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Right now I'm not affraid to die. In fact I've been in some limit situations and found out I'm quite calm When I'll have kids I guess I'll stop acting so recklessly. Then I'll have to live for them and value life more than I do now ....

I must confess I'm 24 and never applied for a drivers licence. I like mountain bikes and I'm a bit scared of driving a car. That's because 3 years ago I was in a car that stopped in another I got a very nasty bruise on my left knee (the scar lasted for an year) and I broke the glass with my head. Neither of them resisted Anyway it wasn't very serious. Afterwards I got a strange feeling when it came to even try to drive a car. My new friend ("Mr. Perfect" ) insisted I learned to drive so I did some miles. I guess in the spring I'll try to get my licence. Now I'm not that affraid anymore. If anybody can do it, I surelly can

Nope you don't look good. You look GREAT as I saw from your pictures Well I wish I was in your shoes .... he he ... see those couch potatoes out of style and out od shape staring at you ... Maybe there are some exceptions but they are good only to confirm the rule. Well in 5 years I guess I'll have the chance of seeing my former coleagues. Then I'll be even more good looking Long live MA training

A belt system is Ok for sudents because they can feel their progress and it's very good for the school as it offers an opportunity of extra money

Welcome. A question though ... Why is it called karate? This term should be use only when reffering to the few styles that make up that category of karate. Why any style would call itself karate? Because it's a very famous name? Submission, grappling, kickboxing are great BUT they are not karate. Karate are shotokan, gojo-ryu and other few style related. Just them. And they are called Karate because not only it means kara-te (empty hand), but because of their common origin which has something to do with Japan. I rest my case and my fingers Sorry, but I get fed up with this ... Karate karate karate and the style has nothing to do with the real thing. If it's not karate, why call it that way?

Thank you all for joining the club I hope we'll have many members. Now we must establish a hirarchy and some rules and a way to collect the money Well not really

One thing I hate ... those darn teleshoppings with Abtronic and other "devices" and mostly the message inferred: Just do 3 minutes with the "object" and you won't have to go to the gym and work hard ... just stay on your couch with something on your belly and it would turn into a great abdomen and so on. Hmm Well ... hate it. It's the WRONG message. you don't have to become a loner, staying endlessly in your living room watching TV and having something attached to those ugly arms and legs. What I always try to tell those girls who stare at me, feel my abs or my legs and say whooooa is: You want to look good. Then go and exercise, dear. Do some sport, work your butt and thus you'll look good. And never believ those liars in the commercials. They look great because they've killed themselves working up in the gym, not because abtronic and other similar stuff. about cosmetic surgery? it's Ok when you've got something completelly wrong (malformation or accident). It's Ok if you've got the money and the desire. I won't change anything, but you'll never know. Sorry for the mad post about those devices, but they make me climb the wall

We'll find out soon. Congrats for you XpOiSoN ... see you've got something orange at your signature

Hi there. Welcome here. You'll find very nice people and intersting subjects. I came here some months ago and I enjoy staying here. It's a great forum. We'll have to thank AGAIN Patrick and the moderators.

Hmm hobbies ... apart from MA cause I wanted to start with karate Good books, good music, computers, web design, and Japanese. I started learning this wonderful language and I also learn to read and write. I'll finish hiragana these days, afterwards ... katakana and the most difficult kanji. In a million years guess I'll be OK It great though. To know you can't do it, but to try anyway. And sometimes I'll be able to do it

Well. King of the Caffeine ... I'm here too Ready to help in that study. I find the subject quite interesting and I hope I'll be of some help

Those who are 40 just made their "club" and I think I'm not allowed there. And because there are many here who turned 20, let's meet in this thread. I'm 24.

Well ... with those puounds "on" I was still under the statistics And now I don't fit anymore And anorexia is not my lifetime goal Anyway I feel very good in my shoes About those puonds Tried to put them back. Didn't work. Perhaps when I'll get older I would compensate.

