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POPSUK thugs handed a beatdown by cross-dressing cage fighters That's right, folks. Dean Gardner (19) and Jason Fender (22) of the UK picked a fight on the street, thought the guys in the dresses would be easy prey... and got their asses handed to them by a couple of transvestite CAGE FIGHTERS. All captured on the ubiquitous UK security cameras.
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POPSBruce Lee’s Top 7 Fundamentals for Getting Your Life in Shape If you have, then you may be interested to know that Lee was a very famous martial artist and actor who sparked the first big interest of Chinese martial arts in the West in the 60’s and 70’s. But besides being an awesome fighter and iconic figure Lee also had some very useful things to say about life.
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POPSMMA El Dorado Hills, CA Mixed Martial Arts athletes, promoters, and enthusiasts, created City MMA to provide a unique gym open to people of all genders and age groups. Through the many disciplines learned in Mixed Martial Arts, City MMA designed workouts that help meet every member's goal and objective. City MMA opened its flagship location in Folsom, California, and is set to open two more locations in the Sacramento area over the next few months.
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POPSOakland's Chinatown StreetFest is this weekend - 8/22-23 More: The Great Wall Youth Orchestra, young musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments, will perform on the Cultural stage Saturday afternoon, while the ska band Uptones takes over the Popular stage. Both venues offer abundant performances, including Taiko drummers, Hawaiian and Polynesian dance troupes, and a range of music including jazz, dance rock, Latin, soul and R&B. Also scheduled this year: Leung's White Crane Lion Dance, the highly entertaining and acrobatic lion dance team from San Francisco.
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POPSThe world's longest turban – but why do Nihang Sikhs wear large turbans? More on why Nihangs wear such large turbans: Another part is: During a point in a battle a detachment of Sikhs carrying the Nishan Sahib of the Khalsa was overrun and wiped out by the enemy. An army’s flag is sacred and a rallying image. When concern over the loss of the flag was reported to Guru Gobind Singh he tore off a piece of cloth and attached it to his own turban. He instructed them to do the same and so raised the flag upon the very heads of his brave Sikhs. To this day Nihang Singhs who's knowledge, words, and deeds exemplify the principals of a Khalsa warrior are acknowledged the right to wear this Farla on their Damala. According to the tradition today; it is not something that one just decides to wear one day because they want to. It is appropriate that five elder Singh's who do wear it may bestow this duty and order upon a Sikh who they deem appropriate and befitting.
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POPSBecoming Mindful About Feelings This is an excerpt from my blog post of a casual conversation between a colleague (C) and myself (M). Wonderfully therapeutic, and captures beautifully what being mindful is about.
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POPSThis is how Grandpa was traind to kill Nazis/Imperial Japanese More "How Grandpa Learned to Kill" video: Kill Or Be Killed . Grappling is for sports & competition. Soldiers are supposed to Kill The Enemy . Currently, we're training our soldiers to grapple. The fad for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/grappling has swept military combatives recently. Some active duty service-members think this is a bad idea. They think we are teaching our soldiers how to die rather than kill.
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POPSAssorted Quotes from a blog sidebar... MORE: “Never believe in a meritocracy in which no one is funny-looking.” (Teresa Nielsen Hayden) “True religion invites us to become better people. False religion tells us that this has already occurred.” (Abdal-Hakim Murad) “To live is to war against the trolls.” (Henrik Ibsen) “No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Samuel Beckett)
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POPS How Bruce Lee Changed The World To mark the 35th anniversary of Bruce Lee's death, the History Channel will air a new two-hour documentary. Also features in-depth interviews with actor Jackie Chan, comedian Eddie Griffin, rappers LL Cool J and RZA, Marvel Comics' Stan Lee, and renowned film directors John Woo and Brett Ratner. Lee's friend and business partner famed Hong Kong film producer, Raymond Chow gives a rare interview. Rating: TVPG Running Time: 120 minutes