Hi Fred. This will come from one who has no scientific expertise at all. Mostly from personal experience. Growing up I was a relatively thin and gangly boy. Got beat up in school a couple of times. So I did what a lot of kids do....I looked for a karate school. My first experiences were not helpful....

Just another observation. Music. Talk to the greatest guitarists, the greatest drummers, etc., etc. After the fullness of the digital age has arrived, they'll still tell you you get the best sounds out of old tube amps and vinyl is the way to go. When I started my martial arts career it was as a you...

Not sure if I can make this apply but here goes....... I consider Uechi Ryu as a particularly traditional style. Not that some instructors haven't tried to "modernize" learning methods. They have. But you can still find folks who teach in a very strict traditional manner. The philosophy is...

Interesting conversation here. It always comes up around the time government either wants to raise taxes/lower taxes or deals with things such as unemployment benefits and such. I'm not sure the "hard working" approach works. Who's opinion or definition counts when it comes to "hard&q...

Looks interesting Victor. I tried to cut and past the shopping link but it didn't come up with the book?

Steve

"Keep on keeping on, gentlemen. The king wears no clothes. Let's sunburn his nastyass with the disinfecting light of day." LOL never heard that line before.........

Steve

HH I feel your pain. I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that we are indeed an entitlement nation now. Per the election only by about 53/47 Percent but that's enough to get elected. And with that entitlement mentality, there comes a definite need to protect that philosophy. At all costs. Ergo, the ...

Nice clip Stevie

It's just Stevie's contribution to the economy.

I'm votin' for Stevie

Val you quote an "official" above. One statement in particular caught my attention. The one using the reasoning that the Cairo's statement was tone deaf. Here's the statement below. It's about as far from "tone deaf" as I've ever seen. It's got plenty of tone. "The Embassy o...

Just curious. If the statement put out by the Embassy was benign and not apologetic in "nature", then why would the Administration come out and say it was not an authorized, nor agreed with statement? There must have been something about that statement that the Administration did not want ...

Interesting video Mike. After watching it a couple of times I don't believe they really had time to do much more than they did. Then the only question becomes, what did they know prior to approaching him. Were they aware that he had killed someone? Did the construction workers say "hey that guy...

"There's a little something missing here." You are absolutely correct Bill. Forgive my brain fart........... One of the first things we are taught in confrontation is to create distance and take cover where possible "as" we are drawing our weapon. Duck and cover probably should h...

I'll bite Bill. :D First I hesitate to comment on an article that says "The bystanders were most likely wounded by police." That being said, in the fog of war things are seen differently. As someone who has some law enforcement experience, I can tell you that, when a firearm is pointed at ...