New Years Resolutions

[DelicateSound]

I have just made mine
It is to practise Kung Fu for at least 1hr a day, and to play my guitar for at least 2hrs a day. I love both of these things, but don't do either as much as I should, and when I do its always sporadically. So I've decided to be more regimental about it and to set myself a minimum.

You guys think I can do this? I'm a big believer in discipline and all, but is it asking to much of myself? If so, tell me. If not, give me some motivation please :D

BTW: What are everyone elses Resolutions, and why?

PS. Hope you all had a great Xmas :)

[dezhen2001]

i would say good luck in your training :)

My new years resolution is to train more also...i've got a hard qigong test in May so have to train up hard for that. I really want to be able to blitz it.

The best way i have found to organise my time is to make a timetable...it sounds kinda nerdy, but it seems to work. The times are never as exact as they are on it - but at least i know what i have to do each day! It covers training, Classes, study and recreation time of course. Am i a geek or wat :D

Thing is though, i'm at University and the total opposite from a 'typical' student. i will have to get up at 5am to train - that's when most others are just going to bed :p
They usually wake me up around 3am - so now i can get my own back waking them up at 5am :)

Anyway, good luck in whateve ru do...
david

[DelicateSound]

It's not nerdy (s******) :D I actually find planning really helps. I am the most disorganised person in the world, so the powers of planning frequently amaze me! I'm off to Uni this year if I get through these A levels, so hopefully I'll have more time on my hands.

Training at 5.30am though. THAT is dedication. At about 5.30, I'm still dreaming of becoming Superman/T1000 and saving the world/kicking some arse/bedding Uma Thurman :)

[DelicateSound]

BTW, before you think I've insulted you under that mass of ****'s, the word concealed is:

s n i g g e r

Godda mn censors, can't ever laugh at a fellow Brit any more......

:D

[KC Elbows]

5 AM to 5:30 is my favorite time to train, but I have a hard time staying on that schedule. I suppose that'll be my resolution, to practice every morning before work.

Also, to change my eating habits. My family happens to be masters of cookie making and junk food eating, and I have mastered the system, so I've gotta change that, or I'll end up being Marlon Brando.

[DelicateSound]

Beats Ginger Fist's family style :D

I also must stop with the junk food. Esp. The chocolate-filled Oatcakes and the caramelised Back Bacon :D

I can NEVER train that early, I'm just not awake enough.

Ah Marlon, how he has fallen. An example to us all of how we MUST keep in shape. Hell, I had to watch "A Streetcar Named Desire" for my English Literature A-level, and I didn't recognise him, even though I'd seen his name in the titles! But he did put in a good performance in Apocalypse Now......

[LEGEND]

sex sex sex and sex!

[KC Elbows]

For me, its a matter of schedule. Two nights a week, I have to go to kung fu, three if I need to run class that week. At least one night, I'll probably need to work late. Therefore, I'll only have one or two week nights to spend with my family, and can't really do kung fu during that time. However, early in the morning, they're all asleep, anyway, so they won't miss me.

Plus, it makes me feel sort of in touch with the old masters, practicing before the sun is up, in the wind and cold.

[DelicateSound]

DREAM: Standing in the morning light, the sound of the waves as calming as the womb, the morning rays warming my back.

REALITY: Noise of traffic p!sses me off mucho, morning light is in my eyes and the morning rays do nothing to avert the da mn coldness of the British winter.

Nope, I'm training inside, usual time, usual place. Maybe if you live in Kansas City, but NOT in Stoke-on-Trent. :)

[KC Elbows]

Yeah, cold sucks, but I'm pretty well designed against it(big German *******). Camped for a week one time in an arctic blast(negative 40-50 degree wind chill factor). I was too stubborn to give up, so I did a huge amount of meditation and chi kung, then practiced every waking moment. Plus lived in Minnesota two years, that should've taught me to move to the desert, but I guess I'm a slow learner.

The wonderful thing about practicing outside in winter is that there is absolutely no way you will slack off your practice as long as you're out there.

Does it rain in winter where you are, or iis it colder than that? Near freezing rain is far worse than snow, IMHO.

[DelicateSound]

It is ALWAYS raining, ALWAYS below about 8 degrees C, and almost always the most depressing sight bar Ralek's house.

Freezing rain is the norm during winter, but it ain't as bad in summer. Our climate is apparantly "temperate". Yeah right.

Although I still go hiking all the time. I just can't face going out in just my gi and getting laughed at by the neighbours :D

In SOT, frontal rainfall off Snowdonia pretty much f*cks us up 24/7.

[dezhen2001]

well i'm at Uni right in the middle of Wolverhampton! Bloody freesing and usually raining also.

But i don't train outside in a gi. Bright White Gi = more chance of me being seen! That's why i wear balck :p

Seriously - that's why i go outside to train so early. Training takes a couple of hours, so i go when all the other students r dead to the world in their drunken coma :D
Also because i'm meant to train from 5am-7am and 5pm-7pm each day. The fear of the hammer breaking the bricks on my head is what wakes me up every morning :D

Actually i find it freshens me up and makes me feel awake. that way i can actually do some study early so i can b lazy later!

david

[DelicateSound]

I don't usually train outside, only if I'm REALLY in the mood to train. I usually jog round the countryside of our nearby village (not in a gi!), then do some forms out back. I find that the fresh air helps a lot in my training, better than a stuffy old gym anyhow.

