Allen, What I've read on the subject, and been told directly by my instructor, agrees with you. While dousing however-you-do-it is better than not doing it at...
I have ot admit, Like Kirk, I am mostly a shower douser. Not sure if there really is anything about being outside connected to the earth when you do...
... Yeah, I know. But I do it primarily for health reasons and the peer-reviewed studies I've read seem to indicate that contact with mother earth isn't...
... I'm sure that for Naturalists, it does. My personal experience (anecdotal though it is) tells me that the health benefits are every bit as achievable...
... ice-cold every day well, only ice cold for 20-40 seconds. Then your body starts to heat up and energize. Mayb eget her to try it in the summer first, with...
I sympathize with your wife. I understand what dousing is, but in my case with circulation problems it isn't going to happen. I wouldn't be cold for 20-40...
Hello, We are excited to offer the fourth annual Col. Dwight McLemore Scholarship for ISMAC 2008. This scholarship will provide full registration to the event...
Let me start with earlier int he week with this report.... on Wed, Matt came over for a training session the Dungeon of despair aka my basement. We spent and...
Isometric Exercises to Increase Striking Power in Martial Arts by J. Richard Kirkham Isometrics is an old often forgotten method of increasing muscular...
... I didn't realize you'd moved. I had a hard enough time remembering where you were at last CB WMA Seminar, what am I gonna do NOW?!?! ;-) Peace favor your...
... You are safe Kirk....same house. I do like that you and Mark practiced your breaking an entering technique on my neighbors last year though:) They deserve...
Glad to be here, this seems like a great group. I'm up in northern CA. If anyone knows of a good catch wrestling or MMA or Greco/freestyle clinic in CA could...
USA Wrestling has added submission grappling this year in men and womens divisions. So now USA Wrestling has Greco, Freestyle, Grappling, and Folkstyle....
... Word is that USAW is dropping sambo in 08'...which is pretty sad. They should have pushed it and even worked towards doing something with traditional...
And beach wrestling. *sigh* They have also hired a coordinator for traditional wrestling styles. We have had a call into them to officially recognize gouren...
Beach wrestling was a politically correct, sickening move done to appease a certain racial demographic. Disgusting, but they are getting SERVED by the...
Three of us gathered for this week's Fight School session. We started with informal warm ups and then went into reviewing the basic body positioning drill. ...
What I find interesting is that beach wrestling has a lot in common with the traditional styles. I have always wondered why would FILA and USA Wrestling invent...
When we finished work on the basic drill I started working on a failure drill based on the basic drill. The idea behind this drill is that the attacker does...
OK here goes...PC speech on as best I can with this issue. Please believe me when I state that I am not a racist in any way. In todays PC speech world the...
... From: Sensei J. Richard Kirkham B.Sc <tutor2000@...> To: western-arts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 1:34 pm Subject: Re: [western-arts]...
... I can see some appeal with beach wrestling, no need for uniforms other than shorts, no need for mats, no need to have a training area or a competition...
I don't know a thing about "beach wrestling". What makes it so bad? What caused it to start? When and where? I'm all for promotion of existant folk styles...
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Ken, I know you've been throwing in some Sambo for awhile now, I thought you might enjoy this great vintage Sambo clip ...
I see grappling as a good thing in USA Wrestling, I am tired of the jujitsu "fundies" acting as if jujitsu is the end all of submission. Most jujitsu stylists...
I see no appeal to it at all. It's a joke and it was created to appease a certain demographic. It is an insult to the legitimate and ancient styles of europe...