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Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

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Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Bhassler on Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:48 pm

...with a leprechaun.

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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby D_Glenn on Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:00 pm

You can tell that he really understands how to use the "Ground-path".


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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Chris Fleming on Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:04 pm

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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby fuga on Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:12 pm

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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Doc Stier on Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:13 pm

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Holy Super Spud, Batman! Did you see the size of that tator? :o
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby ashe on Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:29 pm

Doc Stier wrote:Image


i never noticed back in the day how absurdly porcine batmans mask is...
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby yusuf on Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:30 am

ashe wrote:
Doc Stier wrote:Image


i never noticed back in the day how absurdly porcine batmans mask is...



i never realised Batman was giving secret crips hand signals ;)
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Taijikid on Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:00 am

What?

Yam is a big potato?
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Bhassler on Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:04 pm

Taijikid wrote:What?

Yam is a big potato?


Not really. But if you can find a better picture of a yam doing taiji, I'd like to see it....
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Dmitri on Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:14 pm

No problem.
Here is a yam pushing down on the guy's hand, demonstrating 'an' energy:

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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby klonk on Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:14 pm

fuga wrote:Image


Har har. I get it. It's a....
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby klonk on Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:17 pm

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I define internal martial art as unusual muscle recruitment and leave it at that. If my definition is incomplete, at least it is correct so far as it goes.
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Taijikid on Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:27 pm

Bhassler wrote:
Taijikid wrote:What?

Yam is a big potato?


Not really. But if you can find a better picture of a yam doing taiji, I'd like to see it....


I thought you purposely did that :D No? Yam is not a big potato?
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Taijikid on Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:30 pm

Dmitri wrote:No problem.
Here is a yam pushing down on the guy's hand, demonstrating 'an' energy:

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Now, that's some nice "rooting" :D and Qing Kung (lighting skill)!
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Re: Dr. Steffan Yam pushing hands...

Postby Chris Fleming on Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:37 pm

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