jahred

> ok billy blanks can kick butt. those kicks nobody can stand a chance ? > not even that stupid saku. why is that idoit so popular. oh my god. you _actually_ think that billy blanks would have the slightest chance of even coming close to maybe scratching sakuraba with one of his 'killer' kicks. time to come back to reality pal.

hwoarang is the man.

> It'd have to travel damn fast for relativity to kick in.

haha, that was a good one.

short term: - stretch/run more! i can't get into the groove of it. - ace that economics final tuesday. - pay back that speeding ticket. $175 is steep on a starving student like myself. long term: - at _least_ 1st dan in itf tae kwon do, with some capoeira/muay thai training to boot. - achieve desired weight of ~190lbs (getting there.. albeit slowly. only 30 more to go) - get that mba.. only six years to go!

no sweat my man! just takes a bit of extra work. i'm at university anywhere from 7:30am to 9:00pm, and i admit that it's tough to eat that much every day when you're on such a tight schedule.. but start doing it routinely and it'l become second nature. the key is to make everything the night before, and substitute easier-to-make things for the harder stuff to come by. whip up the egg tortilla and make the sandwich before you go to bed the night before, and before you head to school in the morning take a couple microwavable pasta dinners (i love michellina's penne pollo) for lunch and pop em in a microwave in the cafeteria or wherever. as long as you're prepared, you can make it every day.. gotta make sure you're always well-stocked on the food though, and don't get lazy in the night when it comes time to make the meals. that can be my biggest problem.

this is an awesome diet that works to pack on the muscle when combined with regular free weight training.. i adapted it from anthony ellis' diet at http://www.skinnyguy.net and can vouch for its effectiveness.. it works very well. 8 am - milk + whey protein, 2 bananas, oatmeal. 10:30 am - 4 eggs in a flour tortilla with salsa (this is actually pretty good!). 1:00 pm - lunch. medium serving of pasta with a meat sauce. 3:30 pm - tuna sandwich, banana or two. 6:00 pm - dinner. two chicken breasts (cooked in whatever way you prefer), some green veggies (steamed asparagus/broccoli are my favs), and maybe some potatoe. before bed - milk + whey protein. 6 relatively light meals per day that are packed with protein and carbs, as well as being low in fat. make sure to drink loads of water throughout the day, as it will not only assist your kidneys in their work but improve vascularity, which will give you more visible veins. also, mix it up with some different, yet still nutrionally similar foods for some variety now and again. enjoy!

i wouldn't consider this the most effective stance, but it sure deserves mention, partly because it's so interesting.. capoeira's ginga. it's always moving, it's very evasive, and has the ability to flow into many techniques. sweet! now granted, a capoeirista whose main focus is the dance and the roda will probably not be able to turn the ginga into an 'effective' fighting stance. however i'd bet streetfighting capoeristas have perfected its use in a real fight.. i've never actually seen a streetfighting practicioner of capoeira though, so unfortunately i'm only left to imagine. i guess a lot of people know that gangs used capoeira as their personal fighting style against police back in the day, so i have no doubt a combat- based capoeirista could make a truly effective use of the ginga. i'd really like to see it!

here's some great info on breaking for all who want to see it. this is taken from downey's tae kwon do at http://www.kick.nf.net for all who'd like to check that out. --- Breaking techniques are not a goal in themselves. They must be part of the total study of the martial art. They are for the advanced student. They are the means whereby you will perfect your mastery of the martial art. Breaking techniques produce more accuracy and control then does sparring. Power, too, comes through the perfection of breaking. Accuracy, speed and power are the essential for breaking techniques. Your use of accuracy must be exact; your aim must go through the target and be totally accurate. Properly done, you will know how effective your strikes are. You know that if your target had been a point on an opponent's body, you would have shattered it. Breaking techniques develop confidence. Unless you try full contact at full power and without protective equipment - a practice I do not recommend - you can never really know how effective your strikes are in sparring. Yet weight is not the only factor. No matter how hard you hit something, it will not be damaged if it is moves with the power of the punch. But if your punch moves faster than the target bounces away from it, the target has no choice but to break. It would be stupid to kick an opponent in the thigh and expect his knee to break. You have to focus your strike exactly on the pressure point. In breaking you have the opportunity and the obligation to strike an exact spot. You must learn " Where to strike a target." If you don't hit the right spot on your target, you will be very aware of it. It simply will not break. Practise " Controlled kicking." It will help you develop focus. Some people believe that you should aim for the surface of the target. All materials have flexibility, some more than others. Bricks bend very little: wood and bones have a great deal of flexibility. Oddly enough, it is these materials which have the most bend in them that are the hardest to break. Everything breaks only after it is pushed past the limit of how far it bends. You must have the power and speed to push to push it past that limit before it has a chance to recover. You must aim for " Penetration." You can have weight and speed behind your strikes, but with out concentration you will have neither focus nor penetration. If your mind is some else where, you concentration wanders and your worries about injury swim into your thoughts, and you cannot fix your mind on the target. Concern yourself only with the project at hand . That is a good practice for everything , as well as the martial arts. Good breaking techniques demand daily practice, concentration focus, confidence and ability. You must have a good physique and you must have many martial art skills. Then you will find that power, accuracy and speed are the best elements in the development of extra breaking techniques. [From old martial arts magazine]

tae kwon do will train you to kick _very_ well. just because tae kwon do contains some fancy kicks does _not_ mean that tkd doesn't have practical kicks. tkd will teach you to defend yourself, and as with _any_ martial art, your ability to fight will rely on your dedication to the art and training. it's not the martial art, it's the martial artist. i highly recommend itf tae kwon do as an exercising, 'stand up', kicking style of fighting. nothing against muay thai btw, i love it. but i have to stand up for tkd as an excellent choice in the martial arts.

if you're a ectomorph or meso-ectomorph, you'll probably be able to get a six-pack with just crunches over time.. if crunches aren't working to really define then, you have to decrease yo' body fat. common knowledge i'm sure, but just for anyone who isn't clear.

finance major - amen to that tigerstyle.

it's from bam margera's CKY 3, a very amusing video. you can buy it on dvd or download it from morpheus/kazaa/etc. and those guys were total wusses. they may have verbally attacked him, but he started the fight.. i'm pretty sure those guys weren't looking to throw down.

cky fan too jiggy? =)

heh i mainly agree angus.. especially on the freud comment. the way i see it, the 'level of violence', be it verbal or physical, should be measure for measure - for the most part. if some punk says something offensive to your girl, i believe in a verbal response.. i.e. "you shouldn't say things like that". of course, if said punk chooses to up the stakes by either continuing to harass her/you or making the first physical move, then you can go from a final warning to teaching him a lesson. after all, as the saying goes; the martial artist doesn't start the fight, he finishes it. but true, i'd never leave a guy bleeding and unconcious on the ground.. if some guy started something very physical with me, i'd probably wind up driving him to the hospital if i was forced to seriously hurt him.