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POLL QUESTION: July 31, 2004 the All American Stick
Fighting group was created at Yahoo
sports groups. Now almost in its 7th
month of being around I ask you our
members what can I do as the owner of
this group to liven things up and get
us all talking about stick fighting as
well as other martial arts?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Try and plan an online meet and greet fro all the members., 2 votes, 28.57%
- Start a monthly book and video review for books and videos on martial arts. ,
3 votes, 42.86%
- Not sure give me a few days to think about it., 1 votes, 14.29%
- Keep doing what your doing... Things are sure to catch on sooner or later., 1
votes, 14.29%

INDIVIDUAL VOTES
- Try and plan an online meet and greet fro all the members.
      - sunshineskies2001@...
      - tecnogoblin@...
- Start a monthly book and video review for books and videos on martial arts.
      - hungheykwun@...
      - tutor2000@...
      - afvet01@...
- Not sure give me a few days to think about it.
      - e_ball_woolley@...
- Keep doing what your doing... Things are sure to catch on sooner or later.
      - wolfofsin@...


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July 31, 2004 the All American Stick
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month of being around I ask you our
members what can I do as the owner of
this group to liven things up and get
us all talking about stick fighting as
well as other martial arts?

   o Try and plan an online meet and greet fro all the members.
   o Start a monthly book and video review for books and videos on martial arts.
   o Not sure give me a few days to think about it.
   o Keep doing what your doing... Things are sure to catch on sooner or later.


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POLL QUESTION: December Poll: After the September 11
attacks that shook this nation is there
a stronger need for people who
travel overseas for business or other
reasons to study martial arts like stick
fighting?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Yes there is a need....  We all need to do what we can to keep each other
safe, 0 votes, 0.00%
- No not really... Despite what the media says it is as safe to fly on  an
airplane as every.  We where actually very safe before September 11..., 1 votes,
50.00%
- I'm not really sure... There maybe there is one on some level., 1 votes,
50.00%
- No... People just nee to actually study how to be better aware of whats around
them no matter where they are at ., 0 votes, 0.00%



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fighting?

   o Yes there is a need.
   o No not really... Really it about the same...
   o I'm not sure... There maybe there is
   o No... People just nee to actually study how to be better aware of whats
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Thanks!

Aloha gang;

I'm sending this link to real fight clips to all the groups I belong to. There's
a bunch of them on this one link.


I received the link to these fight clips from
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freestylefightingfiles/ (I always try to give
credit)


Make sure you have your sound on at least for the Gracie vs Kung-fu master.
There is some foul language in the other clips

This should be a wake up call for those of you who only train standing up and
were told by your instructors

"Just stay off the ground!"

You martial artists who want to assume a fighting stance, block the one punch
the guy throws, then counter-attack with your single devastating reverse punch,
will hopefully get a wake up call.


Out of respect for the moderators, I am giving you the link from my own group in
case the moderator doesn't want to show graphic violence such as this AND to be
even more honest it might get a few more people in my group.

Rick
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is the best reason someone should start to
learn some form of Martial Art?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- So they can keep in shape, 0 votes, 0.00%
- To learn about other cultures, 1 votes, 50.00%
- To learn about who they really are as a person, 1 votes, 50.00%
- For fun and enjoyment, 0 votes, 0.00%
- For a better understanding of self defence, 0 votes, 0.00%
- To try something new in one's life, 0 votes, 0.00%
- To add better self control to one's life, 0 votes, 0.00%



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Naturally

And thank you

Rick

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> about how the centerline relates to there are or
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Sure... When you get right down to it getting people to talk and think
about how the centerline relates to there are or doesn't is why I
wrote this little post. I would hope you point out where you got the
post and the fact that I wrote it... but thats up to you.

