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Martial Arts Talk
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Great post Corwin. We have knife techniques thrown in the white to black belt curriculum throughout. The short stick is limited to basic twirling, blocking and striking, with maybe one or two *extra* techniques to show how to use one in a different s
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Karate
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Quote:A person is killed by someones hands just as efficiently and easily as if there was a knife or stick or gun. Ridiculous, a person with any kind of force multiplier, especially a bladed weapon or a gun has a huge advantage. If the above were t
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General Talk
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I first started playing multiplayer with Rainbow Six Vegas; that got me hooked. R6V, R6V2, COD4, COD:WAW, GRAW2, UFC and so many others have made those games BETTER, and I expect the same from MW2. Different people bring different elements to the g
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Grappling/Mixed Martial Arts
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Good question, Med. I have seen some lady tallying scorecards on the Ultimate Fighter this season, but I don't know if that means anything or not.
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Strengthening
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Nice to see you making progress Cord; good job. Last night was the night I dislike the most in my weight lifting program, the body parts I least like working out, Biceps and Legs. Last night was Preacher Curls and with 2 weeks off I didn't lose muc
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Martial Arts Talk
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Somehow I made it. :-) Sorry, no picture.
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Martial Arts Talk
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That mindset seems to have crossed the Channel aswell. Sad.
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Jeet kune Do
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I've been using the straight blast (standard vertical fist style with short punches) a lot lately and EVERY time they cover and just reel back. I use it after slipping outside to the 4o'clock (imagine the oppoenent is at your 12) or ducking to the 3
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Self Defense
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Weird man. Well, if tough street thugs and prisoners use it it must be good right? What a joke.
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MA Instruction and Business
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i just choked on my tea thank you
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MA Instruction and Business
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haha i dont know guys, i have to pay for the belts from my supply company, so umm...yeah ultimately my customers will have to pay for it. as far as testing fees go... i have a wonderful new student, who told me he wanted to test for his second degr
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MA Instruction and Business
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Some people WANT different things as a customer though. For instance, I've never super sized a value meal....or eaten one for that matter. But in the case of my students... if my students want to come and train, flat rate. But what if some of my s
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General Talk
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Left 4 dead 2 released in the morning. Time to lock the glock
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Grappling/Mixed Martial Arts
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Originally Posted By: SupremorIs it? I can't say I've ever noticed many fans around the place. They have clubs at the universities now, but in my experience they are not very high level. In a rugby town like Bath, NFL certainly doesn't draw much atte
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Boxing/Kickboxing/Muay Thai
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Pac man is amazing. I'm not so shcoked that he KO'd Cooto but that after the 4th round how he totally dominated the fight. I assume that Cotto felt that after he hit Manny that Pac man would be on the run or out, but that only fired him up and Pac Ma
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Filipino/SE Asian Arts
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Magandang umaga. Kamusta? I wonder if anyone is from the Philippines that I can talk with to learn the culture and Language? Salamat Paalam Ken
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Martial Arts Talk
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Originally Posted By: medulanetThe only reason they are doing it is to have 5 round heavyweight main events at pay-per-views. Or maybe Lesnar is more ill than they are letting on. I don't think so. They sell the PPV's regardless. If they want a h
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Tae Kwon Do/Korean Arts
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Hi, sorry for the late response, I just saw this post now. I have a Hapkido school in Spruce Grove, Alberta. My teacher is Grandmaster Jae Han Song from New Westminster, B.C., if you trained under Master Forster, then you would know, or have heard of
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Grappling/Mixed Martial Arts
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Man, you guys really overthink this stuff. Machida likes Kata and practices it along with mma drills. Machida wins fights. Good for him. So do guys who don't practice kata. So what if it directly helps make him a better fighter or not. Doesn't se
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Weapons - Okinawan, Japanese, Chinese, etc.
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Hey guys - I just got a kukri machete and thought I'd do a review of it. I'm going at it from the martial arts perspective. Part 2: tests and discussion of martial aspects Here's my blog post on it with some notes: http://martial.j
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MA Instruction and Business
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Thank you, we've been open for two months, just started distributing flyers, all of my students are from referals, except my two new guys, which were a walk in and a flyer response.
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MA Instruction and Business
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First I would just say, plan on things taking longer than you think they will. If you think you'll need an hour for registration... be there for 3. Second, I'd call the insurance or if you're not the person directly insured call whoever handles th
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Martial Arts Books/Magazines
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Ex British Aikido Board Communications Officer Exposes the apalling conduct of the Executives of the Governing Body for Aikido in the UK. Read the apology and the facts. http://www.british-aikido.com/bab_exposed.htm
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Martial Arts Talk
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I love law 2 - if you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Martial Arts Talk
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I agree with everything. I feel as though when money is involved the tradition becomes warped and the ideals that MA are all about self improvement as well as physical development, begin to fade. I just hope that kids don't think that winning in
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