user names once againe

[tshadowchaser]

I know we have other threads on this but for those newer to the forum may I ask how you choose your username here and /or why?

Mine comes from an abreviated name of one of my cats:
Sir Thunderfoot Shadowchaser

[thardey]

It's my name, T. Hardey

Nothing too exciting, I'm afraid.

[Kennedy_Shogen_Ryu]

Unfortunately no exciting stories behind mine, my family name is Kennedy and my main style of study is Shogen Ryu.

[crushing]

It's my name, T. Hardey

Nothing too exciting, I'm afraid.


Same here, C. Rushing. It's just kind of cool that it turns into crushing.

Well, not that thardey isn't cool too.

[Kacey]

Mine is my initials - KC - turned into a name - Kacey.

[Drac]

Drac= Short for Dracula.Was always fascinated with the Universal version of Dracula and Bela Lugosi..Later I got to cut a lot of commericals during Halloween using a "Dracula/Lugosi voice. The didn't always remember my real name, they would say "the guy that does the Dracula stick"..The nickname stuck..

[thardey]

Same here, C. Rushing. It's just kind of cool that it turns into crushing.

Well, not that thardey isn't cool too.


Yeah, but I always wonder who's trying to figure out what a "thardey" is, or how to say it!

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[searcher]

Mine I got from constantly searching for more information. I feel like a sponge in need of water.

[CoryKS]

My name is Cory. I live in KS. Wasn't feeling terribly creative that day.

[thardey]

Drac= Short for Dracula.Was always fascinated with the Universal version of Dracula and Bela Lugosi..Later I got cut a lot of commericals during Halloween using a "Dracula/Lugosi voice. The didn't always remember my real name, they would say "the guy that does the Dracula stick"..The nickname stuck..

I was never too interested in the Drac legends until I read Bram Stroker's -- now that's one of my favorite books.

:asian:

[Kennedy_Shogen_Ryu]

Drac= Short for Dracula.Was always fascinated with the Universal version of Dracula and Bela Lugosi.

So does this mean that I finally found someone who doesn't consider me crazy for spending money on the 75th Anniversary Edition of the movie? I have to sit down and watch the movie at least once a week!

[CoryKS]

So does this mean that I finally found someone who doesn't consider me crazy for spending money on the 75th Anniversary Edition of the movie?

As long as it hasn't been Turnerized. *shudder*

[tellner]

T. Ellner -> tellner

[Tames D]

I asked my kids to create a name for me and Qui-Gon it is... the Jedi Knight from Star Wars of course.

[KempoGuy06]

My main style is Kempo, im a guy, i started in 2006.

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[Sukerkin]

My user name has it's roots in the days when I used to play BattleTech (tabletop wargame), in that I named my first ever 'mechpilot "Dallas Sukerkin".

His name derived from the idea that as humanity spread out into the galaxy, the various cultures would intermingle and meld. So he had a North American matralinial line and a Central Russian patralinial line Thus, Russian surname and a given name taken from an American city.

Of course the rational for the name came after a bit of thought. At the start he was just 'Dallas' as I'd watched "Alien" the night before and the character of the Nostromo captain struck me as cool, so I pinched both his persona and his name :D.

When the internet came along and I began to surf, I needed an on-line, unique, identifier and as noone it seems has ever used Sukerkin but me it was an easy fit :). At the time too, I was playing so much BattleTech that I would answer as easily to Dallas Sukerkin as my real name; so no danger of ever forgetting it (or the associated passords) :o.

[Dave Leverich]

Mine's an abbreviation of Jason Statham :D

[goodwrench_mc]

Nickname from highschool and motorcycle club
I was a mechanic - Goodwrench
Motorcycle club - mc
Goodwrench_mc
:)

[stone_dragone]

Started as my email in college, became the school name that I teach under and my total on-line all purpose username.

[morph4me]

I was using another screen name and got tired of it, so I changed it (morphed) just because I felt like it(for me).

