Kiai master vs. MMA

[Geoff Dixon]

just something funny I found.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I&mode=related&search=

geoff

[wildman]

this makes me cringe in ways i can't define.

[stevenhogg]

That one was on a previous post, but I'm sure it will forever return to forum every time it is discovered since it is possibly the best example of esoteric Martial Arts taken to the nth degree.

The end of a Kiai master (http://www.rmaxinternational.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13666&highlight=Kiai)

While the actual "fight" is sad, the film of the students falling, flipping, and flinging all over the place is nothing short of amazing.

How do you think his students felt about him after it was over.:jawdrop:

The power of suggestion at it's best/worst?

[Coach Flanagan]

Where can I find a competition with 5,000 on the line just to beat one of those guys??? Thats a sweet deal!

[peterng25]

if I were one of the students, my fear reactivity would be so bad, I would hardly step foot outside, especially after dark.
Seriously, I've been through a couple of episodes myself, in an audience watching someone do 'impossible' feats and going along and oohing and aahing.
Only later to walk around in a torpor, wondering what's real and what's fake, and not daring to admit it, until brutally awakened by reality (the old fist in the face, ;0)...)
Someone send them a copy of WW!

[SAB]

Thats a freaky video.
Its proof that some of these guys aren't phoneys (ie intentionally decieving people) but are actually delusional.

The guy he is fighting doesn't appear to be MMA fighter either, just a martial artist who understands contact is part of fighting.

[JasonE]

Here's a link showing clips of tests put to several members of the Yellow Bamboo group:
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=yellow+bamboo

It's sorta funny, sorta sad...

[stevenhogg]

Looks more and more like mass hypnosis.

The power of suggestion mixed with "if I just stand here they'll think I don't have the power" is a powerful force (in/on your mind).