Chris, It was great to meet you and thanks for the kind words!

I'm delighted that you had a good time. We're still a new club and there are lots of tweaks for us to learn and make before we become a mature club. We enjoyed having you and getting your insights and perspective. Every club seems to ...

thanks for your replies. Rising Star I PM'ed you.
Cheers
Rob

Hi, we're opening a new club and are looking for a good risk disclosure form for our students to sign.

Can anyone point me to one I can use?

You might call them "limited liability" forms or whatever, but its the form that says "Don't sue me if you rip your fingernail".

Much appreciated!

Rob

Thanks for the posts...and the good points...so really, consensus is the route down the middle I guess. Exercise the mind AND the body equally.

And that makes sense.

.... Those old legends, you never know when to believe them or not, I guess that's my problem. Don't want to throw the baby (proven ...

If trying to understand how to get better at karate makes you a dweeb, then sign me up.

I'm interested in how the mind & body can be made to work better together, what can I say?

poetry...not so much

And I'm of two minds on this.

One the one hand, I would think if you wanted to get great at something, practicing in the closest possible simulated conditions (ie perhaps sparring) should be the best training?

On the other hand, I've heard that sparring and tournament fighting creates bad habits ...

So for that unexpected street fight that everyone always talks about...

Two different ways to train.

Contestant 1 does all the physical stuff. Tons of sparring, technique applications, learns dozens of takedown moves, runs 10k regularly, hundreds of situps, goes to tournaments etc.

Contestant 2 ...

Yes Master Mattson, maybe we're too quick to dismiss the old masters and give them enough credit. (Not referring to you, of course with respect to your age or not giving credit 8O ).

Just because they didn't clearly explain/understand it in "Western" ways doesn't invalidate the process they used or ...

So here's the "pregnant" question. Since it seems that God only spoke to people through visions in the past, are we largely talking about an absence of anti-psychotic meds?

- Bill

As another ex-Catholic, I'd vote yes. I'd also chalk the whole thing (religion) up as "sorry no evidence" "wishful ...

Here's a thought - maybe athletes (ie the baseball or tennis example) figure out how to achieve tachypsychia first - and then become top performing athletes second. (?)

Also it wouldn't surprise me if many athletes can't clearly articulate to others how they get "there" (tachypsychia) ... but they ...

RACastanet, your advice stinks!

fivedragons, you crack me up! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Bill, good idea about the speed training. I had the most consistency with getting a bit of "tachypsychia" when doing 10 point with a partner. I've been training on my own the last year or so (no local clubs), need to get back to working out in a club.

Five Dragons, I'm sorry, you're being too subtle for me to understand your thoughts. The relax comment I kinda get, but the pacing leopard just leaves me scratching my head....?

What are you trying to say?

Well now that I know what you guys are calling it (tachypsychia), I can Google it and I see that this is well documented.

For example, in Human Kinetics (sorry for the long quote)
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showexcerpt.cfm?excerpt_id=2941

Stress happens when the mind resists what is ...

Ahhh grasshopper! Finally I can help someone back! First of all your mosquito problem...

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=10292&cat=2,42407,33240

Problem solved. Fashionable, no?

In the Great White North, I have found very high concentrations of DEET to be truly effective. Its ...