General AMA anything about the Kowloon Walled City
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Isn't that where Bloodsport was set?
Not on here. I've discussed it on podcasts and in interviews. Not much to say really, I was an aggressive kid, got in a lot of fights, liked to train. Visited family in Vancouver and they had the beginnings of a NHB/MMA scene and I jumped at the chance to fight for money and not get arrested.@Leigh
Don't want to derail this thread....
Have you ever done an AMA about how you got into competing/fighting/ MMA?
Big Circle IS a Triad.
There are basically four big triad groups:
Big Circle
14K
Big Four
Sun Yee On, which was our triad and they ran the Walled City.
Big Circle was a new group that formed from ex China refugees that were ex military.
Not really but it got flooded a lot (see below). Never any big building collapses or fuck all (his words).
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No, a lot of the houses were on stilts and people just moved to the top floors. It was more of an inconvenience.
Yes, they had everything in there. Illegal doctors, dentists, brothels, drugs, EVERYTHING. Even my cobbler. The police had to apply through the Secretary of Chinese Affairs for permission to mount any sort of raid into the Walled City, so everyone got told before the cops turned up. It was all for show.
Nothing to do with the Walled City but in Chinese society, they generally assume that fairer skin was of the educated class and darker skin was assumed to be coolies.
Oh yeah, if you weren't familiar you couldn't get through it. You'd get lost.
Was it tricky trying to find your way around the maze like structure?
We’re certain areas no go zones for reasons like gang territory or everyone get along ok?
Our triad ran the Walled City, simple as that. No other triad was allowed in.
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No, everyone was looked after by the Triad. They paid rent or anything like that to the Triad. The main reason was that they claimed allegiance to Communist China, so the British government didn't have a lot of jurisdiction in there.
Explains the surname
Remedios in Portuguese is remedys or a way to say meds.
if you’re going to get meds from a pharmacy you say you’re going to get the “remedios”
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Did your family come to Canada before moving to the UK to hide your tracks? Was your dad a wanted man by the law? Did he have any formal martial arts training or more of a weapons guy?
I’d stand in line to buy a ticket to his action biography on the big screen. Pretty impressive he’s lived such a crazy life is still around to answer some questions. Tell him thanks for me. Tell him @Lars thinks he’s a pussy.
No, my dad's family was pretty posh; his father was a bank manager. My mum's father was an English engineer, stationed in Hong Kong. Both of parents were the black sheep, I guess. My dad's family moved to Vancouver as professionals for improved lifestyle.
My dad was arrested a few times. I don't want to go into details but he fucked some people up pretty badly. Like, his charges may change depending on what happens to the victims, bad. My dad and I once beat a guy really badly at a Vancouver gas station, I think I posted about it here before. We were literally waking him up and knocking him out again.
He did have some martial arts training but has zero interest in fighting "fair". I don't mean he'll kick in the balls or bite or eye gouge, I mean he'll talk you down, then stab you in the kidney when you turn around. He's a genuinely friendly guy who will joke and laugh with you. If you fuck with him, he is incredibly violent and really has a "no fucks" mindset.
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We have read the same book I think
Oh yes. Totally wood
Remember... Diu lay?
Or
Dyu lay low mo tsu hi.
Cantonese chick I knew
told me those in university.
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Meaning.
And phonetic spelling please