Shaolin monks...the tough ones.

[imp]

Mike Tyson

Would mike take a shaolin monk at the same weight?

[Howlin Mad Missy]

they seem to beat themselves a whole lot, the answer is obvious.


C.N

[Andre]

they seem to beat themselves a whole lot, the answer is obvious.


C.N

Haha be great to see a match up between a monk and a self flagellating priest, separate rings, see who can beat themselves to death first.

[Andre]

Mike Tyson

Would mike take a shaolin monk at the same weight?

In gloves with rules Mike all day long.

No rules no gloves would probably mean to the death. We all know who would have to have whos eyes out and toes or knees broken just to be able to survive a round, Id go with the monk because he'd realize the gravity of the situation fast and fingers outreach fists.

[X]

I don't think you can legitimately answer this one with a single name (because individual humans are very different and there are too many unpredictable variables.)

Taking the debate in a slightly different direction, I've been thinking about what 'type' of person was likely the biggest badass in history.

Throughout human history, only two 'types' of people have been purely and wholly dedicated to fighting and killing from birth. They did nothing else in their lives, thought of nothing else, and spent literally all their lives getting better at it. They were highly educated, trained harder and longer than anyone else in history, had the best weapons and technology available and believed that they were the best of the best. In fact, their social class existed only to make war.

Ladies and gents, I give you:

- the feudal Japanese Samurai, and
- the 12th Century Egyptian Mamluk slave soldiers

Look them up. Would be interested in people's views ........

[imp]

I don't think you can legitimately answer this one with a single name (because individual humans are very different and there are too many unpredictable variables.)

Taking the debate in a slightly different direction, I've been thinking about what 'type' of person was likely the biggest badass in history.

Throughout human history, only two 'types' of people have been purely and wholly dedicated to fighting and killing from birth. They did nothing else in their lives, thought of nothing else, and spent literally all their lives getting better at it. They were highly educated, trained harder and longer than anyone else in history, had the best weapons and technology available and believed that they were the best of the best. In fact, their social class existed only to make war.

Ladies and gents, I give you:

- the feudal Japanese Samurai, and
- the 12th Century Egyptian Mamluk slave soldiers

Look them up. Would be interested in people's views ........

Interesting as that might be this does not involve weapons.

Lets just stick to hands and feet..no armour either!

[bradlee180]

Yeah, why are there no Shaolin Monks in the UFC?



Everybody knows that the Shaolin Monks are the undisputed Masters of Martial Arts of the Far East; not even the Muay Thailanders can f*<k with the Shaolin Monks and their dragon brands on their inner forearms, yet none are in the UFC ?!

Why not?!

the bradguy never seen a holy-man that didn't have some clandestine agenda involving money.

Do the Shaolin Monks think the UFC's not good enough for them, do the Monks think that they're better than other people, do the Monks think that their poop don't stink?!



Certainly the Monks are bad@$$, nobody disputes that...

but still...

Put-up or shut-up, in the cage, Shaolin Monks...if you've got the stones for it...


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[bradlee180]

Shaolin Monk is damn near super-human....
...or sub-human at least.



Can sleep outside in Winter at 40 below with only a bedsheet for warmth.
Can take full-power shots to the testicles with no apparent damage.
Can mentally adjust their own heartbeats and body-temperature.

Shaolin Monk possesses unbelievable resilience and endurance.
I can't see BJ Penn beating this kind of disciplined force of nature...

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[Andre]

Which leads us to why Kung fu hasnt a place in UFC. Because it cant compete with more modern blends of Mixed martial arts, neither can straight Karate or Takwondo or any other other strictly traditional "Arts". Bits from each of them could be used at times though.
Ego is what the main fight is all about in varying styles.
Real Monks shouldn't have one of those at all.

[Boxer4life]

Mike Tyson

Would mike take a shaolin monk at the same weight?

Honestly i think so, i think they lack the power to stop mike, while hes trying to kick him mikes punching, its very hard to hurt a guy like mike.

[p4pking]

X's post is great, as far as the Shaolin Monks it still would highly depend on the individual as he said of course. I think it's likely that marial artists have declined on the whole since modern warfare, as they used to in fact be the most practical killing machines known to man in many cases.