Bet. 2001 and 2003 congress was trying to regulate martial Arts in America I need some opinions other than my own because i think this would be impossible unless they hired a martial Arts Master from every MA system from Karate to Kung fu to Ninjtsu etc.. am I insane or am I right to think this is wrong or even absurd?|||I believe what they were considering was legislation that would require a minimum level of certification with regard to individual martial artists who wanted to establish themselves as instructors and open schools. I don't think they were contemplating legislating who could obtain rank or grade etc.

I believe the intent was to treat the martial arts industry much like any other such educational, instructional, or health industry in the community right now, many of which require local licensure in order to operate legally. The intent was to reduce the number of charlatins, and increase the quality and safety of all classes.

While the idea and concept was a valid one, I believe the martial arts industry itself moved in some ways to quell the fears of congress and the issue became much less important in light of other national issues in the US. The last ten years have also seen a number of professional marital arts business associations and organizations develop to assist instructors, as well as a few university degree programs in martial arts. Things are heading in the right direction.

I do agree with the idea congress had, in that many people believe that earning a black belt immediately makes them a qualified instructor. Nothing could be further from the truth. I personally don't allow any instructor to teach within my association until they have been properly trained and certified through our own internal Instructor Training & Certifiction program. Indeed, most courts do not recognize a black belt certification as proof if instructor qualification, as few rank certificates say anything about the holder being an instructor - they normally only mention the successful completion of a course of study to earn a rank.

Having said all of that I think government regulation should be the last straw when all else has failed. Our industry should police and regulate itself and should establish good, solid, and ethical business practices in all areas of our operations. If we do this for the majority of schools, then I'm sure the government will largely stay out of the way.

Ken C

9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do

8th Dan TaeKwon-Do

7th Dan YongChul-Do|||I'm with you there's no way diplomats could ever understand what fighters go through.|||They had the "cart before the horse".

As we have seen in history many times……….First take away the firearms,then swords,bows and arrows,etc.

(Weapons)

And "Then" when people have no way to defend themselves except Martial Arts…………"Then" you first regulate then do away with Martial Arts.

(except for police & military)

Same old song and dance,if you study history you will find this "movie" has been played over and over all over the world.|||It would difficult .How would the legislators decide what was good or legitimate instruction.

For instance say they got this TKD or SHOTOKAN or KUNG FU etc. master to set down guide lines for teaching that method.

Master or not what he is going to promote is HIS idea of what constitutes good teaching which may be and probably is different from others in his own system.In trying to appease all factions you please no one.

You would end up with lowest common denominator teaching which is the kind of teaching you get in any mcdojo.

actually i don't know nothing about them. i recently stopped my hung fut training soooo boringgg kung fu dance everyday while i was really motivated. i realized that i was a quick typically combat style.|||Learning Civilian Krav Maga techniques is on how to get out of the "situation" while turning to be aggressive ( in terms of attacking the vital points of the attacker) as well as looking/scanning for possible ways out of the reach of more attacks (uses of weapons/more attackers) and be in a safer position (exit to where people are around as witnesses or hide etc).

There are a lot of topics where in small sticks/knife/gun handling are used as a primary weapon to harm a person. This is not for civilian information. I know that and you know for whom this information is available to. The depth of subject in combat fighting is there in KM but not taught as you see in the civilian sector.

It is naive to consider KM as a regular punch and kick, defensive move blah blah…its not the case, else (late) Imi's work would not have appreciated when Asian martial arts is already well known and practiced.

Join the other school (silat/escrima) while you learn KM in a civilian course. You can incorporate the knowledge when you join for elite/anti-terrorist/SWAT/military/secre… service KM courses.|||I'd say krav maga.

I've never seen how effective silat and kali are, and kali uses weapons.|||all three of them were displayed on the human weapon a show on the history channel if you dont mind paying $2 per episode you can download them here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UU5…

i dont think silat is on yet since it just came on friday. if you wanna watch it for free then try catching it on the history channel. or im sure you can download the episodes for free if you look in the right places

anyways there is no BEST style entirely depends on how you are trained but im a lil bias towards krav maga since i've done it before, also i would like to take escrima, and i dont know too much about silat.

heres a quick overview of all the styles:

escrima(or kali)- is a filipino martial arts that emphasize stick and sword/knife fighting. the moves you learn with a weapon is meant to be the same without a weapon in your hand. so drop the weapon and you still have the same techniques: it includes striking, grappling, and weapon disarming

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?conte…

krav maga- is an israeli military martial arts develop to survive any situation by any means neccessary(eye gouges, groin kicks, punching throats, getting your keys out and stabbing an attacker with it ANYTHING). it takes techniques from several different arts (boxing, muay thai, karate, judo, wrestling, etc…) and uses what they feel is most effective to increase the amount of injury to your attacker along with minimzing your chances of injuries.