Tecnogoblin

what exactaly are u saying here? You are using a lot
of words to say somethign that doesnt seem to require
that many. Everytime I thought I handle on your point
I got lost. Myhaps if had made a sumarry at the end it
might clarify things.
--- tecnogoblin@... wrote:

>
>
> Here are a few of my own personal refection on the
> usefulness of
> centerline theory....
>
> I have been a student of the martial arts since I
> was a very young
> boy...  It was also as a young boy one of the most
> important lessons
> regarding the martial arts was given to me by my
> master Sensei Layne
> when he sat me and his son down and described
> centerline theory to us
> as such ... "When one finds themselves locked in
> combat with another a
> skilled fighter should imagine that their body has
> been divided in to
> two by a line that runs vertically from the top of
> the fighters head,
> down the fighters torso, between his or her legs and
> into the ground
> upon which they stand. In  so doing a fighter take
> the first step in a
> process in coordinate the fighters body movements in
> a way that make
> even the smallest of movement a more effective tool
> for combat as well
> as the economics of defending one's self  as a
> whole. This is know as
> the centerline theory.. "
>
> Now for an thirteen year old boy this isn't the
> easiest of ideas to
> really wrap your mind around. But as I got older and
> I gained a better
> understand of physics, human anatomy and geometry
> the wisdom of
> understanding and effectively employing the
> centerline theory in order
> to become a more effective fighter became clear to
> me... Well I should
>  actually say when I stoped thinking of the
> centerline as just a line
> dividing my body but when I started to think of it
> also in terms of
> being a system of organization for my body and as a
> cental point to
> pivot off of that would alow me to seamlessly make a
> transition from
> defensive moment to offensive counter strike as well
> as generating
> power for that strike.
>
> Now for those of you who are reading this post that
> are still
> unconvinced on how critical it is to understand this
> simple fight
> principle well permit me to shed some light on the
> subject. For I
> honestly do belive the centerline theory is one one
> the most needed
> tools in a skilled fighters bag of tricks.
>
> Now as I have said before I have been a student of
> the martial art
> sine I was a small boy... So now that Im in my late
> 20's I have both
> read and heard far too many people say that the
> centerline theory only
> works due the logical fact it enabled a fighter to
> see fastest route
> to a target as well as making one's attacker take a
> longer route to
> his target. That being a straight line for the
> artist who understand
> centerline theory... And a long drawn out curved
> line for the fighter
> that must deal with this wisdom. Which really if one
> sits brakes down
> theory into plane simple terms is true, but in all
> honesty a martial
> artist that thinks of centerline theory along these
> terms fail to the
> true beauty found in centerline theory. That being
> as I said before
> when one thinks of centerline theory more so as a
> system of
> organization to use in battle with another.
>
> You see it the chaos and mental fog that comes when
> a fighter must
> fill his or her mind with questions of from where an
> attack may or may
> not come from so that he or she may launch an
> effective defense to
> that strike... Well in the end this slows down the
> speed of the
> response needed to keep the fighter alive in a
> fight. It is also do to
> this delay in mental speed which enable ones
> opponent a sure victory.
> For a response that comes too late is just as
> effective as no response
> at all. So how dose a student of the fighting arts
> clear his or her
> mind of all this mental clutter so that an effective
> defense may come
> when needed? Well in the words of my Sensei "Look
> towards the
> centerline for the answer to that riddle my young
> karateka"...
>
> If those of you who are reading this haven't figured
> it out yet my
> Master was a strong believer that a good teacher
> should always be more
> or less willing to let his student go discover their
> own answer to a
> question after the teacher in question had push his
> or her students on
> the right path to finding the answer. See by let us
> his students
> unravel the truth or knowledge we where seeking
