How would you like to learn Jujitsu from Prince Charles? Or maybe a good solid class in Ninjitsu from Slick Willy Clinton? No...well, how about, I've got it...Five Family Shaolin Kung Fu as taught by Nancy Pelosi!
You may think I am having a little fun with you, but there is a dark underbelly to all this. When the government decides to take over a business, you see, it tends to destroy, corrupt and confound that business. And I am talking any government, and any business.
Kung Fu, to name one example, been around for thousands of years, has been spreading long life, health, good physical conditioning, and some of the best darned self-defense imaginable. Then along came Chairman Mao, and Kung Fu was put to the torch. The method utilized for the destruction of the one of the greatest arts the world has ever known was called The Cultural Revolution.
During the Cultural Revolution Mao decided to cure society of elements that he deemed dangerous to that society. Thus, the population was carted off and murdered, 70,000,000 strong. If you were bright of mind, had any talent, or stood out in any manner, you were murdered.
If you were a school teacher, wore glasses, or had written a book, you were dead. If you spoke against communism or played the violin, you were dead. If you knew Kung Fu, you were dead.
Once the Revolution had run its course, the country began to rebuild, in the image of Mao. Funny thing, as China tried to catch up with a world that was still possessed of talent and intelligence, it discovered that there was a market for this thing called Kung Fu. Unfortunately, they had a problem, as they had killed off Kung Fu.
So, what does a government do when it has killed off an entire art form, and then found that it needs that art form? Simple, you gather together a bunch of coaches and have them make up some Kung Fu. So they brought together some coaches, the ones who hadn't known enough Kung Fu to be carted off and killed during the revolution, read any manuals that survived the book burnings, and made up some Kung Fu!
And they were intent on making sure that the Kung Fu didn't have anything harmful in it. You don't want people able to actually the thing for self defense. Heck, you don't want them having a real Great Revolution!
You may think I am having a little fun with you, but there is a dark underbelly to all this. When the government decides to take over a business, you see, it tends to destroy, corrupt and confound that business. And I am talking any government, and any business.
Kung Fu, to name one example, been around for thousands of years, has been spreading long life, health, good physical conditioning, and some of the best darned self-defense imaginable. Then along came Chairman Mao, and Kung Fu was put to the torch. The method utilized for the destruction of the one of the greatest arts the world has ever known was called The Cultural Revolution.
During the Cultural Revolution Mao decided to cure society of elements that he deemed dangerous to that society. Thus, the population was carted off and murdered, 70,000,000 strong. If you were bright of mind, had any talent, or stood out in any manner, you were murdered.
If you were a school teacher, wore glasses, or had written a book, you were dead. If you spoke against communism or played the violin, you were dead. If you knew Kung Fu, you were dead.
Once the Revolution had run its course, the country began to rebuild, in the image of Mao. Funny thing, as China tried to catch up with a world that was still possessed of talent and intelligence, it discovered that there was a market for this thing called Kung Fu. Unfortunately, they had a problem, as they had killed off Kung Fu.
So, what does a government do when it has killed off an entire art form, and then found that it needs that art form? Simple, you gather together a bunch of coaches and have them make up some Kung Fu. So they brought together some coaches, the ones who hadn't known enough Kung Fu to be carted off and killed during the revolution, read any manuals that survived the book burnings, and made up some Kung Fu!
And they were intent on making sure that the Kung Fu didn't have anything harmful in it. You don't want people able to actually the thing for self defense. Heck, you don't want them having a real Great Revolution!
About the Author:
Al Case has taught martial arts for 40+ years. He has written hundreds of articles and had his own column in Inside Karate. He has developed the science of Matrixing, which enables an artist to de-corrupt his art and return it to original workability. You can get a free ebook about his method at Monster Martial Arts.
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