Martial Arts
From the Other Side of the Screen #5: Lacy, the Instructor
These are just some bits and pieces of Lacy’s ineffable insight.
From the Other Side of the Screen #4: In Defense of James Lacy
We’ve heard the heresy, the smears, and some of the backlash Lacy has received throughout his tenuous career as a martial artist. Despite all his detractors, however, there are folks out there who like the guy. According to his website, Lacy has awards from every San Diego mayor from 1981 to 2000. That’s saying something in itself. But more to the point, people can’t just record videos and then get them produced by what was at the time the world’s premiere martial arts video production company. You’ve got to have some clout. Panther, a now-defunct martial arts video production company, decided to work with him and produce and distribute his videos on the 18 Daoist palms. Lacy has nothing but good things to say about the folks at Panther (see video 6 at the 4:40 mark, streaming at Totalvid) and apparently they saw good things in him as well.
From the Other Side of the Screen #3: The James Patrick Lacy Mystery, Part I
After speaking volumes about his broken childhood and the time the got hit by a train while dropping acid, even purposefully getting himself sent to a mental institution, the interviewers asks a pertinent question: Does he feel any regrets? To this Lacy responds: “Regrets are for sissies. I am only passing through this playground called earth.”
From the Other Side of the Screen #2: The Rise of MMA and the Fall of the Sport of Boxing
But what really accounts for the rise in MMA popularity? Certainly it’s not because of the clothes associated with it or how many movie stars the sport spawns. Personally, I think it has to do with the sport’s inherent violence. People like the subversive and when MMA came out to the public, there was some serious backlash…
Arsenio James Advincula: The Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps. and Isshinryu Martial Arts
Rumor has it that Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshinryu Karate, is so focused, fast, and powerful, that he was able to drive 3″ nails into a 2″ X 4″ with his bare hands and feet. The man stood 5’2″, weighed 120 lbs. and was the sole instructor of the Isshinryu martial artform. His premiere student was Arsenio James Advincula.
Happy New Year! Again!
Come February 3rd, the Chinese population around the world will be celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year (other Asian cultures such as the Vietnamese and Koreans also have similar celebrations by different names). The Year of the Rabbit will kick off with a 15 day celebration, culminating in the Lantern Celebration where festivities and parades and plenty of fireworks will be ringing throughout the many Chinese communities around the world.
Master Qu’s Shao Lin Elementary Long Boxing
So how is Master Qu going to save Kung Fu? (Hey, that rhymes!) With a methodical video guide to martial arts. And you can watch it right here.
The Misconception of Kung Fu: How Mortal Kombat and Carl Douglas Satirized an Artform and How Totalvid’s Master Qu Will Save It
Shaolin Kung Fu, which originated thousands of years ago by a group of Shaolin Monks, has become a household name, famous for its animal variations on traditional Kung Fu. Portrayed most sympathetically in the Mortal Kombat games (by real people and not computer graphics, I might add) was the Dragon style of Kung Fu, called Dragon Kung Fu.
Weighing In on Weight Cutting
Routine to combat sports, a significant custom in mixed martial arts is overt weight cutting by dehydration and starvation to make weight class before a fight. Though most athletes, coaches, commentators and fans agree that weight-cutting is a necessary skill, the procedure of cutting drastic percentages of weight in a matter of days, hours even, [...]
