The Korean Civilization II

[King of Rasslin]

http://aec.australia.or.kr/english/e_education/education.htm

The major structural part of their education (lower, middle, and high school) is based on the tried and true American system.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
This thread is a disgrace to the original Korea thread. You should all be ashamed.

why? just because KoR said some idiotic stuff? Alright chill, not evryone says smart things all the time! I'm sure you find yourself saying stupid retarded things once in your life.

And why the hell is it a disgrace? KoR has questions, I'm giving him answers about what I know about my country.

[Zero]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by King of Rasslin
[quote] As for matial arts: I finally settled on a mix of Brazilian Ju-jitsu and ground fighting. Tae-kwon-do relies too heavily on acrobatics ... which are great if they hit just right, but not so great when the guy simply tackles you and starts a choke-hold ...

Well, Yin agrees with me, so I don't think we need to argue any further. As for Korean spending on education, they want to learn a lot because there is a lot of competition for good jobs there. I wouldn't want to be stuck carrying those water jugs on my back, either! Education is like a long term investment to them. I did notice that they have a lot of respect to their senior students, and the seniors like to help the younger students. They also tend to study (and date!) in large groups, and they study in strange places, like bars, sometimes. Alcohol is a serious problem in Seoul, apparently.

yin agrees with you on wat? that brazilian jujitsu is the best? I havent even heard the word brazilian from you in pages! Besides he said he settled on brazilian style because its his preference and feels its his personal best. He didn't simply declare that the form itself is superior.

Competition is fierce because evryone studies hard, there are very little window of opportunity for highest prestigious education and socially judgement is passed on how successful you are. So if your slacking, you would quickly fall behind, well unless you were a genius I guess.

Seniors supposedly take care of juniors and juniors are supposed to look up to them. Idea of communal living is very strong in any asian country and certainly school lifestyle does reflect that. but nowadays, the modern seniors often have misunderstanding of their position and think of themselves superior and go on about abusing juniors. there was alot of news about seniors abusing juniors that went to far and kids getting hospitalized and suc. What I wanna ask is, how much would they crap on their pants if their seniors came back to teach them a lesson? In addition the whole idea of seniority has degenerated alot. Most people respect elders far less than korea has years ago. That is a good thing since you shouldnt repect people just because they are older, but also a bad thing cause you know those goddamn teenagers just want to rebel!

Studying and dating in large group is once again more reflection of how community like korea is. Most people have group date since they are quite shy around their first date. It's like double date here inflated with few more numbers. But then kids these days aren't shy of anything really either.

[Drake Tungsten]

I'm sure you find yourself saying stupid retarded things once in your life.

All the time.

I was just playing. Don't get upset.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

I'm sure you find yourself saying stupid retarded things once in your life.

All the time.

I was just playing. Don't get upset.

not upset, im asking. mad would be this~~>

Ok, so u were being sarcastic I didn't get the sarcasm in the beginning.

[LoneWolf]

D. T. - Love your signature.
N.M.- You have to ask? BTW, Gee, thanks for your support. With friends like that, who needs enemies?
Molly Bloom- Golly, you sure know some big words. You must be real smart!
KoR- You are my hero! Go get'em tiger!

[King of Rasslin]

The guy who created BJJ was a little guy at about 120 pounds, but he supposedly retired undefeated. It's a shame, since Brazil is poor and most of his fights wouldn't have gotten recorded.

Regardless, being able to beat someone 50 pounds bigger than you is reason enough to learn BJJ. The UFC pros really do have a lot of BJJ experience, with some Muay Thai and wrestling too. But these martial arts focus heavily on fighting, not the lifestyle. It's just entertainment, but there isn't anything wrong with that.

Wolf, you should have seen some of my other threads. I actually am interested in Korea. Not so much Korea today, but their history. A Korean student said that the spring and fall seasons in Korea are beautiful, but are getting shorter because of global warming or something. Calc, do you know anything about this?

[King of Rasslin]

http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Valley/2432/mooki.html

Interesting site on Korean martial arts weapons. I can't see how you could use a fan as a weapon! I remember that girl in Mortal Combat that used a fan as a weapon, but I doubt if they are as effective in real life.

[Zero]

Originally posted by King of Rasslin
The guy who created BJJ was a little guy at about 120 pounds, but he supposedly retired undefeated. It's a shame, since Brazil is poor and most of his fights wouldn't have gotten recorded.

