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At our dojo we have an exercize that help with this. Everyone get in a large circle with one person in the middle.The person in the middle either has a blindfold or closes her eyes.Then sensei points at one or more people and those people go in and atack the blindfolded person with the goal of either getting them to the ground or holding on to them in a way that they can't defend themself any longer. The blindfolded person has to use senses other then sight to defend agains the attacker(s). It realy helps you sharpen you other senses.

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Wow! so many differing ideas.Some I agree with some I don't but it's interesting to see what everyone thinks. I think that all "chi" can be explaned through biochemical/mechanical/physiological and other natural force. Thanks everyone for helping me figure out what I belive on this subject. dtstiachi- yes your message was very helpful thank you so much!

Thanks Kicks! I didn't think I would pass the math section so it was a wonderful surprise :)

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Umm...Playing piano, reading, knitting, crochet,and some drawing.I think that's about it. Kaminari-name a topic and I'll see if it's my kind of philisophical discussion

Well i still have two years of high school but I did take my HSGQE(high school graduate qualifying exam)...and I passed all three sections,which means that I get my diploma and a chance at a scholership to UAA!

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I don't quite know what to say.I don't know if you're a christian or not but there are several things the bible says that will help. 1.pray for and love your enemies.Ok so "c" isn't quite your enemy but from what you've said she's most definatly not your friend.What some people find hard to understand is that you can love someone without liking them.Even if you don't like this person as a friend you can still care about them and try to help them. 2.Pray!A little prayer always does some good. P.S.I'll be praying "c" and if you don't mind I'll pray for you also.

Poor you!I can totaly simpathize .while i was sparring last week I got punched in the chest realy hard.We took x-rays and its not broken but man does it hurt same as you hard to breath or even move around.anyways if you can breath ok I'd say do kata but I wouldn't recomend sparring. P.S.My doctor told me that allmost 90% of cracked ribs don't show on x-ray because of the angle that they crack.she said that the only way to realy tell is time.If it starts feeling better within several weeks then its not broken.If it is broken the pain will last for 2 months:(

congrats! keep up the good work

We wear our stripes on the left. As far as I know it's just always been that way in cuong nhu.

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We wear plain white gi's in my dojo.The only patch allowed is the school patch on the left side and your name on the right.IMO I'd keep it at white or black for simplicities sake.

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1. I wish! We don't have a theater in my town so I have to wait 2. Jedi knight 3.twin sabers.purple 4.Obi-wan

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What happens is that when you work out your body releases endorphins a.k.a. the feel good chemical so like tiaji fajin said if you're talking to that guy your subconsius attributes the good feelings to him/her. No matter what your doing after a hard workout you will probably feel more cheerful about it.

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flying double snapkick, punch,punch kiai!

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