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[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;258781]Larry never fails to impress. He's not just the legendary golfer who hits all th fairways and all the greens but also an accomplished fist fighter! Larry is there a boxing review forum where I can read more about your street fighting exploits?
Alan clearly doesn't realize who he is dealing with. A golf match might be close but if it came to fisticuffs AGB wouldn't stand a chance![/QUOTE]
In Larry's defense, I have met the guy and he looks like he could have been one tough S.O.B. in his younger days. I wouldn't have messed with him.
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[QUOTE=famousdavis;258784]In Larry's defense, I have met the guy and he looks like he could have been one tough S.O.B. in his younger days. I wouldn't have messed with him.[/QUOTE]
I don't mess with anybody . . . . . . I'm a lover, not a fighter.
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[QUOTE=famousdavis;258784]In Larry's defense, I have met the guy and he looks like he could have been one tough S.O.B. in his younger days. I wouldn't have messed with him.[/QUOTE]
Yeah but that doesn't mean he should come on here bragging about it. I mean that would be like a golfer coming on here and bragging about being the worlds greatest ball striker ... wait a minute? :confused: :eek: :confused:
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[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;258788]Yeah but that doesn't mean he should come on here bragging about it. I mean that would be like a golfer coming on here and bragging about being the worlds greatest ball striker ... wait a minute? :confused: :eek: :confused:[/QUOTE]
Someone should also tell Larry that it's important to get your facts right if you are going to brag about something. From my recollection it was the Marquis of Queensbury who came up with the rules of boxing. Not sure if there even is a Marquis of Kingsbury.
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[QUOTE=famousdavis;258758]Wasn't that Orlimar that came out with Venturi blades? I don't think they sold very well and the company went out of business shortly thereafter.[/QUOTE]
I had some Orlimar clubs that turned out to be almost unhittable crap. After the company went Foldo, the guy Ortiz who founded it went to work somewhere else. Adams, maybe. Tight Lies. Wasn't he the guy who developed them? I had a fairway wood, a 3 wood, with a face so short that I once hit totally under my ball that was sitting in some very light rough. It was unbelievable. And it wasn't a with a sharp descending blow either, but a smooth sweeping type swing. Now the guy evidently makes the Bobby Jones clubs and some wedges with Pelz' name on them. I won't even touch that stuff because I still remember what that 3 wood felt like when it powered through the turf leaving my ball undisturbed above it.
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Thanks! I was New Mexico runner up GG champion at the 165 pound class. Check it out.
Then I enlisted in the navy into the brand new Nuclear Field and became engineering crew on the one of the first nuclear subs. Long story after that, several fast attacks, 3 FBMs. College to finish my degree, more college for advanced degrees. But during my 20s and early 30s I spent more time under water than I did home with the family. Sub duty is not very good for one's golf game-- or for one's physical conditioning. I went in with a bad knee from HS Football and it just got worse.
Larry
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[QUOTE=Larryrsf;258797]Thanks! I was New Mexico runner up GG champion at the 165 pound class. Check it out. [/quote]
Riiiiight. Because you leave out the year and imagine that we can just look through all the years... ...if they're even on the web.
[quote]Then I enlisted in the navy into the brand new Nuclear Field and became engineering crew on the one of the first nuclear subs. Long story after that, several fast attacks, 3 FBMs. College to finish my degree, more college for advanced degrees. But during my 20s and early 30s I spent more time under water than I did home with the family. Sub duty is not very good for one's golf game-- or for one's physical conditioning. I went in with a bad knee from HS Football and it just got worse. [/QUOTE]
You are good at excuses.
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[QUOTE=Larryrsf;258765]Amazingly, at least half of my high school class still lives there! We have had several reunions and they only need to drive to the local Holiday Inn, the nicest large meeting room in town! Others have moved to the big city; now living in Albuquerque or over in Texas, Dallas/Ft. Worth, etc.
If you grew up there, you have their values-- and it was definitely "squeaky" clean by today's standards. We football boys loved to fight, but it was always clean fisticuffs. Do anything dirty and your own friends would turn on you! After the fight, we would have a beer together! Usually we fought the HS boys from nearby Texas towns. They would drive over and a dozen cars and trucks would drive outside town and we'd choose opponents and fight in the headlights. Fun stuff. My dad loved to hear about it because he did the same thing as a kid in Oklahoma. Even as men on the railroad he said they would step down from the engine and sort it out with fists.
Fun times. Later I realized that SW USA Texas and Clovis, NM culture had almost nothing to do with the culture in LA or Norfolk or New London, Ct. Get in a fight there and someone pulls a knife! Whoa! Hey, I just wanted to see who was best at Marquis of Kingsbury boxing, nothing more. I don't hate you! I don't want to hurt you! And I don't want to get hurt!
