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    What is your favorite alcoholic beverage?

    Nectar Guinness
    Post by: guran, Jan 16, 2005 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    japanese shields?

    The Okinawans had the tinbei, or shield and sword. The shield seems to have been made of sea turtle shell. When my instructor learned a Tinbei...
    Post by: guran, Jul 3, 2004 in forum: Weapons
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    Do Europeans fight more than Americans?

    I think a lot of Americans are more afraid of someone packing a lawyer :eek: ! It seem like in the US the bad guys have way more rights then the...
    Post by: guran, Jul 3, 2004 in forum: General Martial Arts Discussion
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    Beware: no guarantee that Instructor is a good person

    I think you answered your own question. Always have at least one other adult/instructor present or request that a parent stay. It's sad, but you...
    Post by: guran, Jun 20, 2004 in forum: General Martial Arts Discussion
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    Why do we keep our hands out?

    My punch feels left out! :( When teaching basics the hand(s) could be left out for the instructor to see placement, alignment, etc. This lets...
    Post by: guran, Jun 17, 2004 in forum: Karate
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    A sad day for a 9 year old boy.

    I've had similar situations. You can arrange (before class!) for the student to politely bow out when his grandmother shows up so as not to...
    Post by: guran, Jun 5, 2004 in forum: General Martial Arts Discussion
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    Knee Problem

    I had the same symptoms and it turned out to be a torn meniscus. The little torn flap flops around and gets caught in things. I'd vote for going...
    Post by: guran, Jun 5, 2004 in forum: Health and Fitness
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    one finger (and no, i don't mean 'up yours')

    Hollow of the throat, inside the biceps, carotid, etc...
    Post by: guran, May 7, 2004 in forum: Karate
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    one finger (and no, i don't mean 'up yours')

    Anyplace soft and full of nerves.
    Post by: guran, May 6, 2004 in forum: Karate
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    what I am doing wrong?

    Getting Started Depending upon your patience level :D, sometimes schools are a good foot in the door. Our instructor got started a long time ago...
    Post by: guran, May 3, 2004 in forum: General Martial Arts Discussion
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    1 hit KO

    If you're talking about Sensei Perry, go with the program. He knows fighting from experience and he wouldn't set up students to fail.
    Post by: guran, Apr 30, 2004 in forum: Karate
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    wanna learn the sais

    A video with a lot of explanation of the techniques involved: http://www.kohokan.net/id38.htm The Village Kobudo tape.
    Post by: guran, Apr 25, 2004 in forum: Weapons
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    What's the Rarest style on these boards??

    Koshin-ryu. One dojo in Okinawa, one dojo in U.S. Family style of the Kojos.
    Post by: guran, Apr 25, 2004 in forum: General Martial Arts Discussion
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    Okinawan art or not? Thats the question.

    "Unante" by John Sells has an excellent chart showing the lineage of all of the Okinawan karate and kobudo styles that he could find. Also has a...
    Post by: guran, Mar 19, 2004 in forum: Karate
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    Wrestling Takedowns

    Good point. I've never seen an MMA match, it's just never appealed to me. I spent a lot of years wrestling in high school, college, and open...
    Post by: guran, Mar 18, 2004 in forum: General Martial Arts Discussion