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Cute! I have a little red Australian terrier named Sophie. She's so adorable that she doesn't look real sometimes...

I think someone's favorite movies reveal a lot about their personality. Share your favorite movie titles here...you can decide to tell why you chose the film or not, you can list just one film or twenty, list them in order of how much you like them or random order. My favorite films are "A.I. Artificial Intelligence", "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring", most films directed by Stanley Kubrick and most films directed by Luc Besson.

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RF_Brown, actually, Shorin-Ryu isn't one of the official major styles of karate. But it's common anyways. There's four: Wado-Ryu, Shito-Ryu, Goju-Ryu and Shotokan. Thanks for all your help!

I have an important question for you: Do you, or do you not think that you are clinically depressed? If you need help answering this question, go here: http://depression.about.com/cs/amidepressed/ Or ask someone at a depression forum about depression. These people KNOW what it's like. It's true we all have some really bad times in our lives. But when you're clinically depressed, it's very different. Why else do people slice their body, and kill themselves? Most people who died by suicide were not recieving any help. So if you tell someone what they feel is normal, it could just make things worse. ad, you may or may not be clinically depressed. If you are, please see a psychiatrist. If not, maybe your problem is something totally different.

I'm sorry.

Forgive me for assuming the possibility that you were not completely informed. I have a right to share my own opinions.

Humans reproduce way too quickly. And dumb people have more kids than smart people. Geniuses almost never have children. Depressing as this is, why bother with the silly little things in life you can't do anything about? Why not worry about the things you CAN do, CAN change?

My style

The Shaolin leopard style is similar to tiger style, except it places more emphasis on agility. Both use raw power. Praying Mantis is not raw power, it's based more on strategy. Do a search on the net for more detailed info.

It says that you're working on something? Thank you for responding. But I still don't know what happened to the threads that were moved.

Maybe this isn't related, but I get a feeling of peace when I do internal tensho kata from white crane kung fu. I can be all hyped up and then as soon as my hands start moving...it goes away and I gain concentration. Never felt ANYTHING like that before I started MA.

What's going on with all these posts that randomly disappear? I've noticed my own and others' posts missing...anyone else notice? And what'd it mean when a post is "Moved"? It's actually GONE. Is it deleted?

Biggest abs mistake: Crunches Crunches are just about useless. You have to have really good form to do them right, and do a lot to get a result. Kickchick, and everyone else here have great ideas. But I'm just surprised no one's mentioned bicycles. I do 90 bicycles every other day, 3 intervals of 30. It's very difficult, but my abs are really defined now. You can see them even when my stomache is relaxed. (Still got a layer of fat over em though...) At first I could only do 30 bicycles. This just goes to show their effectiveness. Bicycles are basically crunches but they cross over and are much more difficult. You can even adjust the difficulty level by raising your back. See this website for info on bicycles and other ab excercises: http://www.coachsos.com/techniques/447.html [color=darkred][/color][size=3][/size]

This might sound weird but...one day I just told myself I wanna learn to fight. So I started to take aikido, but it wasn't for me. (I wanted to learn to punch and kick...) Two years later, I again decided I wanted to learn martial arts. So I started karate. Nice avatar Tai-Kwon-Leap It's interesting to hear what got you guys started.

Gracias Guerrero...I think you have a good point. Soft styles getting better with age, hard styles being easier to learn.

I got 25. It's a known fact that men are more powerful and have more physical endurance than women. Speed itself is equal. Pain endurance, women are better. Whining, most women are whinier. Definetly. But women are also better team players. Certainly there's exceptions, but generally it's true. No bias here, this is only what I understand to be true. It's from thousands of years of evolution where women gathered food and took care of children while men went out hunting. Women in ancient times were less mobile because they were basically baby machines. I'm NEVER gonna have children.

Don't get too caught up in the whole diet thing. Americans waste more money on diet programs than you would believe - it's a huge industry. Why is everyone so confused about nutrition? It's simple. Just eat a balanced diet, and don't eat artificial or fatty junk that's bad for you. Rice, fish, noodles, salad, soups, chicken, potatoes....as opposed to hamburgers, candy, greasy potato chips and soda. If you're still insure, just follow the Japanese diet of vegetables, fish and rice. It's *delicious* (I eat sushi all the time) and it's excellent for you. Japanese live longer than most of the whole world.

