bushido_man96

A friend of mine who is kind of a Star Wars nut said that the lightsaber is actually equivalent to the weight of a longsword, or similar. They aren't just a weightless piece of light that can be slung like it weighs nothing.

I hear what you are saying, Tom. You can stretch cold, you just won't be able to stretch as far, and it will be tougher to make gains. However, if you do work out hard a few times a week, and then stretch hard after those workouts, and then do the light stretching on the off days, you can still see some gains. That said, you could do some leg/footwork drills, some jumping jacks, etc., to get the blood pumping. When you stretch like this, though, don't try to go to your max stretch position; only go until you feel the mild discomfort. This should help you out.

Congrats! I will be 29 on the 9th!

It looks like you have some tough choices to make. I would like to learn BJJ, so I might lean that way. Each of the styles would be great for conditioning, I think; so either way there. One thing I would do is check to see if the places that offer more than one 'style' have it all included in the class price, or if each costs a certain amount. Welcome to the Forums!

Agreed. But the fact that he did not complete Wing Chun, let alone master it is not a story. However, that does not take anything away from Bruce Lee, as far as him being an exceptional martial artist is concerned. I don't think that he ever claimed that he did master Wing Chun, nor any other style, for that matter. He was know to be somewhat arrogant, but not so much that he diluted himself into thinking something such as that. I do believe that he probably spent enough time in Wing Chun to figure out what he did/did not like, and was able to tailor his own training thus. I agree with this point. He was obsessive/fanatical about his training, and his physical condition as well.

Maybe so, but he didn't choose to take that route. What we do know is that he was fast, trained hard, and there are a lot of stories out there floating around.

That is good stuff!

Welcome to KF!

Um, what is that?

If you want to get a job within MA that pays a lot of money, you better look into professional fighting.

Thanks, Patrick! I'm so happy!!!!!!!! There isn't an emoticon made yet that is descriptive enough of my happyness!

I remember the old AFC West showdowns when the Seahawks were still there. The record setting sack game by Derrick Thomas....and the Seahawks still winning the game! I kind of miss the old Seahawks being out of the West now.

Oh, now, I don't think that is the case. It is like Herm Edwards said: "There were 4 teams playing at home that had to win to get in, and we won. We didn't back into the playoffs. We won, and we got in."

This may be the better way to word it! This weekend we put up a new light fixture, and hung some wood blinds in the daughter's room. Today I will be putting primer on some of the pieces to the bookcase we have to build.

I went to a Meatloaf concert in September of 2003, I think. This last year, 2006, my family and I went to Blackhawk, and Uncle Cracker.

He was not a fan of styles. But it is always a good idea for one to MASTER a style first; possess an essence of that style; and UNDERSTAND that particular style, before one goes about "improving" it. I don't think that Bruce Lee 'imporved' on Wing Chun, or any other style, for that matter. He did take what worked for him, drilled it, and used it. That is what fighting is about. You have to be efficient and effective, and that is what he did. I wouldn't know for sure, but I think he started Wing Chun as a child. Therefore, he probably had plenty of experience to go on. It doesn't really matter. He did what he did, and it worked for him. That is all that matters for any martial artist, I think.

Maybe the first thing you should have done was inform your father, so that the two of you can handle it together. 2 on 1 is bad. 2 on 2 is better.

I think that technique modification is one of the important things that martial artists must do as they get older. I am in TKD, but I can't do all of the fancy arial kicks, and as I get older, the window of opportunity to learn them closes faster and faster. The important thing is to be able to do what you can proficiently, and keep it close to you all of the time.

A European longsword was still a sharp weapon, and very capable of severing limbs with a swing. As for hand to hand combat, European knights were skilled at this as well.

This is another misconception. The European longsword was used for both cutting and thrusting. The thrust as a primary means of attack didn't come into effect until later on in the 1600s, when the rapier began to become popular as a civilian weapon.

Try to find another person to do the talking, then. If you think that he would listen, then don't let it go by the wayside.

If the pain is subsiding with each day, then I would say it is getting better. If it were me, I probably wouldn't go to the doctor, but then again, I don't like going anyway! My wife always has to make me go!

Ooooh, that doesn't sound good at all. Does she recon it is from all the leg kicks?

You don't want to cheat yourself on the warm-up. The amount of warm-up you do will relate to how far you will be able to stretch. That said, if you hop on the treadmill for 2 minutes, and then try to stretch, you may not get as good a stretch as you do after 2 hours at the Thai gym.

They should be willing to let you spar, if you can go in there and demonstrate that you have control of your techniques.