TheDevilAside

Hey, welcome to the forums. Man, you've got an impressive list of styles under your belt there.

hahaha

Well, I didn't exactly take any course of action. They stopped their threats and they pretty much stay away from us, I think we got our point across.

The Army weeds out the ones that do not wish to fight very early on. The military trains you to destroy without question and hesitation for a purpose you believe in, that's the reality of it. And it takes a Lot of courage to do that. However, I lack sympathy for those who join the military and scratch their heads when they're ordered to combat. Pat Tillman willingly gave up a very lucrative lifestyle to fight for what he thought was right. There is no doubt that he was, to one degree or another, a hero. I don't agree with the course of actions that Bush has taken, but I'll be damned if we give the soldiers in Iraq a cold shoulder like we did to the vets of Vietnam.

My dad's greatest hobby is gardening, and let me tell you.. the carrots he grows taste MUCH better than what you buy from the store, and they're bigger, too. I believe the carrots speak for themselves in this debate

holy crap, I think I'll work on touching my toes before I try those :/

If they just wanted my wallet, I'd give it to them. I never carry more than 20 bucks anyway. If one of them were armed with a knife, I would run as fast as I could... assuming my wallet wouldn't be enough of a bribe. If none of them were armed, and they we looking for a fight more than loot, then I would pick the guy closest to me and do as much damage as I can, then the other two might change their minds and walk away. People who gang up on others three on one usually aren't very confident in their own ability, so it wouldn't take much to scare them away. But that's not always the case.

lol Your instructor is right, just keep on sparring and you'll get used to it eventually. It takes some time for your brain to make the realization that getting hit doesn't hurt that much in the first place (with gear on, of course) so why flinch? Just give it time and practice, and try to have an aggressive mindset.

nope and nope. The latter would be more possible than Uma punching through a coffin at her size.

The assistant instructors usually do get on their case for it. But, yes, this is only with the newer students. The more experienced students are much better, and it's a lot more fun. I don't believe I'm being too rough since I never make contact unless I'm paired up with a friend that I know doesn't mind being hit. Yes, I always ask a bunch of questions and I always get an answer to them. The instructors encourage asking questions and I'm glad for that. As for re-working them yourself, I really haven't done this myself, but all of the instructors seem to have their own "style" and a lot of them actually do some techniques a bit differently. We are encouraged, however, to adjust our techniques to the size of our opponent or to ourselves, but I don't know if that's really considereing "re-working them". Yeah, that does seem more sensible. I'll try that. Thanks everyone

Unless you're under 18 and can't really go anywhere without parent's permission.. that shouldn't be so bad if she lives far away from you.

Alright, I just got back from class. I'm kind of exhausted and can't really think straight, so sorry if this doesn't make much sense. With the drills, I tried to "just react" and tried not to think about what was coming, and it actually worked. My blocks weren't perfect, but atleast they blocked the hits... I imagine it takes years of practice to "react" with a good block I still feel a little awkward with these drills, but it went much better. Our instructor rotated partners, so you were with a new one between ever combination. I ended up with this white belt and she wouldn't move, so I took the advice and simply adjusted my kicks, which American Kenpo has taught me, but I never really thought of incoorporating it into these drills :[ I did take the whole thing a bit too seriously and didn't really see it as what it was, a drill. I figured if this is how I perform in this drill, this is going I'm probably going to perform in a real situation.. which isn't true. The only thing that still annoyed me (not sure if I mentioned this in my previous post) was whenever I would shuffle in or simply move in to go into a close enough distance to reach with a punch, most of my partners almost seemed to run back. It was really difficult to pretend to be "engaged" when my partners would be so "shy". So, I just remember that it was just a drill, and I just punched into the air. Ah well. Overrall, it went much better. Thank you for the advice, everyone.

Dude, the scabbard can be used as a snorkel.. how can it not be 100% Ninja authentic? Heh, no, they're right. It's a display sword.

http://www.bushido.us/schools.cfm Good directoy, just type in your zip code and it'll give you a list of schools in your area.

I got a headache from watching it.

Alright, tonight's the night. I'll take everyone's said into consideration and see how it works. I'm an orange belt, by the way. I've been trainng for apx. 10 months.

Uhm... in this PC game I used to play, Shogun: Total War, Japan was split up into different clans.. like the Takeda clan, Mori clan, etc. And the point of the game was to become the ultimate Shogun of Japan. But, that's a computer game, so it's probably not accurate at all

The white-furred love of my life http://www.karateforums.com/album_pic.php?pic_id=275

..peer pressure! Ah well, it rhymed with masticator.

The first rule of Fight Club is... you don't talk about Fight Club.

oh oops.. my Wu name was censored. Hm, well, it was a bit inappropriate anyway.

Dubious Masturbatah-X ..now what's that supposed to mean?

No, I'm not going to leave you hanging I do believe the points everyone made were right on, and you're probably right. I had a cold, so I haven't been able to train (well, I just didn't want to sprea the cold to everyone else). So, I haven't been able to try out anything yet, that's why I haven't given an update yet. But I'll be able to train again on Monday and I'll tell everyone how it goes.

Each will be more effective in varying situations. But, I do believe that in the "average street fight" punches are thrown more than anything else. So, I guess punches are more popular, atleast.

Even with girls you aren't attracted to? I'm not saying you should give her up. Just let her do what she wants to do. If she comes back and went to continue the relationship, go with it.