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I agree, or they had a lot of free time on there hands.

NCIS, CSI Miami, The New UFC, and Ghost Hunters. That My Old shows with new episode. There are some new ones that I have seen previewed that look pretty good.

I used watch Benji, Punky Brewster, Scobby Doo, Smurfs, My Little Ponies, Fraggle Rock, Care Bears, Gummy Bears, He-man, Alf, A-team, AirWolf, Adams Family, Blonde, Monsters, Disney Cartoons like Donald Duck, Too.

Yes its very possible depending on how hydrated you are to start with. I agree, Drink plenty of water all day long exspecially during the summer. I'm guilty of not drinking plain water, but I drink plenty of ice tea which I just learn it is not good to drink and than work out. Since I heard that I try to drink a glass of water before I leave for class.

Congrats, Patrick!

Congrats, Tori!

Thank you guys for all your impute. I appreciate it.

No doing so bad, thank you for asking. And you? Welcome back.

Yes I have ask him if he likes doing Martial Arts, and he does, But he says he does not want to take all the time, when he wants to take it, (He is a kid he wants to sit in front of the tv all day if we let him which does not happen,) so we cut him back some but when he with us when he is not taking class, he wants to get on the floor and I tell he has to sit on the chair, he does not like that to much. As for when we started, my husband and I and my son started at the same time. For him doing another kids class there is only one choice and he is in it. We have always help out in instructing when needed so it is nothing new to him.

Your welcome, I hope it help. best thing to do is get back in class.

Ya agree It will be hard to top that one, when I saw Ledger in his makeup I thought of the Crow and some of his action reminded me of it, too.

Me, too!

I do not no, I would think not because you can not control the bounce I would think. But hanging it from a ceiling it always is going to swing at you.

I am getting ready to test for my dan, so I am starting or teaching the classes little more than I have been. The question I have is how do you seperate the Mother mode with your child. Exspecially when you have to correct him (for techniques)it seems when I instruct he is more sluggish, like mom is instructing so I just give 35 0/0 instead of the 100 0/0. I try to ingore him, but I do not want to do that when sensei is watching me, and I do not want him to think I would let other students do that, which they do not (or any new students that come in the future), just my own does. My husband when he works with our son says he has to make him mad to get him to do things I told him that is not right you should not have to that. When sensei works with our son there usually is not a problem. But it is expected of us to be able to instruct and I am told to seperate being a mother to being a sensei in our dojo and not to get mad at my son which I try not to but I get disappointed when I know he can do better than he does. But I did get a little upset at him when I ask him what color belt he was and he told me the wrong color to be sarcastic or joking, I took it sarcasticly. And made him do push ups. I'm just puzzled when it comes to him and so is my husband. So any imput would be great and if others have experience the same problem and how the dealt with it would be great.

Hang a tennis ball from where you hang your heavey bag Unless you have bare rafters about face level and light practice your strikes on that it will swing at you and you can react or get hit by it.

As for kids being in karate I think it is great. I wish you see more in karate and other activitys, then there would not be so many couch potatoes (that is my nice way of putting it).

I foud out recently that my uncle took some sort of martial art when he was in the Marine Corps 35(do not know when exactly) some odd years ago, he did not stick with it though, but it starts with me and my husband and 10 year old son(soon to be 11 ).

Ouch!

My husband is 5/9 and weighs about 175ib. And we got a size 4 from karate depote med. weight gi. DO NOT dry it, wash in cold water. and that will keep the shinkage to minamin. You could go with a size 5 it is not that much bigger, just to be safer.

I perfer my karate depot gi (med. weight)I have had 3 years and still wearing it. I recently purchased a heavey weight gi for tournaments and did wear in class this spring it was very hot compared to my med. weight gi and we do not have ac either. and I do throws and get thown in my med. weight gi every once in while I have to resew a tie in it. But the price is right.

Hey, Welcome. KarateDepot.com But there are so many sites. Just pay attention to shipping rates, unless they are not a issue. another one a like is sakuramartialarts.com, I like them there shipping is a little more than karate depot like $5 more but they ship quicker.

Mel, No hard feelings, but you are going to get hit, your going to get bruised, that is Martial Arts that is why we all practice for the self defense and the glory of it. I know from a womans stand point I do not like getting all these bruise and knots all over my body but it is better to be condition to them now than when it comes time to defend my self from a attack and getting hit then, an being shock by it. And losing that reaction time to defend my self, that in which could be deadly to myself. Because every second counts in a self defense situation, right. Search the web for schools in your area. Check them schools out, you really need to be in a dojo environment, the right environment.

funny!

Well done! I wish I would not get so nervous on belt testing.

Congrats, Fish!