Roast

I agree. Not like you could guess that I like him or anything.. [boasting] I shook his hand once [/boasting] *insert Vance's obligatory "I got my picture taken with Sammy" post here* And Sandberg....and Grace... :D So? You stood next to SAMMY SOSA.

I agree. Not like you could guess that I like him or anything.. [boasting] I shook his hand once [/boasting] *insert Vance's obligatory "I got my picture taken with Sammy" post here*

Damn dude, you're good, i was just coming here to do that... Today, we should focus on not letting the other team score as much as we do.

*sigh* lol.

Did you change anything with your system? Not that I know of. I guess I'd suggest starting by clearing out your cookies and seeing if that helps. It doesnt. I've had the same problems for the last week or two.

:mamoru:

Sorry to dissapoint you. I just got home from the fair. I think, today, we should try to score more runs than the other team.

Cards - 836,545,428,291,745,344,001 Cubs - -3 Macias will run backwards around the bases thus giving us negative runs.

I swear I put them in. Really. I did. I have no idea what happened. Anyways, i'd like a mod to remove maybe. It was intended to be a strait up yes/no question.

Ever?

Tree, Rabbit, you MUST wear paper bags over your heads. and distribute more paper bags to the section around you. This will do: http://www.cincinnati.com/postcard/img/photos/bag_head.jpg

Jesus Christ, IMB. You have absoloutley no idea of my skill level, whatsoever. And untill you do, just stop spewing out trash like that. You have no clue in the world what kind of fighter I am. It is increadably insulting to me that I have been taking martial arts for ten years and you come out with this crap saying that if I ever got into a real fight I'd have no idea what to do. Maybe, just maybe, he is just trying to get your roasted goat. Your point is exactly right, he doesn't know your skill level. Thus, the likely conclusion is that he is teasing you. Don't get worked up over it. *sigh* I'm a bit jumpy right now. Long day at work.

Jesus Christ, IMB. You have absolutely no idea of my skill level, whatsoever. And until you do, just stop spewing out trash like that. You have no clue in the world what kind of fighter I am. It is incredibly insulting to me that I have been taking martial arts for ten years and you come out with this crap saying that if I ever got into a real fight I'd have no idea what to do. And furthermore, how in the hell do you know whether or not I have been in a "real" fight before? You are assuming. And methinks you assume too much about something you know nothing about. Go insult someone on something you actually have a clue about.

Hahahahah. This is so sad.

That was awesome. I loved CT's question.

If you only knew as much as you thought you did, well, we'd be in the presence of greatness. Also, I realize that TKD is not as focused on the actual fighting aspect as some other styles. But, to say the moves are ineffective, is just plain stupid, and uninformed. The fact is TaeKwonDo is a mix between Karate and a chinese martial art (which name escapes me). For a very long time Korea (where TKD is from) was basically the middle ground in the fight between Japan and China. It was controlled by both countries/empires countless times. Over the years, Koreans molded together some of the Japanese methods (karate) and parts of the chinese methods, and thus TKD was born. Lots of the fighting tactics/techniques you find in Karate, are also found in TKD. Only they have been slightly modified or just go by a different name. And Xzero, I realize you are not trying to talk down TKD. And yes, obviously other styles are more tailored directly towards fighting. But tkd is not made of things that need to be tweaked to work in real life. Sparring, Ground fighting, Knife defense, PPCT, Joint locks. They are all very applicable and very effective. I was speaking on how the artistic side (forms) can be tweaked to be applicable, and effective. I realize that if you want to learn strictly how to fight then there are other styles you should try your hand in because you will not waste your time doing anything other than fighting. So while you may only practice the actual "street fighting" moves that i mentioned around half the time on your way to black belt (once you reach black belt, they become much more present however), that does not mean the moves are ineffective. Some of those tactics i spoke of, PPCT and Joint locks, are the exact same ones taught to police officers and S.W.A.T. teams. So, is tkd all focused on fighting? Of course not. Are the moves ineffective, hell no.

Ugh. I used to be positive and happy. But Dusty Baker peed in my blue kool aid.

I have been in TKD for ten years. It annoys me to no end the steriotyping that goes on with TKD. Yes, TKD has a major artistic element to it. However much you may think you know by having friends in it, I have been in it for the greater part of my life [insert your young joke here]. The difference between TKD and those other styles you mentioned are that the classes are, for the most part, not as hard core. By that I mean, our intention is not to beat the living hell out of each other. When sparring in Karate (Some forms at least) punches to the head, and kicks to the legs are legal. TKD is a more controlled art. Punches to the face and anything below the belt is illegal in sparring. But, We often remind the students that, obviously, only counts in class and tournaments. If you ever have to defend yourself the rules go out the window. Classes are fairly evenly tailored. While we teach the artistic side, or forms side of things, we explain how, if altered, these same artistic moves could be used in real life situations. And we practice them accordingly many times. There is an entire class devoted to self defense on saturdays, at my school. Many other schools also have such classes. Its been brought up a couple times in this thread that the moves are ineffective. That is a horrible horrible and very untrue steriotype. Not that I dont know what your talking about. There is always that kid who is a little twirp but goes around bragging he is a black belt in TKD and he can kick anyones ass. But he always gets creamed. There was the perfect example of htis in my school up untill last year, when he quit TKD. The problem with these kids is they have NO idea how to use what they have learned. They just go around saying they are so great because either 1) they think if they tell people that, then said people will be affraid of them and leave htem alone. or 2) It makes them feel like a big guy to say they can kick your ass. To say that the moves are ineffective in a fight is simply wrong. The problem is, exactly what you noted, they try to do their "steps". THey try to do combinations of moves verbatum from forms. WHich is why i say these people do not know how to APPLY their knowlege. A fighter, no matter what discipline of martial art they are from, must be able to think on their feet. Like people have said, fights are chaotic. The people you see getting their ass kicked are being manhandled because they have this huge image of theirselves because they are a "BLACK BELT" and they think that makes them invinsible. That goes for EVERY martial art. Either that, or they have just not taken advantage of the full spectrum of TKD. You will find htat these students that are so boastfull or full of their TKD knowledge are those who only practice forms. They do not take sparring classes. And when they do (i.e. when we spar in our everyday classes, and they are forced to) they just go through the motions. See, TKD can be broken up into three pretty equal categories. Forms, Sparring, and Board breaking. Those three parts are all very important to TKD. There are those who for various reasons (health, mental handicaps, physical handicaps, being a pansy) just focus on the form part. Some are jsut in it to say they are in it. Those are the people you see getting the living donkey crap kicked out of them. Like I said, the Steriotypes that are placed on TKD annoy me to no end. To put it in terms everyone here can understand. Saying that TKD is ineffective, that they are usually the worst fighters, and so on is as uninformed as saying that Adam Dunn is a horrible player because he strikes out too much, and that AVG/HR/RBI are the only stats that count.

You have got to be close to acheiving this goal. You had 780 in General Chitchat. How many do you have in this thread. I'm too lazy to count. Considering this topic has less than 300 posts overall, I'd say I'm not even close. Yea. You and your logic.

Gosh, I hate this team so much. They are going to win today and give me some hope that we can actually do something. they they will probably a couple in a row and get back within two or three and then Die again and make me sad.

Its....kinda.....nice.....................*falls over and dies*

The....cubs......are........winning?

I think he's better than Baker. But, he has had his problems also. Im sure there are better options.

Bull. You obviously know little about TKD. Joint locks, Pressure points, Ground fighting, Sparring, and other fighting tactics are huge parts of tkd.

You have got to be close to acheiving this goal. You had 780 in General Chitchat. How many do you have in this thread. I'm too lazy to count.