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Very nicely done. Keep up the good work. :)

Very nice! I hope I get that polished someday :D

Looking pretty good to me :)

That was just awesome!

I expect that to happen sometime around 2020. :)

Yes. I am trying to keep the aikido point of view out of it, but being that is what I have the most experience with, one's natural instinct is to associate things that are similar and group them as...

That is a good point. When it's "wrong" it feels awkward, unbalanced, and uncoordinated. Something for me to clarify on the "right" aspect of it, is that I am only able to obtain that feeling for a...

Yep and I agree with your statements. I was just curious as to your reasoning.

.... returning to the thread topic now ......

I've been practicing for about two weeks now (more or less) and I've noticed a few things I would like to run past the more experienced players of this forum. One of the things is that when doing a...

A question if I may, why do you think aikido is one of the most laughable MA?

Hello Scott,



I understood what you meant in this regard, but I still do not completely agree. You make your point well, but we just have differing opinions on this matter.



This was...

My mistake. :)



Apparently, my mistake again.



Fair enough. I'm sure those that know you understood your point, however since I am new I took your post at face value.

I figured since I am studying taijichuan, I would purchase a traditional uniform (kind of a mindset thing for me) and it arrived today. All I can say is wow! It is so much more comfortable than even...

I stand corrected. I really hope you reach the majority of kids you work with. I know first hand that respect goes a VERY long ways with gang members, so you may just be right about them not shooting...

I believe you are missing my point altogether. I am not advocating grappling as the be-all end-all form of self defense. Nor was I saying that it should be your first form of defense, etc. What I am...

I agree with your statement and knew what you meant, I was just nit-picking. :D

I know what you were going for in the above statement, but I couldn't resist nit-picking. :) I think it might be more accurate to say "just because you can execute/apply", because if you understand...

Shaolin Soccer. It's so bad it's almost funny.

I guess we shall have to agree to disagree, and I personally disagree with most of your post because I think that information is flat out wrong. To each his own and good luck to you in any future...

I really hope for your sake that you are never involved in a street fight, and especially not against anyone who has had some grappling training. As far as it not working in a "real" fight, I know...

Hello. :) I would like to make a small distinction here. It is not difficult for me to tell what is *effective or not*. I have no experience in determining whether or not it is good taijichuan.


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I am working through the exercises listed in: http://ymaa.com/publishing/books/qigong/qigong_for_health_and_ma , and Wei Dan Qigong, exercise one it states:



Now my question is, do I strictly...

I would have to disagree with you there. If you are up against a good grappler, every single time you strike you put yourself at risk from a grapple of some sort. I'm not saying grappling is better,...

I appreciate the compliment although I am somewhat suprised to read that coming from you. You seem like a knowledgeable person yourself and should know that you can ALWAYS learn something from...

It sounds as though you have as much, or more in your areas of study. ;)



I agree. For that matter, Europe and the middle east also have some fine fighting arts. None that I personally care to...