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Something to brighten up the day
| Wed, 04-16-2008 - 2:14pm |
So I was off work Monday because my little one was sick and I watched "Casino Royale".....that is one yummy Brit they got to play Bond this time...he just brightens my day ~wicked grin~

Lothiriel

Death: You get what everyone gets....you get a lifetime.....


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If I were you I might look into Muay Thai, it will give you a full body work out, but also five you skills you can use should you ever need to defend yourself. The part of alot of the more "real" martial arts that usually gets to women is the body conditioning. Muay Thai in particular is known for this, but you can find alot of classes out there that don't require such things. More and more women are getting involved in this particular art and I think thtas one of the reasons. In Ninjutsu we do everything from rolling glass coke bottles across our shins to toughen them up to striking our forearms together over and over until they're battered and bruised to toughen them up as well...its crazy..sometime I thin we're a wee bit insane for doing all of it lol.
The other thing you might want to look into is a mixed martial arts class. Lots of places around the country offer classed like this for women, and you'll get a little taste of everything, but alot of it is built off of Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which is a form that focuses on grappling. My biggest piece of advice is to find a class that teaches you combat skills..meaning after learning some of the basics you'll get to spar with other people, and my spar I mean put on the pads and beat the poo out of one another. No matter what anyone tells you, if you can't try out a technique in a situation like that, theres no guarantee you'll be able to do it in a real fight. Techniques can look great on paper, and even better when you have a partner who "goes with the technique" when you're learning it, but an attacker will come at you full force and if you're not prepared for that, you're going to get clobbered.
Alot of the stuff you see out there nowadays can be cheesy..and in general isn't very useful in real life. Another avenue you might want to look into is Kung Fu, there are hundreds of different styles. Lai Tung Pai is an excellent one, it teaches you excellent body control and defense with the smallest amount of effort possible. You're body will also never get a better work out because of the nature of the techniques. The only thing about Kung FU, is it will take you a very long time to master and get good at because there is so much material to drwa from. Lai Tung Pai comes from the southern region of China and is based on small, but powerful movements, very different from the kung Fu that is depicted in movies. Generally you'll see folks doing Wing Chun, which comes from Northern China and is comprised of large sweeping movements, but inr eality its just showy and not very useful. Drunken Monkey Kung Fu (such as Jet Li has performed in many movies) is spectacular to watch...but increably difficult becuase of the body conditioning involved.
LOL..seems I got off on a bit of a tangeant...anyways I hope this is helpful!
Lothiriel
Death: You get what everyone gets....you get a lifetime.....
Lothiriel
Death: You get what everyone gets....you get a lifetime.....
Lothiriel, That is how my sister felt, she feared she would be rejected. Her adopted family always told her she was adopted and that if she ever wanted to know who her birth parents were she was more than welcome to search for them.It was not until their death that she decided to look for her family. She found us pretty quickly, her birth father different from mine passed away in the late 80s. So it was just mom, grandma and me left. She found us and spent a week with us here playing catchup of the last 20 some years plus. We made all kinds of plans for our future, trips, visits you name it. Then after about a year the relationship began to go bad. We had many long talks the first year about mom. I think she just could not get over the fact that mom gave her up for adoption. We talked deeply about that subject. I told her she had much better life than if mom had kept her.Her adopted family gave her more opportunities than she could of ever had. I told her many stories of my life growing up, the good, the bad and the ugly. My child years were a bit messed up. Our mother had both of us out of wedlock by two different men. I think that might of caused some hurt in her emotional. My mother married a man when I was 5 and he adopted me gave me his name.Me and him were never close, they are now divorced, we still talk and do stuff but it was and nver has been a true father and son relationship.
I thought so highly of her.I still think highly of her, she is smart,adventurous, she does down hill mountain biking, she competed several years ago on Eco Challenge New Zealand. We even saw her on TV like how they do the personal shots and talk with people.
She is very successful entrepreneur in of all places Los Angeles.
Now she keeps us at a distance, she only calls mom once a few months, mom will try and call her and she is always to busy to talk.Mom will try and send her emails and her responses are very short and automated. I have emailed her and get the same basic 2-3 sentence reply to a three page email.
Messed up huh? Well it gets better. I told you that my mom had me out of wedlock and that she married a man who adopted me. Well my real dad lives in the same town I do. He works for the post office,I know his name I know where he lives. I have even met one of his children, a half sister to me. But we have never met, he has never showed any interest in finding me. He knows I am in the area. I have put feelers out there to let him know I am looking for him.I did this about 10 years ago and it caused some strife with his wife so I did not peruse it any further. Again the what if's.
Every day of my life I think about this strained relationship out there between us I wish it was better than what it is.
I just wanted to share this with you. I want to apologies for hijacking the thread.
Again, I wish you the best!
Roy
sails.Explore. Dream.Discover" ...
L, my adopted family was very, very dysfunctional - I believe they invented the word...I was terrified to meet any of my bio family.
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