marie curie

How gorgeous! The kid is quite cute as well

it worked for me... I liked the little yellow belt girl in the beginning who was bored and swinging her arm around... it was really funny wit the serious music!

Welcome and have fun!

This may sound like the most ridiculous thing, but I'm afraid to get tattoos in case I witness some big crime and have to go into witness protection.... or maybe I would want to be a spy...

My school has its first real batch of students going to a tournament. We are sparring in class, and doing some sparring drills to concentrate and hone skills (only use legs, defender vs attacker). Any suggestions on things to do to prepare them further? **Edit** I should note that they are all college age and pretty much all boys

There are a lot of wonderful kids drills here http://www.karateforums.com/what-are-some-useful-games-for-kids-vt26087.html

Rotate wrists to the side- kick to groin

Yeh, individuals who don't drink at all have higher risk (of death at any given age) than those who drink moderately. http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh27-1/39-51.htm http://kirbymtn.blogspot.com/2007/07/health-benefits-of-moderate-drinking.html http://www.wynboer.co.za/recentarticles/200607health.php3

Yeh, I'm probably going to grad school now- I hadn't planned on it, but it seems to be the most fiscally responsible thing to do, since to get your PhD in a science is free and they actually pay you like $20,000 per year. I'm hoping to get into a genetics program!

OT- Wow if working at Home Depot caused me back surgery I'd be quite cranky at them!!!

I've heard good stuff about this.. you may want to search "martial armor" on this site and see what pops, because I think that we've discussed it before. Happy Hunting!

Hehe, good plan. Something that helps me (because I'm a planner and an organizer), is that I write out all of my techniques and forms- its actually required in my system but really helps to relax me. Once I've explained everything out on paper (a tedious process) I know that I will have it down in my head- like how teaching it to someone makes you know it better.

Yeh, I mean how could you do that to your friend (Matt). How embarrassing. I think what Joe did demonstrated a total lack of commitment, and Matt would be in the right to keep him out of a teaching role in his gym.

Good call I forgot Muay Thai... I'm going to edit my post above to include it. Yeh, I'm pretty sure most of the TKDists around here that compete in adult competitions are Olympic stylists because that's what Pitt teaches.

That sounds great!!! When I was in a family club, we had a few kids under 6 and they were just fine- hard workers The kids who aren't ready don't generally stick, I dont' think.

Hello and welcome!

Congrats to everyone!

Hmmm...Great Idea~ Well, TKD/TSD people have a tendency to have strong kicks, but if you get passed their kicks they are at a loss because their hands are slower and not as practiced. Specifically Olympic TKD people train for tourny's where they can keep their hands down, so they often do. Also they don't generally rechamber their kicks quickly, so if you are playing mma rules, you can catch the foot and roll or push them to the floor. Karateka's have a tendency (again because of the type of tourny they train for) to attack in individual moves or small combos- 2 or 3 strikes, moving in and out. Kung fu people are strange to fight when you are used to the others, less because of their attacks and more because as they move around your body, they do so in circular motions instead of directly at you... once you catch on its not terribly effective for them, but if you only have 2 mins to fight or something, it can totally throw you off your game. Judoka's have a tendency to stand high, allowing them to be thrown more easily (because leaning over too far is a stalling penalty), but they have lots of take downs and will usually move from one to another to another (if they are more experienced). Muay Thai is awesome and brutal. As far as fighting them (in kick boxing tourny's) watch out for those thai kicks (ouch to the shins) but you can make use of their movement because there isn't much. They will use a hard block instead of evasion techniques, which is not only tiring for them, but also keeps them pretty stationary in relation to you. Wrestlers suck. They are really hard to throw because of their defenses, and if they get on top of you, you are stuck. However, if you get on top of them, where a Judoka or BJJer can often get out, they have a tendency to panic and not be particularly technical. Also, they generally are really weird about fighting girls for some reason. BJJers... well I haven't competed against any except one, but I'd say that in grappling they are the tops. If you do BJJ and Wrestle, or BJJ and Judo, great, but if you do anything that doesn't include it, and fight a BJJ person... watch out Note: I don't consider myself truly a BJJer due to my emphatically white belt.

hehe thanks

Hehe, we test like this, so we practice like this- its the same as learning to not get tired running... just go through them all together over and over. Right before a test I like to be able to go through all of them twice.

Hehe, Omid is really funny! Eh, I think that Dane and Stephen have Lee Evans beat, but it definitely did pick up after a couple of minute

Dete gave me an idea.... Anyone have favorite comedians? Here are some of mine: Amy Shumer http://youtube.com/watch?v=rbZPl7XUeSg&feature=related http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mjz32VmLeIQ Dane Cook He swears a lot, so I'm not posting the link. Stephen Lynch ...I recommend you look him up yourself... he can be a bit offensive so I don't want to post a link.

Oops, I mean I don't think they're illegal anywhere in the States.

Welcome! And you're totally normal Go you!

hehe, lewis black would warn against being alone over the next couple days in case an aneurysm bursts in your head