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| bio | website | ocbujinkan.com |
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| location | California | |
| age | 31 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 3 months |
| seen | 7 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 41 |
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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Jun 28 |
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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. |
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Jun 27 |
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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 |
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Jun 27 |
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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. |
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Jun 18 |
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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. |
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Jun 16 |
answered | How to train to avoid target fixation? |
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Jun 13 |
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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. |
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Jun 11 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on What strength and conditioning exercises are used in tai chi? |
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Jun 8 |
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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 ;) |
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Jun 8 |
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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. |
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Jun 7 |
answered | Any way to repair a Jo that has become warped? |
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Jun 7 |
answered | Are there good alternatives to wood for weapons? |
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Jun 6 |
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Will engraving a staff made of white waxwood compromise its integrity? added 564 characters in body |
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Jun 5 |
answered | Will engraving a staff made of white waxwood compromise its integrity? |
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Jun 5 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jun 5 |
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When should I run away? added 1 characters in body |
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Jun 5 |
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When should I run away? @dmckee Thanks for catching that. I apologize for the mistake. |
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Jun 5 |
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Will engraving a staff made of white waxwood compromise its integrity? Are you sure it's pine? Generally you don't use soft woods in the construction of bo, though Japanese White Pine are extremely popular in bonsai. More popular are white oak for their density and compressive strength. |
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Jun 5 |
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Will engraving a staff made of white waxwood compromise its integrity? @Trevoke: If you don't like the feel of a sticker under your hands, engraving will not be any better. I took a Dremel to a red oak hanbo I had: you lose the slide that the smooth wood has in your hands. |
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Jun 5 |
answered | How can I try to engage students who don't really want to be there? |
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Jun 5 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
