Martial_Artist

Having lived in the Philippines for some time there is something I would like to point out about that technique. There is a reason they are reserved for the higher level students. Beginners should not learn these techniques. They will not help you in a fight and actually might get you hurt. An advanced student already has the training to utilize a vast arsenal of readily available weaponry. Also, their minds have been trained to deal with combat and experience has hopefully taught them efficiency. Such a technique, bandana, is meant only to broaden their minds and equip them with a tool that might never be used. It is a tool that should not be the first to enter a fight. It is taught to supplement their already formed foundation of knowledge. For a beginner to attempt to use these techniques in a fight would be disasterous, because the beginner does not have the foundation of skills and experience to be able to effectively deal the advanced techniques. I have seen countless beginners/novices assimilate an advanced technique they had seen. In fact, I have seen them be able to perform them quite adequately. However, I have yet to see them use that technique the way it was intended under a combat/"real" world situation. The result has always been catastrophic. My suggestion: If the bandana techniques truly interest you, then take the Arnis classes. Build up your ability in Arnis to better able comprehend the potential of the higher level techniques. MA

Learn one language at a time. At least, for me, that's the easiest way. Only problem is if you get too fluent in one you might block out the other. Which is what happened to my japanese. I got too fluent in tagalog and ilocano while I was still learning japanese, so now my tagalog and ilocano block out the japanese. I suggest pick between spanish or japanese and get proficient in one. Then, if you can keep practicing the one you learned, then try a new one.

To original topic question: Yes they should.

Are we talking about ways to counter aerial kicks? Or what we think some guy named Tori would do against some guy named Uke(is he Hawaiian by chance?) If we're talking abotu countering then I suggest something that has always worked for me. When they telepath their intentions just do a front push kick to their center of mass (usually the hip area) and they will tilt in the air and fall flat down.

That has to be the most profound statement ever known to philosophy.

Not to be the cause of discord, but there's only one type of hand strike: Taking your hand and striking your oponent. I think as martial artists we get caught up too much on the style the punch originates from, but such a mentality can hinder us more than help us. It is better for us to realize that regardless of the opponent and his/her "style" it will still be a hand attached to an arm attached to a body. It can go by a hundred different names or look a hundred different ways, but it is still a hand and an arm. Doing this, just thinking about the strike as a strike and not what style the strike comes from, allows you to free your mind for countering. You don't see the strike as X-strike from karate, or Z-chop from hapkido, you see it as a strike from Mr.Opponent. You will more purely be able to deal with the strike. I hope I shed some light on an often obscure concept.

But how does this relate to the reactor core when taveling warp ten? Does the sub-space spectrometer record the subsequent changes inherent when entering and exiting a volatile environment? And, what I want to know, does it hurt to be beamed anywhere?

Aparri, Cagayan, on the broken pier overlooking the South China Sea. I spent many moons on that island. There's just something about watching the sun set into the water and the moon rise out of the water. My second favorite place is where I am right now. (If it wasn't, I wouldn't be here)

I just speak a bunch of languages. I'm not fluent in Japanese, just have a good understanding of core concepts. Before I ended up living in the Philippines I was conversational and did basic translation for some friends for some anime. (mostly, DBZ and Tenchi Muyo) And I had Japanese friends that I would speak to daily. (If you really want to learn a language find a native to speak with.) However, after living in the Philippines for so long and learning to speak Tagalog, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Visaya, and Cebuano I forgot Japanese. I still retain vocabulary, but I have to think really long before I can construct a sentence. That, and Spanish keeps interfering. (I can thank my mother for that.) MA

I train with weapons because the badguys are going to use weapons. I train with weapons because I "cheat" in a street fight. I train with weapons because at the end of a day I will go home to my wife and children. I train with weapons because it is smart to train with weapons.

Can you see it coming? Front kick to groin or front kick to jaw or solar plexus. maybe kick to knee. roundhouse to ribs. I don't know whatevere you fewel like doing. the possibilities are almost limitless.

chiropractic care. you'll never go back.

I can side kick well over my head. It takes practice. Lots of practice. It will not happen over night. Make sure your form is good or you will develop muscles for the kick improperly. An exercise: Stand next to a wall. Using the wall for support lift your leg into a sidekick. Using your freehand pull under your inner thigh and lift your leg as high as it will go. Hold 10 sec. Slowly lower leg and then repeat 2x's. Do for both legs.

Jeepers Creepers 1 had no scenes which I would classify as scary.

Here's one of many: Shadow boxing on a balance beam. Kicks, spins, just about everything.

I would have to concur with the general concensus. Flexibility does not cause a loss of power. However, if you stretch for a long time your muscles will be tired immediately afterwards and you might not be able to perform as you would like. This is a temporary effect. The more flexible you are the greater potential for power you have. I wouldn't go so far as to say being flexible equals power; I believe it opens the doors to power.

The problem with the fight scene in Bourne Identity with the German police is that he inaccurately disasembled the pistol. It was a SigSauer pistol which requires having the slide first locked back, then the disassembly latch moved and the slide pulled back again and then let off. What Jason did in the movie was not true. ::EDIT: Typo::

Well if you're asking about spelling, it is trivial in english, but if you're asking about pronunciation then it is both. You will hear native Japanese say what sounds like bam. Technically, it is "n". As for bangohan The "ng" is pronounced similar to the ng in sing. Bang-go-han. The H is pronounced in shichi. It is not sichi. But a japanese sh is a softer sh than the english, so it can sound like a prolonged s.

I liked a McDo commercial in Manila. It was cute.

Boku wa, nihongo ga tsukaimasu kedo, ima wa, jouzu dewa narimasen. Shi nen kara benkyou shimashita. Ichi-nen wa gakkou e benkyou shimashita. Toukyou e ikimashita. Demo, ima wa nihongo o benkyou shimasen. Doumou. Hajimemashte. Ja na.

Last of the Mohicans soundtrack. I like to workout to that. However, if I am practicing technique I usually avoid doing it to music.

A love ballad or instrumental overture.

Common sense also tells you that walking down a dark alley in a bad part of town is just plain stupid. Or that picking a fight with 10 guys is also just plain stupid. Common sense tells you when to pick your fights and which ones to avoid. Common sense does more to save a life on the street than you would like to think. And, no, it is not common sense that tells us water can't put out a oil/grease fire. That's what someone said in elementary school.

Blindfolded sparring is good.

...And what keeps this thread any different from the tens of other threads covering the same topic?