I do like the idea of training at 5.30, but I do too much at night. I'm never usually back before 11.30, and after that it takes ages to unwind. As soon as I form a band at Uni and go gigging, it'll kill me. :eek:

[Wu-Xing]

DelicateSound
i can empathise with not training outside much.I live in dublin,ireland.so its generally not a nice idea to train outside, unless you wanna freeze your *ahems* off.

[dezhen2001]

u know i was only teasing about the gi thing :)

Training early suits me fine...even though i don't usually go to bed until about midnight. I guess i just need less sleep? But i know when i start training hard qigong properly, then i am meant to get at least 7 hours sleep. I guess i'll just have to make the sacrifices...**** - and ma gf is coming to stay :p

david

[dezhen2001]

they even *** the word d a m n - no way man :eek:

[DelicateSound]

d a m n (Like d a m nation!)
f a r t (Bite me)
d o r k (WTF)
c o c k (what if I want to talk about a male hen?)
b a s t a r d (in the dictionary, legal word)

But not arse, ass or wanker. Eh?

And GDA can talk about finger f*cking a squirrel!!!!!!!!

Legally, only the words f u c k and c u n t are illegal in the UK.

So what the hell is going on!?!?!?


Kung Lek - I summon you, answer my post!

(If he gets me with that Darth Vader neck thing, I blame YOU)

[dezhen2001]

hey - if Kung Lek gets u with that Vader neck thingy, then ur on ur own mate! Stoke is 2 far away from me to come and lend u a hand!

but sometimes the bleeping out of words is silly :D

dave

[DelicateSound]

But I am in his B A D books after my Blue movie posts.

He was real quick, they hadn't been posted for 15 seconds and they were gone, and he gave me a huge b*llocking.

He didn't even laugh at "Good Will Humping" or Thighs Wide Shut.

And yet GDA can talk about his squirrel antics and NOTHING happens.

Maybe he hates me.............. :(

[Qi dup]

I think those are good goals to set for yourself. I can play guitar for two hours easy, and practicing MA for an hour isn't bad either. personally i like to do 1 1/2 hrs. of each, but that includes wieght training. I should really spend more time on my forms, I haven't done one in like two week since I hurt my shoulder snowboarding. I'm really envious of any of you who can still practice out side. i live right around 10,000 ft. and it's usally about -20F at 5am. My other goals are to gain ten pounds and write a lot more music. Not to get of topic but what kind of guitar/amp set up do you have DelicateSound? I found some good deals on some nice guitars last time i was in England.

[DelicateSound]

I got up, got dressed, went outside, did 12 and 1/2 minutes of training, then ran in and sat by the fire.

I hate this country.

[Bak Mei]

As a surfer, I train the most in the winter because hopping into the Atlantic when its 38 degrees is reserved for only the best and biggest of waves.

With that said, Delicate Sound, can you do it? OF coarse. Anything CAN be done. It's a matter of committing to it and DOING it. One hour a day is nothing. Think of if you spent a mere 15 minutes at work training a principle, 15 minutes while cooking, 15 minutes between tv shows, and then put in a good 30 minutes, you're already past an hour.

Me, I train at class 2 times a week for 3 or 4 hours. On off days I mess around, play with and fine tune principles in my kitched here and there easily over an hour combined. Here at work, going into the mens room, are two spring loaded doors. Each time I go **** I do something to those doors. Walking to the dlei for lunch I do some chi-gung or work a wave strikes into my walking just to work the muscles, make them smooth.

Is there any action smoother than blinking? It's because we do it constantly. I know its the same with music. Forget TV! Forget the bars! Do what you want to do and it will get done. Best of luck.

For me, I am now on a swimming regiment to get back into shape after blowing out ,y knee a few months ago (no surfing = pot belly). I want to drop 15 lbs by May. I should be able to do this easy -- I swim for 30 minutes straight at the local pool every night I do not hit Chintown.

Once you set a routine, its easy to keep and you'll feel bad when you miss. Ocassional miss is fine. Ocoassional practice = no real skill.

[DelicateSound]

I think that is the problem. I've never gotten into a routine, so I don't really know that feeling. I'm going to try, sporadic training is no good at all to anyone.

Surfing in winter though - O U C H !

I agree with the little bits of training though, I never sit down at the PC, I squat in horse stance until I collapse :D

Actually has helped, the amount I spend on here!

[Bak Mei]

That's funny.

I have been swimming now for three weeks and that's it -- I'm in. If I go home now without swimming I feel like an oaf, and just think about how good I feel hopping out of the pool after doing 20 or 30 lapse. That feeling, the juices all going, is what gets me there. I'll keep it up until April or so, then I'll be surfing every little ripple that hits Long Island.

Good luck.

Happy New Year.
Ray

[Buby]

"Here at work, going into the mens room," - I thought I was the only one who trained in the mens room at work.

My routine: I walk in the rest room, stretch out, train my form, footwork w/wo/handwork, and even rock a few push ups.

Shhh, I go to the mens room just to train and get some blood circulating. Sitting in front of a pc all day in no good for the body. The only bad thing is that I usually spend 10 - 15 mins in there and I come out all flushed in the face and sometimes even sweaty. My boss must think I'm dropping chunks like a donkey.:D

Take care,
Buby

[DelicateSound]

Doing a "Richard Bailey", a man in an FHM article who got fired from his job for wanking over porn every 5 mins in the men's room.

You did say you were hot and flushed :D

[Nexus]

I have a large warehouse where I work and I do my forms in there about 3-4 times a day when nobody is around. It only takes about 30 minutes total, and sometimes I'll do 5 minutes of qi gong. I usually keep myself exercised while at work by playing hackysack outside in the summer or in the warehouse or bathrooms in the winter. Occasionally I will go to the bathroom and do 10 minutes of qi gong, and then come all out like it was nobody's business.

