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[Lidia_Apricot]

Oh.

How long did you say you learned martial arts?

[DesertWolf]

For 24+years now.
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[Lidia_Apricot]

Oh.

I have more questions to ask you, but some of them either might not make sense, or it is silly for me to ask; but I will continue asking cause I'm just that curious ^^!.

[DesertWolf]

I don't mind at all in fact I encourage the people of PBB including the Mods to ask questions if don't understand something.
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[Lidia_Apricot]

And maybe if you stay in this forum for more than six months, you might have the honor to have your character be drawn by Ms. Vanessa ^w^.

[DesertWolf]

It would be a great honor for me for her to draw my avatar.
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[Lidia_Apricot]

Yepyep.

And speaking of avatar...have you come up with yours, Mr. DesertWolf?

[DesertWolf]

I've been toying with a few ideas but haven't settled on anything definite.
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[Lidia_Apricot]

That's good.

If you need any suggestion, feel free make a threads about it and I'm sure the people here in the forums will surely give you a helping "paw" with your character .

[DesertWolf]

I just might have to.
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[peter_wolf]

i was wondering how much of the 5 original mui Thai styles do you know
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you all saw it, the orphanage attacked me first.

[DesertWolf]

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[DesertWolf]

I hope that's what you mean.
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[DesertWolf]

Oh I forgot to add this about Muay Boran.The objective was to make sure your opponent(s) were either knocked out or could no longer continue fighting since you didn't know if you were going to be attacked or were attacked by other fighters.
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[riptide21]

hey evey one.
I posted here a couple days ago asking about Mixed martial arts.

Well, did a little bit of research and found this. Might be helpful for some of us.
Brief history of MMA:
In 648 B.C.E., the Greeks introduced the sport of pankration into the Olympic Games. The word pankration is a combination of two Greek words, pan, meaning “all,� and kratos, meaning “powers.� This is an accurate depiction of the sport itself, as it was a potent mixture of Hellenic boxing and wrestling. The sport only truly had two rules: no biting and no eye gouging, though even these techniques were allowed by the Spartans. The bouts could end only when one competitor was knocked unconscious, or submitted to his opponent by raising his hand. Often times, these matches would last for hours, and sometimes ended with the death of one, or even both competitors. The sport became the most popular event in the Olympic Games, and across the Hellenic world.

The matches took place in an arena, or “ring� which was a square approximately 12 to 14 feet across, which the Greeks hoped would encourage close-quarter combat. The matches also featured a referee armed with a rod or switch he used to enforce the rules, which were often broken by opponents that were overmatched. Common techniques included punches, joint locks, choke holds, elbow and knee strikes, and kicks. Kicks to the legs, groin and stomach were quite commonly used. Standing strikes such as these were common, though the overwhelming majority of pankration bouts were settled on the ground, where submission holds and strikes were both accepted practices. Pankratiasts were renowned for their grappling skills, and would employ a variety of grappling techniques, such as takedowns, chokes and joint locks, often to great effect. Strangulation was the most common cause of death in pankration matches.

Ancient Greek pankratiasts became heroes, and the subject of numerous myths and legends. These include the legends of Arrichion, Dioxxipus, Polydamos and even Hercules was believed to be a pankratiast. Alexander the Great sought out pankratiasts as soldiers because of their legendary skills at unarmed combat. When he invaded India in 326 B.C.E., he had a great number of pankratiasts serving with him. This is believed to be the beginning of Asian martial arts, as most Asian martial arts trace their history to India at around this time. Pankration is the first recorded form of what would later come to be known as mixed martial arts, and is the closest any society has come to allowing a truly no-holds-barred unarmed combat sport

[DesertWolf]

Thanks Riptide, but allow me to say this before other people start posting things about other MA styles and systems. I intended this thread to keep the bulk of the information strictly to the time line of PBB.I do accept your posting of pankration,but I will not accept postings of other MA styles and systems except for questions and discussions. I do not mean to be a (censored) or insult anybody who studies the current MA.MY main focus was to keep people from using styles and systems that didn't exist at the time as I feel it would bring a great deal of disrespect to Vanessa,her creation, the members of this site,and to the people who enjoy and appreciate her hard work.It simply wouldn't be fair if I or anybody else created a fursona who knows Aikido,Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do,or Krav Maga or any other modern martial arts simply because people trained in them.
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[JohnnyPsycho]

Crap, this is a long thread... it'll take some time for me to read through all the information, but thanks for the wealth of info on martial arts, DesertWolf! I just have a question, that you may be able to help me with...

I've been working on a story idea for a very long time, probably longer than I've been writing my current fanfic, and I wanted to incorporate a couple practitioners of Chinese martial arts. For now, I'm focusing on having two characters fighting with styles that would be contemporary with each other and with PBB timeline (or slightly before it). I was thinking of having one character practice Wing Chun (also my favorite style), but haven't figured out what style to have the opponent character be proficient in. I was thinking Hung Ga, but could you suggest a style that would be both contemporary for the time, as well as either originating or largely being practiced in the southern provinces of China (maybe more specifically the Canton Province or Hong Kong)? Also, any information you might have about Hung Ga, if you haven't already posted it (again, I'm slowly catching up with the flood of posts).
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[DesertWolf]

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[JohnnyPsycho]

Thanks, any suggestions you may have would be appreciated.
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Johnny's Fanfics (including Sureshot! A Bon Bon Tale)

Johnny's backstory
Johnny, Mark II (Project Aten character)

[DesertWolf]

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[Lidia_Apricot]

You mean Llama fist?

[riptide21]

Thanks for the clarification desertwolf. wasn't paying attention.

[DesertWolf]

I mean Lama as in Dalai Lama since the style originated in Tibet.
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[DesertWolf]

It's not a problem riptide.
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– Bruce Lee

[Lidia_Apricot]

What's a Dalai Lama?

[DesertWolf]

It's kind of long and complicated to really describe but in a nutshell He is the reincarnated leader of the Gelug school of Buddhism.It is believed that he is actually a Tulkus or Buddhist master who has achieved enlightenment and no longer needs to be put on the wheel of Samsara to be reincarnated but chose to do so so he can teach others to become enlightened as well.
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[Lidia_Apricot]

Ah, so it's a person. Sorry for referring Dalia Lama as "what" ^^!

[DesertWolf]

Not a problem.
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[Lidia_Apricot]

Mr. DesertWolf, had you use weapons during your years of training?

[DesertWolf]

I sure did anything from the simple staff down to the balisong(butterfly knife from the Phillipines).
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