MasterPain

Headbutts are better if they are framed. Try getting an overhook with your left arm and frame against their neck with your right forearm in a standing grappling situation. Safe headbutts to the temple all day.

I think this would be good for me. My legs are fairly flexible, but my arms especially my shoulders are very tight.

Not to stereotype, but from personal experience, I've never met a Canadian I didn't like. I'd move but I like a little warmth on occasion and all my family is here. For someone who lives in rural Central Illinois and rarely goes anywhere, I've met a lot of Canadians. I used to build grain dryers for GSI, who had many customers from Canada. Or maybe I just like farmers.

Here again, I must disagree. No disrespect, as I often see your points of view an either take something from it or at the least, review my own thoughts based on your viewpoints. But I think a spirit must be nurtured. Sure, it has it's own innate nature, but this can be studied through introspection and experience and retrained. This is why behavioral psychology exists. I will admit freely to being wimpy in many respects, but much less so than I was in the past.

I just saw this and was about to post almost the exact same thing I did 3 years ago. The world needs more Sams.

Chang Xiao Bang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-section_staff Good luck and happy hunting.

As a wimp who is afraid of everything, I must disagree on this point. I have on few occasions been willing to enter a possible life or death conflict to defend the innocent or to defend my right to be in a public place and speak to someone I want to speak to. I will die before allowing a drunk man to scream threats at a young girl, watching a robbery, let someone insult my mother, or be told I can't have a conversation with a friend. It's a matter of principle. I might be about to soil myself like Brave Sir Robin, but I won't stand for it. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of it. Anyway, I have this, but not what it takes to be military or law enforcement. So, does this qualify as "warrior spirit" or not? On a side note, and I've had this be a point of contention, I don't think courage is the sole property of the side of "good" and human decency. Everyone wants to think of the bad guy as a coward. And undisciplined, untrained, and stupid. I think a person with very bad intentions can be brave, well trained, and cunning. To assume otherwise as a martial artist is to train only to fight fat lazy chickens with no technique. This can get you killed. On a philosophical level, to assume otherwise is to see strength- on a mental and emotional level- to be automatically altruistic. Might makes right, right? No. Hate can be a powerful motivation. It can drive a person to great lengths, the conquest of fear, self doubt, the meeting of training goals, the carrying out of heinous acts. Never assume the enemy is stupid weak and cowardly, train to fight the devil himself. Thoughts?

The first kick you described has more power to it, but leaves an opening for a front kick to the groin. In Bujin, we'd do it, too. Because those wearing a cup will be kicked in the cup. The snap side kick isn't as strong, but it's safer.

Fun, but not their best work. I work for a printing company, and operating a printing press can be a very frustrating thing. Any time I see another press operator lose their temper and throw something, I yell "I threw it on the ground! She handed me a cell phone and says here, it's your dad. That's not my dad, that's a cell phone. You think I'm stupid?! I threw it on the ground!" Then I have to explain who the Lonely Island is. You'd be amazed by how much this process can calm an angry person. I'm on a boat was great too.

I've had to take some time off, but you and Tim, among others, have given me a standard of discipline and ethics that I carry with me and aspire to.

At any experience level, and especially at beginner level, it is valuable to do slow motion, noncompetitive sparring. Sounds to me like you feel overwhelmed, so ask your partner to go slow and light until you are more comfortable. Another point is that you mention blocking but not attacking. You should always, unless specifically trying to build skill at defensive movements, ALWAYS be focused on offense. It's easy when learning a SELF DEFENSE art to think that means a focus on defense, but it just doesn't work that way. In sparring and philosophy, always think of moving forward. A step backwards should only be taken to get a better vantage from which to move forward.

Hey, that's great.

Well, baseball is the American pastime, but there are a lot of Japanese, Cuban, and Puerto Rican MLB players. No sport is just another sport for a high level athlete who loves their sport.

Funnily enough this is what my granny swore by for her hands and feet (swap socks for gloves for the hands!). That and Vaseline on her feet. Vaseline is good too. This is why we should respect our elders.

I think chi is viewed in the west like Harry Potter magic. I really don't think that was the intent of the people who came up with the concept centuries ago. I poke fun at chi sometimes, but mostly because of the idea that people have that it's some kind of magic force that will do no touch knockouts. I've heard it said that a bear has great amounts of chi. I'm pretty sure bears don't believe in chi, but if chi is simply energy in living things, then a healthy bear has tons of chi. So my question is: if I try to develop my chi by eating a good balanced lower calorie diet, walking, and doing some resistance training, will it work? And if not, what do I need chi for?

Oh, and roll a d20 constitution check for chi, or something.

Don't know about Tai Chi, but the power of about any strike comes from the ground up. Hips is a good answer, but the power of the hips starts from a stance rooted to the ground. A solid punch is like pushing a car. You can't push a car without good footing. If you're slipping in mud, you can't move the car, because your ability to generate power and apply a force greater than your own weight is dependent on your connection to the ground applying an equal force in the opposite direction of the force applied. You bend your knees to allow your quads to shove, which is connected to your hips- which get their power from the way your body is connected to the ground. Your torso must be aligned in such a manner as to continue the force from the hips. Your hands on the car need your arms to be aligned in such a manner as to transfer the power from your upper body, which is taking it's power from the hips, which get their power from the legs, which are taking force from your stance's connection to the ground. Essentially you punch with the earth.

I've had this before, and I coated my feet in huge amounts of A&D ointment- sold to treat diaper rash- and put my socks on over it before bed. It healed quickly, and that stuff is pretty cheap.

About the same here.

Hey Patricks right. for some reason I thought it was a cover of a Van Halen song.

In my art, upon receiving 1st Dan, you promise to teach, in whatever capacity you can, as an act of paying it forward so to speak. I have tried to do so. I've had too much going on in recent years to really commit to it, but I love passing on knowledge and hope to be able to teach on a regular basis sometime in the future.

I think a straight punch is most likely going to come from a lower base from someone who is holding your hips down and feels the opportunity.

Actually, the machete was Grant.

Yes, thank you to all who serve, have served, and the families that support them.

With a dog, just remember that they are a dog and you are an adult human, likely much larger and stronger. If they won't let you leave peacefully, punt them like a football. You most likely won't be badly hurt unless you run away.