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why does everyone care so much about black belt this black belt that? the only thing belts are for is to hold pants up.

well, you could do what Bruce Lee does: 1 eye gouges 2 if that doesn't work, scratching his eyes 3 biting 4 groin kick 5 pull his hair 6 pull his groin 7 when he's down, just keep on wailing on him until u get tired bruce lee actually did stuff like this when he was in street fights.

TAI SABAKI

hey, at least you didn't die out there.

look at boxers, they can't punch properly w/o their gloves. heh heh poor saps hooray for martial arts

as long as tae kwon do is out of the picture everything is all good. heh heh seriously though how can tae kwon do really be self defense when most of the moves are form first, function...uhhh where's that? tae kwon do has too many unnecessary kicks and whatnot. plus it's a SPORT it wasn't developed for self defense like karate was

well just think of it this way, will any good come out of cracking your back? even if you don't know if it's good or bad, nothing good really comes out of cracking your back...so there really is no need to do it

if i were 250 lbs i'd just run for miles and miles. weight training helps too b/c the more muscles you have, the higher your metabolism goes.

the best style for streetfighting is called "crow bar" if someone messes with you, just crack this thing over their head

hi everyone this forum looks like an awesome place to swap info and whatnot just as a little background on myself incase you're wondering, i do shotokan karate with my parents at home. I have no idea what belt i should be because a belt's only function is to hold pants up. i will be joining the illinois shotokan karate club soon to gain some experience learning from other people. Anybody know about this organization? anybody know if it's good/bad/so-so? i chose this one b/c my friends told me they're amazing.