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This is what I have heard also, though I haven't seen the movie yet.

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Thanks for the link. I'll give it a look over the weekend or next week.

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northerndragon, Have you actually mentioned this incident to your instructor? He may not be aware of this student's actions in class. If he is aware of it then he needs to do what is necessary to stop it. Your experience gets me a little "hot-under-the-collar" because during one-steps students intentionally leave themselves open to attack so their partners can practice, not hit them full force. This is bad etiquette as well as a good way to injure someone.

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The index.html, and any other .html pages for that matter, should retain all the frontpage specific encoding if you transfer it to your computer from the host's server. You shouldn't have to spend much time rebuilding it. What is the URL for your website? I'd like to take a look at the source. Ed

As patrick mentioned, you can get an external hard drive and back up your computer's hard drive on it. They sell some now that are as large as one terabyte. You also mentioned a web page stored on your now-deceased hard drive. Whoever is hosting your website will have all your web page files on their server. You should be able to use an ftp program and copy them from the web host's server back to your computer, once you get a new one. I use Fire FTP, an add on for the Mozilla Firefox web browser for transferring files to and from my web page. Ed

I know The Last Samurai came out about 5 years ago, but it still bugs me a little that the main character (Tom Cruise) was supposed to have learned and become quite good in the ways of the samurai in such a short period of time. So, was anybody else irked by his rapid mastery of the Japanese art of warfare?

As an instructor I would say, as IcemanSK said, that you need to focus on your own preparation for your BB test and not to worry about other students. Even though it is annoying, thinking about the situation only distracts you from your ultimate goal. As you know, the other student's performance will not determine whether you pass or fail. Ed

Our BB's do sew on little white bars to denote their dan ranking, but it isn't mandatory. One of our BB's doesn't put dan bars on his belt at all. Ed

I am partial to gold, but my school doesn't embroider anything on our BB's so it really doesn't matter to me. BTW, thanks for the pictures, Ninjanoir. I liked being able to compare the different colors without having to search all over the 'net for pictures. Ed

With guns, if you are hoping to disarm the attacker, you are going to have to be right up on him, or else be able to move in close. If you aren't close or are unable to close in, run like glockmeister said. As for bracing a gun, when it comes to a pistol, most people will use it extended at arms length from their bodies. Ed

For me, I think two is the maximum. I don't like my attention and focus to be spread out over too many different things at one time. I guess it really boils down to knowing yourself and your abilities and determining just how fully you want to master each art's subtleties. Ed

No, it isn't standard practice to deliberately nail a partner with a punch or kick when practicing one-step sparring. Sounds like the blue belt has poor control and/or was showing off. However, as the others have said, it may be an isolated incident. Ed

I think that somebody will make a big impact on MA movies in the future, but, as others have said, Bruce Lee set the standard for MA movies and will probably always be considered the best. Since Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan has arguably made the greatest impact on MA movies. His formula was different from Bruce Lee's, though. He combined MA, extraordinary stunts, and comedy in his MA movies. It seems to me that Jackie Chan's movies were the first to really appeal to the general movie-going audience. Ed

Are you asking if there will ever be another person as well known and respected as Bruce Lee or if Bruce Lee was really as great as his admirer's make him out to be? Ed

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Don's forget about chin-ups and pull-ups. This guy demonstrates a number of ways to utilize a chin-up bar. Ed

Yeah, it reminded me of a kubotan. the main "rod" pivoted on the ring so that you could place in your hand in different ways. The pivot was off center, so, depending on how you rotated it, it would protrude from the palm on one side or the other, but not both. Ed

Here is a link to the wesite: Mile High Karate. You can download a 32-page pdf brochure from the main page. You might want to look it over. As ShoriKid mentioned, it seems to be heavy into the kid segment of the MA practitioner demographic. Ed

I was watching a show called Mind, Body, and Kickin' Moves and they were discussing some of the less well known Samurai weapons. One neat little weapon was an iron/steel rod a little bit longer than the width of the hand that was attached via a pivot to a ring that slid over the user's middle finger. The man demonstrating them performed several strikes aimed at the opponent's head and throat. The looked like pretty cool weapons. Anybody ever seen these before? If so what are they called (I missed what the host called them)? Ed