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The First in the world, Ben Evans, pioneer of Special Needs Taekwon-Do, a day in the life of Hawke's Bay ITF Taekwon-Do School. His goal is to take these students to DPR KOREA in 2011, the next ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships

 I do not have anything of immediate importance to say, other than:

Hi! I am abiding by the community rules and posting within 48 hours!

1. What is your name/age/location?
K/19/Ohio

2. What forms do you do? Why did you choose that form or forms?
Capoeira, 3 years. My mom used to live in Brazil.
Northern Shaolin style kung fu, 6 months. My university has a nice group and they gave me a root beer float. Also I wanted to try something more straightforward than Capoeira.

3. Do you have a signiture move?
I believe style shouldn't be that obvious.

4. What Dojo?
I practice Capoeira in a park and in someone's living room. My kung fu group is technically an offshoot/franchise of Wing Lam, though.

5. Have any Belts? Do you compete?
I never got batizado'd so no belt. And we don't rank by belt where I do kung fu, just by levels.

6. Scale of 1-10 how passionate are you about fighting and why? Is it your life? Is it your path? Why are you here?
8? Other than knitting it's all I want to do. I am here because it seemed relevant and I need somewhere to talk about kicking people in the head.

7. Looking For a Fight?
No, thank you.

Hi! I'd like to ask if anyone knows of any martial arts movies or documentaries showing Northern Shaolin? From what I've heard, it's not often seen in movies.

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Question, if I go to the dojo, do Aiki-Jujuistu for an hour and half and then drive the 15-20 minutes it takes to get back home and work out on the weights would that be a bad thing? Would I be starting my body up, slowing it down only to start it back up shortly thereafter and thus making a myself likely to blow something out?

So I've been on this group for several years now. I have experienced alot in that amount of time, so I am going to repost my introduction and compare it to where I stand now.

Way back when:

1. What is your name/age/location?
Steven/ 17/ Ohio

2. What forms do you do? Why did you choose that form or forms?
Kenpo / I really didn’t choose, that’s just what I was put into

3. Do you have a signature move?
Bow Choke & wheel kick (to the head, ribs, or back of the knee)

4. What Dojo?
Tracy’s Karate

5. Have any Belts? Do you compete?
Green Belt / I don’t compete yet, but I wanna try

6. Scale of 1-10 how passionate are you about fighting and why? Is it your life? Is it your path? Why are you here?
I have 0 passion for fighting but 10 for my style. I prefer not to fight but I will take a defensive-aggressive approach to certain situations

7. Looking For a Fight?
No

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Now:

1. What is your name/age/location?
Steven/ 21/ Ohio(unfortunatly)

2. What forms do you do? Why did you choose that form or forms?
Kenpo- I sent to learn this by my parents, after a time away from it I decided to go back
Shootfighting- Available @ my dojo/studio it is a way for me to learn full contact + grappling
Tang Soo Do- Available @ my college I take it to advance my knowledge of martial arts
Tai Chi Chuan- See above in regards to Tang Soo Do

3. Do you have a signature move?
Wheel Kick (tollyo potong chagi), Side Punch, spinning back kick, check kick

4. What Dojo?
Tracy’s Karate, My local college

5. Have any Belts? Do you compete?
2nd Brown in Kenpo
8th or 7th white in Tang Soo Do
I don't compete, but I would like to.

6. Scale of 1-10 how passionate are you about fighting and why? Is it your life? Is it your path? Why are you here?
I have 0 passion for fighting but 10 for my style. I prefer not to fight but I will take a defensive-aggressive approach to certain situations

7. Looking For a Fight?
Yes, but not of the "yo mamma so fat" kind, but rather the "let us grow from this contest" type

I'll be totally honest with everyone.

I work for a show called Champions of Champions Elite. It airs on G4TV. My job is basically to go around trolling message boards to get people to go to the site, or to watch the show. I'm getting kinda bored of the ol' bait and switch routine so i thought I'd tell the truth for once. Seriously, you try signing up to several hundred forums a week and see how it feels.

Is anyone here interested in Muay Thai? The show is basically just that. A bunch of guys and women wailing on each other using this particular martial art. The official site also has a contest that looks for the world's best gamer or something.

So, if you wanna check it out, go ahead. If not, ignore me, or ban me, or whatever.

If you do like it, I'd like to hear why. What do you think about Muay Thai? About the show? About our site? I'm genuinely interested in your opinion. For real. No lie.

http://coc-elite.com

I've decided to start taking some Capoeira classes. I have no background in any type of martial art.. and im not in the best shape. Any tips or pointers? Do's and Dont's? Im nervous!

Hi all, I thought I'd mention that I've found this site for questions and answers:
http://martialarts.stackexchange.com/
It's not very active right now, but it might take off with a little boost. I thought you might appreciate at least knowing about it :)

Namaste.

What is a decent price to pay for some MMA gloves? I have some gloves I used for sparing in ninjistu class years ago but apparently there is too much give in them. My instructor tells me he sells them for $65. Too high or just right?


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Hey gang,
Thanks for the response! I appreciate it. In my search for more information and ideas for ways of improving my speed I came across this video.


Thought I would share it.