Joyanna Adams

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Nobody Wonders About the Dragon Blade

Last night I watched the movie released in 2015, starring Jackie Chan, Adrian Brody, and John Cusack. It was probably the most blatent Chinese propaganda film I had ever seen. Why?

Because all throughout the movie the Belt and Road initiative was mention in almost every other scene. How China was going to unite, with the building of the ‘silk road’, peace, with all nations under it’s wing of caring Chinese rulers. Sure, they didn’t come right out and SAY it…they couldn’t, because this was 2015, but this movie was a smash hit in China when it was released.

In the beginning of the movie it’s claimed that the event REALLY happened. But many historians won’t lay claim to that.

Basically, the story goes: Rome wanted to take over the Han dynsasty. The evil Roman ruler played by Adrian Brody, tries to poison his brother (next in line to the throne) and the gaurdian of the child escapes and goes east…to hide and takes the blind child with him. He runs into Jackie Chan, who plays the “protector of the road’ and they duel and suddenly WOW...they become great friends! A man from the West, and a man from China. They build a city together, and go on to unite 36 nations of the world, with Jackie of course becomeng the final ruler of nations after killing the evil Adrian.

Sure, the costumes alone make it worth watching, but to me, the incredible and ostentatious Chinese propaganda is in EVERY SINGLE SCENE. The message is: The west is evil, the east is kind, benevolent, and even though it doesn’t have the training of the Romans, they are very clever and end up, in the end scene gatherting all the nations together to defeat the evil West: They even Include the Muslims, to defeat the West. And this ROAD will unite the world, and their will be peace, and it’s almost nauseating to watch this. Clearly it was made to brainwash not only it’s own people, but the rest of the world.

The fight scenes? Compared to what WE are used to; pretty boring. Typical Jackie Chan without his usual creativity.

So, if you want to see exactly how China expects to sell the world on it’s Belt and Road Initiative…where the West HELPS the Chinese build their cities, (Like they do in Africa right now) you might want to watch this…be warned, it’s half in Chinese. Although they did put in the English translations.

China is known for it’s long term patience…and make no mistake, this Belt Road Initative is being put into place at record speed as I write.

An inititive where China is in control of all the world! Peace! Yeah right.

And at the top of that list now coming into OUR country is: Chinese military age men.

They are coming to build the Belt and Road Initiative to your town real soon.

Rome was invaded by Barbarins. Remember that. And educated yourself on the coming of the Chinese.

Because they are already here.

February 7, 2024 Posted by | Uncategorized | , , , , | Leave a comment

Nobody Remembers: Bruce Lee

Nobody Remembers

“Knowing is not enough. Willing is not enough: we must do.       —Bruce Lee

Like many young girls growing up all over the world, I usually had a crush on some famous guy when there wasn’t a man in my life.  My first big one was Paul McCartney. I always baked a cake for him when it was his birthday, and since it was a day after mine, I got double-dipped in two big chocolate cakes!

Those were the good old days. Now I get ONE carrot cake cupcake, if I’m good.

But, the smartest and longest crush I ever had was on Bruce Lee. At first, I was attracted to Bruce for his movies of course….but unlike the movies of today, when Bruce Lee beat up ten guys at once, you could believe that the man could actually do it. At the time, I saw every Bruce Lee movie, read
every book, and had the usual Bruce Lee posters on my wall. I wanted to be Bruce Lee, or at least get my life up to some kind of better standard.

Most of all I admired his work ethics. His energy. It was because of Bruce that I became a drummer. I practiced sometimes twelve hours a day, beating on pillows, doing 5 stroke rolls, trying to make my wrist actions stronger… quicker..so I could be louder. I learned that from Bruce. After all, I was competing with big guys with big biceps, and this was before they miked the drums. Bruce was a little guy, and his theory was that the faster you punched the more force. He was right. It worked for me, and he was proof that it worked for him, because he was only 135 pounds.

Bruce was more than just a martial arts artist. He was the ultimate uniter of East and West.  He was an incredibly brilliant thinker. He was the universal symbol for how man should always fight corruption, whether it be in China, America, or you own hometown. It’s amazing how much the man accomplished in his short time on earth. People everywhere were crazy about him.

Another reason I liked the guy was his grace. I had been a professional dancer at one time,  I had just quit my job teaching at Arthur Murray’s (long story) when I noticed this man. How could anyone be so graceful when fighting? Watch any man doing Martial arts and they look clumsy. Crude. Not Bruce…Bruce ‘s body was as graceful as a gazelle in flight. I have yet to see any man look as good when they were fighting. (Being Cha-Cha Campion of Hong Kong might have helped.)  

Bruce not only danced in his body and moves, he danced in his mind. Like any true artist his creativity was endless. I won’t go into the many wonders of Bruce Lee here, but I will tell you, that years later, my grown-up son bought me a framed photograph of Bruce Lee to go in my Japanese decorated front dining room, years after I had forgotten all about the man.

Then I remembered: I used to make my son watch all the Bruce Lee movies with me when he was a kid, and I often wonder if it’s one of the reasons he became a personal trainer.

So, let’s remember Bruce Lee…here’s one of my favorite passages in his own words, and think while you’re reading this if the whole world couldn’t learn something more from Bruce Lee: It was an introduction he gave before he began to teach you his art.

“Make this article relate to yourself because, though it is on JKD,  it is primarily concerned with the blossoming of a martial artist not a “Chinese” martial artist or a “Japanese” martial artist. A martial artist is a human being first. Just as nationalities have nothing to do with one’s humanity, so they have nothing to do with the martial arts. Leave your protective shell of isolation and relate directly to what is being said. Return to your senses by ceasing all the intervening intellectual mumbo jumbo. Remember that life is a constant process of relating. Remember too that I seek neither your approval nor to influence you toward my way of thinking. I will be more than satisfied if, as a result of this article, you begin to investigate everything for yourself and cease to uncritically accept prescribed formulas that dictate “this is this” and  “that is that. “

 

April 13, 2012 Posted by | Entertainers, Life | , , , , | Leave a comment