I will eat anything, I especially like Korean and Mediterranean
FAVORITE QUOTES
You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. ~Miyamoto Musashi
To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy with out fighting is the highest skill. ~Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend. ~Bruce Lee
He who hesitates, meditates in a horizontal position ~Ed Parker
Do, or do not. There is no 'try'. ~Yoda
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One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us. ~Kurt Vonnegut
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect. ~George Carlin
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
~George Carlin
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
~Mae West
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
MY HEROS
Jesus, Gandhi, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lennon, etc... These guys did what no one else was brave enough to do.
BOOKS
I read a LOT of various genres.
Most recent books read are:
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn;
The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis;
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
Some good books to read are:
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi;
The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by Ursula K. Le Guin;
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff;
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner;
Taming the Tiger Within by Thich Nhat Hanh;
Parallel Universes by Fred Alan Wolf, PhD
MUSIC
I like all kinds.
Guan(Kwan)Yin Thousand-hand Goddess of Mercy
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
MOVIES
Jet Li's Fearless,
Kill Bill,
300,
Death Proof,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
Shrek,
Little Miss Sunshine,
Saint Ralph
wasnt to bad thanks spent most of it painting a room though haha
I'd have to say that there is nothing like a project accomplished! Will you be spending this weekend painting?
well i was going to a seminar on saterday but im broke haha, im doing some stenceling in the room a greek mosac border with ivory vines in the corners the room is sky blue the border it a clayish colour and the ivory is obviously green, what do you think sound good?
Theres a lot of different ideas of bone alignment in many arts. For the most part imo bone alignment should be off the radius (biggest bone in your forearm) lining up with your scaphoid (bone between your radius and index finger) lining up with your trapezoid (index finger knuckle) & your capitate (middle finger knuckle). The lunate helps in this as well as it supports the side of the capitate.
If you align these bones you don't have to close your fist when you strike and hit correctly with the trapezoid and the capitate. Some will tell you that this willl buckle your wrist but if you align those bones in your hand with your radius in your forearm your wrist wont buckle on impact and if conditioned right shouldnt break your knuckles.
I don't so reverse or twisting punches too much. Only really twisting punch I do is a overhand punch. Reason being is a simple half step left, right, or back and you can snap or hyperextend the elbow up or inwards faily easy. I like to stick with vertical fist as my bread and butter. With it I can look down the path of my arm and visually see that the bones are aligned by the outside of my arm and hand aligning.
tigerldy wrote:
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. It's always nice to hear someone else's opinion on the matter. I tend to agree with the JeetKunDo theory because the bones truly are more aligned when turned slightly so it would make sense that the punch would have more power. It most likely depends on the individual. But I also can see how it can work against you if you slip.
Noticed on a blog that you asked about rotating your hand clockwise when striking. I am assuming you are refering to a reverse punch?
I was taught that a reverse punch is design to strike the ribs of a samurai wearing armor breaking the armor, then twisting through the armor breaking the attackers ribs. The theory behind it is the lower body works as kinetic energy which is half mass times velocity squared. Your upper body works more as a stabilizer using the formual of power which is mass times velocity.
Then, there is always Jeet Kun Do theory of bone alignment. Bruce Lee believed that if you twist your punched 45 degrees you will align your bones much better gaining more power in your strike.
Basically, its a way to gain more energy in your strike. But, it comes with a cost as not too many twisting punches allow for someone to be well guarded. Also the twist in the punch allows someone to break your arm much easier or gain control of it much easier if they slip the attack.
