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If you are concerned about damaging your hands then the safest hand break is a hammerfist break; or a palm heel break.

For Japanese/Okinawan bo work the bo should be about 6 inches longer than the user is tall. Or as close to it as the standard 4,5 and 6 foot bo's go. Some times you can find one that comes in the intermediate lengths, 4 1/2, 51/2 as well.

How about 18 months? Yep I just uncovered something I meant to work on that long ago.

I kind of thought the little sound effects were great.

Great way to look at it Ramymensa.

When a cd is in the drive?

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We have a written test for black belt. It is done once as a brown belt and redone right before the black belt test.

I see your point. We tend to like to rush into things. Waiting a bit longer to start kobudo training would definately help some see better the purpose behind what they were learning. Some just never get it though.

I really hated it the night I went to bed and left my zen garden on the table uncovered. Next morning I found sand all overy my papers.

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I have seen some information about the ice hotel on a tv show a few years ago. There is also one in an old salt mine somewhere in Europe. It is supposed to be a good place to visit for those with breathing difficulties.

It is all in the process of learning. I too have made my share of "goofy" posts.

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Welcome to the forum.

Also it would be good to remeber to give support to the families of reservists who have been called up.

I think the presence or lack thereof, of natural resources to make weapons out of may have also been a factor.

Martial arts has many benefits. And guys aren't the only ones who get into showing off.

On to getting started with this one.

I thought about moving this to instructor central but when I thought about all the people who train on a vareity of surfaces but do not teach - I decided to leave it here.

Ah one of the great mysteries of life - addiction.

Keep the discussion civil or the thread will be closed. A tenet is an opinion or a belief. And derogatory means to put something down. Sometimes it pays to know how to use a dictionary.