[bydand]

Old family motto from Scotland. Bydand = Abiding, remaining. stand ready, and several other translations which nobody seems to know for sure which is 100% correct. Any of them appealed to me so, I adopted it for my screen name online.

[MBuzzy]

My great uncle has called me Buzzy since I was born basically (my grandfather's nickname was Buzz) and my last name is Mills.....so MBuzzy works.

[Big Don]

My name is Don, and I'm 5'11 265, so my Sifu started calling me Big Don.


Just like the girls do...

[Drac]

So does this mean that I finally found someone who doesn't consider me crazy for spending money on the 75th Anniversary Edition of the movie? I have to sit down and watch the movie at least once a week!

I am SO into it that I use to freak out my brother by muting the volume and speaking Lugosi's lines...




As long as it hasn't been Turnerized. *shudder*

BITE YOUR TONGUE!!!!

[Sensei Payne]

Mine is my actual tittle and name

[BrandiJo]

Mine was awful creative either, my names Brandi-Jo

[Touch Of Death]

Bart Simpson Kenpo episode. He spent his dues on the "Touch of Death" video game. The best line was, "Bart! stop using the touch of death on your sister."
Sean

[OUMoose]

My name is Don, and I'm 5'11 265, so my Sifu started calling me Big Don.


Just like the girls do...

I LOL'd! :D

The guys I used to train with started calling me Moose and the name stuck, and I went to OU. :)

[bookworm_cn317]

My screen-name: Bookworm_cn317
Bookworm: pretty self-explainatory, actually. It's what I am. If you EVER saw my house, you wouldn't be surprised.
cn: my initials
317: I was born on March 17th, or 3-17

[terryl965]

TerryL965

Terry is my first name L is my middle initial and 965 was the ages of my three boys when I joined now they are 13-10-9 so it has been a while.

[grydth]

My user name has it's roots in the days when I used to play BattleTech (tabletop wargame), in that I named my first ever 'mechpilot "Dallas Sukerkin".

His name derived from the idea that as humanity spread out into the galaxy, the various cultures would intermingle and meld. So he had a North American matralinial line and a Central Russian patralinial line Thus, Russian surname and a given name taken from an American city.

Of course the rational for the name came after a bit of thought. At the start he was just 'Dallas' as I'd watched "Alien" the night before and the character of the Nostromo captain struck me as cool, so I pinched both his persona and his name :D.

When the internet came along and I began to surf, I needed an on-line, unique, identifier and as noone it seems has ever used Sukerkin but me it was an easy fit :). At the time too, I was playing so much BattleTech that I would answer as easily to Dallas Sukerkin as my real name; so no danger of ever forgetting it (or the associated passords) :o.

Same game roots for me, so long ago...

Grydth = Gray Death, the unit I played.

As I've gotten older, it seems appropriate for other reasons.... sounds much better than Olddeath or Geezerdeath.

[jks9199]

BITE YOUR TONGUE!!!!

Y'know... that takes on a whole new level of meaning with you vampire minded folks...


Mine's simple. My original AOL screenname was my name; there was a person frequenting some of the LE oriented message boards there who began stalking some folks and causing trouble for them at work. I decided to change my SN for obvious reasons... but I wanted something sort of recognizable.

So, I took my initials, and added some years of personal significance.

[Yeti]

Well, despite its mysterious aura, there's really nothing too exciting about how I ended up with Yeti.

I used to work quite a bit with a guy up in Ottawa. Many times, he would simply disappear for a week or more at a time - no phone calls, no emails...nothing. Since it was winter and Ottawa, we teased that he would retreat into his snow cave to ride out the winter. That evolved into calling him the Yeti. It wasn't long after we started calling him that, that I joined up.

So there you have it. My secrets are still safe though...I know of only two people on this board who actually know the true identity of the Yeti! :wink:

[ChingChuan]

At first, I didn't want to use my real name on the Internet, so I used ChingChuan Chiu, which is my (official) Chinese name. Now I'm totally comfortable using my real name, but I think that CC sounds way better than 'Femke Brouwer' ;).