The summer is definetely nice though because I can take a 15 minute break from work, walk to a local park area and do some forms and stuff.

- Nexus

[DelicateSound]

Sorry its taken me long to reply man, missed your post

I play a Gibson Les Paul Standard DC in TransAmber with 57' Humbuckers. My amp is a Fender Princeton 112.

Guitar is ace, amp is OK. I'm happy as larry now, just got a Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal for Xmas!! :D

What about your set-up? Also, what stuff do you play?

[Buby]

Shhhh...Don't tell my boss.:D

Later,
Buby aka Richard "hot palms" Baily;)

[Xebsball]

Lose 60 lbs and get laid

[fa_jing]

2hrs guitar, 1 hr Kungfu - Sounds good. You say you live with you're folks? I just want to give you some advice - do this while you still have the chance. After you move out, you will never have the same amount of free time that you do now. You may think that you will, but you won't. So put the hours in now, before it becomes stressful to do so.

-FJ

[IronFist]

Oh boy, I've got a bunch, I just have to get them in order.

I can't believe this question hasn't been asked yet. I wonder how many people are going to say "lose weight?" Hey, that's original :) Hehe, but it's a good goal if you're overweight.

So guys, let's hear them.

Iron

[African Tiger]

1. Stay in touch with friends and family more often

2. Get out of debt, make major strides in my career, and make at least $100,000 this year (kind of hard when you're an actor)

3. Train for and receive green sash/belt.

There are a few other things I want to work on, but I won't bore you guys.

Good luck on yours and Happy Fu Year!

[Water Dragon]

Get myself back in competition shape.

[Johnny Hot Shot]

Limit my time spent on KFO to 20 minutes a day.:D

[IronFist]

Johnny Hot Shot: If you find a way let me know :P

Iron

[Kevin]

Stop smoking, so that I can regain my cardio-vascular strength and become a "GENIUS OF KARATE!"

[prana]

ERR can flowers grow on your head ? :D

[friday]

train diligently and intelligently in kung fu.
win a tournament
rebuild my body from injuries to peak condition.

[rubthebuddha]

1. eat better

2. train more often

3. kick ass at my new job (i start january 14)

4. be a wonderful assistant instructor

5. complete the 11th student grade and get my assistant instructor's license

6. impress my new girlfriend's parents

[soy]

Get my MSCE, and CCNP certifications.

Pay back people.

[Tvebak]

Learn to do a perfect backflip.

Work on my flexibility.

Practice Cintura despezadas (capoeira throws).

Learn portuguese.

Learn how to give massage properly.

Travel to brasil.

Spend more money on charity and generally help people.

[Xebsball]

Lose Weight --> Get Laid

Its rhymes, d'you know what im sayin

Lose Weight --> Get Laid

Really, if you try really hard...


....



IT RHYMES

[Starchaser107]

id like to say double homicide...
but its not worth it

does it really make sense to try to plan
$#it happens man.

f'kit this year i plan to find something worthwile to do with my time instead of wasting it on filth

[Kristoffer]

1. Train as often and as hard as I can.
2. To improve my forms, and technique.
3. Go to Beijing :) :)
4. Take my school and my grades more seriously so that I can concentrate on my training more...
5. uhh, try not screwing up stuff between me `n´ my girl. :rolleyes:

[Chang Style Novice]

Cease wallowing in my own filth.

uh, I mean....

4.0

Paint every day.

Return to regular class + practice in taijiquan and judo.

Learn italian to the point it is usable.

Go to Italy, where I would get a 4.0, paint every day, and improve my italian to the point it is nearly fluent. (this may slow down class + practice in tjq and judo)

Oh, and get a gallery show.

[qeySuS]

do everything i can to raise enough money to live in California for 3 months this summer and train.

**** that's gonna be hard with a part time job.

[David Jamieson]

don't make em, can't break em.

I've always felt that if you are going to do something then do it. It doesn't need to be a particular date to start a new event.

But, that's just me. Move through life like water over sharp rocks. :D

peace

[friday]

HAPPYYYY NEWWW YEARRRRRRRRRR!!! from sydney :)

[Mr Punch]

Do you make em?

At New Year or every day!!! :D

Don't usually, but this time I really need to quit smokin again(gave up for 13 mths, then started again 3 mths ago, like a *******).

Here they are:

1) Quit smoking.

2) Not get involved with the wrong women.

3) Sort out and pay my taxes.

4) Start aiki and kendo again, and start at boxing/mma gym. Plus a sensible weights programme.

5) Give myself a day off at least twice a month.

6) Quit drinking before the last train.

7) Quit ****ing smoking again!

There you go! The lucky seven! May not quite mean 2 and 3 though!!! :D

Happy New Year kids!

Bonne Annee!

Godt nyt aar!

Yoiotoshiou! Rainen mou yoroshiku!

[Xebsball]

Hope you get to do all those, i myself for have none this year, in the past had some nasty ones - had i been true to them i would have an extra hole in my head.

Happy New Year!
Feliz Ano Novo!
:D

[FatherDog]

1. Train More
2. Drink More
3. Eat More
4. **** More
5. 1024 X 860

[neptunesfall]

sometimes getting involved with the wrong woman is the right thing to do...whatcha gonna do then? :D

[MightyB]

1) Practice More.
2) quit the dead end job I work at and find an actual career.
3) ...

