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Mt shift starts in a half an hour (unless I got fired for being a no-show for work yesterday). Get your dancin' shoes on!
Sara has a very nice poem up, btw:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/love-poems/country-on-the-radio.aspx
Good luck wiith the bone spur removal. Hopefully they will give you good drugs.
Quote by DamonX
What exactly is your point? That eye gauging or finger biting are effective? Of course they are. So is pulling out a gun or a knife. All of those are not allowed.
But every human being on earth has the ability to do that. Martial arts are about doing what other people can't do.
What are we arguing now? That TKD is an effective martial art? It's been objectively shown to be not an effective fighting style.
And yes, grapplers are put at a disadvantage when it comes to UFC.
If you watch UFC 7-20 you see what happens when there are no stand ups and no time limits. A wrestler takes the other guy down and mauls him for 40 minutes. It's not exactly crowd pleasing. So they changed the rules.
I am perfectly willing to engage in this topic, but please do your research. This isn't an opinion based argument. You can't rely on sophistry to make your point.
You can call it "chest beating", but you're honestly just barking from a much lower level of knowledge with regards to this particular subject.
I'm sure that you are more knowledgeable that me in some things.
This isn't one of those things.
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I simply said it was a worthless martial art. You are the one that chose to make a huge deal of it. Next time just be happy that you can drop the kids off at day care and go have some some 25 year old "gluten free" "martial arts" expert show you how to kick a heavy bag for 90 bucks an hour.
The first time you get punched in the face, give me a call. Otherwise, please don't waste my time.
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Thank you ladies. I think I know on whom I should try it outBut first I will dig into your writings, more likely than not to find out that I've already familiar with some of it, as I have been a night-time reader in here for quite a while.
Quote by DamonX
Old school MMA actually allowed soccer kicks and head stomps. Those prevent Jiu Jitsu specialists from constantly pulling guard, which is why most MMA fighters actually favor them. The general public just doesn't feel comfortable with head kicks on the ground.
I would love to see one TKD specialist try and defend a takedown from even a high school wrestler....
Now if the TKD fighter had some wrestling and could defend a takedown, then he/she might have a chance.
If you're talking about cheap shots and groin strikes, eye gouges, etc... then it's a different issue. And TKD would probably do a lot worse in those situations than they would a controlled fighting environment. It's just not a martial art that lends itself to actual fighting situations. I did karate for 10 years and I feel karate is quite bad when it comes to actual fighting.
And Tae Kwon Do is far worse that karate.
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Wrong Del Toro. Guillermo is the director, Benicio is an actor. And, weirdly, they are not related (Guillermo is Mexican, Benicio is Puerto Rican). You're in good company. Apparently, film critic Rex Reed (who I am stunned is still alive, let alone working) made the same mistake.
And I do like giant robots fighting kaiju. Sure, it's probably my 10 year-old Saturday afternoon TV matinee watching self showing through but nothing wrong with that.
Beer please. And get sprite whatever she wants. Put it on my tab, then put my tab on Jeff's tab while he's still distracted by his beloved.zleB2LJCgu7sk6Sa
bad rachel! bad! 
Great Job, Alan, and thanks for all the hard work!
