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Interesting thread; perfect excuse for me to poke around at the convocation! I remember seeing the second video example and technique at a tournament. I saw a guy use it as a way to jazz up a board break in Tae Kwon Do. Not sure is that is workabl…
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Those that follow my blog know that I've recently started 7 Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu. I'm still in the foundation building phase and a long way from "free sparring". Aside from the hand techniques we are being taught some of the basic kicks: -Pu…
February 15, 2009

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Favorite quote(s)?
“Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.”
- Choi, Hong Hi (Founder of Taekwondo)
What is your primary, current martial arts style, if any?
Chin na & Northern Kung Fu: I'm new to the Chinese side of things...
In what styles have you trained extensively in the past?
Taekwondo: First dan
Dabbled in boxing
Pressure Point Control Tactics (PPCT): 4 years
Do you have a martial arts-related blog or Web page? If so, please specify:
http://strikingthoughts.wordpress.com/

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Brock Lesnar on traditional martial arts and more…

Matthew’s latest post is rather timely given that Brock Lesnar speaks about traditional martial arts in the December/January 2010 issue of UFC Magazine. More on Mr. Lesnar in a second but first let me give you a sense of what Matthew is blogging about. To the BJJ and MMA practitioners out there who are deeply invested [...]

What was I thinking?

Well it looks like another nut finally came unglued. Seriously. With the proliferation of firearms in the U.S. I’m starting to wonder why we even bother with gun laws? Anyhow, the latest story appears to be sad on several levels — first the shooter appears to have had a troubled background which may have led [...]

2010… goals?

I almost hate to use the word “resolutions” because, when you get right down to it, most people never keep them. In fact, the above cartoon is probably more truthful than most folks would care to admit. Anyhow, since just about every blogger in the bloggosphere has some sort of resolutions post I thought I’d [...]

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At 3:29am on November 9, 2008, Nathan Teodoro said…
Bob, I always wondered about how you'd look in a closeup. Less caucasian-looking than I'd imagined.
At 8:23am on October 26, 2008, Nathan Teodoro said…
Welcome to the new CoCA, Bob! What do you think?
Nice job setting up your feed already.

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