tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post7540788832614760753..comments2024-02-22T19:52:27.939+00:00Comments on The bad old days will end: The ups and downs of the seventies martial arts boom.rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08557920166206674182noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post-86196519506653195922012-03-13T21:10:47.308+00:002012-03-13T21:10:47.308+00:00From a slightly different angle, an Indian mate of...From a slightly different angle, an Indian mate of mine once told me that when Bruce Lee hit the screens him and his friends (mostly Villa hooligans) loved it because there was an Asian boy dishing it out. Not very pc I know but there you go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post-49251308952953219482012-03-12T08:16:53.817+00:002012-03-12T08:16:53.817+00:00"Recreating the hierarchy of feudal Japan in ..."Recreating the hierarchy of feudal Japan in the local Scout Hut" - love it ! <br /><br />I've been studying 'traditional' Easterm martial arts for about 25years - and much as I love them, I can confirm that are a magnet for loons and fantasists. Look online at the flame wars between different styles conducted by keyboard jockeys who are grandmasters only in their own minds. Bruce's message is truer today than ever - it's the martial artist not the martial that matters.Journeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537094981931276738noreply@blogger.com