bushido_man96

Pretty cool. Reuse #8: Put it on your hand, and pretend you are MegaMan!

Chiefs fan here as well. Hopefully, they get Dorsey signed up here shortly.

Good luck to you! And don't consder yourself carrying too much extra baggage; I am 5'8", and about 250.

I wish you luck with both parts. Keep us posted as to how you do! What do your bb combinations consist of?

I like the sound of this. The major thing is making the students acknowledge what the "stumbling blows" would be; everyone will react a little different, but something like this would be a great augment to training.

Sounds interesting. I don't know that I would ever plan to visit it, but they love him there, so it should be a tourist attraction, big time.

Washing your belt won't wash away your knowledge, though. After all, you wash your uniform, right?

I would say that it is a bit obsessive. I would just stick to wearing to class, and perhaps when you work out on your own. I do agree, though, that if you have one that is well sized, they are quite comfortable.

That's a great way to put it. I've trained enough in Western Boxing to really stop caring about what rank I achieve in my art. Like Tori, I want to train until I can't any longer. If rank comes with that, great. But since I went for 19 years at the same rank, I'm not in a hurry. Good point here. Even if our rank doesn't change, it is important that we seek to have learned something every day.

7-10-08 Evening push-ups: 20 7-11-08 Morning push-ups: 2x10 Evening push-ups: 2x15 7-13-08 20 minute walk.

Sweet!

Taking these quotes in mind, this is my opinion: Yes, early on, it was different styles, and the mixing of styles has caused the evolution to take place. Now, you can go to gyms whose exact goal is to teach the style of fighting that now takes place in MMA competitions like the UFC and ExtremeXC. There are Thai gyms to learn Muay Thai fighting. There are Boxing gyms to learn Boxing. Each is considered its own style. Now, with the first generation of MMA champions becoming coaches and trainers, we have gyms popping up that teach the MMA style.

Some things that I used to do on my own: punches with dumbbells. Start with a light weigh, like 5 lbs, and do sets of jabs, crosses, and combos from each side. kick sets. Pick a kick, then do 5 on the front leg, then 5 off the rear leg. Switch leads and repeat. Then, do another kick. Stretching, push-ups, and crunches are good exercises to do, and take up little room. You can also take the dumbbells you did the punches with, and do elevated push-ups with them. The important thing to do is find a few minutes here and there, and do something. Other than that, when I don't train, I read.

I'd love to see a MegaMan set up. Maybe I could build it....

That's pretty cool.

I can see Downy as Holmes. Should be a good role for him. Can he speak with an English accent, though?

You had better show up at court, for sure. Like tallgeese said, there is always the chance that the officer won't show up; that would help you. My advice, is to slow down.

Yeah, I heard that SF4 was coming, and staying 2D. I thought that was kind of cool. I would still play it. I have been seeing at Wal-Mart lately all of the old 2D compilations coming out; Art of Fighting pack with like 3 of them, the World Heroes, etc. They would be a blast to have.

That sounds like a cool idea to me; the Graceland of the Martial Arts.

I remember when the Special Champion Edition came out for the Genesis (which was essentially Turbo for the Sega, and then Sega initiated its 6-button controller). I loved it.

Way to go!

Thanks for the tips, tallgeese. I like those. I have a few questions: Is this a round kick to the upper leg, Thai style? Do you wear something to use as a mitt for this, and the above technique?

I was taking Omeprazole as well. Now that I am off my prednisone, though, I find I don't need to take it. It did work well, but I was supposed to take it a half hour before eating; the only problem with that is a lot of the times I didn't know exactly when I would be eating.

I have several of the Best Karate series, and I do like them. Granted, I am not an experienced Shotokan Karateka, but from what I have read in them, I find them fairly well put together. I would be interested in picking up Karate-Do Kyohan. Although I don't always agree with Funakoshi's philosophical outlooks on the Martial Arts, I would still like to read his works.

Very well said, Cross. My DT partner and I have discussed these things at length; he likes to use the statement that you have to have somewhere to train it from. Then, we take it from the "wrist grab" and into more applicable ideas. It gives us a controlled starting point. So, we begin out of context, but work it into context.