Hey All: Yellow Bamboo Video

kalen said:
I detect a pattern here.

What is it with you and videos of people being punched in the face?
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Punching people in the face (and conversely, getting punched in the face) is a hobby of mine. Have you been to Bullshido?

We're the rowdy, hooligan, Martial Arts branch of the Skeptical community.

In fact, I'll be getting my face punched (and hopefully punching some faces myself) while some of you are at TAM, less than a few miles away.

Everyone from Randi.org is welcome to come on down, as long as you identify yourself as having a ticket to TAM.
 
CFLarsen said:
All three clips.

Fools.
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...I'm confused. These videos are on their site, demonstrating what they're "capable" of, yet I see one chick getting smacked pretty decently, and the guy flailing his arms so far out the other guy can only dodge away to avoid getting hit himself. I hope they feel silly at least, I really do.
 
If you read the Usenet posting from these guys by clicking on the Google Groups links above, you will see that they are declaring the videos as "proof" of it working.

Truly bizarre and amusing reading (absolutely the only reason I ever link to a Yellow Bamboo story).
 
Anyone know how to filter out the noise so you can hear what they are saying?
And they don't seem to get that the attackers they train on are easier to "deflect" since they are not actually out to hurt them. How is it possible they can think it would also work on a real attacker, fascinating.
 
Rex Kwon Do?

I have so many comments, but as I'm new and the Yellow Bamboo discussions have been ongoing, I will presume they have all been said. ;)

I just wanted to mention that I watched these videos, then watched "Napoleon Dynamite" that night and I've come to the conclusion that these clips might actually be scenes from a sequel. The martial arts sequences certainly made me laugh out loud just the same...

"I'm Rex, founder of the Rex Kwon Do self-defense system! After one week with me in my dojo, you'll be prepared to defend yourself with the strength of a grizzly, the reflexes of a puma, and the wisdom of a man."
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CFLarsen said:
All three clips.

Fools.
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peter semjonow in sweden- the guy int eh video has repeatedly asked if he could come to denmark and you attack him. what are you scared of?
he has even asked you here on an open forum do a search for yellow bamboo to see.

Yellow Bamboo practitioner
 
I already answered your 'challenge' in the thread "Yellow Bamboo Challenge":
dann said:
Claus is in Las Vegas and apparently not online. I think I saw Derren Brown do a similar thing on TV, and I didn't figure out how, so we'll probably have to consult one of our professional magicians for advice.
In the meantime: Could you come up with a more precise description of the test situation than this?
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Go there for the rest of it!
I can see why it must be annoying to be made fun of the way you and the other yellow bamboozlers are ridiculed here, but there are much easier ways to avoid that. Stop being ridiculous!
 
baliwesternman said:
peter semjonow in sweden- the guy int eh video has repeatedly asked if he could come to denmark and you attack him. what are you scared of?
he has even asked you here on an open forum do a search for yellow bamboo to see.

Yellow Bamboo practitioner
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I am not aware that I have been challenged by Peter S. While I don't like to attack people, I would be more than happy to test his claims in Denmark. Have him email me at editor@skepticreport.com

Thanks.

ETA: I've checked my email and see that he has indeed emailed me. I've been AFK for a week, which is why I haven't seen it.
 
Thanks for the vid Phrost. I've only ever been able to find this particular test as a .gif file.
The most bizarre part is that the Yellow Bamboo people are brainwashed enough to see these tests as victories for themselves (Though how the could possibly interpret the Australian test as anything but abject failure and humiliation is beyond me). Wasn't there some sort of weird explanation that the Yellow Bamboo techniques didn't work because the "attackers" weren't really trying to kill them? Something like they needed negative chi energy to react with their own and produce the effects? (Wasn't that also one of the special moves in that anime "Ranma 1/2"?)
In a way it sort of reminds me of the George Dillman people who talk about the universal effectiveness of pressure point KOs right up until one of their demonstrations does nothing, at which point they start spouting out the old "well, actually, on 40% of people are vulnerable to this" line. I guess if you want to believe in something bad enough you'll always find an excuse.
 
feyd rautha said:
yeah sure AFK for a week, did you hide under your bed bigmouth-whimp?;)
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Wow, you must be so hard, spouting off like that on the internet. It's interlectual might that wins here, as demonstrated by your revertion to physical threats and Ad Hominim attacks.
 
feyd rautha said:
yeah sure AFK for a week, did you hide under your bed bigmouth-whimp?;)
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