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The association is part of The India Taekwondo Federation. The Federation's own rules for granting dan grades (which I must say are rather short at 26 months to get 1st dan) are here: http://www.geocities.com/tfi_india/anrbgp.htm

There is a guy in my city that teaches kung fu (not sure what kind) in a local park - I assume just during the summer, as it would be rather cold in the winter. One of the black belts at my dojo goes to his classes and says they are amazing. I might find out more information from him the next time I see him and see if I can join in from time-to-time. Apparently the teacher asks for nothing in return except for a ride to the park.

Still can't find it; the lack of responses indicate it is either rare or nobody that knew it was around when you posted.

Mark Weir's formal training appears to be in TKD, though he calls himself "self trained" and calls his style range fighting, so it isn't pure TKD. Here is an article about him: http://www.maxfighting.com/Gerbasi/gerbasi_1121a02.php I found a couple others that had reference to their black belts in TKD, including Bas Rutten, but they all held belts, and/or training in other arts as well.

If you want a "ferocious" dog, then be aware of its temperment and tendencies and please don't make it into a family pet. You can look into breeds and usually they'll tell you what type of breed is good with children, families, etc. I've read too many horror stories about how a dog from one of the breeds you've mentioned - especially Pitbull - was a "member of the family" and suddenly turned on a family member or neighbour/friend - often a child - and mauled or killed the person. My Mom had a Rottweiller for a few months - until it decided to tear apart her helpless kitten. We had several labs (both black and yellow purebreds), and when my Mom used to go for walks with them (at one point she walked three at the same time), people would sometimes approach her. We lived out in the country and so she was quite isolated on her walks, with nobody around for miles. The one male was 110 lbs of solid muscle(huge for a lab) and if he ever sensed my Mom was nervous, he'd start to growl and try to edge himself in front of her. This is the same dog that could take entire hand into his mouth to eat some raspberries and leave your hand unharmed, and would let us kids "ride" him around the yard. All of our labs were like that - friendly as can be when they knew you were at ease, but loud barking and growling when a stranger approached the house or a stranger made you nervous. In case you were wondering, the type of training our dogs all had was field trial and show trial training. My Dad used to take them hunting, so the field trial training worked out well. One of our dogs earned his "working certificate excellence" and another two earned their "working certificates" before my parents stopped bringing them to field trials.

Are you going up against a fighter that has been televised?

Sponsorship could be more subtle if, for example, your sponsor was your uniform supplier or your safety equipment supplier.

She is apparently in intensive care and has been able to move some of her fingers. Her family is moving her out of her townhouse, and her future is uncertain, since she is a single mom that babysits to earn her income and she'll need the use of her hands to support her family.

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To you, perhaps. You have absolutely no idea what my exposure to judo, jujitsu, karate, sambo, self defense, kobudo, kick boxing, t'ai chi and qi gong have actually given me in terms of techniques, or meaning for that matter. You can sneer at my black belt if you wish - it is just a step along the way to be frank - but I have learned this: never underestimate your opponent. I don't have to step into a ring to prove myself, but if I were to do it, I would be up against women within a few pounds of myself. I'm about 125 lbs, so if I "prove myself" against a 130 lb woman, how does that prepare me adequately when I am attacked by a 260 lb man? Let's say I became the World Champion Kickboxing/Muay Thai/ whatever fighter for women in my weight division. Besides inflating my ego, what purpose would it serve? Why would that title be more valuable than the training I have done over the years? Winning competitions of any sort is certainly an enjoyable experience, but to measure the worth of your training solely based on your experience in the ring cheapens it somehow. What happens when you have to retire from the ring? Is your self worth/training then diminished? Are you then a has been, or if you never made it - a never was? Can your self esteem then be salvaged by being a trainer for one of the up-and-coming fighters?

In my case, "in the ring" fights would prove absolutely nothing, as our sparring fights are semi-contact at the most. In addition, fighting in the ring takes away a lot of our moves, that can be demonstrated/tested in other ways. I get a charge out of both grappling and sparring, but I'm looking for a more all around experience, myself. For black belt we did a number of tests - sparring and defending against unplanned attacks from multiple opponents, demonstrating understanding of bunkai, and the ability to adapt to the situation among them. The test went on for hours, and we were stiff for several days afterwards in spite of our training. I still trained through the stiffness, though - it was a good stiffness that made me feel alive

Not sure who that was directed at but I turned 12 in 1984, and I believe I started judo that year. I was a little beyond the age of the target audience, plus with only 2 channels I didn't get a chance to watch

Yup. They are also usually expected to go to other classes through the week. When you wait 2,3,4,5 etc years for your next grading there is lots of time to work on things such as the little nuances of your current kata, and delving into your lower belt kata as well

Nope. I did a search for it too to see if I could be of some assistance but came up empty. What style?

It shouldn't be a problem, and no I doubt you'd be penalized.

I usually just tie mine in a double knot. Sometimes I have to re-adjust them, too - depending on what we're doing.

I used to start on the ground all the time in practice. I'm not sure about competitions as I never competed in judo.

Um....I must say I don't like the "patriotic" style ones I've seen coming from the U.S in the past...Red white and blue, stars everywhere, often in satin...just not my thing I guess. The same would go if I saw a red and white gi with a maple leaf on it; I'd rather see a traditional gi with a flag arm patch myself, but hey - I'm not the one that has to wear it. As for whether the colour of the gi makes you look different - well I'd say if you walk in with the flashy gi you'd better have the flash and style to pull it off, because that is what people will expect - creative, flashy moves - just my opinion, of course.

Jiu Jitsu T'ai Chi I've already done these but would like to dedicate more time to them sometime in the future (T'ai Chi probably not until I'm older, though). Also, kajukenbo would be cool but there is nowhere around here that offers it.

Off Rock95 (Barrie's radio station)'s site: TWO ATTEMPTED ABDUCTIONS IN BARRIE Barrie Police report two separate abduction attempts yesterday. First occurred at a south end business parking lot. A woman leaving work, walking to her car was stopped by four men in a car. One got out, grabbed her wrist and ordered her inside their car. She pressed the alarm on her car and the men were startled. They took off. The car's described as a four-door, possiblly an Intrepid, dark blue, green or grey. The men were all white. The one who grabbed her is described as about 170 pounds, 5 foot 8 to 5 foot 10, clean shaven, wearing a red baseball cap on backwards. The second abduction took place in a city park. Police say a woman was walking her dog when an unknown male approached her and grabbed her. The woman's dog saved her, forcing the man to run away into a nearby wooded area. A search by police failed to locate the man. The suspect's described as white, about 5 foot 8, 170 pounds, clean shaven, mullet hair style, wearing dark blue pants and dark coloured t-shirt. The good news: resistance and surprise worked in case one. The dog's attack worked in case two - again, surprise might have been a factor. Scary times..and this is in addition to two incidents involving children last week!

Both the attacker and victim were single Moms that lived next to each other. Judging by the attacker's "solution" to having the CAS remove her children, it sounds like a good idea they were taken in the first place; she sounds unstable to say the least.

Well according to the TV news ("The New Vr"), the attacker accused the victim of calling the Children's Aid Society; four of the accused's children were taken away moments earlier.

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Do you have some specific clubs in mind? You might want to check with the instructors at the clubs regarding how often they attend competitions, and how much self defense is incorporated into the training. It really depends on the club's focus. My experience with judo and jj was that the jj started with self defense stuff from day one, but I didn't learn self defense in judo until I was almost done (orange belt).