did sal ever do martial arts?

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did sal ever do martial arts?

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spyderco makes quite a few knives specifically for self defense and collaborates with many well known weapons and martial arts experts. sal must have some interest in the area of self defense and fighting arts right? i was wondering if sal ever trained in any arts? does sal ever carry for self defense?
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Sal is a ninja.
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He is the master of the One Inch Thumbflick.
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Skidoosh wrote:Sal is a ninja.
ssshhhhh That is a secret :p
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Wasn't Sal in a movie with Kareem Abdul Jabbar and some other guy whose name escapes me?
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Cheddarnut wrote:He is the master of the One Inch Thumbflick.
Sal once thumbflicked a dinosaur in the jaw, it descendants are what we know as giraffes.
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Haru: The blackness of my belt is like the inside of a coffin on a moonless night.
Joey: That's pretty black, Man.
Haru: It is a black art, and I, Haru, am the blackest of the black. Or rather the great white black art... Blackest... Master.
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Be curious about Ed Schempp too
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Surfingringo wrote:Haru: The blackness of my belt is like the inside of a coffin on a moonless night.
Joey: That's pretty black, Man.
Haru: It is a black art, and I, Haru, am the blackest of the black. Or rather the great white black art... Blackest... Master.
I'm gonna have to go stream this now.
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paladin wrote:Sal once thumbflicked a dinosaur in the jaw, it descendants are what we know as giraffes.
I'm dying :D
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paladin wrote:Sal once thumbflicked a dinosaur in the jaw, it descendants are what we know as giraffes.
hahahah! :D
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Chuck Norris was Sal's padawan learner!
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Crouching Dodo Hidden Dragonfly
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I'm curious if he has, I've been doing brazilian jiu-jitsu for the past two years, good times. :)
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If he told you he would have to kill you...
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Try to jump him next time you see him, and then you'll know the truth! You better hope he's not trying out the prototype Spyder-saber that day!
It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost. ––– Stephen King
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Foghorne wrote:Crouching Dodo Hidden Dragonfly
Kung Fu Pingo?
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RadioactiveSpyder wrote:Kung Fu Pingo?
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IIRC Sal once mentioned on the forums that he had attended the riddle of steel. During some of the Amsterdam Meets, he demonstrated the Pkal on attendees (with a drone), he did that quite fluent.
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Foghorne wrote:young Grasshopper
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I fixed that for you.
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