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Thats the retail price. I can get it at a store for about 130-140 i believe. Same with the other two knives.

This is very fascinating. Can you give me as much information about the dallas location? Also if you can, could you give me a link to a site that explains in detail what shao-lin kempo is about? Thanks!

I believe I will go with the camillus if I get word back that it is legal to carry non-concealed (5.5 inch blade, might have problems there)

Thanks, I have another knife to add to the list... Camillius 2262 MAXX http://www.888knivesrus.com/product/CAMMAXX

I need help choosing between two knives. The purpose of this buy is for a knife very well suited for self defense as a last case scenario. The two knives I want the Benchmade Skirmish http://benchmade.com/products/product_detail.aspx?model=630 And the spyderco civilian http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=60 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Better to be judged by 12 than to be carried away by 6...

wait.... he was joking about them being dangerous? good grief... it is so freakin hard sometimes to know what people mean online without stress and pitch and other stuff

Also a downside is that extreme endurance athletes suffer greatly in most other aspects of fitness. From what I've read, long distance runners have a worse vertical jump than that of a bodybuilder. Sure they can ride/row/run for long distances, but the people who train purely for that suffer greatly in the long run (no pun intended).

*doh!* my bad.

If you run for 2 hours every day 5-6 days a week, that's over training, and it just doesn't do much if anything for you after that first hour. And it also depends upon what kind of training it is you're doing during those 30 hours, and upon your diet. But generally, training 30 hours a week would be severe over training and would have an opposite effect upon your goals fitness-wise. There are 2 part of fitness a lot of people never thinking about, or hardly ever, diet and recovery time. Both of these are equally important compared to the actual workouts.

I'm going to be, I believe I'm a part of one now (my new dojo is in mcminnville oregon, I'm moving there in the next month or so), it's either matsubayashi or kobayashi(sp?). How do you like matsubayashi compared to other shorin ryu? How hard's the sparring?

I believe that's where you go down into a squat position, then jump up as fast as you can as high as you can. Great exercise.

no, you would not. Boxing uses ONLY hands and has a lot more of a science behind it, whereas kickboxing/muay thai uses legs and hands/elbows/knees, and clinch work. It really depends though upon what other styles you train in and what you want.

June... granted that as you get older your metabolism slows down drastically, but that shouldn't stop someone from consulting with a nutritionist about what he/she can do nutritionally to keep your bf% below 15% (I believe it's 15% thats healthy, between 15 and 4-5%). A lot of people don't know how to properly work out either so thats also an issue..

Ugh... have you been visiting the crossfit website? it sounds as if you were talking to one of the advanced trainers trying to come up with a brutal workout...

What's makiwara?

No, not unless they absolutely have to. I have two sensei's (a married couple) and if the woman needs to spar someone with more experience than what the students there have, then she will spar our sensei.

Due to how long it takes to get to BB, I wonder what that says about the effectiveness of the art.

To answer the question... you never stop training in the basics. The basics are the building block, the cornerstone of the art, you need to practice them until you stop practicing the art.

I don't mean to ask so many questions, I just like to know how things work, or why something is. How are your legs used to keep a seat?

BJJ, you at least have to start off here. The majority of UFC/MMA is ground fighting, so a foundation of BJJ is crucial. Second, MT or Hard core sport karate.

I would think MT would be better than WC due to the devestating punches and kicks. Am I missing something?

No one?

It's better to train somewhere crappy than to not train at all. Also one thing I know of that helps emensely with knee pain (if there's not a major problem with it), squats, full ATF squats help so much with knee pain, no idea why but they do. Reps lower than 10.

Glad to hear the classmates that aren't serious are leaving. At my school we started off with a lot of beginners, once we advanced 2kyus almost half were gone. It's amazing how little discipline people have, among other things.