Yup. Same principle at work and valid ... with caveat. All conditioning methods are painful. Period. The only way to build up the bone (or...
Here's how I look at it personally. I think it's vital to have a "core" - a solid foundation in one system. I think it's useful, though, to have...
Flyer & Registration I will be teaching a workshop on blade defense in Kendallville, IN on February 8, 2009 from 2PM - 6PM. Cost: $40 Location:...
I'll be teaching a workshop on balance disruption on Saturday, February 7, 2009 from 2PM - 6PM at Louisville Martial Arts Academy in Louisville,...
LOL! When the clip started I thought, "Hey! This looks familiar!" Lo & behold at 3:27 there I am on the right side of the frame :) I remember...
Awesome. Love the canyon - and northern AZ in general. I especially love the area around Sedona. That's why I'm moving to that area in February :D...
I think open mindedness is great. I don't someone who jumps from system to system is necessarily open minded, though. More often than not they are...
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I haven't had any negative experiences, per se. I have had some "WTF?" moments but not necessarily negative. Once while visiting a school where a...
I'd second these pointers. They have served me well - though I never tried to put them into words and probably wouldn't have done as good a job as...
Back in the late 90s I traveled a lot for work and everywhere I went I found people to train with. I trained with a Bujinkan group in Birmingham,...
LOL. Yeah, I had the door man, Rodney, try to kick me out one night. I'd been working there for several months but he & I had never met before. He...
One night - pretty slow - the door man, John, asked me for some pointers and we discussed some simple restraining methods. Later that night one...
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by a "lunge" punch but I assume you mean a straight line punch - what I would call a jab or a cross. The...
When: Friday, November 21, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM Price: $25 Participation Fee Location: Louisville Martial Arts Academy 3600 Chamberlain Ln.,...
LOL. I've trained with him several times - and will train again with him on Saturday in Muncie :) I would agree with our assessment (very good...
When in that situation (specifically regarding the "register hands" discussion) I have told people flat out that it's an urban legend. In cases...
Depends specifically on the system and/or instructor but in general I equate a 1st degree BB with a high school diploma. It is an accomplishment...
I think there's a difference in our definitions of the term "triangulating." What I mean is that, for instance, as Angle 1 comes in I...
My experience with Balintawak has been pretty much completely from GM Bobby Taboada's lineage. We draw from it primarily to teach students good...
It also has to do with things like tunnel vision and conditioned responses. If I throw several straight shots (i.e.: jabs & crosses) in a row...
Interestingly enough I'm about to be in this exact position. Specifically my situation is this: I have one guy who is a 2 - 3 years from full...
Oops. I thought I was making up the word "lexiphilia" (from the root of "lexicon" and the suffix -philia). Shoulda known better :) Turns out it...
Love of words: lexiphilia It's like necrophilia but legal and far less messy :D Sorry, couldn't resist. I'll have to check out this site,...
Here's the way I personally see it: Instructor = I have students Master = My students are instructors Grandmaster = My students are masters Same...
Triple I.M.P.A.C.T. 2008 is just around the corner. This year Guru Mike Casto, Guru Ken Pannell (Guru Mike's Sikal instructor) and Shihan Billy...
Not really that bad. You'd never met the guy before so how could you know who he was. My instructor, Ken Pannell, was in a store once. A security...
Some that come to mind that I didn't see mentioned yet: Jacob's Ladders (some effects but a damn good story line, too). Manchurian Candidate (I...
Absolutely. When I moved from Okinawan Goju-Ryu to Sikal it seemed like a huge paradigm shift for me at first. I knew it was right for me because...
As others have said, it means you have met certain criteria within your own school/system/art. In some schools this means you've paid X amount of...
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