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You want a romantic song, get "I Believe" by Joe Satriani

lol Maybe he was going to say something about what the grading was going to be like towards the end, or what it would be like to fail or something. hehe

I use a variety of pushups and pullups along with some moderate weights due to my young age. Whatever you do, work your muscles to fatigue or otherwise you will not get nearly as good gains.

Dreamer, can I suggest that if either of us find anything more out, then we let each other know?

Don't forget the infamous Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

wow kickbuttnat! I was wondering where you got to just the other day. Great to hear from you hun, best of luck with all the work However this is the first I heard of Karate trials in Watford, so I suppose I won't be going. Hope you have loads of fun Take care, byee

Hi Harpoon and welcome to Karateforums.com. We all wish you have a great time here and learn lots

Ad, that Front Kick Back kick drill is useful, but even moreso if you change it to be a slow front kick, slow side kick, slow back kick Balance, hmm, Try balancing on one leg, balance on balls of feet, balancing with eyes closes, handstands, headstands, basically anything that will involve balance will help you to improve

http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h96b/h9650297/cap-basics.html They have some of the moves there, good luck in your studies

Or do the dangerous thing I used to do, lie ACROSS your bed and wedge feet against wall. Too dangerous to try though, I only did it once. Pushups for me

No disrespect taken, its merely a forum rule which you agreed to when you joined (Remember clicking on the agree button?) Basically, it can slow down users with slower connections and can generally clog the thread up.

Phantasmic, sorry?

Wow, I must have just spend over half an hour reading that ENTIRE FAQ section.. that was so helpful Yoda, thank you very very much for such a great link

Hello there, I have a question concerning gaining weight in muscle and what dietry intake exactly is needed I make sure I have a good protein intake, alongside a reasnoble amount of carbohydrates and water, but I have heard time to time that to gain weight you need to increase caloric intake so that you have excess calories. However, I would like to know how necessary lots of calories is, how important eating the most healthy sort of calory is, and if the excess calories will just convert to energy, if not used then fat. Help me out here? Ouss

McGee, I can't do any of those exercises due to the bad knee pains I get from that type of exercise. I am however going to start with slowly raising and lowering the leg, extending and holding it in the air etc. etc. to help in what ways I can Oh yes, and practicing every move I know 100 times each day before my grading in 8 days time I hope will help as well

Phantasmic, please don't add an image as part of your signature. Thank you

I think everybody should be given equal respect, and we've never had any problems in our club with this.

I think 'What a pretty 404 error'

I just had a quick look for you on a search engine to no avail, but you may have better luck.

Welcome to Karateforums.com onesimusTKD! Hope you have a great time here and learn much

Probably Karate, then perhaps with Judo and Tae Kwon Do in close persuit. Thats just my opinion

Thank you very much Gumby and AnonymousOne, I am amazed at the input from you I have learnt a lot, thank you very much. This is just another testiment to the quality of the boards here

Phantasmic, do you mean Internal/External arts, or Circular/Linear arts, or what? If thats the case then Chinese Gung Fu does seem to have more of a soft, circular style of fighting that Japanese Karate with its rigid blocks and linear style of fighting

Hi y'all, I figured I could do with some input from everybody here. When performing a standard Side Kick, my supporting foot will turn 90 degrees so its facing outwards, yet as I extend my knee it tends to slip out to more of a 135 degree angle, which causes a slight momentary lapse of balance and makes withdrawing the extended leg more difficult. I was just wondering if there were any techniques to help with this, or if I should just kuckle down and keep practicing, or if this is ment to happen and is something we just get used to... heck, I've even heard you're supposed to turn your supporting foot 180 degrees. Thanks in advance

Phantasmic what the hell do you think you are doing? Sounds like he goes to a McDojo or something Please refrain from spamming