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Thorsteinn

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A Knight should be dangerous with anything to hand, even with octopus or chopsticks.

(FYI the one-eyes black belt was the Master instructor for my old TKD school.)

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Sir William

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Re: A Knight should be dangerous with anything to hand...
« Reply #1 on: 2012-05-24, 19:10:47 »
Agreed.  Even a rolled-up newspaper or magazine can be used to brutal effectiveness in the right hands.  You should ask my kids about my prowess with a belt!  lol
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Re: A Knight should be dangerous with anything to hand...
« Reply #2 on: 2012-05-24, 20:53:29 »
Skateboard Fu



My old local head instructors head is the one going through the Popcorn machine.
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Re: A Knight should be dangerous with anything to hand...
« Reply #3 on: 2012-05-25, 00:52:54 »
Holy throwback, batman. I haven't seen that movie in forever! I'll add a similar scene from a movie one of my friends said I remind him of:



At 3:15 in. Don't know why I can't find it in english... pardon the french. Literally. :)
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