[mini_dez]

Old family motto from Scotland. Bydand = Abiding, remaining. stand ready, and several other translations which nobody seems to know for sure which is 100% correct. Any of them appealed to me so, I adopted it for my screen name online.
Nice one. It's the crest from the Gordon clan. My surname is Adie, which is a sect of the Gordon clan, so that's my family motto you've got there :) I've always like the translation of "stand strong" personally.

As for my username- my big brother was nicknamed "Big Dez", and all his friends started calling me Mini Dez. I've been using it as my internet pseudo name for about 10 years now I guess.

[Kosho Gakkusei]

My username is a Japanese phrase - translates to "Old Pine Tree Student".

The main art I study is called Kosho Shorei Ryu = "Old Pine Tree School of Encouragement".

I chose my username because I think the attitude of a beginner is one that we should strive to never loose no matter how much we learn. It serves as a reminder to me that Martial Arts is about study not rank.

_Don Flatt

[clfsean]

CLF = Choy Li Fut
Sean = me

[meth18au]

Mine is the start of my email address. Which begs the question why this name for my email?

Well, I got nicknamed method man during the ages of around 17-19. So I shortened it to meth, I was 18 years old when I got the email address, and au- abbreviation of Australia, my country!!!


Easy

:)

[crushing]

Mine is the start of my email address. Which begs the question why this name for my email?

Well, I got nicknamed method man during the ages of around 17-19. So I shortened it to meth, I was 18 years old when I got the email address, and au- abbreviation of Australia, my country!!!


Easy

:)

Australia? Easy? All this time I thought you were an alchemist with a method for making gold!

[Jade Tigress]

I chose my user name for personal significance.

Jade:

This gem stone is the ultimate symbol of calm and serenity. It helps bring serenity to the mind by releasing negative thoughts. A stone of balance and healing, it alleviates anxiety and fear based emotions. Vibrates in harmony with the Heart Chakra unlike any other stone. Opens up the heart Chakra to love energy .

Tigress (cuz I'm a girl):

The Tigers Strength, bravado and attitude actually protects a softer, gentler and even vulnerable person inside. Tigers will be easily hurt by words, lies and innuendos; and will often not have a way of dealing with this unless they resort to action.


Tigers also symbolize courage in Chinese culture.

[clfsean]

You know what bodily fluid of a dragon jade is supposed to be, right?

[bw_ryukyukempo]

Mine just helps me remember my login names for all the boards i go to.

bw = me, and on karate boards i am bw_ryukyukempo, on mc boards i am bw_r1150r, ...

Not very cool, i know, but helps out my confused mind!!

[Jade Tigress]

You know what bodily fluid of a dragon jade is supposed to be, right?

I can guess. :D

[Touch Of Death]

Mine is the start of my email address. Which begs the question why this name for my email?

Well, I got nicknamed method man during the ages of around 17-19. So I shortened it to meth, I was 18 years old when I got the email address, and au- abbreviation of Australia, my country!!!


Easy

:)We were worried there for a bit.

[shesulsa]

she = I'm a female

sulsa = a legendary group of warriors akin to the ninja only from the Korean Peninsula; today signifying the word "technician" in Korean and relevant to a paramilitary-style camp where h2h, cqc, stealth, maneuvers and weaponry are trained.

she+sulsa = shesulsa

[Touch Of Death]

she = I'm a female

sulsa = a legendary group of warriors akin to the ninja only from the Korean Peninsula; today signifying the word "technician" in Korean and relevant to a paramilitary-style camp where h2h, cqc, stealth, maneuvers and weaponry are trained.

she+sulsa = shesulsaOh. I always thought it was Shesalsa. But now that you point out the spelling I guess its not so spicy.:)
sean

[shesulsa]

Oh. I always thought it was Shesalsa. But now that you point out the spelling I guess its not so spicy.:)
sean

Let's not talk about how spicy it is on this thread, m-kay? :D

NE-ext ....

