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I think right or wrong is insignificant compared to the ability to show compassion for each other

benefits of mind, pyschological, mental, training in combat, keep in mind hypnosis is a tool used by psychologists http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shPj5xidsQo

I'd like to see them go to India and do some wrestling. Also Africa and do some long stick fighting.

I had a CD I use to play when I taught class. when I put it on, people new that class was gonna start, and it helped them get in the mood. mainly just for warmup. And for the times I wanted to pump them up for hard workout. one of my favorite drills: hit the bag for 60 sec as fast as you can. before they start, I would tell them, this is gonna be hard, imagine your whole family is watching you, not to mention all of us. don't let us down. can you take this? you got it? give it your all, I want you on your knees afterwards if not you didn't give me everything! imagine the bag as the person you want to fight the most. I don't care how much you slow down, whatever you do, just don't stop! take a deep breath, close your eyes, and if they are too relaxed I tell them to slap their body and wake themselves up. I put on the music loud and say: are you ready? Let's get it on!!!! ah the power of music.

the ones that are popular with self-training seems to be Nunchaku & Butterfly knives. next is I think something like throwing knives & escrima sticks. add a bo/jo in there too for me the nunchaku is easier to learn than the butterfly knife, but once I got the hang of the butterfly knife... I'm all about it now, since you can do many of the nunchaku movements for the butterfly knife anyway!

using a bazooka to stop a pickpocket in the mall would be pretty crazy and dumb. hand grenade is very useful in war but in a jail cell... I loved the scene in Pulp Fiction when Bruce Wilis grabs the baseball bat, then sees the chainsaw, but then he knows he found even better, a sword! it all depends in context no?

this is another interesting explanation on the meaning of internal & external. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HCzVJrfs7A

shoots firecrackers and lights up the neon sign ATHENA ROCKS!!! the young... so much energy..

maybe if they were equal but to me they are pretty different, for example many knives have more of an advantage in concealment. if we do it like you said, then it negates one the strongest "points" of a knife doesn't it?

*blush* thanx, I'm just ramblin, hehehe

seems to me like many people do these kinds of things thinking they are funny, but it only shows how dumb they are, and being funny is not easy, if you think it's easy and your not a comedian making tons of money, your probably not funny but annoying

I think many people forget that being in a relationship is a luxury. there are plenty of people who have never been with another person for their entire life. I've met a lovely attractive widow who was single and stayed that way she looked 40. I asked her why, and she told me because the love of her life died in a car crash early in their marriage (high school sweet hearts) she is not the only person I've met like this. everyone always wants a GF, wants this kind of GF, that kind of GF, they always think of what they want in a girl, but have they thought of what they have to offer? is it really that good? compared to 100s of other guys? I say only when you have reach rock bottom, been humbled, and then worked really hard to make yourself better, can you even start to appreciate the beauty of what is called a woman. then every day becomes valentines day. you know that she can leave you at any moment, but your secure, you won't force her, you let her be the way she is, just accept what is, and you like a skilled magician, charm her with your spells. And together grow nurture what is called love..

well maybe you can relate to this PS1, back when UFC just started, I use to have competitions against other styles at a local univ. gymnasium. back when I didn't know much, I recall getting the mount on some unfortunate guys that were always bigger, stronger, and to not panic, I would visualize Royce Gracie, I could see Royce taking a breath as he mounted Art Jimmerson I would also do this when I would get the clinch, during the storm, I can't see, everything is so fast, I just don't want to get hit, I imagine the way Royce clinched up his opponents, and before I knew it, I'm sweeping the leg. maybe you guys don't, but I for sure visualize a lot, even during the match. And I definitely imagine breaking bones and joints when I land the submission on a bad person of course

my opinion is that the main difference between western/eastern, soft/hard style scientific/energy is this: mainly your approach in training. Or should I say it starts there. I wrote to a world famous Tai Chi guy. And I said to him that a Boxer whether he knows it or not is using many Tai Chi principals, and that's why he punches so well. On the other hand the styles are totally different because Tai Chi is for an older person, I even speculated that Tai Chi was probably developed by someone who was like a Boxer, but then realized that as they aged they needed to change their regiment in order to still maintain power and be effective. The Tai Chi guy agreed. btw this guy is known for his Dim Mak stuff, so it just showed me that his style is so misinterpreted and not only is he solid, that I was also on the right page

if you punch a guy in the face and visualize his head getting smashed into oblivion as you do it, it shouldn't be too difficult to do.