[Chang Style Novice]

1. Once and forever, stop wallowing in my own filth.
2. All As.
3. Draw every day.
4. Paint every week.
5. Figure out some way to afford a car.
6. Improve taiji skill every week.
7. Don't drink so much.

There, that's a pretty good list. We'll see.

[yenhoi]

Im going to stop smoking pot, so I can use the money to grow my own. :D

[ewallace]

My resolution is to stop responding to threads started by silly Europeans who are living in Japan.

[guohuen]

FatherDog stole my thunder.:( :D

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

beat my woman:

it's like every time i finally build up enough nerve to do it, i end up pussing out like a little bi tch. well not this year. this year will be the year of black eyes and hospital visits from falling down the steps. this will be the year of splendid abuse.

im gonna go put some new stains on my undershirt to get in character more.

[Chang Style Novice]

Use my avatar as your model, GDA.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

i'm not chemoing any more either. it's like twice a month i get all tanked up and get my fix with this awful poison. there are better ways to achieve the powder look and i will seek these out rather than putting my health at further risk.

[KC Elbows]

1) Get rid of the walking pneumonia/death flue I seem to have caught.

2) Learn the rest of the open hand form and the spear form

3) Get 5 short stories published and finish my book.

4) Stop hitting myself in the head with my new 3 section staff from www.martialartsmart.com

[rogue]

1. Stop working so much.
2. Get consistent about training again.
3. Better diet.

[rubthebuddha]

1. continue my (slow) progress to being healthier
2. a. buy a ring
b. get her parents' approval
c. pop the question
3. complete the canoe portion of ski-to-sea (http://www.skitosea.com/skitosea/skitoseaguide.html). never spent proper time in a canoe, so it'll be interesting :)
4. kill off three of four debts
5. get a new(er) car
6. train smarter

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

rtb ... you got your priorities all out of whack dude ....

1. continue my (slow) progress to being healthier
.... mug the elderly and become wealthier!

2. a. buy a ring
... buy a beer and sing!

b. get her parents' approval
... smack her dad in the mouth and dry fu ck her mother brutal!

c. pop the question
... pop her younger sister instead. at least make the suggestion!

3. complete the canoe portion of ski-to-sea. never spent proper time in a canoe.
.... pee in your woman's shoe!

4. kill off three of four debts
... kill your neighbors and their pets!

5. get a new(er) car
.... smack your bi tch at the bar!

6. train smarter
.... umm ... something something jimmy carter!

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

.... yeah so im a little drunk.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

man ... i scored some healthy jizzmack.

[Stacey]

my new goals.

1. 5,000 frog jumps - plyometric jumps on balls of feet 90 degree bend and leaping off the ground.

2. Tai Chi set done at 90 degrees

3. Less jerking, more chi kung

4. Splits, both ways

5. Drink more of my favorite scotch.

6. Keep an organized desk and clean room

7. Spend less time on here and more time doing something productive, well at least at keeps me away from sites that detract from goal number 3.

[Stacey]

GDA is my hero

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

yay!

[Xebsball]

Stacey, do you wanna see him naked?

[Stacey]

chupa mea pau


do I?????!!!

OF COURSE I DO.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

this is pretty close (http://users.1st.net/abaddon/powder.jpg)

[_William_]

1. Train more
2. Get in better shape
3. Practice Iron Shirt every day(hey, I just started learning!
:) )
4.Meditate more
5.Get all grades above 85%
6.Dent the punching bag a lot more
7.Get to know my significant other better

There, seven, that'll keep me quite busy, assuming I don't just drop the resolutions and forget about them :eek:

[norther practitioner]

OK, who's broken one of there resolutions already?

as far as my resolution, I'm going to do more toulu events this year. Try to win the cka title in under black belt, but we'll see.

[MightyB]

What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?




















Nothing, you done told the b itch twice already.
:D

[norther practitioner]

What are yours?

I'm shooting to lose 20 more lbs.

[truewrestler]

35lbs and get back into training... oh and also buy a WRX :D

[rubthebuddha]

be more consistent with my workouts and training. i slack some days, then make up for them later. but 1 hour each for three days is better than three hours on one day and none on two.

that, and save more money. i gots a wedding to pay for. :o

[rubthebuddha]

oh, and a WRX would be tits, but only in wagon form (to haul my future doggies around). :D

[FatherDog]

1024x768

[norther practitioner]

that, and save more money. i gots a wedding to pay for.

'bout time...lol

All these views.. only a few responses.. too many wannabe perfectionists.

[rubthebuddha]

:p

we're not getting hitched until april 2005, so we have some time. we already started a joint account to stash wedding-only money into and it's off to a pretty nice start.

[norther practitioner]

Is that why you asked for a quarter the other day:p


Come on people...

Oh right.. the "too cool" virus has been going around.

[rubthebuddha]

indeed. it's even overpowing cases of the correct, which has dropped in both potency and in numbers substantially this past month.

and no, the quarter wasn't for that.





it was for the wedding bands in the dispenser by the candy machine. :cool:

[norther practitioner]

we're not getting hitched until april 2005

procrastinator...


it was for the wedding bands in the dispenser by the candy machine.

Thats where I was planning on getting mine..

I was just scared of wasting too many quarters (have to do laundry) trying to get a matching pair.:D

[rubthebuddha]

matching? :confused:

hm. hadn't thought about that. i think the missus might appreciate that. thanks for the idear! :D


procrastinator... well, i live north of seattle, and she lives in austin. it'll take some time to get everything straightened out as far as who's moving where, etc.