[CoryKS]

I dunno about spicy, but female Korean-style ninja? You're definitely red-lining the Uniqueness Meter. http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

[CuongNhuka]

I dunno about spicy, but female Korean-style ninja? You're definitely red-lining the Uniqueness Meter. http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

Yah, seriously...

Anyways... Cuong Nhu is the style I do, 'ka' is a Japanese suffix meaning 'student or practioner'. By the way, Cuong is Vietnamese for 'hard', Nhu means 'soft'. So, Cuong Nhu means basicly the same thing as Goju, as in Goju-Ryu Karate-Do. Fun fact for you. Anyways, my name pretty much 'hard-soft student'... in two languages... ohh well.

The Vietnamese version would be Cuong Nhu Sinh Viên. It's just easier with what I have. I also thought about 'Thánh Nắm Tay' (Fist Saint), which is a refernce to Musashi, the Sword Saint.

[Yeti]

Yah, seriously...

Anyways... Cuong Nhu is the style I do, 'ka' is a Japanese suffix meaning 'student or practioner'. By the way, Cuong is Vietnamese for 'hard', Nhu means 'soft'. So, Cuong Nhu means basicly the same thing as Goju, as in Goju-Ryu Karate-Do. Fun fact for you.

I LOVE fun facts!

[IcemanSK]

My late kickboxing trainer gave me the ringname "The Iceman" after Jean Yves Theriault (not the Top Gun character or Chuck Liddel). SK stands for Superkick, the name of the gym. In honor of him, I named my school Superkick Taekwondo.

[Darth F.Takeda]

Darth = Vader! Dark Lord of the Sith. When Vader walked in the room, he was the baddest MoFo in it, inless Sidious was around.

F.= From Don F. Draeger, my MA idol, for lack of a better term.
Kids talk of Bruce Lee, Men talk of Don Draeger.

Takeda = Takeda Sogaku, founder of Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu, one of the 2 Jujutsu styles I formally study.

3 Badmothertruckers!

[meth18au]

Australia? Easy? All this time I thought you were an alchemist with a method for making gold!


LOL

If only I did....I'd probably be a rich man (with lots of bling)!!!

;)

[CuongNhuka]

I LOVE fun facts!

So do I!

[foot2face]

To be honest, I really don't like my user name, I think its rather silly, but my girlfriend chose it so I'm kind of...stuck with it (ooh, I hope she doesn't read this). It stems from a conversation she had with her brother were he explained why he and his friends didn't want to spar with me any more. He said that I have an unnatural ability to bring my foot to his face. She thought the comment was pretty funny and she began referring to me as Mr. Foot2Face when speaking to them. While surfing the web she came across MartialTalk. She thought I might like joining the forum so she singed me up.

[redfang]

Once upon a time and far, far away, I was in a group similar to SCA. My persona was Ilbrec of the Redfang, bloodthirsty warrior of Ireland.

[CuongNhuka]

To be honest, I really don't like my user name, I think its rather silly, but my girlfriend chose it so I'm kind of...stuck with it (ooh, I hope she doesn't read this). It stems from a conversation she had with her brother were he explained why he and his friends didn't want to spar with me any more. He said that I have an unnatural ability to bring my foot to his face. She thought the comment was pretty funny and she began referring to me as Mr. Foot2Face when speaking to them. While surfing the web she came across MartialTalk. She thought I might like joining the forum so she singed me up.


So, does your girlfriend have an acount then?

[grydth]

If she does and reads what he wrote above, her username will likely be hand2fanny.:whip1:

[Sukerkin]

:D

Oh the truth of the adage about England and America being two countries seperated by a common language :lol:. It gives such unexpected word-twists at times that utterly mangle and corrupt the intended meaning.

[CuongNhuka]

:D

Oh the truth of the adage about England and America being two countries seperated by a common language :lol:. It gives such unexpected word-twists at times that utterly mangle and corrupt the intended meaning.

Mind explaining?

[CoryKS]

Mind explaining?

