stslavik

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I'm a web developer, IT consultant, and programmer with a property management firm in Orange County, CA. I also teach and train in Bujinkan Ninpo Taijutsu.

A lot of my side-projects end up rolling into my work life, and feel that the experience I've gained with web development, Ruby, Qt, C/C++, Java, etc. may actually be of use to somebody.

I've recently joined the Martial Arts private beta, and will be answering questions on there with regularity.

Oh, and I really hate when people tell me, "No, it can't be done." You're wrong; It can, it should, it will, so shut up and watch me.

Nothing is true; everything is permissible.
- Hassan-i Sabbah (حسن الصباح‎)
Ruler of Alamut, Founder of the Hashshashin.

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Jul 23	comment	Quickly learning the full essentials of Krav Maga Most American Krav Maga schools are commercialized to the Nth degree, designed to retain students to continue revenue streams. When I did it back a decade ago, we were doing roughly the equivalent to what was being taught in the IMF across 4 months, about 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. It wasn't about the instructor collecting a paycheck; it was about teaching us to fight. That kind of training drills uncontrolled reaction; It wasn't useful training for a civilian. Schools have to make money; you need space to train and lights – You can't run a school on pixie dust.
Jul 19	comment	What can one do to avoid entering a grappling situation? @RobinAshe Re: sprawl won't be good enough – What is "good enough"? If I've trained in wrestling since high school, will my sprawl be "good enough" against an olympic competitor? Any level of capability is subjective.
Jul 18	answered	What can one do to avoid entering a grappling situation?
Jul 17	answered	How does a non-grappler train to be ready to avoid grappling in a real-world situation?
Jul 16	comment	Is there any documentation of newaza in Fusen-Ryu? Any chance of getting the proper kanji on Fusen-ryu? I know of a school of kusarigama-jutsu called Fusen-ryu as well. Might help to track down the appropriate art and some documentation.
Jul 12	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on How do you prepare for the stress of a real self-defense situation?
Jul 12	comment	Shoulder brace for Judo? Ligaments heal, but extremely slowly due to the minimal blood flow to the relatively static portions of the body. Prolotherapy (a therapy consisting of injecting blood into the area to aid regeneration) can be quite successful in helping torn and damaged ligaments heal.
Jul 12	comment	How do you prepare for the stress of a real self-defense situation? Same thing happened here about 2 years ago – suspicion is that one of the valet's clocked a loudmouth in the back of the head (since amazingly "nobody saw anything" even though it was at the valet stand). Never saw it coming... And that's kind of the point – since he never saw it coming, there's nothing he could do; no way to change it. What sense is there in worrying over what we can't change (the inevitability of death, for instance). Getting hit is still less dangerous than throwing a few thousand pounds of metal down an interstate at 70 miles an hour.
Jul 11	awarded	Self-Learner
Jul 11	comment	Looking for cheap cutting material for tameshigiri practice That's fascinating. I never would have thought of them for archery...
Jun 29	answered	Looking for cheap cutting material for tameshigiri practice
Jun 28	comment	How do I increase my wrist strength for punching? Suggest link for "Practical Programming" (There are about 2 dozen similar titles in various media). I made my point; you feel the information is wrong or dangerous, and we've both made our relative arguments. I'll leave it to the community to decide their view.
Jun 27	comment	How do I increase my wrist strength for punching? @DaveLiepmann Punching a bag with proper form is creating resistive tension in the muscles of the forearm that brace the wrist. The strength of your wrist is not static; it adapts to the stresses under which it's placed. Two quotes for you: Practice doesn't make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect. And If you want to be better at X, do X
Jun 27	comment	Is practising techniques on both the left and right sides beneficial or detrimental to martial development? @Shauna +1 for belly dancing and "train both sides to use both sides". It's a bit like anything: If you want to do a task better, do that task; I don't subscribe to the idea that, "If I need to carry a 180 lbs. man, I should do bench presses." Instead, carry dead weight in similar fashion.
Jun 18	comment	How do I increase my wrist strength for punching? @DaveLiepmann Your comment is invalid: Striking against something is implicit in both the question and answer.
Jun 16	answered	How to train to avoid target fixation?
Jun 13	comment	Will engraving a staff made of white waxwood compromise its integrity? "just a white lacqure painted over what looked like common American oak " Sooooo common, and a very good point. Caveat emptor. Most martial arts weapons that are commercially available are lousy, relying on the fact 99% of buyers wouldn't know oak from pine. Quite the dangerous game.
Jun 11	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on What strength and conditioning exercises are used in tai chi?
Jun 8	comment	How can I try to engage students who don't really want to be there? I'm basing my answer on social cohesion theory, and, as with most of my answers, my methods tend toward the subversive. I believe in forcing a favorable outcome through manipulation (I was bullied a lot as a kid), and I enjoy pushing people's buttons. Take it for what it's worth ;)
Jun 8	comment	Will engraving a staff made of white waxwood compromise its integrity? You usually won't experience it because the wood is treated (with boiled linseed oil – it's a common treatment in commercially available tools). However, when you're removing the top layer by engraving into the weapon, if you don't treat it, you're exposing it to the risk.