> Master Layne also
> wanted to make sure we hard grown up enough by
> seeking out the answer
> to our question so that when we did find the answer
> we would also be
> adult enough to respect and understand that wisdom
> in the form of the
> answer for which we his students had worked so hard
> to get...
>
> So it should as come as no surprise that it wasn't
> in a dojo that the
> real beauty of centerline theory suddenly became
> clear to me but in my
> ninth grade science lab.
>
> It was right before the start of winter brake, and
> like most high
> school  freshmen I was sitting at my desk franticly
> trying remember
> the names of all the bodies organs and systems when
> I notice some odd
> about how the human body was arranged. as far as I
> could tell your
> body really was divided in to two vertically..
> leavening you with a
> right and left side. Also most of the soft organs
> like your eyes,
> kidneys and genitals if your male where for the most
> part left open to
> getting damage due to even the smallest amount of
> impact one might get
> if  he or she was kicked or punch in a fight. In f
> act ones brain and
> ones heart where the only organ safe to some degree
> from being damage
> if  one had to defend oneself . This was because
> these organs had
> evolve some leave of protection because the had been
> to some degree
> encased by a protective wall of bone. It was also at
> this time I
> notice how close all these organs where to this
> inviable line we call
> the centerline.
>
> So by placing your  hands so at all times in a
> fashion that allows you
> to protect your centerline you instantly rase your
> ability to defend
> yourself. For by defending you centerline you limit
> the effectiveness
> of any attack brought upon you by another in combat.
> The observance
> centerline theory as you act and react in combat
> allows a student of
> the fighting arts to generate even more power in his
> or her techniques
> then normal for it serves to  give fluidity of
> movement to both the
> the legs of arms that are being use to strike or
> counter-strike in
> relation to the body.
>
> Yet an understanding of centerline theory also
> enabling a student to
> employ his entire body weight with each strike as
> the force of his or
> her own mass echos out from the center of gravity
> which is also where
> centerline  can be found. So these fluid revolving
> movements from ones
> trunk or should I say hips create a most  effective
> strike. In fact
> most arts make use of this type of body mechanic for
> there more
> powerful kicks or punches.  Don't belive me? Look at
> any of the kicks
> use in karate or teakwondo  that generate a great
> deal of power
> sufficient enough to stop ones attacker cold all
> make use of a
> pivoting off the center line via the hips to
> generate the power use in
> the kick.... Same can be said for the hook punch or
> cross punch used
> in kick boxing... Even some of the striking moves
> found in the stick
> fighting art of Modern Arnis make use of centerline
> theory. So as far
> as striking power goes the use of  just one's own
> arm force alone is
> not enough to land a punch with real stopping power.
>
> It is also from one's centerline we are able to see
> the nucleus that
> makes up one true center of gravity. And as anyone
> who gone or watched
> one roller skate  if your center of gravity is in
> the wrong position
> because your lean too far back or too far forward...
> Well you fall.
> The same is true in fighting. For a center of
> gravity that actually
> off center means your fighting  off balanced.  This
> leaves one who
> studies and practices any form of martial art
> vulnerable to being
> toppled over with just the smallest of outside
> stimuli given by an
> attacker. So yet once again understanding of
> centerline theory aids a
> student of the martial arts. For it understanding
> why and how to place
> the centerline or should I say one's center of
> gravity in the correct
> position to defend one's self at all time.
>
> Well these are just a few of my own personal
> refection on the
> usefulness of centerline theory. I invite all of you
> who have taken
> the time to read this to sit down and refect on how
> the you may or may
> not use the centerline theory in the different
> fighting arts we all
> study. I also thank each and every one of you for
> taking the time to
> read this....
>
> Tecnogoblin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



