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Hmm dont try getting little brothers or sisters to do it whilst the grandparents are around though..

You're the first I've seen from the UK paying per month, anymore? wilko9999: Please use punctuation, it makes posts so much easier to read..

I turn of the balls of my feet because it gives extra balance, although until I had read the post I didn't know until I tried it out and watched my feet.. You can grip the floor with your toes to an extent smr, pushing down with your toes gives you better grip. Try opening a door when someone is blocking it with their foot. Smae principle as a rubber sole on a shoe offers a good grip on the floor, pressing down with your toes creates more friction when someone tries to move it-thus making it a bit harder to walk. Gravity also plays a small part in not being able to grip the ceiling with your hand!

Go-Kan-Ryu -- did you mean that instead of Go-Ken-Ryu?

Shodan Nidan Saifa Bassai-dai Seiunchin Empi Sepai Sanseru Hangetsu Kurunfa Kanku-dai Thats it I think and im not to sure of the order after empi.

^^That will change one day, probably the same day you get your * handed to you by a women who has a real talent for sparring. There are a couple I know who have this habit when sparring to smile whilst they kick you in the head faster than a man ever could. Men do tend to better at kiai'ing though-unless its a women with a deep voice.

Your description is a bit vague but that sounds more like Bassai-dai than Seiunchin to me. Im just learning Seiunchin properly now as well.

Whats really weird is that in my experience the darker your belt the less it tends to hit you in the face..its could be something to do with darker dyes drying in harder or simply just a conspiracy to make low grades look silly..

I once read a book in which the author said he had seen an instructor at one school wander around in a black gi with Karate Coach written in big red letters on the back, smoking a cigar and kicking students in the stomach whilst they were doing nuckle pressups on a concrete floor, sounds like a similar type of club. Frankly its a disgrace to the art.

Not argueing.. Actually I've met a few girls who are really into their sparring, especially with blokes who they can generally get a way with hitting harder because theyr'e too macho to admit it hurts:)

Arrogance/overconfidence - no real difference, both can get you into alot of trouble.

I can go better I pay £5 or $8 for four lessons a week..pays do be a sempai or rather it doesn't..?? Anyway $60 for that little available training does seem a bit high, we don't usually pay per month in the UK but most the other posts Ive seen here get more training for that much money.

Its not only men in MA classes who can be creepy, I've come accross my fair share of weird women in class before. *Shivers*

^^Good one and Chinese can be replaced with Japanese, Korean and Thai etc:

Side track but how many of you guys pay per month? I pay per class attended (£5, which is about $8 ) EDIT: Actually I dont pay anything on two classes because I sempai at them but students pay £5 and thats what I pay at senior training.

Its been said before but overconfidence is different to confidence.

We had a similar episode a year or so back except the body noise came from "down below" as oppose to the face. Although technically I did eminate from somewhere near his cheeks..

Theres a similar one which flashes up a screen saying gayporn in big brightly coloured flashing letters that was going around school a few months back similar to this one.

Probably just aswell you reworded it. The original isn't very politically correct-funny though

A slight side track but how did you find your skills from shotokan adapted to TKD?

Congradulations But I do wonder if that may p**s other people off? I stand by what I said earlier but I suppose if you got to 2nd dan its a bit different..

LOL Good point I wonder exactly how you would define a hill billie..

^^^Good idea but don't him somewhere where he will get the tar kicked out of him mercisely, that will more than likely simply make him quit.

LOL Don't worry I realised. That may be one in every hundred rapist that has martial arts training though so it is unlikely for the guy you train with to be a rapist, not saying it couldn't or doesn't happen but most rapists tend to be very anti-social because they are predators, doing self defense drills with a guy would teach a women not to be prey.

Mine comes open all the time but I never seem to notice until I feel a bit of a chill. I would never try to fix it during a sparring match though, im quite atached to my teeth.