Fallen Hero

All the schools in my state are near chicago and I live about 4 hours south so thanks but that didn't help me any. How sad. I found out about the style from this site or maybe another looking for schools.

Shorin Ryu is the one I am most imterested in at the moment. I know others, but right now that one style is the only one on my mind.

I've read that too, but also I read it works with palm down. Its hard to do with small hands though. 20 lbs is the most that I can fit my hand around.

Maybe your not talking to me, but I was trying to illustrate that someone who can bench more than me, and squat more, can do much more at most lifts than me and is very muscular can only lift the same amount as me though his biceps are obviously larger and more rippling.

Lol, I didn't read all of it...wow.

I don't cling to it, but going from site to site with "real" masters as you put them, I have yet to find anything that hasn't said what that site does. The breathing exercises, meditation, a lot of the ki stuff. Some of it is a little crazy and I have yet to see proof of it. But I've never met any of these real masters so you could be right in saying I know nothing of what I'm talking about. (And I would never say anything like on that tv show....)

My name is harrison, I live in central Illinois. I don't go to any martial arts school, all my fighting styles are self taught. I learn by watching and talking to people. I am currently watching national treasure. It is a good movie.

Has anyone heard of this style and know where I can find a full contact list of dojo's? Or anyone know of an instructor in Illinois?

http://www.dbsilver.net/beazfighter/beazfighter.php Thats a little fanatic, but its basically what other sites say.

All my techniques are self taught, but they don't seem enough suddenly. I was wondering if anyone lived in Illinois and knew of a private instructor. Does anyone?

Didn't read every post here but......muscle mass isn't always a good thing. It is to a degree, but if you have extremely large muscles it doesn't mean your super strong. Muscle tissues are actual more dense than they are massive. My body is proof. I weigh 125-ish and can do 90 lbs on arm curls. My friend who weighs about 170, very muscular football guy who can bench 200 lbs, can only do 80 lbs on arm curls.

I have tiny hands as well, but I find them useful. It makes it easier to weave in and out of someone's defense. Also when I hit someone, it doesn't cover as wide of an area but it is more direct. You can attack more accurately if say you want to knock someone out without causing too much excess damage to other parts.

Thanks for the explanation....I just did 150 by the way. Now is it normal for me to suddenly be sleepy more often? I thought it was from waking up super early to help clean up the park for scouts. But I have always been a light sleeper...I got a B on the Biology final exam while most people got C's or D's, and the night before I had only had one and half hours of sleep. I'm weird like that. Over the summer I've been staying up to like 4 in the morning then sleeping til 9. Last night I went to bed at a reasonable time knowing I'd wake up at 5:30. I was half asleep cleaning up, and I went home and watched National Treasure and was still half asleep. Nothing woke me up fully. I even slept another 3 hours just now. Still tired. Is this a side effect of this sudden explosion?

I live in Illinois. I'm not new to internet boards, but usually I only look for gaming ones. I'm an avid gamer, its how I fulfill my adventurous nature I suppose. And if I expect anyone to know how to identify whats happening, I better give a little background. My town has about 9000 people in it, and then we get a little more from the capital just north at our school. I'm a nobody there for the most part. I prefer being alone, but people can't stand to see that. Everyone is my friend, aside from the druggies, and no one understands me. Everyone thinks I'm straight edge, but I'm not. The only drug that I use is caffeine. And I cuss from time to time, when I'm in love I'll have sex, and I don't no anything else about being straight edge, but I know I'm not it. You could call me superstitous if you want. I believe in "ki" or "chi" or "qui" (or even the force if you want....) to some extent. In middle school, I was a runner, better at short distance. But as a sophomore in high school, I don't do any sports. I'm in shape, and have the pictures to prove it, but I'm nothing special. I'm smart, I'll be in all honors classes once school starts, and for gym I'm in the toughest one (short distance and long distance running two days a week, and bench, squat, dead lift and clean 3 days). I speak spanish pretty well, and a bit of a few other languages. Me and my parents have a rough history and I don't want to go into that. I enjoy anime as well as movies. (I hate watching sports). And I'm a scout. This is where I'm confused. I went to canada for a week to go canoing. We had 13 people so one group had to have 3 people in their canoe. My best friend and I are experts at canoing in my troop so naturally we got the extra scout who can pull his own weight. We go canoeing once a year, but usually on rivers and not lakes. The first day of canoeing, we were in last. I was struggling with being in the front. Our canoe agreed we were all a little rusty and used that as an excuse. The second day no better. We had to portage, and I couldn't carry the canoe. I was probably one of the strongest kids there! It weighed maybe 80 lbs, and I can squat 200, I could bench 130. I can deadlift 300. So why couldn't I carry it?! That bugged me all the next day, which we took off from canoeing to rest. I meditated about it at night, and worried about it all day. We were on a little island with rocks perfect for skipping. IT helped me vent my frustration. At night during my meditation, I thought of a character from a game I like. FFVIII, Squall. A disciplined soldier-ish guy. The next day we canoed for a few hours doing more portages and I found them tough but putting my mind to it, I could do it. No one in my canoe talked, we all were in "the zone". We went 10 miles, were in the lead the whole time by at least 400 meters. The adults, who are mainly army men, couldn't keep up. The football player and his army dad couldn't keep up. These guys are beasts...and we pwned them. Since I've gotten back from canada, I've been as disciplined as possible. Doing 3-5 sets of 50 push ups, sometimes almost fainting, running a few miles once a week. The other day I did 75 push ups. It was like suddenly 50 was too easy. And then I decided to try benching for the first time all summer. I tried 135....5 lbs. over my most recent max. I did it 3 or 4 times. I tried 140. I did it once...then again. It was easy. I just did 145 and it was easy. I'm 15 lbs over my max, and I've been on my "regiment" for maybe a week, and broken it once or twice. I eat totally unhealthily. One day I was suddenly angry...my parents were gone as usual, and I felt like exploding. So I threw a left hook (my weak hand) at the door not even trying super hard. And now theres a dent in it about a half of an inch deep. Is this just testosterone induced? Or what...