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Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
Album:  Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Song:   Da Mystery of Chessboxin'
Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash

[Wu-tang movie dialogue]
The game of chess, is like a swordfight
You must think first, before you move
Toad style is immensely strong, and immune to nearly any weapon
When it's properly used, it's almost invincible

If this mystery gets solved, the Wu-Tang Clan ought to protect its neck.

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I think it's a great idea, but most people who reach the upper echelons of each discipline tend to gravitate toward polar opposites of the intensity spectrum. I think this 'artist' is onto something in his Darwinian quest for bipolar man, but there don't seem to be enough participants yet to see his ideas be implemented to the fullest potential.

The Wutang Clan promotes the notion of 'Shaolin Worldwide', correctly noting that orders of monastic warriors already exist (have existed) in almost every culture. After all, the practical training of Muay Thai was confined to the temple grounds (the center of the community) up until a century ago, when the King continued a series of 'modernizing'(Westernizing) reforms that consolidated Bangkok's power, and made his kingdom more presentable to the encroaching colonial military forces (the reforms were successful in this historical sense, as Thai diplomatic tact allows the nation to boast of being the only Southeast Asian country that was never formally colonized).

One way this was achieved was through centralization of Buddhist authority into a state-sanctioned body that created uniform guidelines for religious practice, including the official banishment of Muay Thai training from temple grounds, severing the formal ties of the boxing world and the Sangha in the creation of a more coherent and (in Western eyes) more acceptable form of Buddhism, whose moral and political authority would from now on be formally radiated from the capital.

Artist: Wu-Tang Clan
Album:  Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Song:   Bring Da Ruckus

Intro:

[Wu-tang movie dialogue]

Shaolin shadowboxing, and the Wu-Tang sword style
If what you say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang
could be dangerous
Do you think your Wu-Tang sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style

I have a few noteworthy developments to detail, but I'll hold off for now.