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o ok, i didnt find it like that at all

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Good luck, itll go well.

I think you took what he said in a wrong way....

i dont think so, nowadays being a soldier in a decent country, you risk your life but being something like a miner would be harder i think. Soldiers back in time would have had the hardest but nowdays i think its alot different.

What do you think are the hardest jobs? Id say being a farmer would be tough...well more tough back awhile but still.

wow

i would beleive so

Wow that would suck, what was the result?

yea but you can hit pads differently, also pads increase accuracy in a real fight i wouldnt say boards do. Pads are easier to do multiple attacks on also,

your welcome,now I'm guessing I that I should be asking: What is shotokan like? It always sticks to the basics, and we dont usually work on the fancy stuff. I find shotokan really concentretes on deep stances and we really train stances all the time constantly, and the techniques we do create strength. It also does not recommend high kicks for real life and i find it very direct. No weapons, and training is a little similar from what i know to gojo-ryu. Also very big on kata, and we also do point sparring. It doesnt however rely very much on any joint locks, but it does focus on manipulating thier body so you can preform a powerful technique or just manuvering yourself. Thats just a little about it of course

awesome, thanks

Awesome, great work! Ill be goin for my 2nd kyu in November, at least im not a nervous as before.

What is Goju Ryu like?

thats great, congrats

Id be careful using the word "master", it tends to get everyone to pounce...lol

hmmm ok, ill agree but one question. If you tighten up when your hit wont it make more of a shield??maybe, i dunno?, it seems to work for me, but i dont think ill experiment lol.

Exellent point, and i think one of the aspects of martial arts is to pass your skills on to other martial artists when the time is right.

lol, at least it might improve your grip somehow

i wouldnt back that advice up ever, you dont have to ditch a club just because of one inconvience.

i think you just got it all down pat and well said white warlock,

yea also i think your supposed to clench a certain part of your face, like your jaw or something..

right but a true samurai would be the ideal samurai right? the ideal samurai i dont think was to lose to farmers, so a true samurai is an ideal samurai according to their ways of thinking which would make a true samurai never lose to a farmer???

it wasnt really a question, just a statement through a question....

I darn near fell out of my seat laughing at that one! lol that was pretty funny, nice