The demise of TMA

[cjurakpt]

Fortune Wheel-Levittown on Hempstead tpk in the (I think) Nassau Mall shopping center about 1 mile west of the 135 Seaford-Oyster Bay Expy
Orient-Bethpage/Hicksville, on Broadway across (sort of) from Grumman

oh many thanks indeed, you are a scholar, a gentleman and at least as much gourmet as gourmand...when we go, should we say that Sahp Fu sent us?

BTW, in return, I offer you Penninsula, on Rte 27A (Montauk Hwy / Main Street) in Bayshore - although it's not exactly echt Chinatown, it's still very good food and they did pass my personal authentication test: ho yao gai lan with real tong gai lan(Chinese "broccoli") and their guandong chow mein was as good (and crispy) as any I've had in C-town; they also have "real" ha gow, but it's like $6 a tin, which is just a mite offensive...in fact, it's not the cheapest place in general, but it's very nice in terms of the interior design, with several small ponds/waterfalls interspersed throughout the place (in fact, whoever did their fung seuih knows their stuff - the entrance alone is worth seeing as an object lesson: it opens onto the corner of the block, so lots of stuff can roll in off the street, so they use a figure-eight pool that you walk over via a small bridge to diffuse it); finally they were able to very efficiently modify a pair of chop sticks with a rubber band and paper so that my 2 1/2 y/o son could use them (he gets very aggitated if he's relegated to fork use, and will actually sit there and try to figure the darn things out, and just get frustrated, so that's huge) - Chinese MacGivers!

Fung Jow (Phoenix claw) is the preferred term. Gai Geurk makes it sound so unappetizing.(huh? It's freakin chicken feet!-I guess it's like callin Bull's balls "Prairie Oysters!")

hey, from who do you think I learned how to call it? I mean, this was the same guy who used to refer to rain as "lohk seuih"...

You can also pick up decent Si Yao Gai at that huge Chinese Supermarket in Hempstead-they have a food counter with a bakery and hot food, but I don't think theyhave dim-sum.

oh, this was an ONGOING bone of contention I had with these guys for a while, because originally they did have dim sum for a while - nothing too fancy, just basic ha gow, siu mai and the like but they are 3 minutes from my parent's house, so c'mon!; anyway, they claimed that there just wasn't any interest in it from their Chinese customers (!?!?!); anyway, there bao are as good as you'll get, and they have a kickin' lunch special: $3.99 for white or fried rice (a lot) plus choice of 3 sides, and they usually have about 15 things to choose from, and they are all tasty, especially the crawdads (spicy!) - the year I worked in Hempstead schools, lunch there 2x a week was the bright spot in an otherwise turbid day; they also have a butcher block with the compulsory duck, chicken, ribs assortments

[jmd161]

Second, it doesn't give time for the waiver to be signed. Since I completely intend to cripple Gus FOR LIFE, I want the waiver. It's going to be NO RULES and I am going to beat him in horrible ways

Ross,



I know you're smarter than believing a wavier is going to protect you, if you cripple someone in a match, when you've posted your intentions on the internet?


It's like having someone sign an assisted suicide form and expecting not to go to prison for shooting them in the head



jeff

[cjurakpt]

stop Phoenix from rising

[TenTigers]

Penninsula rules!
We do their Chinese New Year show every year. They put the lai see's on the ceiling! Then they throw us a nice meal-huge, they keep bringing dish after dish, we actually had to tell them to stop. Also the girls at the bar as well as the owners daugter, are very attractive, which is a distraction from my drumming at times!

[cjurakpt]

Penninsula rules!
We do their Chinese New Year show every year. They put the lai see's on the ceiling! Then they throw us a nice meal-huge, they keep bringing dish after dish, we actually had to tell them to stop. Also the girls at the bar as well as the owners daugter, are very attractive, which is a distraction from my drumming at times!

that's very cool - it's like 5 min from my house, I'll keep an eye open for when they are doing it this year, and I'll swing by with the family (maybe you can indulge me 2 minutes of "guest drumming", Chan Tai San style...just for the gir...I mean, so my son can watch me, yeah, that's it)

[AdrianUK]

Sorry for the thread necromancy but thought I would add in the UK Picture here. If I go check out a local mma school I generally see lots of equipment, hard training and people in good shape, local TMA usually out of shape, lack of equipment, undisciplined and in a squash court or small hall. If I was just looking for training to get fit/defend myself its not a hard choice for the novice. Hall rents etc here mean most clubs only offer a couple of times a week training with minimal equipment and charge around £50 a month, equipment sells to people ! TMA schools, get lots of pads in, kick bags etc, its not what your teaching, its how it looks ! ok rant over

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

TMA schools, get lots of pads in, kick bags etc, its not what your teaching, its how it looks ! ok rant over

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Or more correctly, It's not *What* you teach, it's *HOW* you teach it!

[your next]

RD has the correct

[secretgecko]

So what is the status of the duel between david ross and green cloud? Is someone going to go to the park with them and video tape the match and post it on youtube so that we all can watch?

[cjurakpt]

So what is the status of the duel between david ross and green cloud? Is someone going to go to the park with them and video tape the match and post it on youtube so that we all can watch?

you are not aloud to mention this; ever again; or you will be banned; seriously (hey, I don't make the rules, just repeat them)