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What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing abou

Postby Shibiryo » Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:54 am

What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing about Jujitsu?
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Re: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing

Postby ShenGCH » Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:09 pm

Shibiryo wrote: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing about Jujitsu?

My guess would be cultural differences, but that's a complete stab in the dark.
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Re: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing

Postby shengoro86 » Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:27 pm

ShenGCH wrote:
Shibiryo wrote: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing about Jujitsu?

My guess would be cultural differences, but that's a complete stab in the dark.


I agree with this since Jujitsu is a Japanese art and not a Chinese art. Jianmin seems to be very old school so that's why he doesn't know it.
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Re: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing

Postby Zoltor » Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:49 pm

shengoro86 wrote:
ShenGCH wrote:
Shibiryo wrote: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing about Jujitsu?

My guess would be cultural differences, but that's a complete stab in the dark.


I agree with this since Jujitsu is a Japanese art and not a Chinese art. Jianmin seems to be very old school so that's why he doesn't know it.


Yea this.

I can guarantee you China doesn't get many Japanese visitors in general even now, nevermind back in 87, so It's not very surprising for even a master martial artist not to have heard of such.
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Re: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing

Postby Yokosuka » Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:52 pm

No particular significance. It's humour from the storyteller to express in a funny way the difference of perception of a self-praised national treasure above the boundaries, a self-deprecation somehow. Because yeah, Jujitsu is well known as a prestigious martial art over the world.
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Re: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing

Postby Himuro » Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:50 pm

Shibiryo wrote: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing about Jujitsu?


There isn't any significance. Also, as I mentioned in an earlier topic, Ryo doesn't exactly practice Ju jitsu. A lot of his moves come from various styles and sources of inspiration. That's why Jianmin thinks he uses so many different styles. Because Ryo doesn't use one strict style, but a modification. The "never heard of it" is just a joke.

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Re: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing

Postby Shibiryo » Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:56 pm

Himuro wrote:
Shibiryo wrote: What exactly is the significance of Jianmin not knowing about Jujitsu?


There isn't any significance. Also, as I mentioned in an earlier topic, Ryo doesn't exactly practice Ju jitsu. A lot of his moves come from various styles and sources of inspiration. That's why Jianmin thinks he uses so many different styles. Because Ryo doesn't use one strict style, but a modification. The "never heard of it" is just a joke.

Ahh I get it. He uses various styles and so thats why Jianmin... Ahhh okay.
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