Everything can be OK as ling as you love what you do. I tend to believe in hedonism And try to find pleasure in what I do. As we already discussed in another thread, MA teaches us to never say "I can't". And this affects us in a positive way. Conquering your fears doing thing you never thought you'd be able to do ... what a sweet feeling

I can tell you I went to training NO MATTER WHAT. The only time I missed was when I've changed the radio station I worked in and HAD to be present one evening so all the others will know me. I guess not being there was out of question. I went to classes everytime, even if I felt sick, even if it was too hot or too cold, if it was raining or snowing ... How could I do this? It's simple. I love it. It never occured to me that I could skip a session, I always looked at those hours with pleasure and enjoyed it. It's simple. You just put it into your daily routine and that's all I think others here might say even more about this thread ... Let's wait for them

Right on both things You always get injured and if you're a girl they would stare at you as if you would have come from Mars About those awful fight scenes... you should hear me comment on them ... My folks sait they would throw the TV set if I continued being obnoxious. What do they mean?

I'm also a Christian, orthodox, but religion and MA for me are two very different things. I go to karate like I go to school or to work. Love it and put into my schedule. I train hard, I read a lot, I love every minute of it, but that's all. It's not a second religion and I don't worship anyone. I respect those who are higher than me, because they are better, I respect thise who are lower, because they've chosen the same way, I try to become a real ARTIST, and pray I'll come to that point one day. To train in the name of God ... Too exagerated for my tastes. I train for ME. And try to obey those commendmants

Hmm Interesting thread. Unfortunatelly we girls have got to fight a lot of misconceptions and other stuff. I'm glad there are still many of us doing MA and I feel we can become excellent. I've come to know some great female martial artists, thus I really don't take into consideration those minor things About fingernails As KickChick observed we must take care not to become males As for putting a picture with such a girl in a MA magazine ... it's stupid and it looks like a misrepresentation (do you have this word in English? ) She would have looked better in Cosmopolitan

Well let me put it in another way One of my instuctors was female, same height but had an "advantage" of almost 30 kilos. I couldn't sweep her leg in a million years. Needless to say she almost made my fly The other female instructor is smaller than me, and has got 10 kilos more than me. It's hard to put her down too. And my best friend is as heavy as me and smaller with 7 cm. I knock her down whenever I like. It's good we are all friends And after being put down quite friendly by a heavier female and not being able to treat her the same way ... I say again SIZE DOES MATTER. That's why they made Godzilla

Delta. A style done by a guy in Timisoara. Hmm Guess he's a fraud. Hope I'll pass by and try to see what's all about.

Did some katas while "blind". It was great. I feel very comfortable when all I see is black ... It was interesting. And we did some exercises. And they thought I cheated. Well I didn't. I just felt the other person, almost smelled her, heard her breath ... Without the possibility of seeing I tried to complement my perception with the other senses. It really worked

Great article ... full of meanings ... As for myself ... I DO know a lot more than when I was a white black, and trust me I really don't want to go back in those agonising times As I'll mature as a martial artist I'll feel I don't know anything, but till then I try to learn as much as possible.

Natural fighter ... it's like in music. We all hear it, we can even sing, but only few soung OK (the others are a real danger). Painters ... we all could paint. It's simple as long as one can hold a paintbrush ... but to make it produce beauty ... it's kinda hard and one must have talent. Gifted people are to be found everywhere and they seem to do their stuff easier and better. With some practice, one could become OK, even if not gifted, but one could never "shine" without that "something". In MA I guess it's the same. There are people who learn quickly and are very proficient and seem to have been born doing that stuff and there are some others who must train very hard to be above average. Perhaps you are one of those lucky guys Anyway ... to become good in MA one must try really hard and sometimes could become gifted as the years go by

I guess there are many who run after that image of a BB and many opportunities arise to become like this even over the night . A real BB comes to this rank by years of REAL training. Books and videos are complementary. Honestly I find them VERY useful and I think any martial artist who really wants to keep the pace must study inside and outside the dojo. Even our chatty chat (which happens to quite serious) is another learning device, a great one As for myself ... I try to encourage my coleagues to read as much as possible about the style, watch videos, think about the techniques, study them, compare and so on Guess I'm a (how you call it ...) nerd, geek

For 2 AWFUL days I couldn't get to this forum. It kept saying. Can't find server, page cannot be displayed ... I was SHOCKED and SAD, yeah SAD I became addicted to this forum and to you all. Huhh Now you're back. Don't leave again. Have mercy on my little soul