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I would like people to say all the styles of karate personally, so I'll go first... Kyokushin. I'm new, what can I say?

That was very cheesy, but very cool. And as one bad haired person to another, what is going on with her hair? I know it's not her job to look pretty, but if they're publicity shots, shouldn't she be trying to look as well groomed as possible?

Well, lasers can remove tattoos with a lot of pain... I would try to get that ink that breaks down in 10 years if I ever got one. I would put a martial arts tattoo on my arm as part of a sleeve if I ever did get one. A little mural that chronicals part of my life. I would want my tattoo not to show with when my gi was on though. I don't know why, I just would want it to be personal and not flashy.

You salute the American flag? That's just weird... I can understand saluting the Korean flag, because that is where your style came from, but I wouldn't think being in a dojo had anything to do with enforcing patriotism. Ah well, to each his own.

What is Ninjitsu? Is it a cross between Ninjas and Ju-Jitsu? Or is where ninjas are made...

One day those pressure point things will catch up on you and your sister and you'll drop dead while checking the mail! Just kidding, but that is weird...maybe you're the 5% who are immune. If I was you, I'd totally go and see a practitioner of Chinese medicine and have them check you out.

It needs to be grappling style martial arts in one category and a kickboxing type category for everyone else. That way, if a name is attached to a category (TKD as an example) their name does not get tarnished is the judging gets a little iffy. And then everyone can compete without the categories being very biased, say by using the name of a certain martial art (Judo as an example) instead of a generalized category. And then we can see the best of all styles within their technique and have some really great fights!

Officially yes, those are the only two olympic martial arts. Check out http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=17016 I was also interested in the Olympics and martial arts.

You have to keep going. No off and on! That's like going off and on a diet and expecting it to work. I am the least fit person at my dojo for my age by far and when I started five months ago it almost killed me for a little while. But now I don't get as tired and it helps me sleep better so I have way more energy for everything else. "Leave your pride at the door" is my motivational tip. If had a penny for every time I totally did a move wrong or did something that was against dojo etiquette (that I didn't know was wrong) or got really really tired from just the warm-up I'd have quite a few dollars. But you have to keep going and if you love it you will.

I like how the black guy's sign is grammatically incorrect. It makes me laugh! Ha... ha... ha...

I like how the black guy's sign is grammatically incorrect. It makes me laugh! Ha... ha... ha...

I was doing a lab experiment in a chem class and my teacher told me I was holding something wrong and I almost said "OSU" but I stopped just in time! So instead there was this long pause and he thought I didn't hear him... ah well! But it never happens with any of my other teachers, he's the only one I have a lot of respect for so it made sense.

I'll start with the cloth kind, it's not like I'm going to fight anyone full strength or anything in the dojo any time soon. I do have a cool bruise from yesterday though, I'm very proud of it. It's blue! Oh yeah!

The vikings probably said to themselves "This sword makes more people die than usual, let's make more swords like it." Then, hundreds of years later we come along and examine the sword and say to ourselves "Wow, nice sword, let's look at it with a microscope and then put it on the Antiques Roadshow and claim it was made by the Vikings." It doesn't take much thinking to figure out how that would work if you think for a moment. But, he could be lying, so for good measure let's torture him to see if he was telling the truth.

Well, since I lived in Vancouver for a while where I lived around (within a 100 metre radius) was used in movies like Agent Cody Banks and the Butterfly Effect and in t.v. shows like Dark Angel and Smallville. My mom was also friends with the woman who provided the artwork Halle Berry's character did in Catwoman.

In the words of my Sensei, "What is that, soccer?" This was after he heard us talking about the breaking of the curse of the Bambino. It was a gooder.

I heard this I researched it and found it to be true in odd circumstances: If you die and your house is locked tight with your cat inside and no food for the cat, the cat will eat you. If you die and your house is locked tight with your dog inside and no food for the dog, the dog will NOT eat you. I hate both cats and dogs. Pukey, pooing little pests. Pah!

Make sure that any vitamin supplements that you take do not have high levels of A, D, E or K. Your body can store these minerals when they are in excess and you can poison yourself if you have too many of these in minerals your body. Vitamins B and C are fine though, you pee them out if you have too many. But, when I am sick I take echinacea (even though it's proven to only have a placebo effect), a multivitamin, vitamin C (even though it's proven to reduce the longevity of cold syptoms by only 1/10th of a day) and iron.

Uhh.. that doesn't seem right that getting hit in "that area" would be just as painful for women because more of our sexual organs are interior. It could be for other reasons! But, as to it being related to the actual "female junk" I think that's a crock. I think it just hurts to get kicked really, really hard.

Well, when lots of people are in the dojo the windows and mirrors steam up in winter. I always try to figure out how much evaporated sweat must be in the air for it to do that... and how much of it I breathe in...

Nope, sorry. Name tags are optional because we only have sleep-over training nights every other weekend on fridays and saturdays. There's no way I'm going to be able to remember names.

I knew it! I knew that was freakishly quick! Thank you for your helpful information everyone!

Oh, they look all nifty, but they're more expensive than the cloth kind I'd bet...

I'm enrolling students, you'll need to following equipment: Pink Flannel PJs A pillow case with your name embroidered on it and with a floral print A name tag

Hear hear, Overstayer!