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My family has cable TV. My folks have digital cable back home, and I love it. They have all of the movie packages, and it is great. I would like to have it someday.

Thanks, Sohan. It really is quite a blow to the world of sports. Here are some things that many people may not have known about Lamar Hunt: He was the first AFL member voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame He was also voted into the International Tennis Association Hall of Fame, and the Pro Soccer Hall of Fame He helped start the Major League Soccer association in the U.S. He was an initial investor in the Chicago Bulls NBA team in 1960 Even while recovering from prostate cancer and doing radiation treatment, he was maintaining a 40 hour work week He is the epitome of the Midwest work ethic, and he was the ultimate team player. He will be sorely missed in the sports world, let alone the Kansas City Chiefs organization. My best goes out to his family. May he rest in peace.

Before you report the incident to the police, make sure you can get your other friend to confirm the story to the police along with you. Sure, she ponied up before, but go before the authorities without getting confirmation from her to testify, and she may change her tune. Not many people like to rat out their friends, regardless of what they did. Sorry to hear about that, Kerry. This is just not your week, is it?

I have a kubotan for a keychain to the jail. Years ago, my dad had some training with the kubotan, but I have not had any.

Holy cow! That is huge! Actually, 5 to 9 pounds is probably about right for that size of weapon. I think that typically it would be wielded in two hands. On a side note, did you know that the standard wieght of the medieval longsword was only about 3 lbs?

Yeah, I know. I never considered myself "big-boned." I am just big. The funny thing is, when I started to work out more, I didn't seem to lose. And I have been doing more than just lifting weights. I am not really gaining either, but just not losing.

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Sounds cool, NightOwl. Let us know how it goes!

Thanks, grandmasterchen.

You can still get faster, but just because you were born small doesn't mean you are born fast. Start by building some strength through some resistance training, and then you can move up to some plyometric exercises that will help to increase your expolsiveness. You can still be faster than a big person, but won't be for free!

The fact that it actually holds some intrinsic value to so many MAist is why they justify the price of that thing. I would be willing to bet that there are some old Black Belt Magazines in the archives that would go for similar prices. It would be cool to have, though!

Although we cannot go back and really get all of the documentation that we want about these challenge matches, we do have the luxury of seeing the MMA competitions in the mainstream, and we can see how good it can be.

This is the general feeling that I get from my TKD training at this time. We get to class, do basics, then forms, then one-steps, then sparring, if time, and rarely any self-defense. Our students have great technique, and my instructor has plenty of self-defense stories that he shares from time to time. However, it seems like the organization is too curriculum oriented, which does a disservice to the students involved. I agree with elbows_and_knees that we definitely need to have more partner work, drilling, sparring, and self-defense.

I kind of liked this kata. Very sharp hand techniques, and I liked the knee techniques as well.

Typically, what is normally referred to as "training" takes place in a controlled environment, where most of the parties involved are aware of the goals and objectives of the session. The idea behind training is to use the controlled environment to build muscle memory and combat instinct through repititions. Walking up to a gang to start a fight would constitute more of an "experience" session, I believe, because there is no control over the situation. This is where the training comes in handy, because you have ingrained the movements into the muslce memory, and it will hopefully be recalled when and if needed, in my opinion.

If they can't seem to give you the style of kung fu that it is, that could mean a couple of things. One, it could be a hodge-podge of different kung fu concepts and techniques, gathered over a period of time, without giving credit to one particular style. Or, two, it isn't kung fu, and is just a collaboration of kung fu type moves, that they have no idea about at all. The main thing that I would be concerned with is whether or not it is effective. I could care less what it is called.

If you don't practice any of the combat applications of tai chi, then its ability to prepare you to defend yourself is probably not very high. It all really depends on how good of a fighter you are before you take up tai chi, but that can go with many other arts as well.

Each post funnier than the last!!! Wow, that is good for the soul!

I think that kata practice was a result of an increase in solo training, and not having a partner to work with. I could be off, though.

I was watching SportsCenter, and I have just heard that Chiefs owner and founder of the American Football League, Lamar Hunt, died Wednesday evening in a hospital in Dallas Texas. He was 74 years old. Here is a link to an article, talking briefly about some of Hunt's accomplishments: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2697040 He has done much for the NFL, and will be missed.

Sorry to hear that, Kerry! Really stinky! Personally, I have never been a big believer in Karma, or in the whole "what goes around, comes around" thing. I've seen too many people get away with too many things.

Marvel: The Incredible Hulk--power, rage, strenght, oh, and more power, rage, and strength. I like him the most. DC: Superman--power and strength, and the best goodie-goodie ever! I also LOVE the theme song from the movies!

I remember Crystal Pepsi, but not Pepsi Blue.

That's cool. I have two monitors, but I can't figure out how to get different wallpaper on each of them. So, I have a really cool picture of the sun going down in the clouds that my wife took while driving home one night. I used to have some cool kanji on screen, that translated to "Whole Life Dedicated to Taekwon-do," written by Gen. Choi. I lost it, and now can't find it on the net anymore. At work, my wallpaper has a picture of Walker, Texas Ranger, put on by a few of my buddies here!