I didnt practice uechi long enough to really get a feel for it. Less than one year. But I loved it and would love a similar experience. Never the less, I am open to absolutely anything and look forward to checking these places out in person.

http://geocities.com/bamboodojo/index.html (Cuong Nhu ...

Stryke wrote: styles are secondary to how there taught .

I agree, and this is what I am trying to find out about the following places.

shaolin king fu of tallahassee also teaches wing chun. how should I determine the differences?

There are two different karate books by sensei Mattson, correct? I have the one where he is kicking on the front cover.

Doesn't look like I can do uechi in Tallahassee anymore, at least, not with any direction. (I have a link to the developments of that story in my sig)

There are a few places around town that I have looked at.

- Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu: http://members.tripod.com/~Moy100/

- Tallahassee Shaolin ...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... ST0025.DTL

The police havn't released any of the evidence that led to thier arrest. This makes me sick.

I don't remember seeing a headline before which presumed that an accused was guilty...

very interesting.

well, I was practicing with one of his students last year but that student (as am I) is a college student and doesnt have the time any more. I had only been practicing uechi for half a year when we stopped and I have been searching for somewhere else to do martial arts ever since. I have talked with ...

I can agree to that twiggy, most definitely.

wow, so this guy goes to jail... he didn't even kill the robber.. and yet years back some kid gets blown away (killed) on halloween night for showing up in a costume to the wrong house... and the guy in that case gets off free?

this just happened again recently too. some teenager played the oldest ...

It was not a good speech to have at that college, that could have been avoided I think. I do believe the way it was handled is pretty interesting, not only the students reaction but also the media's view, especially in the second article posted.

What I was actually wondering about was the content ...

An article I find to be funnier since it really describes the speech as an assault on the attendees. Check the reactions described, it's as if these people are witnesses to a bombing or something. There's also a link to hear the speech at the bottom.

http://www.rrstar.com/localnews/your_community ...

New York Times Reporter Booed at Speech
Tue May 20, 8:31 PM ET

By NICOLE ZIEGLER DIZON, Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO - A New York Times reporter cut short a keynote address to graduates at a private Illinois college over the weekend after audience members shouted down his comments about the war ...

The text of the speech:

audio (you may have to right click and save target as): http://www.rrstar.com/audio/RC_audio.mp3

http://www.rrstar.com/localnews/your_community/rockford/0521hedgesspeech.shtml

Text of the Rockford College graduation speech by Chris Hedges

I want to speak to you today ...

Unless I am mistaken, the socialist ideas that NPR sometimes backs or encourages are not un American. I think many things have been manipulated by spinmasters to bring up automatic negative responses in people when certain words or phrases are mentioned.

I always thought NPR did a very good job of ...

well, I don't know much, but I am positive that, used correctly, an open handed strike will be much more devastating than a closed handed one. I imagine one could kill animals attacking them with finely tuned open handed strikes, like a shark or an alligator. much less a street thug.