Ken.

--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Ken Pfrenger <kenpfrenger@...> wrote:

> Great to see you back! Your fall of the edge of the earth was a topic
> of discussion for Kirk and I as we headed out to the Thai restaurant
> at ISMAC this year.

I'm glad to be back. Nice to know someone was wondering what happened to me :-)

> I am stuck on dial up again so it is a bit hard for me to watch the
> clip. It works but is very very choppy. But I could tell you guys are
> really working...always great to see proof that more people actually
> beat each other with sticks:)

Thanks, I just hope we can lure a few more suckers in so we have more people to
hit with sticks. I don't suppose anyone has joined from the mid-Michigan area
since I fell off the face of the earth?

> I imagine that doing this all without gloves would teach all of us a
> few lessons...from what I saw my advice to remember is that if you can
> see the other guys hand hit it! An important point with the high guard
> is to keep it really high so your hand stays outta danger...other than
> that it looked great and I look forward to seeing more.

Yea I noticed my hand was lowering quite a bit as I watched the video, I'll have
to work on that, and my stamina after about 2 min I'm huffing and puffing (of
course it could just be that I'm getting old :-)

> Don't take it as any sort of criticism. I have yet to see someone
> fight from the high guard that does not let their hand stay too low at
> times, myself included or maybe I should say myself most of all?

I don't mind criticism it can be very useful :-)

> Keep up the good work
> Ken

Thanks again.

Gary