KarateChick06

I'm supposed to do an explanation essay in my English class that explains a concept. I thought it would be interesting to do the karate concept of one punch to maim or kill; does anybody have any articles or information on this idea? I haven't been able to find much, and don't want to start writing until I do. Thanks!

When I was 12 (and before I was in karate), this big 5'8" 170+ boy started running after this little 90 lb 8 year old, threatening to beat her up. I tried to trip him when he ran by, but got him in the groin instead. That's the happy ending of my one and only "fight."

Ditto, ditto.

Hm. Let's see... funny memories? Scratching my sensei while sparring (he has a scar) Getting my brown belt Participating in the PAL tournament..... and having an orthodontic malfunction at a crucial point of my kata. (*shudders* Horribly embarrassing, until later when I found it funnier). Participating in another tournament, and losing to my friend and sensei twice, lol! Once in traditional kata (It's not fair to be paired against a black belt!!!), and once in my Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-themed extreme/open kata. Um... can't think of anything else right of the top of my head....

Thanks everyone!

Please pray for my Sensei; he's currently on vacation on what he described last week as a small, low-lying island. We're worried that his island was hit by a tsunami...

Awww....... there's no difference. I've used shampoo for thick hair, thin hair, dehydrated hair, frizzy hair, shampoo that gives you volume... etc. There's no difference. I tried volumnizing shampoo for my avril lavigne/stick straight hair -- no more volumnizing than any other shampoo.

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Hahaha! No you're not...

Under 21?????? Man, now I feel old LOL KG Don't worry. You're not officially old until you reach 22. Just kidding, hahaha lol!

Leg raises, while laying on your back. I put my hands under my butt but my lower back still rises of the floor and hurts like crazy.

Oh my.. that quote looks great. Ha.

And what exactly is wrong with that? How would that be able to get you exposed? In anyway? Well I'm not going to give my name and age. Isn't there a place in your profile for your name? ..... oooops. I guess not. Hehehe.... Haha..... right. I'm under 21 but old enough to know that girls should not tell men their age. It's more fun to let them guess.

Thanks. That's a good idea. I might just do that.... No, I'm more than happy with my dojo, and I have plenty self-confidence. It is just like a kid saying "My dad can beat up your dad." I don't want to say the same thing back, but have you ever seen a kid respond by just ignoring him? It looks like he's agreeing with the first kid. Maybe that's it..... does he think I really do want to join TKD because I've never given him reason not to? Hmm.... Hahahahahahaha!!!! Thanks for the advice everybody! I guess I'll just try to ignore him, and if I must say something to the effect of "So glad you like your place. I love mine, too." Thanks again. PS Just curious, but how many of you have been in the same predicament?

Exactly. Offer to visit his dojo and watch them do their thing, while inviting him to watch yours, as he's never watched. Maybe make an agreement to watch each others' classes, something to expose him to what you do. Also, Shane had a good point when he said that this guy needs to have respect for and an open mind to other styles, as most martail artists are taught. Yes, I did watch his class......3 times. I also asked him to come watch my class, but he hasn't come.

Just wondering, how "old" are you? KG I'm comparatively older. People my age do a lot of dating, that's what I meant. But I'm also old enough to know not to give out my age on the internet.

Arrrgh. My 2 best friends are sisters, and the older one's husband started TKD last July. He's a great guy, he's funny and everything, they live across the street, and we get along well -- when he's not bragging about TKD. I understand he's not trying to be rude or mean or anything, he's just really enthusiastic about his style, dojo, and senseis. But what gets really annoying is that he starts dissing my dojo, when he knows almost nothing about it. See, he, and his daughter are in TKD, and when my best friend (his wife) Amanda started looking for a dojo, she checked out my dojo first, because we're friends, and I've been going there for 4 years. Well they liked it ok I guess, but she tried a TKD studio a lot nearer her house, and liked it better. Anyways, he says bad stuff about my dojo while praising his, and he's never even been to mine! I know his wife watched the kid's class, but he's NEVER been to my dojo, and he disses our adult-color-belt class, which nobody from his family has ever seen! It just gets me so aggravated! I don't know how to respond to him. I'm not rude back to him because his wife is my best friend, and I can't very well ignore him, because I'm at there house a lot, and we live across from eachother. But he brags about how TKD is Korean, and then tells me that Karate is American. "No, actually, karate is Japanese." "Karate is American." #%$^&*! Don't you think I'd know what my own style is?!?! After all I've been there four years!??!?!?!?! (Haha, I didn't say that though). Then he said "Well, the big reason why I went to TKD instead of your place was this: One of my instructor has a black belt in TKD, Karate, Aikido, and Kung Fu. Plus, he made it to the Olympics in TKD. Now, I don't know about your senseis, but I was pretty impressed with that." His adults class is supposedly a much better workout than our, although neither he nor his wife have ever seen or heard our adults-color-belt class (which I may point out, but I've never told him, happens to be mostly senseis training together with an occasional brown/blue belt). His studio is much, much harder than my studio. (He stresses this aspect the most). MUCH harder. I just sit there listening to him brag about it.... and think that he's gone through white, yellow, orange, green, and purple belts in six months, whereas at my dojo there is a minimum of 35 class hours to be completed, not to mention the katas that you need to learn, before you proceed to the next belt. Note the minimum -- most people in our dojo jump from white to orange in 3 months, however it's usually 6 months between belts for every belt after that (including degrees for the higher belts). Not only that, white belts, no matter their age, learn 3 katas to get their orange belts. Their dojo only requires one kata, and if you're under 8 yrs, you only learn 1/3 of the kata. Now you see what I mean by dissing my dojo. I just want some advice (from those of you that took the time to read it -- lol!) on how to respond to him. It is really, super aggravating! I want to be respectful and not diss his dojo back (which I have never done), but get him to shut the heck up about my dojo! Oh yes, I forgot to mention, we don't learn weapons until black belt, but he learns it right away in his dojo. So you can probably guess that he puts this to good use, showing off his nunchuku and swords, asking questions on why we haven't got weapons, showing off basic weapons moves to educate us, etc. (And my nunchucku-obsessed brother doesn't help by asking to be shown everything nunchuk-related. ) So if any of you have any advice for me, please give it! Thanks!

You could try just being friends with a girl first, so you could get used to talking with girls without being nervous. Yes, be funny. And ditto, ^ Don't worry about it. I'm much older than you and have still never had my "first date" -- I'm at the dojo every night. (Although there is a sensei there I'm crushing on......lol )

Vielen gut Deutschers hier! Hahaha. Thanks!

Danke!

I was sparring a sensei and tried to grab his hand to hold it so he couldn't block my punch.... well I scratched his nose! He has a scar still...

My senseis are very relaxed and friendly. I've shaving-creamed and TPed their cars on 2 separate April Fool's Days, and all they did was laugh and threaten to get us next April Fool's Day.

One of my sensei's eyebrows twitches every time he kiais. It's really distracting, yet still funny.

Oh... I see! Your belt depends on your post count, right? Hahaha! ok I get it now.

I am a 2nd Kyu (2nd degree brown belt) in karate. I practice Japanese Shorin-Ryu with applications of TKD, Aikido, Judo & grappling techniques. I've been going for 4 years now, and hope to be a Sensei soon. I thought this looked like a great site to learn more about the different MA and to talk with people of the same interests! I have one question, though.. where does everyone get the colored belt avatars? Thanks! PS If you were wondering, yes, I also love German! Auf Wiedersehen!