"The time is fast approaching where we will not be allowed to disagree with Big Brother without having our patriotism and loyalty to country not only questioned, but impugned. I've already seen it and believe me, it ain't pretty." TSDGuy this is just a sad consequence of what happens in AL...

Originally posted by Mike Murphy: You'd be surprised at what rookie teachers don't know about the profession. And just because these conditions have been the same for countless years, doesn't mean we have to sit back and like it. I have to dissagree with you on that claim. I sit in class alongside E...

Mike Murphy, Why dont you just do like my father did when he got fed up with the B.S. of teaching high school. He changed careers. You dont seem to be very happy in yours. I have all the sympathy in the world for people like policemen, teachers and emergency medical workers whose jobs are stressful,...

I am a 2nd Dan in Kodokan Judo. Most of what constitutes BJJ is either learned or developed after ascension to the 1st Dan rank. Up to and including 1st Dan is, as another poster pointed out, primarily concered with throws which is unfortunately, where 98% of people quit. The thing that makes BJJ so...

I'm sure you are all familiar with the topic-Black Belts who can't fight. I usually laugh at the guys who say that "forms are useless" and then try to sell off "foolproof techniques" that supposedly require "no effert" to perform. I have been to various schools with fri...

Most of the fights that I either wittnessed, or was involved in during my high school years involved wrestling as the main first shot. That could have been because wrestling was big on the athletic scene at my school. I have a friend that used to live in New York and he said that Boxing was in vouge...

David, I assume by Le Canne you are reffering to the stick fighting. Sorry but my instructor was not all that big on French terminology. Sadly no, I didn't get to that. Jack(my instructor) demonstrated it once or twice, but noone in class was ever taught it. At the time I was more interested in comp...

This is a subject that I have been playing with for a long time. I am currently in the process of developing my own web page. It will be a page for an online learning resource in the style of Savate. What brought this about was emails from countless people that say they are interested in Savate, but...

Since I last posted, I have made a little progress in my search for info on that elusive style. When I returned home last night I had recieved a fax that included some names and some of the information that concerned the stories from BB magazine. The original story that BB was working on was primari...

I need some help once again. I am in the process of putting up my own web page. I am going to have information about myself, pictures, and to start-a custom forum for matial arts chat and disscussion. Here's the problem. When I was 15 years old, I began studying Judo at the local Kodokan club. 2 yea...

Hey guys and gals, for a great laugh hop to....www.ashidakim.com/ . I thought this guy was way gone with the old Ninja craze but he's apparently back at it again. Check it out-he even has an online "**** LIST" for people who "offend" his "honorable brotherhood!" This ju...

A great story from the "epoch" of the martial arts preceding my own. From the time I first began training in the martial arts(1983), I always read black belt magazine. Back then Wyoming was pretty cut off geographically and culturally from the rest of the continent, so it was one of my few...

When I was talking about lowering my body fat I was reffering to the super intense training I used to do before a competition. The reason I and everyone else gain the weight back is because it is physically impossible to keep up that level of metabolism for any longer than 3 or 4 weeks. If I tried m...

The problem with most of the fittness buffs, and diet gurus that wee see plastered all over the covers of magazines is that we are seeing them in their "peakest" condition. I have more muscle in my abdominal area than some people have on their entire bodies(figuratively of course.) But I s...

Darren, it might be useful to also look at some of the styles that Bruce gleaned influence from. Bruce was a wing chun practicioner, but he also was highly influenced by western boxing, and Savate-two styles I am very familiar with. I liked Doctor's post-he had a lot of great observations. I have kn...