So later in the Navy in the US and all over the world as I encountered situations in bars-- wherein I knew my street fighting experience had given me the ability to hit first and effectively, I would get angry and see the opportunity to flatten someone's nose before they could raise their hands, instead I asked," Hey, I was just wondering what kind of beer you wanted?"
And that works better. Today a seeming harmless little pop in the nose is called, "felony assault." A "steet fighter" can throw his entire future away in a few seconds.
Instead it is definitely true that we get "more flies with honey than with vinegar."
Larry[/QUOTE]
That's funny. I've noticed some of my friends from small towns have made the remark that there was nothing to do where they grew up but fight or screw, and if you're lucky maybe both. How did you do with the ladies?
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[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;258781]Larry never fails to impress. He's not just the legendary golfer who hits all th fairways and all the greens but also an accomplished fist fighter! Larry is there a boxing review forum where I can read more about your street fighting exploits?
Alan clearly doesn't realize who he is dealing with. A golf match might be close but if it came to fisticuffs AGB wouldn't stand a chance![/QUOTE]
If Larry was involved in fighting, I'm pretty sure it was confined to the karate/dancing kind of fighting. I can see him practicing his twirl move for hours on end while crying out: "Ok, I'm going to slap you sooo hard now!" Then a squeal.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Another thing that's interesting about Jack Nicklaus' swing and all of his detractors is how fit he stayed through his prime. The guy really never had any physical problems until his hip started bothering him in his late 40's and early 50's. That's pretty interesting considering the fact that everyone always talks about the reverse C swing being hard on your body. I think the modern swing is much harder on your knees and back.
Here's the truth: The thing that makes the modern swing so hard on your body is keeping the left foot firmly planted on the ground on the backswing. If you look at Nicklaus' swing, he raised his left foot considerably during the backswing. In his younger days his left foot was almost all the way up so that only the ball of his foot was touching the ground.
I think most amateurs would benefit from swinging this way.
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[QUOTE=lorenzoinoc;258851]If Larry was involved in fighting, I'm pretty sure [B]it was confined to the karate/dancing kind of fighting[/B]. I can see him practicing his twirl move for hours on end while crying out: "Ok, I'm going to slap you sooo hard now!" Then a squeal.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.[/QUOTE]
Oh you mean the type where you spend endless hours perfecting drills and practice moves and 0.01% of your time actually fighting?
Whatever gives you that idea?
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[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;258869]Oh you mean the type where you spend endless hours perfecting drills and practice moves and 0.01% of your time actually fighting?
Whatever gives you that idea?[/QUOTE]
It was the Thai Chi video. Remember the hilariousness of Larry integrating Thai Chi dancing into his golf practice? Funniest thing we've ever seen, wasn't it?
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[QUOTE=lorenzoinoc;258871]It was the Thai Chi video. Remember the hilariousness of Larry integrating Thai Chi dancing into his golf practice? Funniest thing we've ever seen, wasn't it?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzQ2qrtBeg&feature=player_detailpage#t=591s[/url]
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[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;258877][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzQ2qrtBeg&feature=player_detailpage#t=591s[/URL][/QUOTE]
The funniest movie/tv I've ever seen was around 20 years ago in LA. It might have been syndicated but I got the feeling it was just some local LA guy having some weekly fun. The concept was taking a 1950-s movie and replacing the dialogue soundtrack with often comedic, highly intonated (sometimes almost Big Bird-like) voices surrounding a plot that had absolutely nothing to do with the original. The fact that sound couldn't be matched with lip movement only made it funnier.
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[QUOTE=lorenzoinoc;258879]The funniest movie/tv I've ever seen was around 20 years ago in LA. It might have been syndicated but I got the feeling it was just some local LA guy having some weekly fun. The concept was taking a 1950-s movie and replacing the dialogue soundtrack with often comedic, highly intonated (sometimes almost Big Bird-like) voices surrounding a plot that had absolutely nothing to do with the original. The fact that sound couldn't be matched with lip movement only made it funnier.[/QUOTE]
The only Bruce Lee film where Bruce Lee spoke in English was Enter the Dragon where he spoke in his soft Chinese pigeon English. All the other films must have been filmed in Chinese and dubbed in English which made them ridiculously comical to watch. I thought that as far as martial arts flicks go Enter the Dragon was one of the best with an almost James Bond type of plot except the hero is a martial arts phenom rather than a secret agent.
As for Chuck Norris I think you are being far too harsh. Here is an awesome dance ... er ... I mean ... fight scene from Way of the Dragon where he fights hard but is eventually overwhelmed by the legendary Bruce Lee. Now check this out. Anybody with that much back hair must be a tough guy. (mercifully there is no speaking/acting although the soundtrack isn't great).
