National Security Agency; the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information.
by Dancing with Fire September 03, 2012
Jihad is to struggle, fight, or strive in the way of God. This does not always mean fighting with violence, but also daily struggles. Trying to be a good Muslim is jihad.
by Dancing with Fire July 15, 2011
SAVAK has been described as Iran's "most hated and feared institution" prior to the revolution of 1979 because of its practice of torturing and executing opponents of the Pahlavi regime.
by Dancing with Fire April 09, 2013
Silat, sometimes also called Pencak silat, panchak, or montjak, generally refers to Martial Arts styles that originate from the Malay. These people can be found spread throughout Southeastern Asia, more specifically around Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and the Philippines. Silat isn't just one style but is used to describe anywhere on up to a hundred different styles, or what they call alirans, and schools. As with many Martial Arts styles, learning silat is not just about fighting. While learning Silat, one learns the mental or spiritual aspects of life, self-defense, the fighting techniques, and the culture of the people the art originated from. For more traditional schools, this includes having a uniform that is based off the Malaysia culture, rather than the Japanese or Chinese one that most people see in Martial Arts. In addition, the schools will have their own "dance," which is composed of movements from their particular style. It is a way to distinguish one style of silat from another.
Silat has a strong influence of learning from the environment. Many of the movements will reflect animals that you will find in nature moreso than some of the other Martial Arts. One of the most important animals to them was the tiger, being seen by the culture as a symbol of importance. Thus, one will find the movements in Silat to be explosive and aggressive bursts of attacks. In ancient times, Silat was as much a part of their lives as any other form of education and prepared young men for adulthood. Because of this, there is a strong emphasis in this art on self-defense. This emphasis is what has made Silat spread through Europe and now the United States. When watching a Silat practioner, one will notice that the artist starts at a much lower stance than most other Martial Arts. In many forms, the practioner will actually go down on one or both knees to gain the advantage. Each step will not only move the fighter but also turn the angle of their body, thus constantly changing and protecting different zones from their attacker. Silat's growing popularity has brought forward several forms within the Western world based on this system. The more known and unique examples of these emphasis the use of small knives, which is one of many weapons seen in a silat arsenal.
by Dancing with Fire May 14, 2011
Kung Fu is Chinese term for "martial art," it can also be called "Wu Shu." The holy Shaolin temple of the Buddhism was established about 1600 years ago on the mountain of Sung. It was the symbol of Buddhism power in China, and it also represented the ultimate domination of Buddhism over other religions in the next 1000 years in China. Shaolin temple was built during the feudal age when warlords divided and ruled each region of China separately. It was the time when murderers, bandits, and thieves were commonplace. In order to repel threats from outside world, the high priests of Shaolin temple research and devised many unique and powerful martial arts; monks were trained with martial arts as protector of holiness (at that time, all those that opposed buddhism principles were said to be "unholy"). Legend has that Shaolin temple devised powerful techniques such that allow people to punch through concrete wall, to regenerate and heal at faster rate, and to walk on the surface of water like dragonfly.
All these martial arts have come together as what we called "Shaolin Kung Fu." However, after centuries of warfare and disasters, much of Shaolin Kung Fu were swept away and forgotten. What we are learning now, the modern Shaolin Kung Fu, is the remnant of this ancient martial arts that once shaken the foundation of the world of martial art in the far east. Although Shaolin Kung Fu had lost it former glory long time ago, it still remains as one of the most prominent and most powerful martial arts exist in the world today. Martial arts like Karate, Judo, and Tai Kwan Do are actually variants of the techniques that originated from Shaolin Kung Fu. Suffice to say, no other martial arts in the world is as rich in techniques and as effective as the Shaolin Kung Fu.
by Dancing with Fire December 30, 2010
Kill the Irishman is definitely up there with other great gangster movies like American Gangster and Public Enemies.
by Dancing with Fire September 10, 2011
Internet "sex" in chat rooms. Cybering + roles = roleplaying. Usually guys, fat chicks, or old men pretending to be women cyber when they can't get laid in real life.
M4F4RP: Hey sexy
DetailedRPGirl: Hehe hey
M4F4RP: Want to cyber?
DetailedRPGirl: Sure. What roles?
M4F4RP: You do hot sister brother rps?
DetailedRPGirl: Ewww. I'm not cybering with you. Bye.
M4F4RP: Wait!!
M4F4RP: What roles you into?
-DetailedRPGirl ignores M4F4RP
M4F4RP cries like a bitch.
M4F4RP hits up 30 women in the AdultChat but doesn't receive any responses.
M4F4RP kills himself.
DetailedRPGirl: Hehe hey
M4F4RP: Want to cyber?
DetailedRPGirl: Sure. What roles?
M4F4RP: You do hot sister brother rps?
DetailedRPGirl: Ewww. I'm not cybering with you. Bye.
M4F4RP: Wait!!
M4F4RP: What roles you into?
-DetailedRPGirl ignores M4F4RP
M4F4RP cries like a bitch.
M4F4RP hits up 30 women in the AdultChat but doesn't receive any responses.
M4F4RP kills himself.
by Dancing with Fire January 19, 2011