Comments on: sharp practice

sharp practice

the cuban — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:13:59 -0800

Bando is the brutal fighting style of Burma. Trouble is, its Grandmaster may be a fantasist and a fraud.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:40:22 -0800

Can they use this unstoppable fighting technique to free Aung San Suu Kyi? Because I'd pay to see that movie.

By: tdismukes

tdismukes — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:04:15 -0800

I've been to a seminar with Dr. Gyi and have fought in the ring against students of his students, so I can verify that he is a skilled martial artist. Given what I observed of his self-aggrandizing nature, however, I wasn't surprised to hear that his stories of being in every war since WWII were exaggerated or fabricated. I'm not sure that this story is all that interesting to those outside the martial arts community. If you have any links analyzing the general phenomenon of fraudulent veteran wannabes, I'd be interested to see them. I've never really understood the mindset of those who spend so much time and energy trying to create a history for themselves that never happened. I was disappointed to see that the links to the Burmese fight videos on the Bando site were all broken. I've only seen and experienced Bando fighting in the more tame amateur version praciced in the states. (No headbutts or elbows allowed.) If you know of working links to those videos, I'd happily check them out.

By: the cuban

the cuban — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 01:22:56 -0800

I'm not sure that this story is all that interesting to those outside the martial arts community Enough people flooded the video clip server to shut it down(!)

By: the cuban

the cuban — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 03:38:58 -0800

The video clips are back up now.