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"Does this board have PMs?"

Uhhhhh like those buttons down there?

It doesn't have much taste. Very light, maybe a slight grassy taste. It's hard to explain. It grows on you. Here it is $60.00 a pound. I buy a quarter pound at a time. I am trying to drink it more...

White tea is picked when it is very young. It is said to have more of the medicinal quality with less caffeine. I drink Ten Ren medium grade Lung Ching green tea. It is $26.00 a pound here in L. A....

"Who was traditional and who was MMA?"

Iron Fist
The guy in the grey shirt looks trained in the rare Northern Shaolin style Kant Fite. The other guy I've seen in many UFC matches...not

Wow, I wonder where those guys train. It proves a finely honed traditional stylist will prevail over MMA. Even when fights go to the ground.

No guard problems here. However they don't get any rough usage. We give them a little contact when shown the application for a particular part of the form but no hard sparring.

Brody,
My wife and I have been using these:
http://www.martialartsmart.net/452008.html
We graduated from wood to a set of double spring steel. Every time our Sifu would say "watch the tip" we...

red hammer, yet the hammer I own has a natural wood handle

Yeah exactly- same tea, multiple cups. I do pretty much as you said, first steep 3 minutes, water just below boiling. Second steep I leave between 5 and 10 minutes depending on what I'm doing in...

I get it- Use the back of your head to harm your opponents fists.

Some brewing instructions reccomend a second and/or third steep. Anyone know how this effects level of active ingredients? Obviously it would be less but...90%... 10% ??

Ten Ren medium grade Lung...

One of the classic symptoms of lateral epicondylitis is that it is painful to lift even light objects. I could do a push-up and feel mild discomfort yet lifting a cup of tea would be extremely...

Interesting- mine was almost better but I couldn't pass up the chance to do some sparring with the new soft weapons we made. They are PVC pipe covered in foam insulation. They end up being a little...

Anyone have this? Been massaging with Dit Dar Jow and ice seems to help a lot but it's been about 4 weeks and it wont go away. Is there a stretch that helps?

Roger and roger that. How about the Italian dude the Iraqis were trying to execute in front of a shallow grave. The man struggles to get his hood off and was saying stuff like "look me in the eyes if...

Marriage! Well that sure ups the ante.
Three years, 5 days a week. Sounds like you have done your part.
At my school we are going through a drought of applications as well.
We have been trying...

How long have you been at current school?
What style?
Why did you choose that school?
What did you expect to get from CMA training?
How much do you practice what you are being taught?

or why I booked a flight and a hotel and paid $50.00 to attend the dinner? :rolleyes:
Oh well, Vancouver looks like a nice place to explore:D

"As a further note, traditional CMA lineages have clear rules of designating, seniority, generations and titles like shifu, sigong etc. This level thing . . .
well, it is just someone's idea of . ....

Thanks Firepalm!!

Posted this on general thread but got no response anyone here know what's up?
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There is a dinner and...

There is a dinner and event at the Chinese Cultural Center in Vancouver on May 29. My Sifu says that there is a meeting to "rate the Sifus". He invited me to attend the dinner and I would like to...