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--- tecnogoblin@... wrote:

>
>
>
> Here are a few of my own personal refection on the
> usefulness of
> centerline theory....
>
> I have been a student of the martial arts since I
> was a very young
> boy...  It was also as a young boy one of the most
> important lessons
> regarding the martial arts was given to me by my
> master Sensei Layne
> when he sat me and his son down and described
> centerline theory to us
> as such ... "When one finds themselves locked in
> combat with another a
> skilled fighter should imagine that their body has
> been divided in to
> two by a line that runs vertically from the top of
> the fighters head,
> down the fighters torso, between his or her legs and
> into the ground
> upon which they stand. In  so doing a fighter take
> the first step in a
> process in coordinate the fighters body movements in
> a way that make
> even the smallest of movement a more effective tool
> for combat as well
> as the economics of defending one's self  as a
> whole. This is know as
> the centerline theory.. "
>
> Now for an thirteen year old boy this isn't the
> easiest of ideas to
> really wrap your mind around. But as I got older and
> I gained a better
> understand of physics, human anatomy and geometry
> the wisdom of
> understanding and effectively employing the
> centerline theory in order
> to become a more effective fighter became clear to
> me... Well I should
>  actually say when I stoped thinking of the
> centerline as just a line
> dividing my body but when I started to think of it
> also in terms of
> being a system of organization for my body and as a
> cental point to
> pivot off of that would alow me to seamlessly make a
> transition from
> defensive moment to offensive counter strike as well
> as generating
> power for that strike.
>
> Now for those of you who are reading this post that
> are still
> unconvinced on how critical it is to understand this
> simple fight
> principle well permit me to shed some light on the
> subject. For I
> honestly do belive the centerline theory is one one
> the most needed
> tools in a skilled fighters bag of tricks.
>
> Now as I have said before I have been a student of
> the martial art
> sine I was a small boy... So now that Im in my late
> 20's I have both
> read and heard far too many people say that the
> centerline theory only
> works due the logical fact it enabled a fighter to
> see fastest route
> to a target as well as making one's attacker take a
> longer route to
> his target. That being a straight line for the
> artist who understand
> centerline theory... And a long drawn out curved
> line for the fighter
> that must deal with this wisdom. Which really if one
> sits brakes down
> theory into plane simple terms is true, but in all
> honesty a martial
> artist that thinks of centerline theory along these
> terms fail to the
> true beauty found in centerline theory. That being
> as I said before
> when one thinks of centerline theory more so as a
> system of
> organization to use in battle with another.
>
> You see it the chaos and mental fog that comes when
> a fighter must
> fill his or her mind with questions of from where an
> attack may or may
> not come from so that he or she may launch an
> effective defense to
> that strike... Well in the end this slows down the
> speed of the
> response needed to keep the fighter alive in a
> fight. It is also do to
> this delay in mental speed which enable ones
> opponent a sure victory.
> For a response that comes too late is just as
> effective as no response
> at all. So how dose a student of the fighting arts
> clear his or her
> mind of all this mental clutter so that an effective
> defense may come
> when needed? Well in the words of my Sensei "Look
> towards the
> centerline for the answer to that riddle my young
> karateka"...
>
> If those of you who are reading this haven't figured
> it out yet my
> Master was a strong believer that a good teacher
> should always be more
> or less willing to let his student go discover their
> own answer to a
> question after the teacher in question had push his
> or her students on
> the right path to finding the answer. See by let us
> his students
> unravel the truth or knowledge we where seeking
> Master Layne also
> wanted to make sure we hard grown up enough by
> seeking out the answer
> to our question so that when we did find the answer
> we would also be
> adult enough to respect and understand that wisdom
> in the form of the
> answer for which we his students had worked so hard
> to get...
>
> So it should as come as no surprise that it wasn't
> in a dojo that the
> real beauty of centerline theory suddenly became
> clear to me but in my
> ninth grade science lab.
>
> It was right before the start of winter brake, and
> like most high
> school  freshmen I was sitting at my desk franticly
> trying remember
> the names of all the bodies organs and systems when
> I notice some odd
> about how the human body was arranged. as far as I
> could tell your
> body really was divided in to two vertically..
> leavening you with a
> right and left side. Also most of the soft organs
> like your eyes,
> kidneys and genitals if your male where for the most
> part left open to
> getting damage due to even the smallest amount of
> impact one might get
> if  he or she was kicked or punch in a fight. In f
> act ones brain and
> ones heart where the only organ safe to some degree
> from being damage
> if  one had to defend oneself . This was because
> these organs had
> evolve some leave of protection because the had been
> to some degree
> encased by a protective wall of bone. It was also at
> this time I
> notice how close all these organs where to this
> inviable line we call
> the centerline.
>
> So by placing your  hands so at all times in a
> fashion that allows you
> to protect your centerline you instantly rase your
> ability to defend
> yourself. For by defending you centerline you limit
> the effectiveness
> of any attack brought upon you by another in combat.
> The observance
> centerline theory as you act and react in combat
> allows a student of
> the fighting arts to generate even more power in his
> or her techniques
> then normal for it serves to  give fluidity of
> movement to both the
> the legs of arms that are being use to strike or
> counter-strike in
> relation to the body.
>
> Yet an understanding of centerline theory also
> enabling a student to
> employ his entire body weight with each strike as
> the force of his or
> her own mass echos out from the center of gravity
> which is also where
> centerline  can be found. So these fluid revolving
> movements from ones
> trunk or should I say hips create a most  effective
> strike. In fact
> most arts make use of this type of body mechanic for
> there more
> powerful kicks or punches.  Don't belive me? Look at
> any of the kicks
> use in karate or teakwondo  that generate a great
> deal of power
> sufficient enough to stop ones attacker cold all
> make use of a
> pivoting off the center line via the hips to
> generate the power use in
> the kick.... Same can be said for the hook punch or
> cross punch used
> in kick boxing... Even some of the striking moves
> found in the stick
> fighting art of Modern Arnis make use of centerline
> theory. So as far
> as striking power goes the use of  just one's own
> arm force alone is
> not enough to land a punch with real stopping power.
>
> It is also from one's centerline we are able to see
> the nucleus that
> makes up one true center of gravity. And as anyone
> who gone or watched
> one roller skate  if your center of gravity is in
> the wrong position
> because your lean too far back or too far forward...
> Well you fall.
> The same is true in fighting. For a center of
> gravity that actually
> off center means your fighting  off balanced.  This
> leaves one who
> studies and practices any form of martial art
> vulnerable to being
> toppled over with just the smallest of outside
> stimuli given by an
> attacker. So yet once again understanding of
> centerline theory aids a
> student of the martial arts. For it understanding
> why and how to place
> the centerline or should I say one's center of
> gravity in the correct
> position to defend one's self at all time.
>
> Well these are just a few of my own personal
> refection on the
> usefulness of centerline theory. I invite all of you
> who have taken
> the time to read this to sit down and refect on how
> the you may or may
> not use the centerline theory in the different
> fighting arts we all
> study. I also thank each and every one of you for
> taking the time to
> read this....
>
> Tecnogoblin
>
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Here are a few of my own personal refection on the usefulness of
centerline theory....

