China ChiCom News Thread

[Poe]

Depends on the martial art for instance.
HEMA.
It is effective against someone who is ir isn't also one.
Same with Fancing.
But they use weapons

Fencing is part of HEMA but yeah, since traditional european martial arts include boxing and wrestling, two of the most effective martial arts period. Judo is another one that stems from a series of traditional martial arts that is highly effective (and it's offshoot BJJ) and Muay Thai speaks for itself. That's almost entirely it though, and that's basically all you'll find inside MMA competitions and gyms (with a few exceptions like Sambo, which again is an offshoot of Judo.)

The rest, like kung fu and most forms of karate, are basically a sparring version of yoga or gymnastics. Even things like Tae Kwon Do and Karate are only really effective against other trained martial artists when the gyms that teach them widdle them down to kickboxing.

 

[Zachowon]

Fencing is part of HEMA but yeah, since traditional european martial arts include boxing and wrestling, two of the most effective martial arts period. Judo is another one that stems from a series of traditional martial arts that is highly effective (and it's offshoot BJJ) and Muay Thai speaks for itself. That's almost entirely it though, and that's basically all you'll find inside MMA competitions and gyms (with a few exceptions like Sambo, which again is an offshoot of Judo.)

The rest, like kung fu and most forms of karate, are basically a sparring version of yoga or gymnastics. Even things like Tae Kwon Do and Karate are only really effective against other trained martial artists when the gyms that teach them widdle them down to kickboxing.

Tae Kwon Do and the other major Korean martial arts have at least some bearing that can go back to kickboxing and grappling.
I did a deep dive on Tae Kwon Do recently

 

[Marduk]

Sometimes watching speeches can give information that cannot be heard.

 

[Captain X]

I mean, Trudeau calls him a dictator, but is still a big fan of him and how the power he wields, and wants to be just like him.

 

[Poe]

Who gives a shit the guy is a dictator. Just seems a way to try and be "politically correct" and seeing the right attack him for calling an ace a spade is cringe

 

[Bacle]

 

[The Whispering Monk]

That's a pretty widespread fire on that ship.

 

[DarthOne]

I Wonder if we did it or not.

 

[Marduk]

I Wonder if we did it or not.

If so, it would be on the bottom. That issue looks very much like one related to the fact that China made it.

 

[Tiamat]

It's claimed that a celebratory "flaming duck" cuisine dish was the cause.




Seemed to have been one hell of a big flaming duck to cause that much smoke. Was the 100 megaton duck flapping it's fiery wings and squawking and running up and down the whole ship??



Then again, there's this website claiming, it's wasn't a duck, it wasn't a fire....it was just the Chinese practicing a smokescreen exercise.....

PLA Type 071 Landing Ship Smokescreen Exercise Leads to Fire Rumors Online | Atlas News

theatlasnews.co

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Really, because with all that thick oily black smoke it's common when the Chinese practice "smokescreen drills" on their ships and it supposedly happens regularly. Indeed, big black clouds of smoke reaching into the sky on the high seas serves a dual purpose, it can help obfuscate that big ship that with it's silhouette has already been visually spotted on the high flat open seas, and further beyond that by radar and sonar, and also tell anyone that failed to somehow miss that big silhouette, that YES, there is a ship out there!
(SARCASM MODE DISENGAGED)


IMPORTANT CAVEAT: Yes, I know, it's a landing ship. However, even if that theoretical smokescreen was somehow supposed to obfuscate the ship and it's offloading cargo, a vessel that size approaching a coastline to offload troops and material for an invasion is going to be a pretty obvious target for well, everything, smokescreen or not.

 

[AmosTrask]

It's probably a part of the boiler not made to specs from the usual corner cutting and substandard materials the Chinese use for everything.

 

[Tiamat]

It's probably a part of the boiler not made to specs from the usual corner cutting and substandard materials the Chinese use for everything.

It would make a lot more sense than the 100 megaton flaming duck at least.

 

[Husky_Khan]

The Tremors-Stargate Multiverse Special is looking awesome with the practical effects outside Cheyenne Mountain.

 

[Tiamat]

The Tremors-Stargate Multiverse Special is looking awesome with the practical effects outside Cheyenne Mountain.

The roadbed is THIN? It looks like it's made out of cardboard. Then again, if videos of other Chinese construction projects are any indication...

 

[The Whispering Monk]

No rebar. Doesn't even look like any sort of concrete or hardpacked subsurface...just straight up dirt for a base...wow.

 

[Tiamat]

No rebar. Doesn't even look like any sort of concrete or hardpacked subsurface...just straight up dirt for a base...wow.

And on what assumes it looks like may be a mountain or ridge. You know, vertical surfaces, dirt that can easily form into rockslides or mudslides without proper support. As you mentioned, it needs actual concrete sub-surfaces that are reinforced with REAL actual steel rebar, not that cheap Chinese crap that comes off in your hands.

 

[AmosTrask]

And on what assumes it looks like may be a mountain or ridge. You know, vertical surfaces, dirt that can easily form into rockslides or mudslides without proper support. As you mentioned, it needs actual concrete sub-surfaces that are reinforced with REAL actual steel rebar, not that cheap Chinese crap that comes off in your hands.

1000 people die daily in China from falling debris caused by the tofu construction. Instead of fixing it the government banned news coverage and censor all mention from their intranet. That number is twelve years old and things have gotten worse.

 

[DarthOne]

1000 people die daily in China from falling debris caused by the tofu construction. Instead of fixing it the government banned news coverage and censor all mention from their intranet. That number is twelve years old and things have gotten worse.

Might I ask where that number is from?

Not that I doubt it given what we’ve seen of Chinese construction.

 

[ATP]

That's a pretty widespread fire on that ship.

No,they simply burn from overflow of love for comrade Mao.If you doubt,ask nearby friendly comissar!

 

[Marduk]

Mining accident in northern China: