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May 15, 2009

Een Russia, Karate Masters You!

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The martial arts is a lifelong discipline. To become proficient in them requires determination, physical fitness, but most of all time. It can take years of study before a student understands the fundamentals of their chosen style, and even after decades there is still more to learn. WELL SOME OF US DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME. For those of us who are ON THE GO, I think we could all learn something from Pasha, who tipster Ross says is "the Star Wars kid of Russia." Oh really, Ross? Well I guess that makes sense because the Star Wars Kid is THE BEST KID.

What Pasha teaches us is that if you have nothing but a basic grasp of the fundamental idea of what karate KIND OF LOOKS LIKE, you just put on your denim jacket and your thick-soled sneakers, head out into the woods with your video camera, and within seven minutes you will chop all the minds in half.

Siiiiiick.

Tony Jaa is like "should we go outside?"

Pasha is the one.

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my boyfriend's gonna kick your ass

Posted by: Angelaaaa profile link at 05/15/09 4:11 PM  | Reply
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Counting down the minutes until someone sets this clip to music...

Posted by: Black belt in Tae Bo at 05/15/09 4:14 PM  | Reply
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Yes! I was waiting for keyboard cat to pop in at any second.

Posted by: inglorius basTURD profile link  in reply to  Black belt in Tae Bo's comment at 05/15/09 7:08 PM  | Reply
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:(

I was going to set it to Thriller, but now i don't feel like it. Jerk.

Posted by: Elliot profile link  in reply to  Black belt in Tae Bo's comment at 05/15/09 7:11 PM  | Reply
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I am familiar with his fighting style. It is called Tire yourself out before getting your ass kicked.

Posted by: Bad tings ah gwan profile link at 05/15/09 4:17 PM  | Reply
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...also: Nikolai Dynamite.

Posted by: Black belt in Tae Bo at 05/15/09 4:20 PM  | Reply
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srsly, he's gonna fuck you up for that one

Posted by: Angelaaaa profile link  in reply to  Black belt in Tae Bo's comment at 05/15/09 4:35 PM  | Reply
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'I know Kung Fu.' (..or at least what it kind of looks like)

Posted by: Black belt in Tae Bo  in reply to  Angelaaaa's comment at 05/15/09 5:40 PM  | Reply
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Tony Jaa: YES!

and poor Pasha is built like an arachnid.

Posted by: Becca profile link at 05/15/09 4:28 PM  | Reply
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This guy is totally starring in the next Fatboy Slim video.

Posted by: dude profile link at 05/15/09 4:33 PM  | Reply
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Clearly, he's mastered the art of fighting without fighting

Posted by: Selena at 05/15/09 4:40 PM  | Reply
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He seemed like quite the paranoid little bugger always looking over his shoulder like that.

Posted by: eric at 05/15/09 4:42 PM  | Reply
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I can totally understand that he made this video. He wanted to see if his moves looked as sweet as they felt, like, in his body. What concerns me is that he was like, "Shit yeah, that looks hella fierce," and still uploaded it to YouTube.

Posted by: Funtastik profile link at 05/15/09 5:04 PM  | Reply
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that is the art of absolute nonchalant, being more clearly demonstrated between stints of pure energy.

Posted by: nanook profile link at 05/15/09 5:13 PM  | Reply
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His style is unorthodox, but effective.

Posted by: Selena  in reply to  nanook's comment at 05/15/09 5:22 PM  | Reply
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I like the part towards the end where he does peeing dog-style leg lifts while balancing on a log. Classic move.

Posted by: Violet A. profile link at 05/15/09 5:34 PM  | Reply
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Someone needs to show this kid a parkour video...

Posted by: Mary Poppins at 05/15/09 6:03 PM  | Reply
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obviously "wax on, wax off" works, Pasha-san.

Posted by: dezien profile link at 05/15/09 6:09 PM  | Reply
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I like the part where he jumped over the log like a pansy, in order to jump back over the log like a badass.

Posted by: Funtastik profile link at 05/15/09 6:17 PM  | Reply
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I was impressed by that tree climbing thing. And the log balancing leg trick - every time I try that in yoga I fall over. And the getting up without his hands after the weird bridge push ups. My favorite part was when he got all the rocks away so he could jump over the log again and not get any head wounds. Can't say I blame him.

Posted by: Marissa at 05/16/09 12:13 AM  | Reply
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Whew. That was hot. I totally knocked one out around 6:13.

Posted by: BLT at 05/16/09 2:21 PM  | Reply
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T
M
I

:O

Posted by: Angelaaaa profile link  in reply to  BLT's comment at 05/16/09 10:50 PM  | Reply
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the mashups are already coming in, with easiest first (i.e. Benny Hill):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKQAr4GtZrM&feature=related

Posted by: Frank at 05/16/09 2:26 PM  | Reply
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I especially enjoyed that it was completely void of editing; seeing all of his failures means I won't feel so bad if I mess up later today when I learn karate in a local forest... in 7 minutes... wearing a sweet jean jacket... while filming myself... wait, is this sounding ridiculous to anyone else?

Posted by: Tom Foolery profile link at 05/17/09 10:00 AM  | Reply
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I see that he draws sustinence from tree sap. Intriguing.

Posted by: PajamaSquid profile link at 05/17/09 9:49 PM  | Reply
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мы идем более большие whoops

Posted by: Jeb profile link at 05/18/09 12:35 PM  | Reply
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He wore the jean jacket so he could hear his punches the way they sound in kung fu movies. And it worked!

Posted by: LBmyHero at 05/18/09 1:11 PM  | Reply
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prwbqvddhllb

Posted by: evuqoowjdaru at 10/05/09 6:12 PM  | Reply
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