I have been a student of the martial arts since I was a very young
boy...  It was also as a young boy one of the most important lessons
regarding the martial arts was given to me by my master Sensei Layne
when he sat me and his son down and described centerline theory to us
as such ... "When one finds themselves locked in combat with another a
skilled fighter should imagine that their body has been divided in to
two by a line that runs vertically from the top of the fighters head,
down the fighters torso, between his or her legs and into the ground
upon which they stand. In  so doing a fighter take the first step in a
process in coordinate the fighters body movements in a way that make
even the smallest of movement a more effective tool for combat as well
as the economics of defending one's self  as a whole. This is know as
the centerline theory.. "

Now for an thirteen year old boy this isn't the easiest of ideas to
really wrap your mind around. But as I got older and I gained a better
understand of physics, human anatomy and geometry the wisdom of
understanding and effectively employing the centerline theory in order
to become a more effective fighter became clear to me... Well I should
  actually say when I stoped thinking of the centerline as just a line
dividing my body but when I started to think of it also in terms of
being a system of organization for my body and as a cental point to
pivot off of that would alow me to seamlessly make a transition from
defensive moment to offensive counter strike as well as generating
power for that strike.

Now for those of you who are reading this post that are still
unconvinced on how critical it is to understand this simple fight
principle well permit me to shed some light on the subject. For I
honestly do belive the centerline theory is one one the most needed
tools in a skilled fighters bag of tricks.

Now as I have said before I have been a student of the martial art
sine I was a small boy... So now that Im in my late 20's I have both
read and heard far too many people say that the centerline theory only
works due the logical fact it enabled a fighter to see fastest route
to a target as well as making one's attacker take a longer route to
his target. That being a straight line for the artist who understand
centerline theory... And a long drawn out curved line for the fighter
that must deal with this wisdom. Which really if one sits brakes down
theory into plane simple terms is true, but in all honesty a martial
artist that thinks of centerline theory along these terms fail to the
true beauty found in centerline theory. That being as I said before
when one thinks of centerline theory more so as a system of
organization to use in battle with another.