[norther practitioner]

Meeting up before you get married sounds good.:p

Come on peoples.. resolutions!

[Volcano Admim]

hmm i dont know... what could it be...

drum roll...








more drum roll...





WIMMINS!!!!!

[Volcano Admim]

i mean
im not that evil
im not so ooooh so bad
:(

cant i please have just one at least please :(
*tear drop*

[rubthebuddha]

we need to have sally struthers do a tv ad to get xebby a wimmin. it works for those kids in ethiopia, so why can't it work here?

np -- living 2,500 miles away kinda sucks, and we only get to see each other 20-30 days out of every year. we'll fix that soon. :)



NOW WHERE ARE ALL THE WHITE WOMEN ... ER ... RESOLUTIONS AT? :confused:

[Chang Style Novice]

Bee Eff Aye.

[SanSoo Student]

:confused:

[Chang Style Novice]

I'll rephrase.

BFA.

[norther practitioner]

??????:confused:

VA getting a woman would be nice.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

1280*1024

yeah i know father dog beat me to it.

my resolution is more manly though. i'd run 16*12 if i had a 21" monitor and sometimes i do anyway.

[Chang Style Novice]

BFA is Bachelor of Fine Arts. I want to finally graduate. Before I hit official middle age, please.

I also pledge to take up smoking, gain forty pounds, and drink more. No point in setting yourself up for failure, right?;)

[norther practitioner]

LOL

SORRY, I'm a BS type of guy... that fine arts thing..well yeah.. good look with that.

[Pork Chop]

Long term: to hit 165 by June, get a gf, and win my next fight.

Short term: get back on my routine of diet & exercise and to make it through the next month.

[norther practitioner]

165... I'm thinking that might be my weight class too, well after I lose like another 20... 10 of which will be easy.. it's that other 10 I'm scared of. Plus I'm the type of guy who can gain 2 pounds by looking at a burrito.:D

[MasterKiller]

I was a healthy and strong 178 until I got the flu. My resolution is to gain back the 9 lbs I lost before bikini weather.

[norther practitioner]

You always striked me as the type of guy who likes those bikinis...:eek:

[MasterKiller]

I'm a thong man, personally. :eek:

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

I'm the type of guy who can gain 2 pounds by looking at a burrito.

mmmmm ... burrito.

[Pork Chop]

Let's just say I'm gonna get as many incredulous looks shooting for 165 as I got for trying to shoot for 187 when I was first starting out. ;)

I have a similar type of metabolism- the kind where if you look at food, you're gaining weight.

[norther practitioner]

How big were you when you started?

~225 here

[Pork Chop]

260 Jan of 2002.
240 something last April/May.
186.5 in November.
215 to 220 right now (bad couple months).
One way or another I'm gonna get to 165 to 175 by June (even if I have to lop off an arm :p).

[norther practitioner]

My lowest was about 173 in the summer (after a long mountain biking trip to the desert).. I'm prob about 12 over that right now...

[MasterKiller]

260 to 186 was a big drop. Is 165 really an ideal weight for you? That seems pretty small, especially for someone who was carrying 260 lbs.

[Oso]

260 Jan of 2002.
240 something last April/May.
186.5 in November.


damm, I got a new hero

I was 225 over the summer, now 240.
First goal is 220 by April.
Then 210 by June.

gonna put slicks on my mtb and try to ride to work
2-3 days a week once it warms up.

[Nevermind]

I would like to gain 20 pounds and increase my flexibility by stretching more consistently everyday. Oh yeah, as always, I need to train harder!

[norther practitioner]

****, another thing to add to the list.

[Volcano Admim]

remember your last year resolutions? here they are
did you make it?

http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=18689&perpage=15&highlight=resolutions&pagenumber=1

[Volcano Admim]

ok i have a good resolutions for me

NEXT YEAR I WANT TO HAVE A REAL GOOD NEW YEARS EVE PARTY
cos i came to the realization i never ever in my life had a decent party on such day
i want ot get drunk
i want decent music
and many friends
and women
all on the fockin party

instead of being home with mom and dad in front of the hateful tv or with my aunts doing the same nothign!!!!!!

[Volcano Admim]

here they be
some of them

http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=18689&perpage=15&highlight=resolutions&pagenumber=1

read and learn from yourself
PAGANS!!!

no i mean....

U B@STARDS!!!!

or

SLACKERS!!!

[Chang Style Novice]

Slacker, as it turns out.

[Pork Chop]

A good weight for me is in the range of 175 to 185...
165 is what i graduated with in high school; for my build it's probably close to ideal, unless i've really put on that much muscle; but for being 5'10 165 seems to be the weight class where I wouldn't be a shortie.

When i was 145 in high school i remember that being way too thin, got dominated by one of the school nerds messing around in the hall at that weight.

187 was a big drop for me. I was weighing in the 190s before I started sweating that week. I think I could get back to the 190s with a solid month of good training and diet as ridiculous as that sounds.

To tell you the truth, my biggest obstacle in my next fight is not my skills nor my weight; it's actually my eyes. I wear a 6.00 in contacts. Without contacts or glasses, I'm 3 times what's considered "legally blind". Not to make excuses, but I feel a big reason for my loss was my inability to see my opponent. Will probably try to fight Thai in July (my "comeback fight), opposed to american kickboxing, as I like leg kicks way too much.

Hoping I can get my sh*t together and get back on track; but as Suntzu says "we're (BMore San Shou's) gonna make some noise this year".

