April - May 2008 Contest!!

[disgruntled]

It is about time that we have a new contest, and i bet those of you that participated last time can guess what the contest prize is..... If you guessed Bruce Lee's Fighting Methods Vol. 2, you guessed right!



To have a chance at winning this contest, all you have to do is post on this thread, but of course there is a catch. This thread is a game, which i have decided to call "Quotes".

how it works:

you read the quote in the post above and reply with a quote that some how relates to it. The quote can be from a book, movie, instructor, friend, or even yourself...... oh, and it MUST be martial arts related. On June 1st, 2008, one of the replies will be randomly choosen, and the person that posted that reply will win the contest.

Rules:

- Admin and Mods are excluded.

- to be eligible for this contest, you must have created at least one thread related to martial arts before June 1st, 2008.

- you can only reply to a post that you did not create. any posts by the same member in a row will be merged and counted as a single post.

- your reply must be related to the above quote and to martial arts or martial arts philosophy.

happy posting!

the first quote will be appropriately by Bruce Lee:

There is no fixed teaching. All I can provide is an appropriate medicine for a particular ailment.

[disgruntled]

(i did not realize how hard this contest is)

this quote also speaks about how we should view MA teachings:

Nakano Jin'emon said, "Learning such things as military tactics is useless. If one does not strike out by simply closing his eyes and rushing into the enemy, even if it is only one step, he will be of no use." This was also the opinion of lyanaga Sasuke.

-- Yamamoto Tsunetomo -- Hagakure (The Book of the Samurai)

[Hatori]

Togo Shigekata said "One finds life through conquering the fear of Death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and conquer the opponent with one decisive slash"

[disgruntled]

sorry i forgot to announce the winner.... congradulations Hatori!!!!! He has won the second contest.