You see it the chaos and mental fog that comes when a fighter must
fill his or her mind with questions of from where an attack may or may
not come from so that he or she may launch an effective defense to
that strike... Well in the end this slows down the speed of the
response needed to keep the fighter alive in a fight. It is also do to
this delay in mental speed which enable ones opponent a sure victory.
For a response that comes too late is just as effective as no response
at all. So how dose a student of the fighting arts clear his or her
mind of all this mental clutter so that an effective defense may come
when needed? Well in the words of my Sensei "Look towards the
centerline for the answer to that riddle my young karateka"...

If those of you who are reading this haven't figured it out yet my
Master was a strong believer that a good teacher should always be more
or less willing to let his student go discover their own answer to a
question after the teacher in question had push his or her students on
the right path to finding the answer. See by let us his students
unravel the truth or knowledge we where seeking Master Layne also
wanted to make sure we hard grown up enough by seeking out the answer
to our question so that when we did find the answer we would also be
adult enough to respect and understand that wisdom in the form of the
answer for which we his students had worked so hard to get...

So it should as come as no surprise that it wasn't in a dojo that the
real beauty of centerline theory suddenly became clear to me but in my
ninth grade science lab.

It was right before the start of winter brake, and like most high
school  freshmen I was sitting at my desk franticly trying remember
the names of all the bodies organs and systems when I notice some odd
about how the human body was arranged. as far as I could tell your
body really was divided in to two vertically.. leavening you with a
right and left side. Also most of the soft organs like your eyes,
kidneys and genitals if your male where for the most part left open to
getting damage due to even the smallest amount of impact one might get
if  he or she was kicked or punch in a fight. In f act ones brain and
ones heart where the only organ safe to some degree from being damage
if  one had to defend oneself . This was because these organs had
evolve some leave of protection because the had been to some degree
encased by a protective wall of bone. It was also at this time I
notice how close all these organs where to this inviable line we call
the centerline.

So by placing your  hands so at all times in a fashion that allows you
to protect your centerline you instantly rase your ability to defend
yourself. For by defending you centerline you limit the effectiveness
of any attack brought upon you by another in combat. The observance
centerline theory as you act and react in combat allows a student of
the fighting arts to generate even more power in his or her techniques
then normal for it serves to  give fluidity of movement to both the
the legs of arms that are being use to strike or counter-strike in
relation to the body.

Yet an understanding of centerline theory also enabling a student to
employ his entire body weight with each strike as  the force of his or
her own mass echos out from the center of gravity which is also where
centerline  can be found. So these fluid revolving movements from ones
trunk or should I say hips create a most  effective strike. In fact
most arts make use of this type of body mechanic for there more
powerful kicks or punches.  Don't belive me? Look at any of the kicks
use in karate or teakwondo  that generate a great deal of power
sufficient enough to stop ones attacker cold all make use of a
pivoting off the center line via the hips to generate the power use in
the kick.... Same can be said for the hook punch or cross punch used
in kick boxing... Even some of the striking moves found in the stick
fighting art of Modern Arnis make use of centerline theory. So as far
as striking power goes the use of  just one's own arm force alone is
not enough to land a punch with real stopping power.

It is also from one's centerline we are able to see the nucleus that
makes up one true center of gravity. And as anyone who gone or watched
one roller skate  if your center of gravity is in the wrong position
because your lean too far back or too far forward... Well you fall.
The same is true in fighting. For a center of gravity that actually
off center means your fighting  off balanced.  This leaves one who
studies and practices any form of martial art vulnerable to being
toppled over with just the smallest of outside stimuli given by an
attacker. So yet once again understanding of  centerline theory aids a
student of the martial arts. For it understanding why and how to place
the centerline or should I say one's center of gravity in the correct
position to defend one's self at all time.

Well these are just a few of my own personal refection on the
usefulness of centerline theory. I invite all of you who have taken
the time to read this to sit down and refect on how the you may or may
not use the centerline theory in the different fighting arts we all
study. I also thank each and every one of you for taking the time to
read this....

