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When I went searching I did not manage to come up with even a written description of how to do the Goju Hakutsuru. It does seem that there are three versions of hakutsuru. And one of them is a fairly high level kata.

Can you imagine sitting at that table and not cracking up during her "venting"?

Have you watched classes for that age group at both schools?

Beans Once there lived a woman who had a maddening passion for baked beans. She loved them but unfortunately, they had always had a very embarrassing and somewhat lively reaction to her. Then one day she met a man and fell in love. When it became apparent that they would marry she thought to herself, "He is such a sweet and gentle man, he would never go for this carrying on." She made the supreme sacrifice and gave up beans. Some months later her car broke down on the way home from work. Since she lived in the country she called her husband and told him that she would be late because she had to walk home. On her way, she passed a small diner and the odor of the baked beans was more than she could stand. Since she still had miles to walk, she figured that she would walk off any ill effects by the time she reached home. So, she stopped at the diner and before she knew it, she had consumed three large orders of baked beans. All the way home she putt-putted, and upon arriving home she felt reasonably sure she could control it. Her husband seemed excited to see her and exclaimed delightedly, "Darling, I have a surprise for dinner tonight." He then blindfolded her and led her to her chair at the table. She seated herself and just as he was about to remove the blindfold from his wife, the telephone rang. He made her promise not to touch the blindfold until he returned. He then went to answer the telephone. The baked beans she had consumed were still affecting her and the pressure was becoming almost unbearable, so while her husband was out of the room she seized the opportunity, shifted her weight to one leg and let it go. It was not only loud, but it smelled like a fertilizer truck running over a skunk in front of pulpwood mill. She took her napkin and fanned the air around her vigorously. Then, she shifted to the other cheek and ripped three more, which reminded her of cooked cabbage. Keeping her ears tuned to the conversation in the other room, she went on like this for another ten minutes. When the telephone farewells signaled the end of her freedom, she fanned the air a few more times with her napkin, placed it on her lap and folded her hands upon it, smiling contentedly to herself. She was the picture of innocence when her husband returned apologizing for taking so long, he asked her if she peeked, and she assured him that she had not. At this point, he removed the blindfold, and she was surprised!! There were twelve dinner guests seated around the table to wish her a "Happy Birthday"!!

What do you think about Canemasters?

Take a look through the internal arts area of the forum. That is where posts of that nature are usually placed.

ROFL someone understands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://cclib.nsu.ru/projects/satbi/satbi-e/statyi/sambo.html And here is a link to an article about Sambo's history.

Yes it is. The first three books were excellant.

http://www.rus-sambo.com/ Try this to begin looking for information.

After these comments maybe an American History quiz really is called for.

With the Children Of Dune miniseries on sci-fi has anyone thought about the books? Or maybe does anyone remember reading them? Any thoughts about the prequels Frank Herberts sone wrote?

Errr you can keep the kimchee. I smelled that stuff being made; the real stuff. The whole village reeked. Not to mention trying to get on a bus right after lunch and not asphyxiate from the collective bad breath it causes.

Sesame chicken is my favorite. When I can find Korean I really like bulgogi.

One of the things Ali did using the rope a dope was to cover his face with his gloves and his forearms would offer some protection to his mid section in his tucked in position. That may have worked for him evading only attacks from his opponents hands. Now add kicks into the equation, especially roundhouse kicks. How effective would the same blocking technique be in protecting the ribs, face and mid section from hand and foot attacks?

There really aren't differences in shuto's from style to style. Sometimes an instructor may present it differently. And some are used as blocks and some as strikes.

There are many different reasons why people persue a martial art. In fact there may be as many different reasons as there are people training. No one is in a position to judge what another person is doing or why when it comes to the reason they train. It is important when posting in this forum to respect the views of all posters wether you agree with them or not. And attacks upon another poster or another art are definately not welcome.

By the way all you new members are welcome and encouraged to stop by the introductions area and say hi and introduce yourself.

Surprising huh? It may be a bit shorter than yours but oh yeah there is some history here too.

Welcome to the forum. Goju is a topic that comes up in here from time to time.

The summer between 7th and 8th grade I spent reading virtually every book the library owned on Ancient Egypt. A few years ago I began to play a computer game where you work your way through Egyptian history by building cities and the monuments in the cities. Have fun.

There are two versions of sanching Miyagi sanchin and Hiagiona sanchin. It is a kata done slowly and with muscular tension throughout. Sanchin is a very good form for learning how to stay mentally focused.

Not to offend anyone with a souther heritage. I saw this and thought it might bring a chuckle or too. Rember if you are from the south that this is meant to be just a joke. Y'allbonics The Association of Southern Schools has decided to pursue some of the seemingly endless taxpayer dollar pipeline through Washington designating Southern slang, or Y'allbonics, as a language to be taught in ALL Southern schools. The following are excerpts from the Y'allbonics/English dictionary: 1) HEIDI (noun) meaning hello 2) HIRE YEW - Complete sentence. Remainder of greeting. Usage: "Heidi, Hire yew?" 3) BARD (verb) Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow" Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck." 4) JAWJUH (noun) The state north of Florida. Capitol is Atlanta (Lanner southern pronunciation) Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck and took it to Lanner. 5) BAMMER (noun) The state west of Jawjuh. Capitol is Birmingham. Usage: " A tornader jes went through Bammer an' left $20,000,00 in improvements." 6) MUNTS (noun) A calendar division. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain't herd from him in munts." 7) THANK (verb) Cognitive process. Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a bare." BARE (noun) An alcoholic beverage made of barley,hops, and yeast. 9) IGNERT (adjective) Not smart. "Arkansas native." Usage: "Them bammer boys sure are ignert!" 10) RANCH (noun) tool used for tightning bolts. Usage: "I thank I left my ranch in the back of that picup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago." 11) ALL (noun) A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage: I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck. 12) FAR (noun) A conflagration. Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my pickup truck, that thangs's gonna catch far." 13) TAR (noun) A rubber wheel. Usage: Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my pickup truck. 14) TIRE (noun) A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willing" and the creek don't rise, I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime. 15) RE-TARD (verb) To stop working. Usage: " My grampaw re-tard at age 65." 16) FAT ( noun),(verb) - a battle or combat Usage: "You younguns keep fat'n, n' ah'm gonna whup y'uh. 17) RATS (noun) Entitle power or privilege. Usage: "We Southerners are willin to fat for are rats." 18) CHEER (adverb) In this place. Usage: "Just set that bare rat cheer. 19) FARN (adjective) Not domestic. Usage: "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed..must be from some farn country." 20) DID (adjective) Not alive. Usage: "He's did, Jim." 21) ARE (noun) A colorless, odorless gas containing oxygen. Usage: "He cain't breathe...give'im some ARE!" 22) BOB WAR (noun) A sharp, twisted cable. Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence." 23) JEW HERE (noun) and (verb) contraction. Usage: "Jew here that my brother from Jawjuh got a job with that bob war fence cump'ny?" 24) HAZE (a contraction) Usage: "Is bubba smart?" "Naw...haze ignert." 25) SEED (verb) past tense of "to see". Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City." 26) VIEW contraction (verb) and pronoun. Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City...view?" 27) GUBMINT (noun) A bureaucratic instituion. Usage: "Them gubmint boys shore is ignert."

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What do you like about Rohai? When I first started doing it I found the crane stances a bit of a challange and liked it because of that. Now I like it because it is a very graceful form.