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So south of Dort? I went to HS at Flint Academy. It was south of Dort too but at least it wasn't Central HS. I don't remember there being too many clubs there but, then again, I was in HS and not interested in clubbing. Peace favor your sword, Kirk

Cool... There's no reason that BJJ would be any more difficult than Judo. Judo's newaza (mat/ground techniques) is often pretty similar (or identical) to BJJ. BJJ often teaches takedowns which are included in Judo's throwing. Judo has more throwing and takedowns. BJJ has more ground work...

He's asking about use in France... Peace favor your sword, Kirk

My opinion: Not really. Most "rubber bullets" don't really do much to stop people but can sometimes be painful. Pain may or may not convince an attacker to go away. LEO in the U.S. don't use them much any longer, mostly because of the dual prongs of limited success and claims of police...

Your club doesn't have coaches? It's their job to help train the students in how to be successful. Tell your kid to ask his instructor or ask the instructor to teach him what he needs to do to win against the "more aggressive" new students. If they can't do that, or won't, then they suck as...

Portland, Oregon? http://teamquestmma.net/training-programs Peace favor your sword, Kirk

You're missing an opportunity for revenue. ;) Peace favor your sword, Kirk

I've never heard those terms applied in this way to self defense. Care to expand a bit on this? Peace favor your sword, Kirk

The Jury can discuss the National League playoffs. The fact is that "Stand Your Ground" was never used as his defense. Interviews with the cops indicate that they believed it was a valid self defense (aka "clean shoot") from the beginning. The decision to prosecute was declined by the local...

You might find this one interesting. https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1353&context=mslj Peace favor your sword, Kirk

Well, no. That's not how it works. That's true for anyone. You can't be what's often legally defined as "The Initial Aggressor." Well, no. No. Courts have sometimes held "trained martial artists" to a higher standard or duty of care. In those cases, they have found that the training...

Here are two. If you search you can find more, but this is a quick start. https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/11/4/9669964/mma-fighter-given-six-years-in-jail-for-using-hands-as-deadly-weapons...

It's true that this was an old wives tale in the Martial Arts community going back to at least the '70s. That said, there's a kernel of honesty in it, in that "trained fighters" have been held to a higher standard in courts on various occasions. Peace favor your sword, Kirk

No they weren't. Peace favor your sword, Kirk

This is a very great misrepresentation of the Zimmerman case. Among other things, Zimmerman never used "Stand Your Ground" defense. There was a lot more to it as well that you are either ignoring or do not know about such as Martin bashing Zimmerman's head into the concrete, vowing to murder...

I'm not going to go into whether or not I think pepper-ball type guns are a good idea or what their advantages and disadvantages are, you've already made that decision. For your application it all depends on your control and your ammunition capacity. Can you keep your bursts on target and not...

It's just another kind of "tear gas." Chemically similar to CS in some ways, IMS. Ammonia? It's use as an incapacitating agent goes way back. There are better options now. Honestly, just use Pepper Spray/OC. It's legal pretty much everywhere in the U.S. and even in about half of Europe...

14 years is even more impressive than 13 for a necropost. Peace favor your sword, Kirk

13 years is an impressive necropost. Peace favor your sword, Kirk

Unless you believe that a given kata is about developing your physicality, as I've heard suggested for any number of things, including deep horse-stances.

According to them. Ask 4 different martial artists what the purpose of kata is and you'll get 7 different answers.

Easily. It is super common to merge dance and martial technique. That you've never heard of Capoeira, Tahthib, Jogo do Pau, shashka, or any of the other many, many examples is mind boggling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra4ryqV93gg...

Unless there's someone else waving a "metre-long razor blade" back at you. Then it becomes quite difficult. It actually still happens quite regularly. Yootoob is full of them. Machette, fantasy sword, wall-hangers, even what you would consider "real" swords. Videos from Great Britain...

One thing to be aware of is that Judo generally does a good job of standardization. You have a fair chance of being sure that a Judo black belt has a good base of skill in Judo. I've met very few Judoka, and fewer Judo black belts, who couldn't "put it on the mat." Most of the black belts who...

There seems to be a lot of variability in the reaction, even to the original variant. I know old folks who refused to get vaccinated who caught it and had the same symptoms as the "common cold" (not surprising because the corona virus family is in the "common cold" family of viruses). And I...

Who cares? Black Belt means whatever the Grading Authority wants it to mean and has whatever standards they want it to have. They could requite 10 years of "time-in-art" or 10 days. They can set skills and knowledge base at whatever they want, from practically nothing to college doctorate...

What does your Doctor say?

This. Many clubs don't care much. Blue, white, pink, even black. Heck, I don't care if you show up in tie-dye. But blue is used in competitions so some schools may not allow it and anything other than white and blue is kinda "non-traditional" and may be disallowed. I very much doubt that a...

Well, it's not the greatest time distance to necropost but 15 years is still pretty impressive. Peace favor your sword, Kirk

Nope. I actually read a bunch and experimented with several different methods until I found what I liked. And what I like best is a marinade and then, as I already told you, just chuck it on the grill. I like adding wet hardwood chips to smoke it a bit too. I'm not too bothered about how...