#no retreat no surrender

[madamshogunassassin]

No Retreat, No Surrender - Dir. Corey Yuen

[theactioneer]

No Retreat, No Surrender (Corey Yuen, 1986)

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

No Retreat, No Surrender (1985) directed by Corey Yuen 

[jimsmovieworld]

NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER- 1985 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jason trains in martial arts with his father. Some kind of martial arts mafia turn up at the dojo to extort them, his father fights valiantly but is destroyed by the powerful Ivan. They move across the country but problems follow them. Jason shuns his fathers advice to be peaceful and instead turns to the actual ghost of Bruce Lee who becomes his mentor and leads him to greatness....

Ok this was excellent. An extremely fun karate kid ripoff packed with silly dialogue and unintentionally hilarious moments, insane characters and some pretty good fights! Good to see JCVD in the villain role although i was disappointed he wasnt in it a bit more. Seems like his character was based on Ivan Drago for sure. The chubby bully who got the sauce on his face was actually the main adversary and he was so unpalatable, the only part of the film i didnt like.

Cast members sued Van Damme for "inadequate control of his martial arts" after he was legit knocking guys out by accident. I thought the guy loooked nothing like Bruce Lee but he was actually his stand in on Game of Death 1 and 2.

[twilightronin]

The Best of the Martial Arts Films - Sandra Weintraub 1990

[chilltidetrance]

I Will Not Give Up | Powerful Epic Heroic Motivational Orchestral Music Mix

[whtgorilla]

Just was waiting on the whistle... Will be ready for game day on Sunday...

[sh1kuren]

Overwatch 2 x One Punch Man | Kumite Training with Doomfist

[i-heart-schlock]

“No retreat, no surrender!”

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Something about this movie makes me want to drink a refreshing can of diet coke. And go to a Michael Jackson themed dance party…

[ripleyvond]

It's as though a bit of serendipity led me to hear this. I thought I’d post it here.

[pb-dot]

I've come to understand the challenge about self esteem isn't actually about an inherent trait that one can cultivate, at least it isn't for me. What I've found I can work towards, however, is neutrality. I won't be able to convince myself that my writing is good, for example, but I can find it in me to say "yeah, it's alright," and maybe work my way towards "pretty good" or even "pretty damn good" if I'm lucky. This approach, I think, is more about changing your perspective about yourself, and lending less credibility to the hateful toad that is your inner critic.

It truly is a challenge to ignore that insipid little hater in your brain some times, and the biggest challenge is probably that it's the kind of change that needs to come from the inside. Other people can help, of course, but at the end of the day it has to be you that hears that Grima Wormtounge-ass motherfucker and go "nah dawg" at whatever bilious nonsense he's peddling today.

So how does one go about such a thing? Well, being mindful of it is a start. Recognizing that there is a bias going on, that your inner critic doesn't necessarily say things that are true. After all, if your friends talked about themselves the way your inner critic talked about you, you would (I hope and assume) tell them that they are way off, and even if a tiny bit of it were true, there are nicer and more productive ways to communicate the true bits.

Another trick I've found useful is stopping rumination on the feelbads. Now, knowing and owning how you feel is important, yes, but I, at least, find that once I get self-critical, it kinda spirals. "I don't work out as often as I should" can turn into "I have no philosophical or practical right to exist and no-one will ever love me" in a real hurry once you get into that pattern. The solution? Start interrupting the pattern. At one point I wore a rubber band around my wrist that I'd pull and release to deliver a small sting whenever I felt myself get into a bad thought spiral. Now this slight jolt of pain isn't there to punish yourself, mind, it's more to remind you of "Oh I'm doing That Thing again," which in many cases enough to stop a spiral that hasn't quite gotten going yet. It's not a flawless solution obviously, but becoming more aware of when your brain is thinking mostly benign stuff and when it's feeding you a 20 GOTO 10 that's just making you feel bad about yourself in an unhelpful way can be a good way to feel less bad about yourself.

Now, in closing I want to say I'm obviously not trained in Matters Of The Brainmeats, this is stuff that's worked a bit for me, but I have not managed to think me out of this hole I've thought my way into yet, so I'm hardly out here Bodhisatva-ing. Also in closing I would like to say that I think you're pretty cool Dyre, writeblr would be a worse place without you.

Search results for "how to boost self esteem" are useless.

Don't tell me to take better care of myself, or stick to a routine. If I could do those things I wouldn't be searching for suggestions.

And "remember what you're good at"? Again, if I could recognize what I am good at I wouldn't be looking this shit up.

Useless, the lot of it.

[everyvhsiown]

Jason moves to Seattle with his parents, where bullies harass them without mercy. Jason's father does not believe in violence, so the family takes it on the chin. Jason enrols in a martial arts class and quietly rises in rank.

Release date: May 2, 1986

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

No Retreat, No Surrender (1985) directed by Corey Yuen 

[fanchonmoreau]

AP News: How have your Jewish roots influenced your role in this show, which is set in Nazi Germany? Bebe Neuwirth: I am very grateful to be an artist right now. And I’m very grateful to be a Jewish artist who is helping to tell this story of “Cabaret.” I feel the responsibility. I am a German Jew. I’m also a Russian Jew. I’m a Ukrainian Jew. I feel great responsibility. I’m honored to have that responsibility. A significant part of me is deeply conscious of that every time I step on the stage.

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I have a lot I can put in the tags as commentary here, but I actually think there are some things going on in this exchange that I don't want people to miss.

First of all, Cabaret does NOT take place in Nazi Germany. It takes place in Weimar Germany. The engine that drives Cabaret is that fascism is coming, the warning signs are everywhere, the darkness is encroaching... but it is not here yet.

Also, look at how the question addresses Bebe's Jewishness vs. how Bebe herself talks about her Jewishness. The interviewer asks about her "Jewish roots", suggesting that her Jewishness could be something just in her past. Bebe responds to that by affirming her identity in the present: she is a Jewish artist, a German Jew, a Russian Jew, a Ukrainian Jew. Like, if you didn't know she's a Jew, you certainly know by the end of that paragraph!

All three of these places have long histories of expelling and murdering their Jews, and not just during the Holocaust. She is here because her family, like the families of many Jews in New York and the surrounding areas (including mine!), survived that and got to safety. It is now her job to get on stage every night to tell a story about how a society allows for that expulsion and murder.

She calls it a great responsibility, and she feels honored to have it.

I don't want to fault the interviewer for phrasing it like this. It could be a way of testing the waters if you're unsure of someone's relationship to their heritage. I just find the ownership in Bebe's answers, particularly at this moment in time and in the context of this show, very moving. Yes. I am a Jewish artist. I am a Jew. Here is my history.

Anyway here's a cute video where Bebe talks about being Jewish and her relationship to being Jewish.

[therighthandofvengeance]

alternative Babylon 5 S4 ending: actual mandated group therapy