paul68 wrote:
> Even saw a man catching a .22 bullet with mouth. of course, he wore
> some kind of plastic dentures with a metal canister in mouth, about
> the size of a 135mm film canister.

That’s a magic trick. A *trick*. If the show you saw that on passed it off as the real deal, then I have to call into question *anything* you’ve seen on that show.[/quote]
[quote]paul68 wrote:
> Even saw a man catching a .22 bullet with mouth. of course, he wore
> some kind of plastic dentures with a metal canister in mouth, about
> the size of a 135mm film canister.

That’s a magic trick. A *trick*. If the show you saw that on passed it off as the real deal, then I have to call into question *anything* you’ve seen on that show.[/quote]

Ratranger:
but still, can't be a magic trick. but it is a trick. a .22 was shot into the mouth of a guy with a metal canister in mouth. i was more amazed at the shooter rather than the person in the catching end.

No, it was a magic trick. Meaning that he tricked you. The bullet was already in his mouth. The "shooter" was either in on the trick (the more probable of the two possibilitie), or he was fooled also. This is an old magic trick where the "shotter" is in on the trick. There is no bullet shot. The bullet is already in the guy's mouth before the shot goes off.

Thanks for another entertaining ep' guys.

Just some fun for Adam if he still has those boat boots handy.

If you were to put hinged treads on the bottom that when moving (shuffling) forward would close to approx 10 deg and swing back open to 90 deg on the pull back, this would give you some adaquate traction to move forward.

Not a Ninja sprinting speed but I would love to see a re-visit ep' where you and Jamie could have races accross the pool

Thanks again guys.

[quote]This is an old magic trick where the "shotter" is in on the trick.[/quote]

Not so, there are only a handful of methods that require a confederate. It is much more common for this trick to be performed without the aid of an acomplice. That's what makes the trick so deadly, theres a chance that a practical joker from the audiance could load something else into the gun while the performer is not looking.

Or, in times past, when self defence was more common, use his own piece.

[quote]Or, in times past, when self defence was more common, use his own piece.[/quote]

Haha, that's true. When the famous Signor Blitz performed in Savannah a "spectator stood with a six-shooter in his hand and shouted that if Blitz could catch one bullet, six should be just as easy." Thankfully, our man Blitz had a presence of mind and "keeping calm, talking quietly, Blitz dissuaded the man from pulling the trigger. Soon after this, Blitz dropped the bullet catch from his repertoire." (Everything in quotes taken from page 103 of Milbourne and Maurine Christopher's THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MAGIC, an excellent historic resource)

About the samurai sword being caught with two hands, I've seen it done several times. I don't know who the "karate" expert they had on the show was but there is a "real" expert out there that's done it. Ray Nicholes is his name, teaches in Alabama. Look him up at the Karate Hall of Fame.

[quote]Ray Nicholes is his name, teaches in Alabama. Look him up at the Karate Hall of Fame.[/quote]

I looked into this. He teaches Yoshukai, and when I researched this particular discipline further I did find that one of the skills they allege to have mastered is the ability to "catch a sword" with bare hands, or "shinkinshirahidori" (alternatively spelled "Shinken Shirahidori" depending on the source). The evidence to support their claim however is not substantial in my opinion. These were the sources I used; http://ikfkarate.com/history.html (the content of this website was written by the "Ray Nichols" in question, and it is where I found the term Yoshukai)

http://www.athensyk.com/terms.html (I first came across the term Shinkinshirahidori here)

If anyone else wants to help me further research this discipline I'd appreciate it, but so far I have to say that in spite of their claims the evidence does not look good.

I've always thought that these folks who say that they can catch a sword should allow a total stranger, who maybe has a little experience, swing at them with a dull edged sword, with a thin line of red lipstick painted along the very edge.

Any red lines on the catchers hands would mean that they would have gotten cut.

show us if their contact ignition smoke bombs were myths or if they had merit

quote:

Originally posted by evil-monkey:
They didn't use the technique because it's running across a mat. Not walking on water.

Running on water as in illusion, and more stealthy and faster the running on bamboo still.

They had to use something. And that will create that illusion.

My opinion, not contradicting you.

About the link i posted, i don't have martial arts experience, but i would think much like china kung fu master will not teach foreigners the good stuff, all i am saying.

OK, perhaps we are looking to the water too much! And not to the air. "The art of kite surfing dates back to the 13th Century Chinese when it was used as a simple mode of transportation. Kite Sailing, as it was known, was a medium that used the wind as an aid to harness its momentum and energy to mobilize their canoes across water. The earliest recorded history of Kite Sailing dates back to the early 12th Century." This taken from http://www.chassell.net/index.php/outdoor_sports_recrea...story_of_kitesurfing
Isn't it possible that a kite can skim a person across a body of water as if to be walking. I think they quit too soon on this myth.

talking about the walking on water. for the wooden shoes, why didn't they throw them in the pool and use them as lily pads? because that seems like it would work.

Having recently watched this episode again this past weekend, I noticed something incredibly off with the Arrow Catching Myth. The position of the hand was backwards. The thumb being on the side of the hand that the arrow was fired towards would mean that the target would've been shot at from behind, rather than infront. You'd also want to twist your hand upward or off to the side, so that you remove momentum from the arrow.

i definitely agree that they should redo ninja myths.

Why did they assume ninjas had something attached to their feet? Makes more sense to make a makeshift bridge and run quickly across it (getting someone who is lightweight and a fast runner instead of having two medium nonathletic guys trying to run across it)

Again robot hand was stationary and it clamped towards the end of the arrow. if it clamped earlier the friction would eventually slow it down to halt. Instead they assumed that it required super clamp speed to catch the arrow.

I think they can include other myths such as if ninjas really had smoke bombs, pepper bomb to face, etc. There are a lot of secrets to those things and they should make a trip to Japan for the myth.