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[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;258924]The only Bruce Lee film where Bruce Lee spoke in English was Enter the Dragon where he spoke in his soft Chinese pigeon English. All the other films must have been filmed in Chinese and dubbed in English which made them ridiculously comical to watch. I thought that as far as martial arts flicks go Enter the Dragon was one of the best with an almost James Bond type of plot except the hero is a martial arts phenom rather than a secret agent.
As for Chuck Norris I think you are being far too harsh. Here is an awesome dance ... er ... I mean ... fight scene from Way of the Dragon where he fights hard but is eventually overwhelmed by the legendary Bruce Lee. Now check this out. Anybody with that much back hair must be a tough guy. (mercifully there is no speaking/acting although the soundtrack isn't great).
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At first I couldn't tell what those things were hanging off of Chuck Norris' shoulders but then I realized they're his arms. Kudos to the lighting guy for getting the full whiteness of Norris' skin with only borderline over-exposure. In today's cinema world they'd darken him with body make-up, partly to make it appear as though he has actual musckes.
Bruce Lee was cool. With him it's as though it's all a joke but he's playing along because he's getting paid.
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[QUOTE=lorenzoinoc;258871]It was the Thai Chi video. Remember the hilariousness of Larry integrating Thai Chi dancing into his golf practice? Funniest thing we've ever seen, wasn't it?[/QUOTE]
Everybody remembers that, it was awesome! I wish he hadn't pulled the video, but no matter, it is ingrained within the minds of us all, . . . . . . . . . . right, Kiwi?
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[QUOTE=SoonerBS;258926]Everybody remembers that, it was awesome! I wish he hadn't pulled the video, but no matter, it is ingrained within the minds of us all, . . . . . . . . . . right, Kiwi?[/QUOTE]
Here is the only possible response to your cruel jibes Sooner channeled through my hero Bruce Lee - make sure to crank up the volume:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzQ2qrtBeg&feature=player_detailpage#t=591s[/url]
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[QUOTE=SoonerBS;258926]Everybody remembers that, it was awesome! I wish he hadn't pulled the video, but no matter, it is ingrained within the minds of us all, . . . . . . . . . . right, Kiwi?[/QUOTE]
I still have tightness between a couple of ribs from pulling a muscle laughing at that one. I'd bet most people never have the chance to witness something so beyond funny in their lives.
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[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;258924]The only Bruce Lee film where Bruce Lee spoke in English was Enter the Dragon where he spoke in his soft Chinese pigeon English. All the other films must have been filmed in Chinese and dubbed in English which made them ridiculously comical to watch. I thought that as far as martial arts flicks go Enter the Dragon was one of the best with an almost James Bond type of plot except the hero is a martial arts phenom rather than a secret agent.
As for Chuck Norris I think you are being far too harsh. Here is an awesome dance ... er ... I mean ... fight scene from Way of the Dragon where he fights hard but is eventually overwhelmed by the legendary Bruce Lee. Now check this out. Anybody with that much back hair must be a tough guy. (mercifully there is no speaking/acting although the soundtrack isn't great).
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I agree Enter the Dragon was his best movie, mainly because of the support cast (particularly Tiger Jim Kelly), but if he hadn't died suddenly, he was locked in as Inspector Fang in the movie The Man from Hong Kong which is an all time classic martial arts movie. It was filmed in Sydney and had George Lazenby as the main bad guy. Jimmy Yuan Wang was passable as Fang, but if Bruce had survived long enough to play that role it would have been legendary, you could tell that the script was written with Bruce in mind. Still worth watching if you get the chance.
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[QUOTE=Not a hacker;258933]I agree Enter the Dragon was his best movie, mainly because of the support cast (particularly Tiger Jim Kelly), but if he hadn't died suddenly, he was locked in as Inspector Fang in the movie The Man from Hong Kong which is an all time classic martial arts movie. It was filmed in Sydney and had George Lazenby as the main bad guy. Jimmy Yuan Wang was passable as Fang, but if Bruce had survived long enough to play that role it would have been legendary, you could tell that the script was written with Bruce in mind. Still worth watching if you get the chance.[/QUOTE]
Such a shame he died so suddenly so young (32). Then again I guess if he had lived he might have ended up like Jackie Chan in lame films like the 'Karate Kid' remake.
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[QUOTE=Kiwi Player;258935]Such a shame he died so suddenly so young (32). Then again I guess if he had lived he might have ended up like Jackie Chan in lame films like the 'Karate Kid' remake.[/QUOTE]
Jackie Chan spent time in canberra working as a brickys labourer before making it big. True story. His parents still live there. If they are still alive.
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