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I concur with you!

A brawl erupts at a Strikeforce event...what's going on?!? Check this... http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Ugly-brawl-mars-Jake-Shields-win-embarrasses-M?urn=mma,234891

Check this.... http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/taste-testing-the-new-ben-jerrys-flavors-1240855/ I can't decide which one I want to try first. So, I'll just try them ALL!!!!!!! Heheheheheehehehehheeheeee

Well, it's that time of year again. Who are you cheering for this year? I'm a huge fan of the defending champion Lakers. But, I got to tell you that I'm more than just a little nervous about the Lakers chance of a repeat championship. Here's why? The Lakers will play the Thunder in the first round. Last time the Lakers played the Thunder, the Thunder man-handled the Lakers. Before their last meeting, the Lakers had won 12 straight games against the Thunder. During that game, the Lakers had over 9 turnovers, couldn't find the hole, couldn't play basketball 101 to say their lifes, was trailing the Thunder one time by 41 points, never had the lead, never got closer than 19 points difference, never had a run, and didn't get 50 points until way into the 3rd quarter. Like I said, it wasn't pretty to watch. In addition, the Lakers are plagued, again, with injuries to key players. Kobe's right index finger is broken, but, Kobe does fine with his left hand as well, but, this injury still might hinder Kobe one way or another. He sat out four of the team’s final five games to rest a swollen right knee and a broken finger on his right hand. He’s got a sore ankle, too. Bynum missed 13 straight games with a strained right Achilles’. Ouch! Reserve center DJ Mbenga got elbowed in the head and was sent to a specialist to check on a possible concussion. Ouch! Ron Artest has been playing with a bruised left heel and a sprained left thumb, while Shannon Brown is playing with a sprained right thumb and Sasha Vujacic has a sprained right shoulder. Luke Walton just returned after missing nearly a month with a pinched nerve in his back. Jordan Farmar pulled a hamstring and sat out most of the regular-season finale. Ouch and ouch and ouch and ouch and ouch! Yeah, the Lakers will play through the injuries as they always have, but, just how effective they will be on the boards or between the paints against the Thunder remains to be seen. GO LAKERS!!!!!!

Great trade!!!!!!!!

What I think is this. It's not fraudulent to say Kempo Karate in advertising because nobody owns the rights to the word "Karate". While Kempo is the primary core of that style/system, the word "Karate" is universally recognised. As long as I can remember, Tae Kwon Do, for example, has used the word "Karate" in its building signage as well as in its printed materials. Why? The laymen understand and recognise the word "Karate" when they see it, whereas the laymen might not know what Tae Kwon Do is, and in that, the prospective student wouldn't enter the dojang at all. But, when the laymen see the word "Karate", well, the laymen understands that and they'll enter the school. Every business needs a hook and the word "Karate" is a big hook to the laymen. Now, it's up to the Kempo Karate, for example, sensei to teach their students the art as well as to its history and the like. A name by any other name is...well...it's just a name!

I agree, and I it's a lie that those people who train for a while, could actually defend themselves after they quit training totally. This is not something that you just learn and practice once, we must keep training, keep practicing. Solid post! Random question: If one has been training/learning for quite some time, i.e. 20 or 30 or 40 plus years, and they 'quit training totally' for one reason or another: wouldn't muscle memory activate when attacked? Kind of like getting back onto the horse, in that, once you've done it before, all one has to do is get back onto the horse and everything starts to fall into place.

Good question. Here's my two cents. The hook kick is designed to circumvent the angles as offered up to me by my opponent's different defenses. Just as a hook punch does; searching out for the vulnerable and unguarded angles. What is thought by my opponent to have been protected actually becomes unprotected. Some well known 'don'ts' regarding the hook kick: >Kicking too low or too slow >Jamming the kick on the opponent's guard >Impact at less than 180 degrees of the turn, and the kick lands short of a full turn. >Impact at more than 180 degrees of the turn...past the target. Practice and practice and practice....and have fun! EDIT: Spelling errors!

Would this be a true statement? I kick high because I can! Would this be a true statement? The situation dictates the kick! Btw, I'm not judge and jury as to what a practitioner should do or should not do; I'm just a student. If it, no matter what it is, works for that practitioner, then just do it! It's all good!

Forbidding a gi and the like in the UFC as well as in other MMA leagues eliminates excuses about a loss. Mano e mano!

A well known business axiom dictates....Change or die! But, what must change in order for that martial arts school to maintain and/or increase ones enrollment, especially in todays economic downturn where doors are still closing faster than lightning? So...what must change? You? OR Your business model? OR Both? I believe that one must want to succeed! Another well known business axiom dictates...Actions speak louder than words! Change is hard to implement and even harder to sustain. If changing yourself is hard, how can you change an entire business or organization or process or department? The ability to change, while remaining focused, is an integral part of maintaining and/or increasing student enrollment and business 101. Business is a game, and those who play the game the best, win!

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Welcome!!!!!!!

I'm not sure, but...isn't the Hulk going to be in Iron Man 2? I'm only thinking that because of the last scene in Hulk 2. Or is it that Iron Man will be in Hulk 3? Either way, I'll be there!

Yeah, that was a good article. Taping students while they're in class, testing, tournaments, and training is a great feedback tool for not just the students, but for the sensei as well. The extra added thing about video taping students/instructors is...one never knows when something will be recorded, and then that something can be sent into "America's Funniest Home Videos".

Random question: For the proponents of high kicks... Why kick high?

Now that's funny....and why haven't I tried that myself? [she'd kill me....that's why!]

Random question: Inside or outside of the dojo...Would your sensei EVER bow to you first?

For me, it's Seiken!

Whatever the reason why most gi's are primarily white throughout many karate systems is what it is...I'm just glad that the simplistic of it was created.

In the dojo? I just pick whomever I want to train with, no matter the rank, during dead-time, which are rare, to work on what I want to---students get a thrill out of it and hopefully they learn something impromptu from me outside of a formal class. Outside of the dojo? Attending seminars, as the seminars instructor and/or as a seminar attendee, and this will usually allow me to find someone to train with whenever I'm through their town. I'm very selective with this method, therefore, I'm either training with the chief instructor of said dojo or that dojo's high ranking dans [with permission from thier sensei].

No....there's three martial artists that like that song....I love it...it's very beautiful!