wait

so who was shot?

the plumber?

the debunker?

I thought you said he was in Helsinki?

I believe his name was Sanjay Edamaruku

The guy shot was the president of the Rationalist Society of india

Who publicly announced the debunker guy was under his protection

He's done a lot of funny stuff

There was a sage who claimed he could make anyone die using chants

Edamaruku challenged him, and they went on a news channel, live

They spent over 6 hours

Rationalist

gets shot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ6j0i0LxNo

He never believed in god

should've believed in god

He was a reasonable man

China is the last holdout for TMA it seems

To the point they keep trying to shut this guy down

for making TMA pracitioners look like fools

@Reaps there's room for both?

not when they're teaching bullshit that doesn't work and claiming that it does, no

Never did someone who took karate beat me, nor kung fu

doesn't mean it doesn't look badass

the good thing is that many types of karate et al have been forced to refine their shit to actually make it more practical

China, on the other hand, doesn't appear to be a fan of that

it a scam if you are teaching or selling something that you claim work but in reality dont. a lot of the Martial arts are fancy dance moves that will get you in more truble then if you did not rely on it

yeah

props to the jews for krav maga

probably stole that shit tho

I think if you're upfront and honest about what it can and cannot do (or at least the club you're interested in joining), then go for it

But then you've got people like George Dillman

krav maga was made to hurt the opponent to a point he was in no way able to retaliate you ever

Yeah, as long as it's not marketed as "self-defence" or some shit like that

as and exesie sure. sell it as self-defence bullshit no

exceeeeeeeeept a lot of clubs that claim they are 'teaching krav maga'... are not

here they are probably

But tai chi isn't about self defense, atleast not for many years except the serious monasteries

I remember telling a lot of students "your best style of self-defence is track-and-field"

only problem is you have to be a cop or a trainee to attend

sort of

I wanna learn Bartitsu