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I think he meant to say that the current popular vision is to train in an art that takes the encounter to the ground, as apposed to training to keep it from going to the ground. I don't think his "popular" term was in any way claiming that BJJ was only a fad.

Problem is, anywhere that does teach the "real" ninjitsu techniques probably wouldn't try and teach them over the internet. If you try and use anything you've attempted to learn over the internet, for any art, you'll most likely be putting yourself in more danger than if you just ran IMHO.

I'll leave this post, but I think you've already made your opinion painfully clear in the other Kata discussions. Therefore, I'm closing this one down.

I don't think you'll want bamboo. Being hallow, it won't stand up well to solid wood. I prefer rattan, but check out this thread for some other options. http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=5586

Depends on your art, and sometimes even the school. For ours, it's white belt, then white /w yellow stripe, then solid yellow belt, etc.

You better believe it! Payback for all those years he's been beating on her.

Better check the dinner. No, falling/rolling shouldn't take that much out of you. Sure, you can get nauseous from the spinning and rolling, especially if you're doing a lot and haven't got down the technique of focusing on a point. However, the feeling should leave as quick as getting off a really fast spinning carnival ride. Unless you were thinking back through the feeling of rolling, and that triggered your brain to the dizzy feeling again.

Few, that's a lot of experiences. Welcome.

Welcome, and check out the Korean arts forum for all kinds of TKD stuff.

Hi, and welcome.

Glad to see you're finally "official" here. Welcome.

Good to have you.

I've usually liked TKDT much better than BB Magazine, usually because it was less "fad" oriented and of course focused mainly on Korean arts. However, we recently participated in a fund raising rally to get a newly promoted woman master on the cover. http://www.taekwondotimes.com/next.html She is a really great teacher, and has been studying under one of the most intense senior masters in our art for years. I just found it a bit eye opening that these participants in TKDTs have to not only pay to get on the cover, but in a lot of cases send in their own pictures for the article. Has anyone else had experience with getting into a MA based magazine, or known someone who has?

Don't know about TKD, but we do in KSW.

I think this one's been played out for all its worth. Too many digressions starting.

Pretty much same here. Started a little general stuff as a high school senior, but had to drop while in college. If I tried to impress a girl now, my wife would impress a frying pan against my head.

Can't speak from performance, but similar ones looked pretty expensive last I saw. Considering the spinning we sometimes do, I prefer a carpeted floor with good comercial grade padding underneath. For falling we either pull out the 6x12 folding mats, or some schools have the EXTRA thick "specialty" padding under the carpet. But that's expensive too.

Well, now I can "officially" welcome you.

Actually, that doesn't even quite make a good comparison. You suggest a NHB match, but where? In the "Octagon"? Those guys are walking in with nothing but a pair of speedos on sometimes. I don't see that kind of ensemble out on the streets of N.E. in the middle of winter. Therefore you've taken away my ability to grab him by the cloths, pull off my belt as a weapon, get kicked by a pair of steel toed boots, etc. Personally, I train for defense on the street, not for competition. Therefore, even the so called NHB matches have too many holds barred to accurately measure one art's effectiveness against another. That's not to say they are not great fighters, just that a NHB match is not really a NHB match.

Wow, you're really spreading out. Welcome.

Welcome.

Hi there.

You could try, anyway.

Interesting. All I remember is reading the label and it saying it didn't have ephedrine, but a natural substitute for it. Oh well, I see where Stacker II is doing the ephedra free formula now too.