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A pity, if Frank Brennan thinks you can do it then you got a pretty good chance

I've never seen it on the shelf. Decent MA magazines are quite hard to come by these days. Tut tut you missed a slash in your code...

My is a bit of a wheeze. Gets rid of all the air like its supposed to but the sound kinda doesn't work....

LOL, could you not find a toilet smiley? Water actually makes it worse I think. Lager is definately the best cure, drink enough and you won't care how much your mouth is burning and it will eventualy go numb anyway.

Yeah you give me a lift too! Oh, hang on a second, no you don't. My mistake sorry.

Nyumon (also by Gichin Funakoshi) is also worth a read. I haven't got Kyohan but it is meant to be good. Have you read Funakoshi Sensei's first book G95? Karate Jutsu I think. From what I've heard his pre-war attitude was very different from his post war attitude.

RIP 24fightingchickens 6 years and still a 3rd kyu, my club doesn't promote very fast, although there are people who have trained as long as me in the same club at Shodan. As long as I am good enough for the grade I am then ill be happy. I would be unhappy as a white belt now. I would also not be happy with a 3rd dan now, cos im not there yet.

I keep in fairly good shape (plus maybe 3 pounds) on a diet of plenty exercise and chips. (Fries to the Americans).

DrunkenMonkey, give them a try, they're alright. Maybe better fresh like the ones I had though.

I got 99999! Didn't manage to get a pic though.. *cough*

Not if I hide your zimmer frame you won't..

Yeah but your older than me. By quite a bit... I've still got plenty years of free training in me...

Someone call for me?

Well I've just got back from africa, nothing gross to eat but i've eaten some pretty varied animals. Osterich being the stupidist of the lot.

Im rooting for Holand tonight, because I know some Dutch people.

These are all ok movies but the Fifth Elemnet is still the best, why do you people persist?

Thanks for pointing it out, I missed it.

I haven't paid to train for nearly 2 years now. Just thought brag about that fact for a bit.

Oh dear now im going to have to try and beat that..

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Cool it guys, no need for personel attacks. From any of you. Please try to keep the discusion civil, it spoils it for everyone else otherwise. Thanks.

If you are just starting out then this book is probably not the best for you. Alot of what is in there is still way over my head. There is some history of the art in there that you may find interesting but for now id stick to less focused books. Try "Karate-do my way of life" By Gichin Funakoshi (founder of shotokan) its an autobiography but well worth the read for his outlook on life and training. Its a good book to start out with, I've read it a good few times now. Unfortunately my experience is that decent Goju books are like golddust, hard to find. I'd advise you to ask people here whether a book is worth it before you go out and just by it.

An extra ten centimetres should be enough to allow for shrinkage. I eouldn't worry about washing them in hot water. I boil wash mine every few weeks or so.

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