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

beat my woman:

it's like every time i finally build up enough nerve to do it, i end up pussing out like a little bi tch. well not this year. this year will be the year of black eyes and hospital visits from falling down the steps. this will be the year of splendid abuse.


haha im funny.

[Cody]

Coming to terms with everything. Acting compassionately
to recover what has been lost. nothing is guaranteed.

To regain my health.

To stop kidding myself that liars do not prevail. Honesty does
not stand on its own.

It has begun.

to the future, without hope, but with sincerity,
Cody

P.S. Didn't make resolutions last year. not a yearly process.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

honesty isn't for prevailing. it's not it's purpose.

it just gives you a reason to respect yourself.

[Cody]

GDA, appreciate your comments.

My expectation was that a jealous person's lies about my motivation and acts would not prevail. The assumption that no defense was needed cause, after all, these were lies. I waited for someone else who knew to put the matter to rest. Yup, everything would work out and honesty would prevail. My naivete was stunning.

Honesty is a component of character, not a substitute for knowing what to do or say at the right time.. One can say and do honestly, but the silent presence of honesty and modesty alone will not carry you. unbelievable that I would have thought so.
You are correct. Honesty is a reason to respect self. I assumed too much. am emerging with a different mindset and better outlook. known as learning the hard way. I feel better than I have in a long time. now if I only can get my body to work.

Cody

[SanSoo Student]

MY resolution, stop drinking so much and get into better health. :D

[Snake77]

What's everyones resolutions gonna be this coming New Year?

Mine:

Dedicate more time to Baguazhang and my training

Lose weight

[sholo86]

stay focused on keeping the wife happy...:D

stay focused on my training

muscle up a bit and get my six-pack back

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Hide from the Women that keep chasing me.

[Mr Punch]

Same ol:

More training (weights/fitness/live MA etc)

Gain weight

Save/ethically invest money

More time for the family

More productive time spending... less procrastination...

Now let's see, where's the next pointless forum argument...? :eek:

;)

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Become an independently wealthy, sovereign individual.

[MasterKiller]

Crush my enemies.

See them driven before me.

Hear the lamentations of their women.

[Dragonzbane76]

Crush my enemies.

See them driven before me.

Hear the lamentations of their women.

that's my kinda goal.....:)

[golden arhat]

drop bill 'O' reilly in the aazon and chase him about in a predator costume

[banditshaw]

500 streetfights by 2009........:cool:

[Takuan]

1280 x 1024. It might be rough, but I think I can handle it.

[SaintSage]

Crush my enemies.

See them driven before me.

Hear the lamentations of their women.

Thank you, Mr. Khan.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Crush my enemies.

See them driven before me.

Hear the lamentations of their women

Reply]
Isn't this the same New years resolution you had last year?

[Lucas]

Crush my enemies.

See them driven before me.

Hear the lamentations of their women

Reply]
Isn't this the same New years resolution you had last year?

Hes an over achiever

[Chosen-frozen]

Crush my enemies.

See them driven before me.

Hear the lamentations of their women

Reply]
Isn't this the same New years resolution you had last year?

If it ain`t broke, don`t fix it.:D:D:D

[B-Rad]

-Lose 30 pounds
-Graduate from college
-Compete in some kind of application event at a competition
-Not die

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DH70wYWsK0

pick up the guitar and sing again.

I used to play guitar and sing folk songs (chinese and other countries) in high school in the 1970's.

:)

[BlueTravesty]

1. Be a better husband.

2. Be a good dad (I've got 6 months to prepare for that one.)

3. Lose some more weight

4. Write something that isn't an internet post or an e-mail.

5. Try to go to the gym 5 times a week (worked myself up to 4x/week this year)

6. Make it a habit to do some training early in the morning in the park (before people come out and laugh at me.)

7. Start Martial Arts again (probably Judo, unless my sifu starts teaching again, in which case I would enroll in a heartbeat.)

[CLFLPstudent]

2. Be a good dad (I've got 6 months to prepare for that one.)


5. Try to go to the gym 5 times a week (worked myself up to 4x/week this year)



These 2 are mutually exclusive :D . Go 7x a week for the 6 months before your baby is born!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

-David

[Shaolin Wookie]

Thank you, Mr. Khan.

LOL....it's actually Conan.

It's just what's best in life.

[David Jamieson]

don't make em, can't break em. :-)

[MasterKiller]

LOL....it's actually Conan.

It's just what's best in life.

Conan stole it from Genghis Khan.

"The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives
and daughters." --Ghengis Khan

[SPJ]

finish watching 2nd and 3rd season of kung fu tv series starred by david carradine.

i only watched some episodes of the first season on TV in taiwan in the 1970's.

I always wanted to watch the 2nd and the 3rd.

somehow, never did and it has been over 30 years since then.

;)

[MightyB]

Anybody have any Martial Art resolutions they'd like to post? You know, things you'd like to accomplish in the next year.

[MightyB]

I'd like to learn Wu Tai Chi from my Sifu to compliment all the "hard style" mantis and Judo I've been doing.

I'd also like to learn the double dao form with the ground rolling attack/defense.

I'd like to compete at least 3 times this year. Two Judo, and one BJJ. I'd also like to go to at least one TCMA tourney and compete in something.

[wenshu]

work less, train more

[EarthDragon]

Go back to Kendo classes form Kimura. I bought a paul chen sword and really want to master it.

[Dale Dugas]

I would like to help more people find better health through acupuncture and herbs.

[YouKnowWho]

- Less running, more low stance walking.
- Less bench pressing, more double heads and single head.