If I understand correctly, "fanny" over there is a term for a female body part. Now go reread grydth's last post. :rofl:

[Kacey]

If I understand correctly, "fanny" over there is a term for a female body part. Now go reread grydth's last post. :rofl:

Hmm... that does rather put a different spin on it, doesn't it? :lol:

[onibaku]

MUYO DA!
but i'll tell mine
mine came from one of my idols Eikichi Onizuka!
but nobody cares
WASUREMASEN

[Sukerkin]

Before I got back on-line and saw Cuong's enquiry, you chaps correctly unravelled the meaning of the phrase once it went through the Anglo-isation Filter :D :tup:.

To spare everyones blushes, I didn't want to elaborate on it because it is very rude after all and it was quite obviously not the intended humerous wordplay on usernames that the originator crafted.

[Kacey]

Before I got back on-line and saw Cuong's enquiry, you chaps correctly unravelled the meaning of the phrase once it went through the Anglo-isation Filter :D :tup:.

To spare everyones blushes, I didn't want to elaborate on it because it is very rude after all and it was quite obviously not the intended humerous wordplay on usernames that the originator crafted.

Indeed... in the US, "fanny" is a generic term for the gluteus maximus region - thus "fanny pack" is another term for "belt pouch". There are even women named "Fanny" - not many (and way fewer than there used to be) - but some.

[bydand]

Indeed... in the US, "fanny" is a generic term for the gluteus maximus region - thus "fanny pack" is another term for "belt pouch". There are even women named "Fanny" - not many (and way fewer than there used to be) - but some.

Even federal loan programs - Fannie-Mae. That kind of puts a strange twist to it huh? lol :lfao:

[CuongNhuka]

If I understand correctly, "fanny" over there is a term for a female body part. Now go reread grydth's last post. :rofl:

I see. that does seem one part funny, one part makes no sense.

[Shotochem]

Shotochem= Shotokan my first and core art and Chem because I am a chemical engineer.

I should change it to ShotoKem-po as I am currently studying Kempo.:ultracool


-Marc-

[Yeti]

Shotochem= Shotokan my first and core art and Chem because I am a chemical engineer.

I should change it to ShotoKem-po as I am currently studying Kempo.:ultracool


-Marc-

Or, you could go with ShotoChem-Po.
Sorry...couldn't resist.

[Balrog]

I was an active poster on another board at one time, and went for about a week without putting anything up. Somebody posted a message pulling my leg about it. I responded back to the effect that I was there, I was just lurking like a Balrog in the Mines of Moria.

People started calling me Balrog after that and I adopted it.

[CuongNhuka]

I was an active poster on another board at one time, and went for about a week without putting anything up. Somebody posted a message pulling my leg about it. I responded back to the effect that I was there, I was just lurking like a Balrog in the Mines of Moria.

People started calling me Balrog after that and I adopted it.

Here I was thinking you were just obsessed with Lord of the Rings.

[Cirdan]

Cirdan is a character in Lord of the Rings and other books by Tolkien. Probably chose the name because Cirdan is wise and can see things as they are. Yep, I am a bit obsessed with Tolkiens work. In the movies Cirdan appears briefly in the prologue of the first film and at the end of the third as the master of the Grey Havens.

[Shotgun Buddha]

I am Buddha. I find the idea of Buddha holding a shotgun to be very amusing, therefore I am Shotgun Buddha :)

[mini_dez]

Here I was thinking you were just obsessed with Lord of the Rings.
Here I was thinking he was just obsessed with Street Fighter :)

[Touch Of Death]

Or, you could go with ShotoChem-Po.
Sorry...couldn't resist.Thats kool. I work with chemicals myself. Chem-po. I like it.
Sean

[buldog]

Mine came from a fraternity nickname of over 20 yrs ago. Basically its very descriptive: short, stocky and very stubborn. If I had a picture you wouldn't need to ask(5'7" 240 lbs and a bald head). Also only has 1 L because I used to play NTN Trivia and they only allow 6 characters so now it doesn't look right with 2. woof.