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Doh! Sorry! Yes I did! I fixed them all...again...sorry!

Personally, I don't like re-breakable boards because I don't believe in them. I believe in boards however. Yes, re-breakable boards do save one a lot of money over one's martial arts life, but I'd rather not save on what a real board(s) will provide for me, and that is my satisfaction. Do re-breakable boards have the same resisting effect as a real board(s)? No, I don't buy that for one second because boards, one from another, don't act the same because they are products of mother-nature.

Absolutely. Anything takes patience, and in that, patience rewards results. Bodybuilding takes a lot of time to develop, as in anything, rushing it can do some damage to oneself. Makiwara training is no exception. Makiwara training should only be conducted under close supervision of ones Sensei. However, I don't allow children to train in the Makiwara because their bones are still growing. I'd strongly encourage you to NOT train in the Makiwara until you're an adult. Nonetheless, I'd encourage you to continue working with a Wavemaster/Hanging Heavy-Bag/etc so that you're developing wrist strength and hip power through proper kihon principles. When you're an adult and you're ready to train in the Makiwara, your Sensei will let you know when that time is at hand.

Effective means I go home alive and well. Absolutely!

Hopefully, you will enjoy Enpi as performed here by Sensei Paul Walker... As slow as this kata is being performed: what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, you here will enjoy Unsu as done here by Sensei Paul Walker... As slow as this kata is being performed: what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, many of you here will enjoy Jion as done here by Sensei Paul Walker... As slow as this kata is being performed; what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, many of you here will enjoy Meikyo as done here by Sensei Paul Walker.... As slow as this kata is being performed; what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, many of you here will enjoy Bassai dai in this video as done by Sensei Paul Walker. As slow as he's doing this kata; what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, many will enjoy this commentary video of Gankaku sho as done by Sensei Paul Walker... As slow as he's doing this kata; what Bunkai did YOU see?

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That was a very informative session and I enjoyed it myself!! Thanks for the link Patrick! Do you have any video when Brian helped you out? :::I'm crossing my fingers:::

Btw...You're both wearing NAME BADGES in the photo...ROFL :lol: Sorry, I just couldn't resist. BBM...for example?!

Welcome to KF!!!!!!

Yes...Thank you for your service!!

Welcome to KF!!!!!

I knew that when I started this thread that there would be some difference from one style to another and from one practitioner to another. Whether one would agree with your definition or not wasn't important to this thread. No. What was important to this thread was to know what "YOUR" definition of EFFECTIVE was, and that alone.

Welcome to KF!!!!! Could you tell us a little about yourself?

How about them Jets?!! How about them Jets?!! How about them Jets?!! HOW ABOUT THEM JETS?!! Jets VS Colts...17-16...JETS WIN...this was sweet revenge for when the Colts beat the Jets in 2009 AFC Championship...30-17. Jets VS Patriots...28-21...JETS WIN...this was sweet revenge for when the Patriots beat the Jets in 2006 Wild Card...37-16. Just one more...the Steelers....Jets, just keep doing what you're doing and you'll be back in the Super Bowl...and it's been a long, long, long, long wait...41 years....when Broadway Joe took them to victory against the Baltimore Colts...16-7. Here I'm a big Cowboy fan and what am I doing cheering for a AFC team in the first place? Because my Cowboys aren't in the run for the fun, so, I've got to get behind someone, so I got on the Jet bandwagon just after the Jets were highlighted in HBO's Hard Knocks before this season began. GO JETS!!

Happy belated Birthday to both of you...and many more!!

Now that is COOL all the way around!!

Obviously. So, what would be an example of your response? Sorry, but I thought I had already answered this in my first post.

Everyday!!

You know...I was cheering for the Ravens the entire game. Even though the Ravens went to their locker room dominating the Steelers at will, I didn't count the Steelers out. Two touchdowns in less than 30 seconds made be believe that the Ravens wanted the win more than the Steelers did. I still believed that way into the 4th quarter, but then Roth threw a 58 yard "please catch it please" toss that set up the winning TD, I groaned deeply. The Steelers found the end zone in the 4th quarter with plenty of time remaining, but because the Ravens had no timeouts left, they went for 4 straight big plays in the air, but when the Ravens’ last chance to beat the Steelers ended when T.J. dropped Flacco’s fourth-down pass at the Steelers’ 38 with 1:03 remaining, it was over for the Ravens. Key: Ravens couldn't protect the ball! Now the Steelers will wait for either the Jets or the Patriots...hopefully the Jets. Either way, don't count the Steelers out until the very end of the game. Now, the game between the Packers and the Falcons was an upset because, imho, the Falcons were heavily favored. But, Farve who? Rogers was SOLID and he let the Falcons know that he and the Packers are for real. With the Falcons tail feathers clipped by the Packers, my prediction of a Falcon VS Patriot Super Bowl is mute. Falcons weren't even an issue nor were they an after thought. 4 turnovers, 30% 3rd down conversions, and 194 total yards...yeah...not in today's NFL. Key: Failure to protect the ball! This game, Falcons VS Packers, was just as lop-sided as the Lakers VS Caviliers just the other night when the Lakers won 112-57...a romp of 55 points...hello and goodbye all at the same time! 57 points is what a high school junior varsity girls basketball team usually scores, not an NBA team, although it did. Now, it's time for the me to cheer on the Jets...GO JETS!!

Visualization HELPS!! Please check out this link... http://imt.net/~randolfi/visual.html Again, if the practitioner of the martial arts can use visualization when learning some said new technique(s), then, if buying a black belt helps/motivates you, then who's anybody to tell you otherwise. It's as harmless as it can be, UNLESS, you wear the black belt outside and/or start telling people that you're a black belt when you're not; that's harmful to yourself and to your fellow martial artists.