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Comment by Jordan Hoffman on August 13, 2012 at 6:39am

Don't forget Re-Animator!

God I love that movie.

Comment by Virgil Tibbs on August 7, 2012 at 9:09am

@Harris: I already conceded that full contact sparring will not be the same as a real fight. My point is, like democracy to political systems, full contact sparring is the best option out of a series of poor alternatives. Unless you can show me a superior training method, I think were done here. 

P.S. Read your blog everyday. XD

Comment by Harris on August 6, 2012 at 2:54pm

@Virgil: well since none of the sparring I ever did involved trying to slam my face into the ground or into a wall, box my ears, gouging at my eyes, trying to pull my nuts off, stab me or break a finger...

No, no it didn't resemble any of the fights I've gotten into.

Comment by SpiderByte on August 6, 2012 at 10:12am

New Leog = My 5 hour shift at the library much easier to bear.

Comment by Kyle Scott on August 6, 2012 at 8:46am

Baahaha! Leon, you make it really hard for a guy to chop some one up with a vegetable peeler when you broadcast his evil plans all over the internet. The Dark Knight Rises for life! BETTER THAN SEX!

Never fear everyone, you will get your Cyrus back in one piece, less a few brain cells of course. 

Comment by Aaron Lee Lozano on August 6, 2012 at 8:10am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amTx7ZkBHMI&feature=g-vrec

Comment by Bat21 on August 6, 2012 at 3:29am

This week's songs:

Comment by ContinentalOp on August 6, 2012 at 2:42am

Yes, another episode with my favorite living writer. No one combines laughs and thrills better than Lansdale. Get your hands on any of the Hap and Leonard novels for proof.

Comment by Virgil Tibbs on August 6, 2012 at 1:02am

@Harris/wuzzman: I definitely see were your coming from. Full contact sparring is not perfect but it is, to my knowledge, currently the best way to determine if the techniques you are being taught are practical and effective in fighting situations. Unless you are involved in underworld kumites, full contact sparring is the closest most of us will get to a real fight. It allows us the chance to get used to our body`s fight or flight reactions and the pain we experience. 

@wuzzman: Martial arts don`t exist in a vacuum and not all fighting systems are made equal. Ultimately, it is up the individual fighter to cover their weaknesses. There are many options, from cross training to occasionally rolling at a MMA gym. 

@Harris: Wait. So your saying the people you sparred were not really trying to hurt and disable you. I think we have different definations of full contact sparring. Besides that, did you not find practicing your techniques on live, resisting opponents beneficial in your real life fights?

Comment by Calibretto on August 6, 2012 at 12:35am

*Uugh.*  Everytime martial arts gets brought up on this site it makes my ears bleed.  I've been a so called martial artist for 20 years or so and have lived in Japan for the past 10 just to study them. 

The thing that I've learned over the years is most martial arts taught in western countries are actually just gross misunderstandings and combinations of Asian cultures. 

That said, I enjoyed the Landsdale interviews outside of the combat talk.  The martial art stuff is just one of those things that makes me think "jesus, what else are they (people in general) completely wrong about. 

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