Tecnogoblin

October poll question:

What do you think is the best reason someone should start to learn
some form of Martial Art?

Now some of you has informed me you didn't know hot to vote in our
polls. So here what you do.. Just click on Polls link in the side bar
and find the poll for October and place your vote there.. Remember I
take the time cook up these questions to give us all something to
think about as we learn and grow via the martial arts.

Have a great day guys!

Tecnogoblin

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
all_us_stickfighting group:

October poll question:What do you think
is the best reason someone should start to
learn some form of Martial Art?

   o So they can keep in shape
   o To learn about other cultures
   o To learn about who they really are as a person
   o For fun and enjoyment
   o For a better understanding of self defence
   o To try something new in one's life
   o To add better self control to one's life


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Thanks!

The following all_us_stickfighting poll is now closed.  Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: Septembers Poll Question: Should
weapons based martial arts systems like
Kendo, La Canne De la Combat, and Arnis
at some point try to become Olympic
events like their no-weapons based
counter parts Judo, and Tae Kwan Do?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Yes… I do think these arts should become part of the Olympics, 1 votes,
100.00%
- No… I don’t think these arts should become part of the Olympics, 0 votes,
0.00%
- I’m not sure or have no option, 0 votes, 0.00%

INDIVIDUAL VOTES
- Yes… I do think these arts should become part of the Olympics
      - tecnogoblin@...
- No… I don’t think these arts should become part of the Olympics
- I’m not sure or have no option


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Septembers Poll Question: Should weapons based martial arts systems
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become Olympic events like their no-weapons based counter parts Judo,
and Tae Kwan Do?

You can vote one what you think by click on polls and placeing your
vote. Next poll will be posted Oct. 15 so pleas vote before it too late...

Live with honor and take care of one another...

Tecnogoblin

Aloha everyone;

I promised some articles on teaching children to someone in one of the groups I
belong to and I cannot remember which group. So I may as well share with you all
anyway to promote more discussion.

Here's one of them

Martial Arts Ezine Issue 52 Teaching Techniques for Teaching Children Martial
Arts

http://kirkhamsebooks.8m.com/TeachingChildrenMartialArts.html

Enjoy and tell me what you think
Rick

Aloha everyone;

In one of the forums I belong to, the subject of sparring drills came up, so I
thought I'd share with all the martial arts groups I belong to an article I
wrote quite a while back but recently edited

Modern Teaching Methods of an Ancient Art, A Humble Courtesy to All Martial Arts
Instructors Your Martial Arts Ezine Issue 21


http://kirkhamsebooks.8m.com/TeachingAncientArt.html

I hope this promotes even more discussion.

I think my hair was mostly brown when I wrote this lol.

Rick

Hiya. New to the group. I joined to find out more about stick
fighting as someone very special in my life is involved in this
style of martial arts..

I hope this will help me to better understand him and his desire to
learn. I find martial arts to be a beautiful deadly art. I actually
find it quite fascinating..

I do hope to learn more and hope that you all do not mind me hanging
around..

Thank you Mr. Moderator for the invite ;) !!!!

Thank you sir

Rick

--- Daniel Arola <houstonkaligroup@...> wrote:

>
> That's some good stuff, Sensei. I'm saving it.
>
> Daniel A
>
>
> --- In all_us_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com, "Sensei
> J. Richard
> Kirkham B.Sc." <tutor2000@y...> wrote:
> > Aloha everyone;
> >
> > In one of the forums I belong to, the subject of
> sparring drills
> came up, so I thought I'd share with all the martial
> arts groups I
> belong to an article I wrote quite a while back but
> recently edited
> >
> > Modern Teaching Methods of an Ancient Art, A
> Humble Courtesy to All
> Martial Arts Instructors Your Martial Arts Ezine
> Issue 21
> >
> >
> >
> http://kirkhamsebooks.8m.com/TeachingAncientArt.html
> >
> > I hope this promotes even more discussion.
> >
> > I think my hair was mostly brown when I wrote this
> lol.
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--- In all_us_stickfighting@yahoogroups.com, "Sensei J. Richard
Kirkham B.Sc." <tutor2000@y...> wrote:
> Aloha everyone;
>
> In one of the forums I belong to, the subject of sparring drills
came up, so I thought I'd share with all the martial arts groups I
belong to an article I wrote quite a while back but recently edited
>
> Modern Teaching Methods of an Ancient Art, A Humble Courtesy to All
Martial Arts Instructors Your Martial Arts Ezine Issue 21
>
>
> http://kirkhamsebooks.8m.com/TeachingAncientArt.html
>
> I hope this promotes even more discussion.
>
> I think my hair was mostly brown when I wrote this lol.
>
> Rick

