ShotokanTre

I've heard cat stance started as a block to a knife to the stomach. Anyone else hear that?

Please tell us what the other four pillars are. I don't get bored by philosophy.

getting into trouble in school isn't neccialrly a "bad" thing, either, though. If you get into trouble for fighting when you didn't start the fight, I would say, your school sucks, but this builds character. It's way better to get into trouble for defending yourself than to be a "good kid" and get your face punched, or arm broken...some blocks are dangerous

I don't really have an opinion as to whaty color it should be, but mine is white, so i think i'll stick with that. although i do like the white jacket with black pants look. I think black tops kind of are too much like pajamas, so I would reserve that for Ninjutsu

the only thing I think I can add: training in only kata, or only sparing/live feed back is actualy dangerous, because isolated, i think it would give a sense of knowing what's coming, if you used the same partner always/only did kata.

Shodan just means beginner, or first, or something to that effect. Heian Shodan means "First Step" or something similar to that. Also, the analogy that a black belt is the "beginning" is why the title of Shodan is given. Oh.. Thanks Shodan actually means first level. Sho = first, dan= level Heian Shodan means "peaceful mind, level 1" This makes very much sense, thank you. I still have one question though. Sho=first when begining something, but not when counting? First in counting would be ichiban, right?

anything that i'm not allergic to: anchovies mushrooms pineapple i don't really care for black olives, but if done right are okay/manageable Other than at, yeah pizza, and the more the better

I was told point blank..."you will fall in love before 28, you will have three children, two sons and a daughter" I turn 25 in two weeks and am lonely:( I hope I have the girl first ETA: I do believe that is possible for humans to invoke "divine" energy, and I think I understand why Emporers from the world over have claimed to be "living gods" i think i get what they meant by that.

Shodan just means beginner, or first, or something to that effect. Heian Shodan means "First Step" or something similar to that. Also, the analogy that a black belt is the "beginning" is why the title of Shodan is given. Oh.. Thanks

I think the most often forgoten thing about the backfist is that it is not a slap, it is a precision blow to the temple with the first two knuckles

I live in VA am I eligible to sign? I think I should be, since TN was part of VA once. j/k

Yeah, I've been in a fight or two more than I care to remember. I live in America, and I am a male.

I'd pull in the parking lot and go get something and then act like I was looking for the right CD or whatever then follow them out of parking lot for a while to see where they went. Or if they got loud , call the police in the parking lot. If he said/did something I thought was out of line, I would intervere on behalf of the woman in dis-stress

I think meditation helps a lot. I medidate 4-6 times a week

it seems to me that most girls at the dojo --or anywhere else I go in life-- are all either underage or waaaayy too old