Brazil is not poor. At least not entirely. I think you should think before you open your mouth a little more often and you wouldn't get yourself into so much flames you always seems to get into. Whether Brazil is poor or not wouldn't effect whether it is "recorded" or not would it anyway. Next time youre considering a vacation, try learning a little more about Brazil before you picture some poor hispanic country which you seem to be doing.

Regardless, being able to beat someone 50 pounds bigger than you is reason enough to learn BJJ. The UFC pros really do have a lot of BJJ experience, with some Muay Thai and wrestling too. But these martial arts focus heavily on fighting, not the lifestyle. It's just entertainment, but there isn't anything wrong with that.

Correction that is a BAD reason to learn BJJ. Just because someone lost 30 lb using X exercise program is not gonna guarantee your success. I think you have some learning problem.

There's nothing wrong w/ emphasizing on fighting. I think I told you this when I was talking about how martial arts is in away like sports.

Wolf, you should have seen some of my other threads. I actually am interested in Korea. Not so much Korea today, but their history. A Korean student said that the spring and fall seasons in Korea are beautiful, but are getting shorter because of global warming or something. Calc, do you know anything about this?

No, Global warming is a whole-can-of -worm topic. I believe Neither you nor Me have real in depth knowledge about the topic. It's not just korea that seems to get shorter spring/fall season. That seems to be true everywhere. Just this season in NY was like "where the hell was fall?" It went straight from sumemr to winter!

People jump too much into 'global warming' when they don't even know anything. FACT: Earth has been historically been on a "warming stage'.... Geologically we have just recently got out of an ice age. You could make a very strong arguement that Earth will warm itself even without human intervention.

BTW Isn't that something High school was supposed to cover? Geology? (well at least up in NY, its a H.S req.) Then why doesnt everybody know that earth goes from cooling-warming stage cycle? And since Earth last had its ice age in tens and thousands years ago (which is like nothing in geologic time). Where were these blame all on "global warming" freaks when geology was taught? Of course exclude people from the freak list that are scraming "warming" for reason other than "It's too hot, I can't get a good tan...". They probably know something, but I wouldn't figure cause I'm no expert on the topic.

[Meshelic]

Coming from a military family myself and recently now being civilian, I am frequently surprised at the ignorance of many US civilians on what the military does for people. It's astonishing how dumb people are.

[Proserpine]

Drake Tungsten: re yr sug.

What the wussier countries - i.e. just about everybody - love about the good 'ol US of A: you (perhaps I should your govmint's) willingness to back up your position with rational argument.

[King of Rasslin]

Ok, more accurately, Brazil was very poor 50 or so years ago, when that BJJ guy fought. Brazil is better today, but my friend visited it on a mission trip and he said that it is very poor compared to the US. Since everyone is poor compared to us, I can see why people hate us so much! Here, Brazil is portrayed as a bunch of ignorant third-world natives that have nothing else to do but destroy the rain forest and ruin our planet. Besides that, nope, we don't learn anything about Brazil.

As for global warming, I do think that it's getting hotter. You can't feel a difference, but we are in a very bad drought here. Let's just ignore the arguement on martial arts and try to think of something else to fight over.

[gsmoove23]

I think there is a conspiracy afoot. People are posing as Americans trying to make us look bad in front of the world. George W. is one of em but there are others. Must be Al Qaida.

[siredgar]

Originally posted by King of Rasslin
I do see those ads for giving money to charity, and they show poor people digging up garbage to eat. They had a kid from Korea talk about how his 55 cents a day pays for his education, health care, etc. I doubt if they could spend so much money on soccer. It might have been North Korea, so I will have to consider that.

God, King of Rasslin, you are so stupid. You think like an old man from the 50's or something with racist and backward ideas. The only thing saving you is your curiosity and willingness to learn about another culture.

Primary and secondary education in South Korea is virtually free. South Korea is a member of the OECD, aka "rich nations club" which also includes nearly all of Western Europe, the U.S., Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Its standard of living rivals that of many European Union countries. Almost every adult and even teenager has modern amenities such as cell phones, computers, dvd players, and such, probably at a higher rate than in Western Europe or the U.S.

I'm not sure if 55 cents would even buy you a subway ticket these days in Seoul. Try buying a beer at a trendy cafe in the downtown area and it could cost you $10 or more.

Two recommendations for you, King of Rasslin:

1. Get an education.
2. Go visit Korea.

You keep on blabbing without rhyme or reason.

[siredgar]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
This thread is a disgrace to the original Korea thread. You should all be ashamed.

For once, I agree 100% with Drake Tungsten. This thread is insulting to the overall integrity and intellectual depth of the original thread.