Aloha everyone;

In one of the forums I belong to, the subject of sparring drills came up, so I
thought I'd share with all the martial arts groups I belong to an article I
wrote quite a while back but recently edited

Modern Teaching Methods of an Ancient Art, A Humble Courtesy to All Martial Arts
Instructors Your Martial Arts Ezine Issue 21


http://kirkhamsebooks.8m.com/TeachingAncientArt.html

I hope this promotes even more discussion.

I think my hair was mostly brown when I wrote this lol.

Rick

Aloha everyone;

In one of the forums I belong to, the subject of sparring drills came up, so I
thought I'd share with all the martial arts groups I belong to an article I
wrote quite a while back but recently edited

Modern Teaching Methods of an Ancient Art, A Humble Courtesy to All Martial Arts
Instructors Your Martial Arts Ezine Issue 21


http://kirkhamsebooks.8m.com/TeachingAncientArt.html

I hope this promotes even more discussion.

I think my hair was mostly brown when I wrote this lol.

Rick

Aloha everyone

My name is Sensei (technically Master but I stay out of politics) J. Richard
Kirkham B.Sc. Rick to my friends please.

I've been in martial arts now a little over 30 years (ouch!). I've trained in
several kung-fu and karate styles and did a little boxing. I spent a little time
when I was younger fighting full contact but nothing official. The style I now
teach is the Universal System of Self-Defense.

  I have a degree in physical education with a background in Movement Education,
Exercise Phys, Kinese, Alternative Teaching Methods, Behavior Modification with
an emphasis on Positive Reinforcement Methodology (see Raising Your Child to be
More Positive and More Confident).

I spent four years or so self-employed full time as an in home tutor
specializing in students with behavioral problems primarily ADD and ADHD and an
in home self-defense instructor.

I've been trained in sales and have been in a sales related health field over 15
years now.

I'm an ebook author and have several popular ebooks on the market. I have three
martial arts ezines, Kwik Tips, The Martial Arts Ezine, and the Combat Martial
Arts Ezine. I'd be happy to share Kwik Tips with you. It's short, to the point
and could get some discussions going.

I'm 45, married, with an almost five year old who had quite an adventure his
first day of kindergarten


WARNING TO PARENTS http://starbulletin.com/2004/08/12/news/story3.html


I train quite a bit on my own now (see Solo Martial Arts Drills) with weekly to
twice a week training partners. I train primarily for realism, situations, and
fitness (wouldn't know it by looking at me but see Exercise Kwik Tips Ebook).

Guess that's about it

Mahalo
Rick
http://kirkhamsebooks.8m.com/MartialArtsPortal.html

http://InternalEnergyStrikesEbook.8m.com

http://MartialArtsDrillsEbook.8m.com

http://SoloMartialArtsDrillsEbook.8m.com A few pics of me here.

Should weapons based martial arts systems like Kendo, La Canne De la
Combat, and Arnis at some point try to become Olympic events like
their no-weapons based counter parts Judo, and Tae Kwan Do?

Go vote and let your voice be heard....

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
all_us_stickfighting group:

Septembers Poll Question: Should
weapons based martial arts systems like
Kendo, La Canne De la Combat, and Arnis
at some point try to become Olympic
events like their no-weapons based
counter parts Judo, and Tae Kwan Do?

   o Yes… I do think these arts should become part of the Olympics
   o No… I don’t think these arts should become part of the Olympics
   o I’m not sure or have no option


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Thanks!