They Kick Ass for the Lord

October 11, 2007 7:32 PM

Karate Nuns

Just one of the photo essays you will find in Witness Magazine, part of the Vision Project.

posted by Bookhouse (25 comments total)

This post is cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.
posted by Poolio at 7:36 PM on October 11, 2007

Sister Mary Badass. That photo is amazing.
posted by louche mustachio at 7:37 PM on October 11, 2007

Wait. No one said it yet?...[*preview*]....alright!

Nunjas!
posted by humannaire at 7:41 PM on October 11, 2007 [3 favorites]

these nuns, they flip out and... pray for people?
posted by dorian at 7:44 PM on October 11, 2007

Wait'll they break out the nun chucks!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 7:45 PM on October 11, 2007 [2 favorites]

They kick ass for the lord.
posted by Kattullus at 7:48 PM on October 11, 2007 [4 favorites]

Nuns with Guns
posted by porpoise at 7:56 PM on October 11, 2007

Wait till you see them practicing the knuckle-switch katas.
posted by BrotherCaine at 8:14 PM on October 11, 2007

Nun Fight!
posted by krazykity16 at 8:23 PM on October 11, 2007

Just keep 'em away from the cat.
posted by miss lynnster at 9:38 PM on October 11, 2007

Sic transit gloria mundi, fuckers!
posted by gsteff at 9:42 PM on October 11, 2007

Kattullus , Dead Alive! you kickass for the lord.
posted by nola at 9:57 PM on October 11, 2007

Bene Gesserit! The universe would be better rid of them all!
posted by Dr. Curare at 10:06 PM on October 11, 2007 [2 favorites]

Nuns get up to all kinds of mischief these days.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:24 PM on October 11, 2007

That's grandmaster S. Henry Cho!
posted by cazoo at 11:43 PM on October 11, 2007

Rebel nuns evicted by riot police!
posted by rom1 at 2:22 AM on October 12, 2007

Blood Sister: One Tough Nun

or in this case, several tough nuns...
posted by Life at Boulton Wynfevers at 4:14 AM on October 12, 2007

Gotta love the upside-down cross on the second photo (the linked word Nuns in the OP, that is).
posted by lifeless at 4:22 AM on October 12, 2007

just so everyone can appreciate this brilliant film:

I kick ass for the Lord!
posted by geos at 5:23 AM on October 12, 2007

Ninjas who look like nuns.
posted by nickyskye at 6:49 AM on October 12, 2007

Awesome! That last picture rules.
posted by jquinby at 7:08 AM on October 12, 2007

Just a bit of Catholic pedantry: these are sisters, not nuns. Nuns live within a cloister.
posted by jquinby at 7:40 AM on October 12, 2007

That's sweet.

It's not really Karate they're practicing, is it? I thought it's Tae Kwon Do? Am I wrong? I just thought that I saw a Taegeuk in the background.

I bet I could take 'em though.
posted by hannahq at 11:43 AM on October 12, 2007

Oda Nobunaga versus Warrior-Monks of Mount Hiei, 1571.

"There are three things that I have absolutely no power upon," Emperor Go-Shirakawa said in 1170's; "1. Dice, 2. The flow of the river Gamo, 3. Warrior-monks of Mount Hiei."

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posted by No-sword at 4:45 PM on October 12, 2007

Whoops! Worked in live preview. Well, interested parties can find the original version of the quote here.
posted by No-sword at 4:48 PM on October 12, 2007