awesome.

[WarVideo]

@StudentOfObjectivism Cool, why did you choose those particular fighting styles?Anyways, I've always wanted to do martial arts.

[StudentOfObjectivism]

@WarVideo I did thai boxing and jeet kun do for a while as a teenager and at university, but I think I learnt that one from the TV!

[WarVideo]

@StudentOfObjectivism Where did you learn that kick?

[StudentOfObjectivism]

@WarVideo It's on the high street. Not completely random I suppose because it is just outside the doors of an arcade. They have similar machines outside the train station too.

[WarVideo]

@StudentOfObjectivism "Not that this is an important issue!" Ok well, in other news, where was that at? Is that thing at some theme park or do people in Korea just place random archade contraptions out on the street to entertain foreigners?