ShotokanKid

Nice...I'm sharing this with my workout buddies.

Anything with Donnie Yen is awesome...

Wastelander: I gave your cup combo a try today while doing some BJJ and it was great in both comfort and protection . Thanks for the idea.

Exceptions apply for: a. fat people b. hairy people c. females d. any combination of the above Exceptions? You're saying those people SHOULD rip their shirts off? I suppose that would scare someone away...

If you read What Every Body is Saying (http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-BODY-Saying-Speed-Reading/dp/0061438294/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313906247&sr=1-1), the author states that when one guy takes off his shirt, it's an almost sure sign that a fight will happen. I would recommend against ripping off your shirt for people who are actually getting bullied. It's a sign of aggression.

Welcome to KF!

Thanks for sharing this...hopefully I'll get to visit it sometime soon.

I like that idea...I'll give it a try with boxer briefs cup and compression shorts.

Welcome to the forum...I agree with LittleW...it's been almost 10 years, so of course you'll feel a little rusty. I'm sure you'll get your swagger back in a month or two.

You're right, bullying is a thing of the past for me. It's interesting to see how long this thread has been commented on. It's also interesting that bullying disappears as (most) people become adults. The other thing that I always laugh to myself about is all the fact that my life now is probably 10 times better than all those people who made my life miserable when I was in junior high school. In the end, I think I'm almost glad I got bullied because it taught me how to deal with adversity and made me a tougher yet more compassionate person and I hope that by me getting bullied, it saved someone else from getting picked on.

There was a somewhat similar discussion on this a while back regarding cups: http://www.karateforums.com/cup-compression-short-combo-vt39968.html?highlight=cup But I was curious to see what all the guy's preferences were regarding cups. I wore a regular Bike hard cup for a long time until the jock strap wore out and I couldn't find another strap. I got a McDavid cup a while ago and then I just got a Bike Proflex 2 with a strap supporter, but I've never been able to find a cup as comfortable as that Bike hard cup I wore forever...the problem with a lot of the cups is that the supporter doesn't have enough fabric so there's actually a lot of tension inside, meaning 1) it's pressing against your package and 2) it ends up sitting a bit off your body instead of right against your crotch around your package. What have you all found to be the best, most comfortable cup combination? Do you wear something under your cup? I ended up just throwing my cup into my compression shorts today...which got somewhat uncomfortable with the rubber just constantly chafing.

I think those are the most ridiculous looking shoes ever. Our company commander loves those...I call them Smeagol Shoes. The funny thing is that his nickname is actually "smeagol." If it works for you, use them, but I feel that most people need the additional support that a proper running shoe provides.

Those are some fancy looking knee braces. I had knee problems a little while ago and I just wore the cheap sleeves that I bought at a drugstore. Ultimately, I think a doctor is the best person to ask because he/she will know your specific needs--much more than a bunch of people reading a paragraph you wrote and trying to give you medical advice based off of that. I suppose that anything that keeps your knee tight and supported will be good enough until you get your surgery. The Hg80 looks like it will do a good job of that. Good luck!

The way my shotokan school did it, if you were the main instructor for at least one class, you didn't have to pay anything to train. If you helped teach classes, you got half off your tuition fees. I did some private lessons and got paid about $20 for a half hour of instruction (which is a lot, looking back on it), but private lessons went directly from the parents paying for their kids to me.

This is pretty cool to see a thread I started back when I was in high school resurface. I like some of the ideas I see here. Thanks everyone.