Soft styles of kung fu use a whipping-like motion of hands and feet that requires little muscle power but supposedly deeply penetrates your opponent. Raw strength doesn't seem to do this "penetrating" thing. Do you believe soft styles of kung fu outpower harder styles like panther kung fu or karate etc.? Please, do not answer if you have no idea what you're talking about. I'm looking for an educated answer from a person who knows something about the theory of soft styles.

I suggest Ju jutsu. It offers the traditional aspect of character-building and discipline, and it'll make you a far more well-rounded and efficient fighter by teaching you grappling. If grappling's not the right thing for you, just go with what you [color=blue]feel[/color] is right. You don't have to ask anyone. If it's raw effectiveness in combat you're worried about, muay thai gives you that quickly. But if you pair that with something like what you're considering, you'll also learn discipline and concentration. And when you can no longer learn any more from muay thai, you can always learn more from most Chinese and Japanese arts. That way you'll become a stronger, more diverse fighter as time goes on. Most importantly, don't diss anything until you know what the heck it is. Check out a real "traditional" arts dojo or sparring match before you judge it.

If they meet the requirements of being a black belt, what would any type of mental disability matter?

I posted this in another thread, but it's relevant here as well: Do you really want "self-defense", I mean, do you really need it? Or are you just interested in knowing how to fight? For me it was pretty much the latter. That, and working to perfect techniques by practicing hard gives me a lot of self-satisfaction. So: Better for self-defense: Ju jutsu, brazilian ju jutsu, judo, aikido, a self-defense course Better for pure fighting/kicking butt: muay thai, ninjutsu, krav maga Good for both self-defense and also kicking butt if necessary: karate, kung-fu, tang soo doo, ju jutsu, freestyle kickboxing Useless for real fighting: taichi, american boxing, tae kwan do, aerobic kickboxing (these are for fun, sports and fitness, mostly) Don't take that TOO seriously, it's just a general guide and some people would disagree with some of it (like the tae kwan do part.) But I really do think it'll help you out. FIRST find out everything available in your area. Don't just look in one place, really look around. Once you know your options, decide what you're looking for, what type of art you'd like to take. Do a little research. Then check out different schools, ask the teachers questions to see if they're for real. Pick your school, start your training and work hard. Remember, the effort to find a good school and a good teacher is worth it! If you train under a bad teacher you'll just be wasting your time, energy and money. Good luck! And let us know if you begin training in something.

Tang Soo Doo is Korea's own fighting art. It's not ripped off of karate like tae kwan do. I was wondering, why hasn't anyone on these boards talked about it, or why haven't I heard of it much? There's a Tang soo doo dojo in my area, and the teacher is excellent. I was wondering if I should try crosstraining in tang soo doo along with my white crane karate. Has anyone heard of this art? Does anyone know about it or have experience with it? Thanks.

ONLY for self-defense and fun, right? Well, if you plan to actually use your techniques on other highschoolers muay thai (Thai kickboxing) might be a little severe. Do you really want "self-defense", I mean, do you really need it? Or are you just interested in knowing how to fight? For me it was pretty much the latter. That, and working to perfect techniques by practicing hard gives me a lot of self-satisfaction. So: Better for self-defense: Ju jutsu, brazilian ju jutsu, judo, aikido, a self-defense course Better for pure fighting/kicking butt: muay thai, ninjutsu, krav maga Good for both self-defense and also kicking butt if necessary: karate, kung-fu, tang soo doo, ju jutsu, freestyle kickboxing Useless for real fighting: taichi, american boxing, tae kwan do, aerobic kickboxing (these are for fun, sports and fitness, mostly) Don't take that TOO seriously, it's just a general guide and some people would disagree with some of it (like the tae kwan do part.) But I really do think it'll help you out. FIRST find out everything available in your area. Don't just look in one place, really look around. Once you know your options, decide what you're looking for, what type of art you'd like to take. Do a little research. Then check out different schools, ask the teachers questions to see if they're for real. Pick your school, start your training and work hard. Remember, the effort to find a good school and a good teacher is worth it! If you train under a bad teacher you'll just be wasting your time, energy and money. Good luck! And let us know if you begin training in something.

AAAH! It's censored. Heaven and H-e-l-l. * = H-e-l-l