Andy Dent

286 reputation

bio	website	andydent.com
	location	Perth, Australia
	age	49
visits	member for	1 year, 4 months
	seen	6 hours ago
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non-computing interests:
- Chow Gar kung fu and Tai Chi,
- reading and (pretending to) writing SF
- scuba diving,
- occasional ice skating (dance and figure),
- solar housing,
- carpentry
computing interests:
- OOD, OO languages and frameworks
- Usability,
- cross-platform development,
- code generation

	286 reputation	bio	website	andydent.com	visits	member for	1 year, 4 months
25 badges		location	Perth, Australia		seen	6 hours ago

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Apr 4	answered	Best headphones for use during training?
Feb 8	awarded	Yearling
Dec 20	comment	How do you take Notes on techniques you've learnt in class? @Ephraim - notes are reminders for things you need to focus on. They are "what you are doing" reminders, not a theory body for someone else to read.
Dec 20	comment	How do you take Notes on techniques you've learnt in class? I can't remember chunks of many of my 16 forms without starting from a few "waypoints" within the forms. So +1 for connecting dots!
Dec 12	answered	How do you take Notes on techniques you've learnt in class?
Dec 12	answered	Finding my - center - hara - t'an t'ien
Dec 12	comment	Injury during training session, after 2 months still feel the pain Physiotherapist - most times doctors will give you a pill if that. Unless they are sports specialists, they don't understand and can't tell you how to make an injury better.
Dec 12	answered	What aspects of health does form-based tai chi improve?
Dec 12	revised	Good exercises for higher side kicks? added 585 characters in body
Dec 12	comment	Good exercises for higher side kicks? +1 for the abs recommendation
Dec 10	awarded	Necromancer
Apr 29	comment	Best weight lifting exercise to develop a Wing Chun chain punch I have a TotalGym 1000 cable bench, which I bought because I saw Chuck Norris advertising it (many years ago and yes I still blush about buying from an infomercial). One of the advantages of the bench is that depending on your posture, you can have the cable pull back in line with pretty much any strike.
Apr 4	answered	Good exercises for higher side kicks?
Feb 8	awarded	Teacher
Feb 8	awarded	Student
Feb 8	asked	How do you ease someone over 40 back into training after many years absence?
Feb 8	answered	How should I expect my fist to change over time from punching?
Feb 8	awarded	Editor
Feb 8	revised	What martial notation systems exist for describing techniques in writing? add ideas on colour for weight shift
Feb 8	comment	How do I keep the bo staff from moving off centre as I train in twirling it? Are you actually disconnecting your grip? Our "twirling" moves the staff in a figure-8.