greenbelt_girl15

Hi Hogosha Welcome to KF!

I most definatly wash my gi.No disrespect to your Sensai but not ever washing your gi is just gross! I don't wash my obi though.Why? Tradition!

Hi! I remember how hard it was to learn taikyoku but trust me once you have it down the other kata's will come much easier. Good luck!

At the moment Pinan Godan is my favorite, but it's bound to change.....

7 in my dojo, but we have had a couple of 6 year olds in the past.

funny!

welcome to karate forums 3hitKO!

Hi karatekid101!Welcome

Welcome to karate forums John

I think I agree with yamesu. If you are attacked defend yourself only to the point where you can make an escape. don't keep your anger bottled up though,that will almost definitely lead to you blowing up at the bully. Try writing a letter to the bully telling him how upset his words and actions make you and then tear it up and throw it away.Or just find some other creative way of releasing your anger so that it doesn't build up inside of you. Okay I know that this ridiculous but it's the way I was raised, if you feel regret you might want to consider saying your sorry to the bully and asking for forgiveness.You might get laughed at but I think it would make you feel better.

Judo= The gentle/soft way.

Welcome to karate forums Scrappy! Congrats on the tournament!

Welcome to KF Marshall!

welcome to KF Rick!

hello! welcome to KF!

Welcome to karate forums!

I'm sorry for your loss.I'll be praying for you and Kevin's family.

Okay its pretty simple, just just give the meaning of the name of any martial art.We'll see how many we can get.I'll start Cuong Nhu= Hard Soft

That is realy funny!

heeheehee those are good!

though there are many resons for learning how to use weapons I think that one reson may be found in the name "martial arts" people have taken the use of weapons and turned it into an art form, a way of expressing yourself in a unique way. just my thoughts....

Poor you I don't think I can do 800 crunches,but then I've never tried I think leg lifts are the worst they kill my lower back. Or mabe squats. Several times a girl chose squats for her exercize and even though she didn't count I swear we did 150-200.

Wow! Thanks for the responses so far this is realy helping me.I've posted pn this subject on a different forum and much of the responses talked of ki in a mystical realm it's good to get a new perspective on this. I'm not mad at you It sounds like you haven't much info on the Holy Spirit that's all. Okay in my opinion the Holy Spirt and ki are two entirly different things.As a Christian I belive that the Holy Spirit is the third part of the trinity(God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit)The Holy Spirit is the part of God that lives in you when you become a Christian.I'm not sure develop would be the right word as you said in your post since the Holy Spirit is a being not a thing.But rather though prayer your develop a relationship with God. Ki,I belive, is an inpersonal force though I'm not sure if I should put anything else on ki since I'm not sure what I truly think of it myself. Forgive me if I come of as overly religius (sp?) I'm a bit of an evangalist.

I don't think it's odd for teenage boys to drink tea (but then I'm a teenage girl so mabe I wouldn't know ) My favorites are: Mint,chamomile (sp?),wild berry,and any tea with anise in it.

I live in a small town (If you can call 2500 people a town )in south-western Alaska. I'd say the name but my mom won't let me The weather up here sucks.It's the time of year we call breakup.Snow,rain snow,rain.everything's muddy and slushy