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As far as im aware TKD is known as korean karate. Korea had its own martial arts.. but these were lost/stamped out during the japanese occupation. Afterwards they were "re-invented" but took heavily from the japanese martial arts. The same seems to go for all Korean arts, hapkido = aikido etc.. Saying that the Japanese were originally Korean anyway.. To each their own, I say.

Yeah.. thats a bit closer to what I meant.

Got to say that the feeling after a cough does nothing for me.... a good sneeze though... Open to interpretation I suppose.

Try Dan Brown out as an author, I just read his books. Really good.

Very much ditto. Bunkai Jutsu by Ian Abernathy is also a must have.

*waves* hello and welcome

Welcome, ted

Pizza Training *cough* "just after.." Gotta agree on the sun warmth too

*sigh* I was going to be going to a seminar in the land of the Yorkies.. but alas no..

Cheers Think I might travel.. a move to kent may be on the cards actually, lock horns with telsun if i do..

Do you normally drinks ethenol or something instead? Ms. Artois will do fine. Stella is my weekend name..

Following aefi's logic id like you all to refer to me as Stella from now on. Cheers.

*sigh* I was hoping to make it since uni went down the plug hole but now.. family beckons.. grrr. Congrats aefibird

Shes got super powers.. doesnt need MA. What do you mean not real?

Very very badly ie: not at all. Hence GrrrArg will be skipping off into the distance..

Yeah I had to think about this one for a while.. been a long day. Correct me if im wrong but I think it was a pre-emptive apology if he has caused offence without meaning too. In any thread on this forum. Decent thing to do

True, but it does seem to be an issue in MA (and indeed leife in general) anyway. Personally I always wonder why it matters. IMO anyone who thinks one sex is better at MA than another.. has alot to learn.

sniff sniff I smell an article! hint hint nudge nudge wink wink

Forgot I wrote that article.. An update.. I got a major case of the brown belt blues so to speak. The belt itself has no bearing on the idea behind the article. Im sure even belt-less styles have common "times" in which people start to question their training and plateau out for a bit.

I disagree, if someone hits you on the street and you grin like a fool.. what they gonna be thinking? "I just hit him and hes grinning aout it" GULP. I read a story in Geoff Thompson's book (Dead or Alive), two doormen, trouble is about to kick off, far more of them than the two doorman, they both look at each other and grin big.. the crowd gets nervous and disapates..

If its coming out more like a round kick then you are possibly preparing with your heel to close to your knee. It wants to be a couple inches in front of your knee. This should insure it travels out in the correct motion. A proper side kick is always going to have more power than a round kick trying to be a side kick Hope that makes sense..

LOL on TWO counts there!

Ouch! lol. Them claws need a trim 47!

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Would it be heretical of me too say that McDojo's are becoming the most common style of Martial Art?