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Ww ©amecock Yoakum from page 8 * love. It’s probably the biggest indica tion on the album of Yoakum’s im provement in songwriting. “A Promise You Can’t Keep” and “A Wbrld of Blue” he much in the same vein but showcase Yoakum’s voice, al lowing it to come out from behind his twang a little, sounding for a split sec ond like Harry Conick Jr. If any song on the album accurately represents the album’s title, it would have to be “A Place to Cry”. Yoakum’s longtime guitarist Pete Anderson gets to go a little crazy here, turning the song into a blend of country and rock-a-billy. Yoakum’s rock influences are tru ly shown in his cover of Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me,” a song he turns into his own. Contrasting these rock influences, “The Heartaches Are Free” is more reminiscent of Hank Williams Sr. Perhaps the highlight of the album is three tracks done in collaboration with country great Buck Owens. The two singers’ voices mesh so well that some would think they were “kin”. “Tomorrow’s Sounds Today,” while not completely living up to its name, is still a country gem-. The way that the crying steel gui tars, fiddles and Yoakum’s twangy voice combine is pure magic, and once Yoakam’s tendency to-rock is let loose, watch out — we might have a Ziggy Farmdust on our hands. The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotlight@hotniail.com. Shaolin Warriors awe audience • by Kamille Bostick The Gamecock The world-renowned Shaolin War riors brought their remarkable 1,500 year-old skill and spectacular form of martial arts to the Koger Center for the Performing Arts Monday night. The group of 25 performers, both young and old, displayed a vast profi ciency in weaponry, agility and strength that characterizes most forms of martial arts and defines the Shaolin system of de fense. I The Shaolin Warriors date back to 525, when the order of Buddhist monks first assembled in present-day China. At their monastery, the monks began a long process of developing a fighting system they called “wushu.” The Shaolin monks patterned their style from studying the attack and de fense movements of animals. What re sulted was a style of fighting that has gar nered high praise for its level of difficulty, rigor, effectiveness and beauty. Monday, the Shaolin Warriors per formed both hand-to-hand and weapons combat with a finesse and form filled with amazing movements and dangerous weapons. Performing on stage with backdrops of their home country’s landscape, the group demonstrated the talent and technique that has earned them the title of warriors. Members from the audience were in vited to test the stamina of the monks throughout the presentation, but the war riors were well trained and highly adept. The group demonstrated various tech niques associated with the Shaolin sys tem, including those modeled after ani mals like monkeys and snakes and others like the “drunken man.” The audience watched and enjoyed the show with astonishment as the war riors, under the pressure of concrete and the force of a sledgehammer, lay on knives sharp enough to slice vegetables, sus pended themselves in the air on spears and fought each other with and without weapons. Many hours of extensive practice with intense daily training and focus ac quired through meditation allows the Shaolin monks to achieve complete men tal absorption, which is necessary to sus tain extreme physical discomfort and pain. In addition, the warriors showcased many skills that require not only physical strength but mental strength. To the audience’s amazement, the performers were able to balance them selves on logs while fighting, contort their extremely flexible bodies, handle dan gerous weapons and endure blows from fellow warriors, weapons and other ob jects. The monks use more than 20 weapons and require members to learn to use 18 traditional weapons, such as the sword, spear, broadsword and cudgel, while al so becoming a master in one of these. The Shaolin monks, however, main tain the Buddhist philosophy of non-vi olence and non-aggression. Their system exhibits a form of defense, and they are seldom provoked to the point of using their skills. The presentation of the Shaolin tech- . nique provided an excellent show of an ancient tradition that still holds impor tance and use in today’s world The Shaolin Warriors are scheduled to appear throughout North America in more than 30 cities this year. The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotlight@hotmail.com. 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