What is in your cup? - Page 1382

ProfCrash · 07-31-2012, 12:15 PM

I am alone with Lucas today. It is kind of weird not having other people around. My baby Bjorne arrives tomorrow which will make life so much easier. At least I'll be able to o stuff around the house more easily. Like make lunch and eat.

orlok · 07-31-2012, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Oh!! Big news from this past vacation... I drank a cup of coffee! And I enjoyed it!

Welcome to the dark side

.

Water in my cup.

CRussel · 07-31-2012, 02:35 PM

Let me assure you, Stichawl, that it is perfectly acceptable to drink a bit of coffee occasionally. After all, I still enjoy Peet's Major Dickason's as a morning starter sometimes. But my serious drinking is saved for tea, or single malt.

Phoenix Mountain Oolong.

ProfCrash · 07-31-2012, 05:14 PM

Water for me. Lucas just had some breast milk and is working on a bottle.

Stitchawl · 07-31-2012, 08:14 PM

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it's cold outside I've got the month of May.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My tea (my tea, my tea)
Talkin' 'bout my tea (my tea).

I've got so much honey the bees envy me.
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My tea (my tea, my tea)
Talkin' 'bout my tea (my tea

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P1x7...eature=related )

I will be strong... Good morning, everyone! Twining's "Prince of Wales" tea in my cup, and I have no craving at all for coffee... Just mild curiosity. Honestly... But am I curious about having it with milk and sugar, black, with crystal brown sugar as is popular here, or.... NNNNNOOOOO! I will be strong!

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

Welcome to the dark side

.

Get thee from me, Juan Valdez!

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

Let me assure you, Stichawl, that it is perfectly acceptable to drink a bit of coffee occasionally

Moderation in all things, right? But I have NEVER been moderate about anything.

I'm going to force-feed more tea all day just to be sure...

Stitchawl

CRussel · 07-31-2012, 09:23 PM

Tonight, some Ardbeg.

VydorScope · 07-31-2012, 10:53 PM

Just got back from kicking people in the face for fun and exercise. Made me some hot cocoa out of Hersey's Special Dark cocoa and kicking back with some peach ice cream

Stitchawl · 08-01-2012, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VydorScope

Just got back from kicking people in the face for fun and exercise.

Sounds like Tae Kwan Do... Never could figure out why you guys would waste so much time kicking high... Low kicks are so much faster and harder to block.

Stitchawl

orlok · 08-01-2012, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Get thee from me, Juan Valdez!

I thought by shaving off my moustache, you wouldn't recognise me

.

Rooibos in my cup this nippy summer morning.

ProfCrash · 08-01-2012, 03:29 AM

Water for me. Lucas is having his middle of the night feeding.

VydorScope · 08-01-2012, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Sounds like Tae Kwan Do... Never could figure out why you guys would waste so much time kicking high... Low kicks are so much faster and harder to block.

Stitchawl

Block? Your welcome to try!

Truth is, you do NOT want to block a kick from a trained fighter. Get the heck out of the way.

Not TKD, through I fought a 3rd degree BB TKD last night. Yes I won.

My family is in a MMA style called American Freestyle Karate.

As for kicking in the head, it completely depends on the situation. For the most part we only kick head level because it is fun and in point matches you get more points for that then any other hit.

In self defense, we aim for more effective targets in taking someone down. Knees, ribs, throat, solar plexus, etc. Our goal is to end the fit in one, maybe 2 hits. A kick to the head would easily drop a man, but its a riskier move due to the smaller harder to hit target. Like I said the goal is to end the fight fast and there are lots of options open depending on the situation.

As for the TKD people, the reason they kick so high is that originally it was fighting style of peasants, and the kicks were designed to hit men on horse back. Today you could think of men on motorcycles as good targets for the style.

What it really comes down to is that my family lives in a safe area so it is highly unlikely we will ever use this stuff for real. It is more of a fun way to exercise as a family.

Stitchawl · 08-01-2012, 09:34 AM

I began my studies with Ed Parker in California in '69... I was still teaching when I left the States to move to Asia. Never a kick higher than the waist, and never EVER a spinning rear kick! I eventually switched to T'ai Chi. Less wear and tear on old bod.

Now I drink rum and remember the good old days coming home from the dojo and my wife standing there shaking her head wondering 'why?'

Stitchawl

VydorScope · 08-01-2012, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Now I drink rum and remember the good old days coming home from the dojo and my wife standing there shaking her head wondering 'why?'
Stitchawl

My wife and son come with me, and all three of us are champion tournament fighters.

In point fighting - the fancier the move the more points you get. In survival fighting, speed and focus are paramount. So again, "never" never applies, its always what are you doing and why.

A reverse jump spin wheel kick - looks freaking cool, but if we met at a bar you and did not like the way I looked, I would not even consider using it. Collapse your windpipe with an inner ridge hand to your throat, sure. Different use case, dif tool pulled out.

That being said... Last night the TKD guy came at me with lots of kicks, switching legs. I baited him backwards a few steps then firmly planed a punch to the nose. He probably threw 10 or more kicks, never landed one. I threw one punch and landed. He did not try that again.

Also in my previous school there was a guy named Chris. He was attacked one night. A guy came at him with a shovel. Chris met the guys charge with a step through jump side kick to the target's chest. That ended the fight, with the target disabled, and Chris walking away. Different tools, different situations.

CRussel · 08-01-2012, 02:02 PM

Long ago memories of Karate studies, for a couple of years in the 60's. Was fun, and I was in great shape because of it. But then I moved, and caught a bad case of "life", and never went further.

Peet's Anniversary Breakfast Blend.

ProfCrash · 08-01-2012, 04:40 PM

I took a semester of aikido in college. I enjoyed it but not enough to continue.

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07-31-2012, 12:15 PM	#20716
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I am alone with Lucas today. It is kind of weird not having other people around. My baby Bjorne arrives tomorrow which will make life so much easier. At least I'll be able to o stuff around the house more easily. Like make lunch and eat.

07-31-2012, 02:35 PM	#20718
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,299 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Let me assure you, Stichawl, that it is perfectly acceptable to drink a bit of coffee occasionally. After all, I still enjoy Peet's Major Dickason's as a morning starter sometimes. But my serious drinking is saved for tea, or single malt. Phoenix Mountain Oolong.

07-31-2012, 05:14 PM	#20719
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Water for me. Lucas just had some breast milk and is working on a bottle.

07-31-2012, 09:23 PM	#20721
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,299 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Tonight, some Ardbeg.

07-31-2012, 10:53 PM	#20722
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Just got back from kicking people in the face for fun and exercise. Made me some hot cocoa out of Hersey's Special Dark cocoa and kicking back with some peach ice cream

08-01-2012, 03:29 AM	#20725
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Water for me. Lucas is having his middle of the night feeding.

08-01-2012, 09:34 AM	#20727
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	I began my studies with Ed Parker in California in '69... I was still teaching when I left the States to move to Asia. Never a kick higher than the waist, and never EVER a spinning rear kick! I eventually switched to T'ai Chi. Less wear and tear on old bod. Now I drink rum and remember the good old days coming home from the dojo and my wife standing there shaking her head wondering 'why?' Stitchawl

08-01-2012, 02:02 PM	#20729
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,299 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Long ago memories of Karate studies, for a couple of years in the 60's. Was fun, and I was in great shape because of it. But then I moved, and caught a bad case of "life", and never went further. Peet's Anniversary Breakfast Blend.

08-01-2012, 04:40 PM	#20730
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I took a semester of aikido in college. I enjoyed it but not enough to continue.