{"id":26224,"date":"2013-07-10T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T03:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/07\/10\/bakerstreetbabes-hedgehog-goulash7-robert\/"},"modified":"2015-02-21T04:17:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T04:17:02","slug":"bakerstreetbabes-hedgehog-goulash7-robert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/07\/10\/bakerstreetbabes-hedgehog-goulash7-robert\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26224 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/07\/10\/bakerstreetbabes-hedgehog-goulash7-robert\/attachment\/26225\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/files\/2013\/07\/tumblr_mox0cfiFSM1ryzuaao1_500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/bakerstreetbabes.tumblr.com\/post\/54118370681\/hedgehog-goulash7-robert-downey-jr-sherlock\">bakerstreetbabes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/hedgehog-goulash7.tumblr.com\/post\/53875044094\/robert-downey-jr-sherlock-holmes-is-himself-a\">hedgehog-goulash7<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Robert Downey, Jr. (Sherlock Holmes) is himself a passionate student of the martial arts, specifically <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wing_Chun\">Wing Chun<\/a> kung fu. Stylistically, there is comparatively little to call between Wing Chun and the transitional <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London_Prize_Ring_Rules\">London Prize Ring<\/a>\/early <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marquess_of_Queensberry_rules\">Queensberry Rules<\/a> method of English boxing, which was likely what Conan Doyle had in mind for Holmes and which was incorporated into Bartitsu by (the style\u2019s founder, E.W.) Barton-Wright. Both styles emphasize linear punching with vertical fists and protecting the central line of the body via skillful defense, including both percussive blocks and deflective parries. The two styles are so technically similar that it has even been <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=jNsDAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA92&amp;dq=%22in+search+of+wing+chun%27s+roots%22#v=onepage&amp;q=godwin%20%22in%20search%20of%20wing%20chun%27s%20roots%22&amp;f=false\">speculated<\/a> that Wing Chun may have been influenced by bare-knuckle boxing via European travelers visiting China \u2013 an intriguing, but unprovable theory.&#8221;\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartitsu.org\/index.php\/tag\/fight-scenes\/\">The Bartitsu Society, \u201cThe substance of style: A review of the martial arts action in \u2018Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows\u2019&#8221;<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nifty!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bakerstreetbabes: hedgehog-goulash7: &#8220;Robert Downey, Jr. (Sherlock Holmes) is himself a passionate student of the martial arts, specifically Wing Chun kung fu. Stylistically, there is comparatively little to call between Wing Chun and the transitional London Prize Ring\/early Queensberry Rules method of English boxing, which was likely what Conan Doyle had in mind for Holmes and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/07\/10\/bakerstreetbabes-hedgehog-goulash7-robert\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[963,27,133,3176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26224"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26226,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26224\/revisions\/26226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}