Jeffrey

Congrats LP! That is great news. All the best!

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Thank you for sharing this. It is great to hear stories like this.

When you look at the obvious things like break falls and balance you forget the not so obvious things like how we approach life in general. Do you give up on a problem easily? Our personal drive to better ourselves and respect those around us sometimes gets over looked. It is these things I try to notice and keep in check outside of the art. When you take up a martial art you immerse yourself into a culture(s) that hold respect in the highest regard. Respect for yourself and for others.

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Ok Mr. Zero, You win Honestly I use both. But when you talk about a sport or a Martial Art you can "change" the rules. Which I think you example clearly points out. But when you keep everything the same but change maybe one small thing like increasing a racket size but a 1/4" I consider that evolution of a sport. Not to be confused with my new genetical enhanced super MMA guy.

I agree but would much rather use the term evolve rather than change.

I thought the video was pretty darn good. We only connection once and wasn[t sure what happen but other than that it was awesome.

Tony Romo got married over the weekend. Keeping with the spirit of things, the garter toss was incomplete.

That is some pretty good advice JusticeZero. It took me a long time to get away from the cotton at first. I soon wised up. And yes mittens are a must.

WOW! Well said. Agreed!

I have to say that this is pretty awesome. There will be many more to come for sure. It is a great way to put faces to names and learn a bit more about a person other than just a posting histroy. Next will be trying to figuer out a way to train in some way.

But would sure give us a new way to look at things. A little TKD can go a long way.

You can do anything you set your mind(heart) to. Time to get rid of the couch LOL! Good luck!

I'm in. I have already sent you my ID via PM. I guess this will be another thing to Thank Patrick for. Going to have to add him on the Christmas Card list.

Patrick, Laptop cameras in general, are they a pretty low quality? How small would the playback be? Once someone shares their Skype ID with me, we both could train together via the Skype...right? Thanks!! This is true. I have done this form of training a few times with others and it is great way to share from a distance. Plus it allows people to get to know each other than just from a forum. I think someone brought up how long it can take before you really trust someone without facial expression.

This is really good. Do they have one for cold. Being in Northern Canada it is just a little different.

I was thinking after I had to leave the livestream that since we have this Skype thing loaded we should try to get together a few times a year. Do a little Kitchen Kata together. Just a thought.

SOLID! And Ditto!

I have to agree with this to a certain degree. I've given this some thought and came up with multi sided coin. There are those kids Like Sensei8 said that need to be a kid. And given time to relax and enjoy those dreadful teenage years can be a good thing. They will come back refreshed and ready to train. And there are those that will never come back. The longer you are away from something the less likely you will return. Now if you force or encourage them to keep at it you could end up with a teenage who begins to resent you or a adult who thanks you later in life for making them stick with something. To me this is a huge gamble and once again it comes down to the child and how you approach it. Seeing as you are already involed you can set the example which goes a long way IMO. With out knowing the children personally you present a really tough question. Ever child is different. I hope things work out for both you and your children.