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thegrumpybiker said:
Lol! Yes, I forgot to add that (I have the box set).
Are you saying I'm ..... deranged??
(perish the thought!)
Do you have a favourite film genre?
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Lol! Yes, I forgot to add that (I have the box set).
Are you saying I'm ..... deranged??
(perish the thought!)
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XmisterIS said:
Hostel and Hard Candy aren't any sort of genre except sick s**t!
NickM said:
I have been training in Chinese Martial Arts for the last 6yrs or so (currently Chow Gar Soutnern Mantis) but I was a fan of Jackie Chan in the early 80's.
I remember a mate saying "you know that chinese bloke you are always raving about> He was on a Jonathan Ross show last night". that was in 89.
A guy called Bey logan (former editor of Combat and Impact! magazines used to have a kung fu film show at a gym in john bright street birmingham that I used to attend.
It was mainly the "fighting skills" that sparked my interest but since dvd and the release of many a classic previously unavailable I have watched some very deep and emotional films where the action has been just part of the story.
Flying_Monkey said:
Some good films you mentioned. I am not a Bruce Lee fan and unlike alot of other people I didn't start martial arts because of him. It was a Lau Kar Leung (director of 36Chamber Of Shaolin et al) film called Challenge Of the Masters that featured a young Lau Kar fei in the role of Wong Fei Hung that got me into chinese boxing.
The only new release of any
movie I am looking forward toois the new Donnie Yen flick Ip Man 2.
To be honest I didn't want to stop at 10
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Ah... me, I'm a keen player of Mah Jong (Japanese Classical and Chinese Official styles)mikeitup said:
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Mah Jong is a very enjoyable game, but is plagued with many, many differing sets of rules which can make learning it a confusing and protracted business. I recommend starting with the Japanese Classical rule set - it is the least complex and (to me, anyway) most logical. A good book which describes that version of the game is this one.
The Chinese Official rule set is the one now used internationally (it was originally introduced by the Chinese government as a way of allowing people to play Mah Jong without gambling, which is illegal in China, not that people seem to take much notice). It demands quite a lot more memorisation of tile combinations, so I would recommend tackling it only when you have got the basics sussed by playing Japanese Classical. The only book which explains these rules clearly and is available in the West is this (very cheap) one.
There is an excellent PC/pocket PC version of Mah Jong called Four Winds - I use it all the time. It is excellent for practice when you can't find three human opponents.
A couple of good Mah Jong websites:
http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq.html
http://www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/mahjong/index.html
Finding opponents can be difficult unless you are prepared to teach them yourself, so having a good grasp of the Japanese Classical rules is useful. Oddly, Mah Jong seems to be fairly popular in the Netherlands and Denmark - two excellent cycling countries! MsM and I hope eventually to go to one or other to take part in (and probably get slaughtered at) the European Championships.
The Chinese Official rule set is the one now used internationally (it was originally introduced by the Chinese government as a way of allowing people to play Mah Jong without gambling, which is illegal in China, not that people seem to take much notice). It demands quite a lot more memorisation of tile combinations, so I would recommend tackling it only when you have got the basics sussed by playing Japanese Classical. The only book which explains these rules clearly and is available in the West is this (very cheap) one.
There is an excellent PC/pocket PC version of Mah Jong called Four Winds - I use it all the time. It is excellent for practice when you can't find three human opponents.
A couple of good Mah Jong websites:
http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq.html
http://www.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/mahjong/index.html
Finding opponents can be difficult unless you are prepared to teach them yourself, so having a good grasp of the Japanese Classical rules is useful. Oddly, Mah Jong seems to be fairly popular in the Netherlands and Denmark - two excellent cycling countries! MsM and I hope eventually to go to one or other to take part in (and probably get slaughtered at) the European Championships.
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FantasticDelftse Post said:
I too am not as young as I used to be. I wonder where I could get some...
