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| bio | website | inspirehep.net/… |
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| location | Duchy of Grand Fenwick | |
| age | 42 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 3 months |
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Experimental particle physicist. These days I'm doing neutrinos.
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May 7 |
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How to cover all of the material? Especially in small classes A little bit of each for me. I plan to hit four of five broad areas in the next month or so, and announce this in advance. Then I go with the flow at each lesson. |
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May 7 |
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How to cover all of the material? Especially in small classes Not really an answer, but...there is a sense in which the difficulties of small classes argue in favor of relatively frequent ranking exams. That way you can hand the student a syllabus for the test and they have an opportunity to say "Uh...do I know this stuff?". Then you can fix the deficiencies in your recent coverage. |
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May 2 |
answered | Self defense with one hand tied behind back? |
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Mar 17 |
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What qualifies a school or business as a legitimate martial arts system? Who do you think is entitled to define "legitimate"? For that matter who do think should keep a registry, and what do you believe would be a good set of qualifying requirements? Do you have a particular reason to believe that the skills you learned are not useful (note that this is a very different thing than having a long history)? |
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Mar 13 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Mar 13 |
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AiKiDo - is there a good translation for all the terms? Japanese is a very orderly language and the is considerable redundancy in the descriptive vocabulary, so in time the effort of adding a new term will go down. |
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Feb 23 |
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Why doesn't aikido have kicking techniques? Some aikido derivatives have put them back in. Yoseikan Budo does some kicking, though I find that you have to be fast to kick aikido people and get away with it. As one of the answers suggests: better for disruption than big guns. |
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Feb 21 |
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Pivoting for a kick @HannoFietz: Yup. Doing a little training on various surfaces and in various footwear can be a very enlightening experience. Though if you train in a traditional dojo system then your street versions should be less flamboyant in any case. |
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Feb 19 |
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How helpful is it to film yourself during training and analyze videos after training? Hate? You only "hate" looking at yourself? Lucky man. |
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Feb 19 |
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How helpful is it to film yourself during training and analyze videos after training? Until you've tried this in some kind of physical performance sport (my first exposure was in springboard diving) you can't realize how useful a tool it can be. But I've only done it a little in martial arts, and don't want to make too strong a claim. Why don't you try it? |
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Feb 19 |
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Should I train differently to spar guys who are bigger than me? The body kick strategy was the main way I scored against substantially bigger opponents during the short time I practiced at a Tae Kwon Do club that did WTF sparring, and you can get an advantage out of your shorter stature in this by directing your kicks a bit upward to unroot your opponent. You'll need to be fairly well committed and you will want to work on your front kick and side kick mechanics to maximize your hitting power and speed of development, but it can be done. |
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Feb 15 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Feb 14 |
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Why are firearms not part of the martial arts world? I will defer to your knowledge on that, but allow me to find those...uhm...unappealing. |
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Feb 14 |
answered | How to meditate after an adrenaline rush or exertion? |
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Feb 11 |
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What do I need to keep in mind when picking a martial art as a bouncer? I know a guy who worked his way through college and his teaching certificate by bouncing. His formal system was aikido but he really did his own thing...very slick. Now he teaches primary school. He was very big on technique that scaled well...get the position and just keep adding force until the guy decided it was time to walk. He wasn't a big fan of the "hit them hard" theory of bouncing. I never did that so I have no opinion. |
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Feb 10 |
awarded | Precognitive |
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Feb 10 |
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Why are firearms not part of the martial arts world? The history of guns in Japan (which were indeed introduced by the Portuguese in the 16th century, became dominate on the battle field and later almost completely disappeared) is a fascinating story told in the book Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879 by Noel Perrin. The book has been out of print at times, but amazon seem to have some. |
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Feb 10 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Feb 10 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
