| From: | mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard) |
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| Subject: | Re: just a thought |
| Date: | Mon, 25 Mar 1996 12:37:10 -0800 (PST) |
> Or to qoute from stuff the Brain wrote "Inhumanly fluid".
>
> An addendum to all of this: japan doesn't have anything to do with Buddhism
> or the Shaolin Monks. Buddhism is (mainly, though definately not entirely)
> Chinese. There are lots of Buddhist temples over in Japan, but there, the
> main religion is Shinto. Shaolin Monks, however, are definately Chinese.
> Kung-Fu and its animal and other variants (Mantis, Dragon, Tiger, Drunkend,
> etc.) were created by these monks a really long time ago. I'm not saying
> I'm a resource on it, I'm just commenting on the previous post about the
> Meta's that were kicked out of Japan. They would not have, most likely,
> been Shaolin. (Watch Kung-Fu, as banal and insepid as that show can be, it
> still has some gems of truth hidden within. Whoa, that was a little too
> philosophical)
Well, as it turns out there is a flavor of karate (Shotokan) that is supposed
to be descended directly from the base Shaolin style. Also, at _the_ Shaolin
temple, so I'm told, there is a standing stone for each major martial art
(Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwan Do, etc). Hell, the Shaolin temple is still probably
standing in Shadowrun times. =)
--
/!\/!ark /!\!eidengard, CS Major, VLSI. http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mneideng
"Fairy of sleep, controller of illusions" Operator/Jack-of-all-Trades, CACR
"Control the person for my own purpose." "Don't mess with the Dark
Elves!"
-Pirotess, _Record_of_Lodoss_War_ Shadowrunner and Anime Addict
