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I’ve been thinking about this lately & recent threads & assorted asides have spurred me to raise the question here. It’s about the question of standard (white) gis vs. alternative (black, striped, whatever) gis. I understand there are issues of personal taste here, but is there something els...

My only exposure was to Muay Chaiya & I never saw anything like kata there.

mspain wrote: Monkey mind,
Where are you in Thailand?

MSPain

Down the street from the Chili Bell, right behind the ballet studio :)

That's an interesting approach Monkey mind; I might steal it. I already find myself going wide around corners though or practicing my balance on the bus by standing, that get's a weird look from the bus driver when I am the only person on the bus beside him/her. Were you professional Muay Thai figh...

As for how often & in which way to train, I think it all depends on where you are in your life & what you're looking for in your training. In my Muay Thai days I used to train 3-5 hours per day, 5 days per week. When preparing for fight there were runs on top of that. It was good experience ...

Congratulations Andy! Would you mind sharing more about your own preparation for the grading? What was most/least valuable in the end? I'm a 2nd kyu now & hope to be making similar preparations in the not too distant future.

Fair enough, oneya. As for the relationship of dance to martial arts, this is a complex and interesting issue. And being married to a ballet teacher, I have maybe a unique perspective. Though ballet and kata require many similar attributes on the part of the performer, the raison d'etre couldn't be ...

Hi MM, kombatan is quite a remove from wado ryu so what made you switch..? oneya This thread seems to be pretty well sidetracked anyway, so... From my late teens to my late thirties I moved around every 2 or 3 years. Most of the time I was in smallish, out of the way places and so I had to pursue m...

Oh no, you will be going to MBA courses and they will bring Sun Tsu's Art of War out. What's next? A dance class featuring kumite? . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krxYkRkJ69E&feature=related oneya I trained in the Kombatan system for a couple years & had the pleaseure of attending two semi...

BOB is a bit beefier than the standard wavemaster, but it too will flex and move around the floor.