[Vajramusti]

Conserve time. Make fewer KFO forum visits.

[ginosifu]

Continue learning kung fu until I die... or my knees give out.. which ever one comes first.

ginosifu

[GeneChing]

...actually, my next book won't be a martial arts one, but writing and martial arts are my two primary practices so it's hard for me to distinguish between them sometimes - wen wu yi qi ! ;)

Martially speaking, I hope to keep us in print for another five years and to continue to develop our web platforms.

[SIFU RON]

a very good year to all

I hope to complete my book and some video's in 2013.

I also hope to see this magazine in print for many years to come.

And I look forward to June and our Tiger - Claw tournament. .

My best to everyone.

Ron shewmaker

[Punch.HeadButt]

Pick up my training again (yearly tradition, I slack off the last couple weeks of December).

Find a new job.

Find a new home.

Continue the forward trek, look back only for reference.

[Syn7]

More sex, less everything else!

[omarthefish]

Continue learning kung fu until I die... or my knees give out.. which ever one comes first.

ginosifu

Must suck knowing that your going to lose either your life or, at least, you knees in 2013. :p

(the topic is about new years resolutions. . . )

[Shaolin]

2 months ago I switched gyms to the MMA Lab. Now that I'm training with world champion fighters and coaches it should get me steps closer to my ultimate goal.

[bawang]

lift things up and put them down

[Drake]

Start 2014 with "Dr." in front of my name.

[Syn7]

Start 2014 with "Dr." in front of my name.

So you have a masters and are already working for your PHD then? In what?

[Drake]

So you have a masters and are already working for your PHD then? In what?

Information Technology. BS in IT, MS in Information System Engineering, and starting my comps in January for my PhD in IT, focusing on IA and security.

[Syn7]

Information Technology. BS in IT, MS in Information System Engineering, and starting my comps in January for my PhD in IT, focusing on IA and security.

Good for you, man. I doubt I'll ever go beyond masters. People have tried to talk me into it, but I dunno. Maybe if I could do post grad at MIT or some other "can't pass up" type of school. I don't have anyone paying my bills tho. So, you know. I don't have my Bach yet, so I try not to overthink that ****. I'm just an engineer, I solve real life problems and I'm totally satisfied with that. Particle physics is just a hobby for me.

I wish I had been more into computers as a kid. I should have learned to write code when I was 12. Alas, it was not so. But I was building stuff. Always have. Moving electronics always came pretty easy, so it seemed like a natural course to take.

I imagine you get school paid for. That's sweet. That route is not for me, but good for you all the same.

IA as in Information architecture? Considering your job and the other courses, that's gotta be it, yes? Managing data for security yes?

[Gru Bianca]

More sex, less everything else!

hahahahahaha simply marvelous resolution, may I be your copycat? :D

[SPJ]

1. the coming lunar new year

the year of the snake

2. 2013 is the first year without double digits since 1987.

1988 two 8's

1989 two 9's

etc

3. more daily walking

more relaxation "drills"

:)

[GeneChing]

Find a new home.

Yea, me too, brudda. ;)


Start 2014 with "Dr." in front of my name.
Dr. ake?

[wenshu]

Information Technology. BS in IT, MS in Information System Engineering, and starting my comps in January for my PhD in IT, focusing on IA and security.

Command Line Gong Fu Disciple!

[David Jamieson]

I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. :)

[Drake]

Yea, me too, brudda. ;)


Dr. ake?

I try to keep my goals reasonable. ;)

[MightyB]

anybody have any martial art resolutions they'd like to post? You know, things you'd like to accomplish in the next year.

ttt.........

[MightyB]

this year, concentrate on the open-hand forms in 7*.
which means to relearn the ones that I forgot, and learn the ones I have left to learn.

I've been looking into pistol disarms - they aren't taught in the system, but there's enough of them online to practice a few. I've found 3 front facing ones that work about 80% of the time against a resisting opponent.
I'd like to buy a chalk knife then practice knife defense, but not like tcma - more like against a thug who's trying to shank me. The goal would be to find a couple of defensive tactics that work against a person who's intent on cutting me in the most efficient way possible which would be more like a shank attack rather than the big looping stuff you see in most martial arts. Not that I intend to be in a prison riot or confronted by a gun wielding thug, but in my world view - martial arts training should address the likely weapons and tactics that you'd see in real life.

I'd also like to pick up a copy of H. Nishioka's Foot Throws and work on them.

[GeneChing]

:o
:(
:mad:
:rolleyes:

[Chief_Suicide]

I've been thinking about signing up for a martial arts class close to my work and go during lunch.

My boys still go to kung fu class, but I lost interest some time ago. I started running, then entering races... after that running took over my spare time as far as fitness goes.

I miss taking the classes, but I miss the time spent with other people the most. There is no real consistency in the classes, so without the old class mates, it is not the same. I don't mean to blame the school, because in the end it is my fault.

I always found martial arts training better than running, but running has moments of solitude I never found in martial arts. I'm done babbling.

[MarathonTmatt]

To finish building my stone wall enclosure in the woods (or rather, rock ledge on the slope of a hillside) by the spring. the pictures I showed last year of the site (OT thread: "Interesting New England Sites") were the beginning phase of construction, or the skeleton if you will. Much improvements since then. The Standing Stones are still up that I placed, including the one over 6 ft. high (maybe 7 ft.) I opened up the back of the stone enclosure so that there is a walk-thru gate in the back, which leads to an even higher spot on the ledge, where you can see Look-Out hill in the distance. I made a serpent effigy enclosure (eastern copperhead snake) against a boulder up there too.. the rock that is the snake's head is perfect. But back to the main stone wall enclosure. V 3.0 is going up. I only have pics of V 1.0. I am building the wall up in the back (originally for extra support), so that in the back it will rise up to be a large conical stone mound that rises above one's head level. I also attached a stone chamber to one of the sides of the wall )on the end). It is a pretty permanent structure already. Hopefully I can finish that by the spring, or through the spring.

