I was only doing what I was told...
Honda Accord jokes aside, I've been doing karate since I was 8. My instructor through most of that time was (Grand) Master Loke.

In his classes you did what you were told. Old school discipline was at the core of his classes. The respect for him led to almost fanatical dedication. If your foot came off in training, you'd carry on, limping and without a whimper.

One lesson I was paired up with a rather buxom young lady to practice attack/counter attack (one-step, for those that know). You block a punch from your attacker and counter, staying in that position until you're all told to stand back and repeat.

We were practicing middle punch, which is aimed at your opponents solar plexus (essentially between these lovely breasts). I perform my punch, leaving my hand about 6" away from her instead of the customary 1", out of decency. What does Master Loke do? As he comes round inspecting our technique he grabs my hand, informs me that "You're supposed to be an inch from the solar plexus" and thrusts my fist between her tits.

I had to stand there, silently, both of us looking rather uncomfortable and me trying to mentally project a "I'm really sorry, be he put it there" thought.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Thu 13 May 2010, 9:20, 12 replies)

Karate's no match for a gun.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 13 May 2010, 9:23, closed)

A gun's no match for a tank

(RVD420 has his world coming down on, Thu 13 May 2010, 10:40, closed)

We should nuke the place from orbit
just to be sure.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 13 May 2010, 10:51, closed)

Or we could just take out the entire Solar System?

(Sir Itchalot has a very self-referential signature, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:27, closed)

Someone said this to me once...
They said they'd have Master Loke with a gun.
I replied "You'd have to kill him first shot, because if he got within a few feet of you, even wounded, he'd kill you'.
It then changed to "a rifle, from a distance. If I was in a car that could escape."
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:34, closed)

Bullshit
I don't care how good he is at karate - if you shot him, he'd be on the floor bleeding and squealing like a stuck pig

real life ain't like the films
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:45, closed)

Master Loke taught Chuck Norris how to roundhouse kick.

( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:48, closed)

Hahahahaha
Master Loke tore up the periodic table, because the only element he recognises is the element of surprise.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 13 May 2010, 12:33, closed)

:-)
Possible. It's the same style essentially! :-)
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Thu 13 May 2010, 12:36, closed)

Not bullshit. Real conversation. However...
He certainly wouldn't be squealing like a stuck pig. Never an emotion did he show. My point was that unless it was fatal, he wouldn't stop.

Dicipline was so high that one boy, during a black belt grading, had to demonstrate jumping round house kicks. He fell awkwardly on the last one and dislocated his hip. He lay there, trying not to scream, and his parents just sat there, knowing they weren't really allowed into the training area. Master Loke just calmly got up, pushed the boys knee to his chest, pulled the leg back into it's socket and told him to get up and carry on.

Not only did the boy get up, he actually tried to do another kick, at which point he was allowed to sit down.

Unless you've practiced under strict rules and have absolute respect for someone, that just doesn't happen.

My dad once asked him "what would you do if someone came at you with a crowbar?". He replied "Block it with my arm". My dad enquired "But what if it broke your arm?" The answer - "I'd kill him with the other one.". He wasn't joking, either...


He may not look like much here, but I assure you, he's unbelievable when you see him move;
www.tangsoudao.com/Message_from_the_fouder.htm
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Thu 13 May 2010, 11:58, closed)

He even looks like Samo Hung!
Cool.
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Thu 13 May 2010, 12:01, closed)

What poofs.
Master Loke vs stomach wound. Gun wins.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 13 May 2010, 12:44, closed)