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How would you like to learn Jujitsu from Barack Obama? Or maybe a good solid class in Shotokan Karate from William Jefferson Clinton? No...well, how about, I've got it...Kung Fu as taught by Nancy Pelosi!
You may think my humor is not quite there, but there is a dark underbelly to all this. When the government takes over private business, you see, it tends to destroy, corrupt and confound that business. And I am talking about any business run by any government.
Kung Fu, for instance, been around for thousands of years, has been spreading long life, health, good physical conditioning, and some of the best darned self-defense one could imagine. Then along came Chairman Mao, and Kung Fu was dragged out and decapitated. The method utilized for that decapitation 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 was over, the country began to rebuild, in the image of Chairman 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 money to be made in this thing called Kung Fu. Unfortunately, they had murdered Kung Fu.
So, what does a government do when it has killed Kung Fu, and then found that it needs it? Simple, you hire a few coaches and have them make up some Kung Fu. So they hired a bunch of coaches, the ones who hadn't known enough Kung Fu to be killed off during the revolution, read any manuals that survived the book burnings, and make up some Kung Fu!
And they were intent on making sure that the Kung Fu didn't have anything that could be used in it. You don't want people able to actually use the darn stuff. Heck, that might lead to a (choke) Great Revolution!
You may think my humor is not quite there, but there is a dark underbelly to all this. When the government takes over private business, you see, it tends to destroy, corrupt and confound that business. And I am talking about any business run by any government.
Kung Fu, for instance, been around for thousands of years, has been spreading long life, health, good physical conditioning, and some of the best darned self-defense one could imagine. Then along came Chairman Mao, and Kung Fu was dragged out and decapitated. The method utilized for that decapitation 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 was over, the country began to rebuild, in the image of Chairman 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 money to be made in this thing called Kung Fu. Unfortunately, they had murdered Kung Fu.
So, what does a government do when it has killed Kung Fu, and then found that it needs it? Simple, you hire a few coaches and have them make up some Kung Fu. So they hired a bunch of coaches, the ones who hadn't known enough Kung Fu to be killed off during the revolution, read any manuals that survived the book burnings, and make up some Kung Fu!
And they were intent on making sure that the Kung Fu didn't have anything that could be used in it. You don't want people able to actually use the darn stuff. Heck, that might lead to a (choke) Great Revolution!
About the Author:
Al Case has practiced 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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