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    Is Akido worth learning? (Self Defense)

    If you follow the above advice, which IS sound in my opinion, you've got to be the kind of student that doesn't just "do what the class is doing,"...
    Post by: JP3, Jan 10, 2021 in forum: Aikido
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    Instructors, how do you defend against Sensei Seths side kick criticism?

    A technique is "taught" in a certain way to white belts and other people in the beginner phase a certain way, so they develop certain things from...
    Post by: JP3, Jan 10, 2021 in forum: Tae-Kwon-Do
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    Are the same techniques part of all Aikido styles?

    For the Tomiki-ryu that I came up training in, that assumption would be incorrect, but to be fair, we didn't do the competition side of things as...
    Post by: JP3, Jan 10, 2021 in forum: Aikido
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    If You Were Transported 300 Years Into The Past With No Clothes Or Anything Else, How Would You Prov

    You do realize that Oregon is just to the North of California, don't you? The reason folks seemed to like the Oregon Trail, once it was made, as...
    Post by: JP3, Dec 18, 2020 in forum: The Locker Room Bar & Grill
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    If You Were Transported 300 Years Into The Past With No Clothes Or Anything Else, How Would You Prov

    Got it. I'll go with my industrial espionage of the Cotton Gin noted above, I think.
    Post by: JP3, Dec 13, 2020 in forum: The Locker Room Bar & Grill
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    If You Were Transported 300 Years Into The Past With No Clothes Or Anything Else, How Would You Prov

    Now you're just being ridiculous. I'm pretty sure that's your intention. Sure thing... no train of course, not even wagon trails west past the...
    Post by: JP3, Dec 13, 2020 in forum: The Locker Room Bar & Grill
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    If You Were Transported 300 Years Into The Past With No Clothes Or Anything Else, How Would You Prov

    If you think getting a jump on the Gold Rush of 1849 would be "easy peasy" a full 130 years before it actually took place, I shudder to think of...
    Post by: JP3, Dec 12, 2020 in forum: The Locker Room Bar & Grill
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    If You Could Only Eat At One Restaurant For The Rest Of Your Life, Which Would It Be?

    Actually, I'd probably ind up selecting a Mom & Pop pub serving food from around the Toronto, Canada area. We went there a couple of times to...
    Post by: JP3, Dec 5, 2020 in forum: The Locker Room Bar & Grill
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    Doing forms with eyes closed

    I did my TKD and HKD poomse with my eyes closed for years, specifically to work on my spatial awareness, staying on the line, distance. All that...
    Post by: JP3, Dec 5, 2020 in forum: General Martial Arts Talk
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    If You Were Transported 300 Years Into The Past With No Clothes Or Anything Else, How Would You Prov

    300 years ago... so 1720? Colonies in full swing during the South's not so proud heyday in the US. Side question, do I have the means to "get...
    Post by: JP3, Dec 5, 2020 in forum: The Locker Room Bar & Grill
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    What Percentage of People Have Achieved the Rank of Shodan or Equivalent?

    Illuminating.
    Post by: JP3, Dec 5, 2020 in forum: General Martial Arts Talk
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    Run away from no-mask people

    "Judges... score! 1 point, Gerry." Just for the "zing" not for the content, y'all know I'm not "in" on masks as being an efficient method of...
    Post by: JP3, Dec 5, 2020 in forum: General Martial Arts Talk
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    Thoughts on "pop locks"

    Sorry... I almost sprayed my drink out my nose for some reason when reading the end of the post.... Indeed. That IS true! Who woulda thunk it......
    Post by: JP3, Dec 5, 2020 in forum: Grappling / Brazilian Ju Jitsu / Wrestling
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    What is the worst injury you've ever had?

    Bet you learned that lesson... MUCH better to "no be there" when a knee strike is inbound...ouch...
    Post by: JP3, Dec 5, 2020 in forum: The Locker Room Bar & Grill
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    Maxims... lets try again

    Move from your center. Same hand- Same foot. Play at shoulder level. Keep your hands in your center. etc. etc. etc.
    Post by: JP3, Nov 25, 2020 in forum: Wing Chun