monkeygirl

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Heyyyyy Ben... Hehe just kidding Welcome to the forums!

Simply enough, the title is "kung fu fighting". Seriously.

Apparently, most Hawaiians love spam. And all the people at https://www.spamhaiku.com love it, too. As for me...well, I don't think I've ever eaten it before.

I'll move this to the Health, Training and Fitness forum. While you're over there, check out some of the other threads, which have some tips for increasing hand speed as well as kicking speed.

I'm moving this to the Health, Training and Fitness forum.

If you guys want the link, PM aznkarateboi, but please don't start a thread about it. Thanks

Yeah I think my bowels would need a vacation every now and then

Yeah I thought the story in Equilibrium was pretty stupid...which is probably why the movie didn't get any recognition. The action scenes are pretty cool, though, and the coolest part: all of the stunts are real (or so I heard). There's no wimpy wires or computer enhancement, other than stuff like slow-mo effects. The story got more interesting towards the end, but I can't be sure since I think I dozed off somewhere around the middle. Battousai: Out Cold is supposed to be a stupid movie, that's why it's so funny.

I started helping at blue belt (5th kyu). I didn't do a lot of actual instructing (teaching on my own) until red belt (3rd kyu). A lot of people would say I was too young both in age and belt to teach on my own, but we were shorthanded on instructors at the time. Also, the class I was teaching was at 5 p.m., and all of the "grown-up instructors" were usually at work. I don't think there's any one belt when someone magically becomes ready to teach. In fact, there are plenty of blackbelts who can't and shouldn't teach...not because they don't know their stuff, but simply because they aren't cut out for teaching anything to anyone. Teaching is a special skill, but it also takes a certain amount of natural ability and patience. Like G said, in a perfect world only Black and maybe even Brown belts would teach, simply because they have the most experience with the materials. BUT, if you have a 200-student school, with 10 blackbelts and only 2 of them are instructor-worthy, those two instructors will be needing some serious help teaching classes.

I like Men in Black 1!! The second one wasn't very good, though. I highly recommend "Out Cold".... I just saw it Wednesday morning and laughed my head off. I'm not sure what it's rated but it definitely isn't G...

I don't really have just one song, and it depends on the situation, really...like, for my BB test, most people would need to be "pumped up" for that. Well, I wasn't honestly looking forward to the test, so the night before my sparring portion, it was a clear summer night...I grabbed my discman and listened to Coldplay's "Parachutes", just staring up at the stars. It was a relaxing and thought-provoking night, and I felt better prepared, mentally. Unfortunately my parents didn't hear me say "I'm going out to the backyard for a bit", and thought I was lost for an hour I was also listening to Jimmy Eat World's "In the Middle" a lot. In fact it was my personal theme for my test! However, there are times when I need to get truly pumped up. For those times, I listen to the Donnas, Linkin Park, Metallica (especially Hero of the Day, Fuel and Enter Sandman), Incubus and others. If I had to pick one pump-up song, it would probably be Metallica's Hero of the Day. Good stuff

Good point, Sai. Valithor: practically every funny joke makes fun of someone else's misery/misfortune/pain/stupidity/misunderstanding/whatever. Very rarely does it turn out OK in the end. That's simply the nature of comedy

He's an American basketball player that was charged with raping a 19-year-old girl. At this point (my info may be slightly outdated since the only way I keep track of the news is by accidentally overhearing it) there is no hard evidence, just the testimony of the girl's friend who said she saw the girl afterwards and her clothes were ripped or something like that.

Here's what I did for tournaments: - Get lots of sleep the night before - Don't eat breakfast if it's a morning tournament, because I'll probably end up losing it during sparring. benedictbm knows what I'm talking about - Stretch before I leave the house and all during the time I'm waiting for my division - While I'm stretching at home, listen to my "pump-up" music, which can vary. - Do some nice warmups at the tournament arena...I usually just end up hopping up and down and running around from nerves.... - Finally, I meditate for a bit. Try to find some calm in all the noise. Interestingly enough, this was also my exact same strategy for my blackbelt test! Guess it worked

I need to get that one... Just kidding, I'm a good driver. When the motorcycle sped past me at 110 mph (the motorcycle was doing 110, not me ), having passed four other cars already, I didn't even steer off the road!

Because you get to laugh at the poor fool....I think his situation is comical anyway...

ROFL!!!

Umm rudeness is only going to help him get demoted.

Well, there's a lot of misconceptions about TKD...three being that: 1. We do nothing but kick. 2. We are completely sport-oriented with no realistic training; it's all for tournaments. and 3. All TKD schools are McDojos. These misconceptions may be true in some cases, but they are definitely not the standard.

I don't even know where to begin to split threads off, so I'll just leave them. OK people, let's try to get back on topic! Which superhero power and why!

It just puts them closer to those oh-so-sensitive striking areas I'm 5'2" but not a dwarf. However, since I took the adult classes, I was the shortest person in my advanced class, so I can certainly understand some of the challenges of being shorter, weighing less, etc.

Well, see, the first time a woman shaves her legs, she's shaving off tons of blonde hairs, because the hair has been there for 10-13 years give or take. After all those years, the hair gets bleached by the sun. Because of this, it's usually pretty hard to see from a distance...but if you want smooth shinyness, you shave. Then, after a few days (or weeks for women with lower testosterone levels), the hair starts to grow back...and it's usually black. The only way for it to go blonde is to be sunbleached, and no woman wants to parade around her hairy legs just so she can turn the hairs blonde! *shivers in disgust* So what does she do? Shave. It's a vicious cycle.

Yes, but after high school comes college! So even after you graduate next year, you won't truly be "free" yet. Personally, I'm not looking forward to college in the slighest.

She likes you, obviously. The real problem is this: when she goofs around and you goof back you're just encouraging her. She thinks it's ok to goof around (plus she thinks she's getting you to relax around her ), and she probably thinks you return her feelings. If finding another partner first doesn't work (I know how it can be...everyone has their favorite partner that they rush off to and you end up getting stuck with her again), try this: when she starts goofing around, stand there stone-faced. You don't have to be mean or scowling, but don't give in to her girly giggles. Think about your training, man! If she asks you why you're being "no fun", just tell her that you have her training in mind, or something like that. She'll blush and think you care, but it might actually get her to act serious...even cause her to want to improve herself! Yes, I know I'm devious...but honestly, I can't stand those kinds of girls. "Oopsy! *giggle* I can't seem to figure out this bear hug shoulder throw...could you show me again and again and again? Tee-hee! *bat eyelashes*" Grrr...