Also, running. Keep on top of running. I also want to do more jump rope. And, to stay in Kung Fu shape!

[bawang]

new year resolutions are for pansies. real men make blood oath.

[MarathonTmatt]

new year resolutions are for pansies. real men make blood oath.

can't argue with that. i'm more using this as excuse to say some things than an actual new years resolution. Looking forwards to the spring. never really made resolutions this time of year anyway.

[MarathonTmatt]

Actually, it would be very nice if US President Barrack Obama would free political prisoner Leonard Peltier before he leaves office (only one more week).

[David Jamieson]

no resolutions per se, but I will keep practicing.

[David Jamieson]

Actually, it would be very nice if US President Barrack Obama would free political prisoner Leonard Peltier before he leaves office (only one more week).

That is up to the DA on the case because he's convicted of murder of 2 federal agents. And despite numerous appeals and parole hearings which continue to find him guilty as charged. The real ****ing part was his own admissions for what it's worth.

Kind of hard to carte blanche pardon that without definitive evidence that would provide someone with the ability to do so.

In all these years, how much has changed? Those agents are still dead and appeals are getting exhausted.

Obama is gone now and can't do it and somehow I doubt anyone is going to do anything more about it on that fact alone.

[GeneChing]

Anyone got any? I mean aside from "train more" because that's a no brainer.

I'm still pondering over one for this year. :o

[David Jamieson]

Anyone got any? I mean aside from "train more" because that's a no brainer.

I'm still pondering over one for this year. :o

Still not doing resolutions. :D

be well, keep well, carry on, stay warm, move fast, think more, be kind....

All that stuff we do anyway, keep doing that. :D

[GeneChing]

Still not doing resolutions. :D


I'm beginning to see the wisdom of this, DJ. But I still feel I should make some sort of resolution. Anything to help motivate my lazy ass. ;)

[David Jamieson]

I'm beginning to see the wisdom of this, DJ. But I still feel I should make some sort of resolution. Anything to help motivate my lazy ass. ;)

Enjoy the lazy times!
They give you nice things to think about when you're struggling with the headaches of fast living in modern society. :D

Maybe drink more coffee, get a treadmill and do the planking challenge?

[SPJ]

swim lift weight

walk

the same.

:D

[GeneChing]

My 2018 NY resolution is to read some books that not martial arts or work related (China, publishing, etc). I read a lot for this job. I seldom read for fun anymore. And I realized that last year, I didn't read a single book that was recreational. So as of last weekend, I've already cracked two new books that have nothing to do with the martial arts or work.

[MightyB]

My 2018 NY resolution is to read some books that not martial arts or work related (China, publishing, etc). I read a lot for this job. I seldom read for fun anymore. And I realized that last year, I didn't read a single book that was recreational. So as of last weekend, I've already cracked two new books that have nothing to do with the martial arts or work.

Similar to you, I just picked up Dune and Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. Never read them, heard they were good.

[GeneChing]

Similar to you, I just picked up Dune and Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. Never read them, heard they were good.

Cool! I read those like 40 years ago and luved 'em. The mind games of Dune were great. And Hitchhikers was like Monty Python meets Sci-Fi. Both were outstanding examples of world building, long before the YA fantasy genre really emerged. Enjoy!

[SteveLau]

Good thread. Since year 2000, I have my yearly plan. The MA part of my new year plan is to train free fight, hard conditioning. So that's the same as last year plan. This thread reminds me to review if I have achieved my last year MA plan, to see if I need to change anything. And also plan the detail. I am going to do the review within January.



Regards,

KC
Hong Kong

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=yELxioHtVNE

Molecular level? Really? :rolleyes:

Thread: New Years Resolutions (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?8152-New-Years-Resolutions)
Thread: Taijiquan's health (or longevity) benefits overrated? (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?4411-Taijiquan-s-health-(or-longevity)-benefits-overrated)

[GeneChing]

My resolution this year is to lose my secretary spread. More ab & core work.



My 2018 NY resolution is to read some books that not martial arts or work related (China, publishing, etc). I did manage to achieve this, but only with one book. And it took all year. :o Everything else was martial arts/China oriented. :rolleyes:

[MightyB]

So this year I picked up the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series to fill the time between GOT books and seasons.

I bought a three-sectional staff from MAMart and resolved to spend around 30 minutes a day using it as a daily workout device.

I haven't decided how much, but I'm going to block out a portion of time during my work day to spend on pluralsight.com to pick up new work related skills.

That's pretty much it.

(I did actually complete my last year goal of reading Dune (the first book), and the Hitchhiker's Guide series)

[David Jamieson]

Annnnnnd...still not making resolutions!

lol.

1920x1080 for now though.

My life has been pretty even keeled for that last decade or two.
If I gain weight, it's maximum 5 lbs.
I don't drink, so I have nothing to give up there.
I don't eat like a jerk off, so, no worries there.
I exercise regularly, get proper sleep and try to avoid negative uptake as much as I can.

I guess, the idea of resolutions is to get to a point where you don't need to make any. :D