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| bio | website | buckybits.blogspot.com |
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| location | NY and NJ, United States | |
| age | 44 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 4 months |
| seen | Mar 8 at 1:56 | |
| stats | profile views | 8 |
Java/Ruby/Groovy generalist with background in web development, dynamic (and less enjoyable) languages, and embedded systems.
"Microconsulting" available: extremely short-term, rapid turnaround, "solve your immediate problem"-style assistance for a variety of problem types. davelnewton at gmail dot com for details, quotes, etc.
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Aug 15 |
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Should political/religious discussions be allowed inside the training place? "Should"? Who is the arbiter? What's the context? Which MAs use politics and/or religion as part of their training? I don't understand the question. |
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Aug 15 |
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How do you prepare for the stress of a real self-defense situation? @Lohoris "I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six" is the US version. |
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Aug 14 |
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How do you take Notes on techniques you've learnt in class? @eidylon Gathering, tracking, recalling, etc. info is a bit of a hobby, and it's at least part of what I do as a programmer. The MM interface is a gutted FreeMind, although when I'm done about the only thing left from it will be the renderer. Search is built on a variety of autocompletes (work in progress), Lucene/Solr, some clustering/similarity stuff that I'll switch to Mahout. Wiki right now is XWiki but I don't know how long that will last. Will use Alfresco for XMS. Goal is to make weaving info from disparate sources intuitive and fast, and be able to retrieve/view same in a unified way. |
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Aug 14 |
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How do you take Notes on techniques you've learnt in class? @DaveLiepmann Our school teaches the Dan Inosanto curriculum. S/T ratio varies pretty wildly, I've had a few classes where it's just me, assistant instructors, and the head instructor. Larger classes might have a ratio closer to 1/6-1/10 depending on the class and day. |
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Aug 14 |
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How do you take Notes on techniques you've learnt in class? @eidylon I use a variety, including Evernote, but most things end up in a fairly-heavily customized wiki with a variety of front ends that include a mind mapping interface and a very configurable search/autocomplete mechanism. |
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Aug 14 |
answered | How do you take Notes on techniques you've learnt in class? |
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Aug 9 |
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What do I need to keep in mind when picking a martial art as a bouncer? You don't want a martial arts class, you want specific training. Bodyguard, LEO-oriented suspect control courses, etc. would be substantially more useful. |
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Aug 8 |
answered | Is it true that most fights end on the ground? What is the evidence? |
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Jul 30 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Jul 30 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jul 5 |
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Are Aikido movies on the internet helpful for beginners? @RobinAshe Of course--but the question here is about studying different styles at the same time. IMO if you're studying a specific style, studying a closely-related style at the same time can cause issues because in classes for the given style you should follow the principles of that style, particularly until rather advanced. Stances are relative to body type by definition anyway; my point is that when in TKD class, do what your TKD instructor tells you to. Internalizing a closely-related style simultaneously is difficult, unless you're already fairly advanced overall. |
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Jun 11 |
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Does Krav Maga have any roots of Aikido? @dmckee Yep, a lot of stuff has a very similar "feel" even if there are differences of various magnitudes. I like those moments :) |
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Jun 11 |
answered | Does Krav Maga have any roots of Aikido? |
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Jun 11 |
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Does Krav Maga have any roots of Aikido? Silat, taiji, kali/arnis have essentially identical moves--there's nothing unusual about taking the opponent's head to the "third point of the triangle", IMO. Unless you're talking about a different irimi nage; do you have a video reference? |
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Jun 10 |
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What glasses can I wear for martial arts training? @dmckee Good points. My training is almost completely non-sport, though--hopefully nothing will last long enough for me to discover if the other guy has tells ;) |
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Jun 10 |
answered | What glasses can I wear for martial arts training? |
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Jun 10 |
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Was Goju-ryu developed specifically for use by the Japanese navy? I've definitely never heard that. That some of its early history includes a Crane-style gong fu would seem in direct contradiction, too. There are some Chinese arts that were specifically optimized for close-quarters combat, but I'm not aware of anything similar on the Japanese side. (This in no way means there haven't been, though.) |
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Jun 10 |
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Was Goju-ryu developed specifically for use by the Japanese navy? I've never heard that said about goju ryu. |
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Jun 9 |
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Are there good alternatives to wood for weapons? @slugster Gotcha. Yeah, I'm not sure-I've seen CF take some crazy impact abuse, but it's so dependent on how it's laid up, the epoxy, etc. Even if it did work, way easier (and cheaper!) to use something like PP anyway. |
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Jun 9 |
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Are there good alternatives to wood for weapons? @slugster That's why I said it would be too light and you'd want to use a core. |
