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October 19, 2006: Getting hit with a log festival
"Participants perform during the second World Traditional Wushu Festival in Zhengzhou, China," says the official caption on this xoB/WaPo shot.
Wushu, which I had not heard of before, is a sport in China, according to its Wikipedia entry. Getting hit in the abs with a telephone pole does not appear to be one of the major events though, so perhaps this is only an exhibition for the festival.
jbolty Thursday Oct 19 01:32 PM
I guess the lawyers made them cancel the "Getting hit in the face with an ax festival"
Flint Thursday Oct 19 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jbolty
I guess the lawyers made them cancel the "Getting hit in the face with an ax festival"
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Elspode Thursday Oct 19 01:35 PM
Why does this look like the winning entry from "China People's Most Very Humorous Videos" program to me?
Flint Thursday Oct 19 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
for shame. how did this turn into the asian bashing thread?
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xoxoxoBruce Thursday Oct 19 03:37 PM
Maybe it's a team building exercise...hope it doesn't catch on with corporate Anycountry. 
footfootfoot Thursday Oct 19 06:20 PM
That rings a bell. Chinese, I think. Any translations??? Billy?
Jatt Thursday Oct 19 07:09 PM
Talk about getting owned...that tree took that guy out.
breakingnews Thursday Oct 19 08:32 PM
Yeah that's also from China ... the newscaster is saying, "You have to be well prepared for this activity ... two seconds and it's over."
Wushu: more commonly known as gong fu or kung fu, although those terms tend to encompass more within martial arts.
footfootfoot Thursday Oct 19 08:50 PM
BN, did you think that was for real or just a put on? I like the polite applause at the end.
neatorama Friday Oct 20 01:36 AM
From Cellar's archive: http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=5410
breakingnews Friday Oct 20 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
BN, did you think that was for real or just a put on? I like the polite applause at the end.
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Beestie Friday Oct 20 02:13 AM
The log in the gut exercise is an ancient kung fu training method. A log was suspended from each end such that you could swing it parallel to the ground. The point was to swing it then stand in front of it allowing it to strike the abdomen. This exercise was combined with specific breathing techniques and practiced several times a week for years.
You can imagine the results.
Shawnee123 Friday Oct 20 12:00 PM
OK, I gotta say it, then everyone can boo and hiss me:
Why are SO MANY of the pics of people doing weird (read: stupid) things pictures of Asians? There are exceptions, but there are way more from asian countries than other countries.
breakingnews Friday Oct 20 12:35 PM
Hey I'm not gonna say anything ... asians are fucking weird people.
For the record, most of that weird shit goes on in China. We here in Taiwan live a more civilized lifestyle.
milkfish Friday Oct 20 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
Why are SO MANY of the pics of people doing weird (read: stupid) things pictures of Asians? There are exceptions, but there are way more from asian countries than other countries.
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rkzenrage Friday Oct 20 03:17 PM
Now they know what my wife feels like! 
mlandman Friday Oct 20 03:58 PM
lol
for those of you that thought the tree falling down on the guy was real.....
rkzenrage Friday Oct 20 04:08 PM
But it was on the internets.
footfootfoot Friday Oct 20 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mlandman
for those of you that thought the tree falling down on the guy was real.....
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What made you think it wasn't real? Because the guy didn't say: "Here, hold my beer, watch this."
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