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?conte…

silat is a blanket term for martial arts throughout malay archipelago. i dont know too much about the style other than what i watch on the human weapon but from what i saw some systems of it is striking some is striking with some grappling(standing) and some moves are imitating animals. also they rely on conidtioning your body to pain and increasing confidience(on the show they had to jump through a hoop on fire, bend a metal bar around their kneck, pour lime jiuce in their eyes, etc…)

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?conte…|||With those three, the better fighter would win.

I would give krav the edge though because of the dirty fighting aspect of the system.|||Definitely SILAT!!! Definitely Kali!!!

krap maga is… well it's krap!|||The quality and frequency of your training will far outweigh your style.

This isn't homework, I promise. Write a paragraph (not crude, please), using these words:

1. chunky

2. Charles Dickens novel

3. "release!"

4. raspberry

5. overly-sensitive

6. kung-fu

7. Burger King Whopper

8. grand

9. motorcycle|||I was riding my motorcycle through a raspberry field when I came across a Burger King Whopper. I sat beside it as I pulled out my Charles Dickens novel and started to read to the Whopper a selection from my favorite chapter. As I read to the whopper he began to cry. I asked him why he was crying and screamed "release!". "Release what?" I asked him and before I knew it, I saw an attack dog running toward me. I shouted "I know Kung Fu you mutt!". He was not stopping so I through a Chunky bar at him. The Whopper began to cry even more. "My goodness you are overly-sensitive" I said to him. He said "My grandma used to read my Charles Dickens and she was a mean old lady. You brought back repressed memories that I did not appreciate." I apologized and we rode off together as I continued my journey through the raspberry field.|||I was bored eating my chunky cookie so I read a Charles Dickens novel. Outside, I heard someone yell release! It scared me so much I went outside and threw a raspberry at them, but I was being overly sensitive. I also showed my new kung fu moves. To celebrate my accomplishment, I went out for a burger king whopper. It was a grand total of 3.50. I hopped on my motorcycle and went home.|||I went to Burger King to purchase a chunky chocolate shake and laying on the table across from me was a Charles Dickens novel. It didn't seem to belong to anybody so I opened up to a page towards the middle of the book. I read the sentence; "He needed that sweet release!" and closed the book. I went to the counter to get my shake and they gave me a strawberry one by mistake. I didn't argue. The cashier seemed like an overly-sensitive person and I didn't want to upset her. A man threw away his Burger King Whopper without taking a single bite. I thought that was very strange. He left the eatery and screamed, "This is just grand! My burger wasn't right!" He was obviously being sarcastic. He hopped onto his motorcycle and left.|||I was sitting and enjoying my Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations, when all of a sudden this chunky guy on a motorcycle took my Burger King Whopper and threw it to the groud. Naturally, I was really pissed, so I busted out my kung-fu moves and had a grand ol' time messing up his ride. He got overly sensitive and started sobbing, so I bought him some raspberry sorbet. Then Timbaland's song, "Release!" came on, and we decided to hit the clubs together.|||While reading a chunky Charles Dickens novel, I ate a raspberry Burger King Whopper watching a kung-fu, overly-sensitive man climb aboard his grand motorcycle. While I watched I think he released something!|||The chunky Charles Dickens novel help to release some of my tension. He has always been one of my favorite authors. I could have just about killed my little sister for getting raspberry ice cream all over the pages, but she is a bit overly-sensitive these days so I'll leave her be….for now anyway. The last time we got into it, I gave her a kung-fu chop right across her back and she cried and cried until I promised to take her to get her favorite, a Burger King Whopper. But the grand part about the trip was that she got to ride on my motorcycle.|||I sat down at the table eating my chunky oatmeal for breakfast. My father came in from the living room completely engulfed in his latest Charles Dickens Novel. As a spooned a giant glop of rasberry oatmeal into my mouth my brother came in screaming.

"RELEASE," he shouted," REALEASE MY KUNG-FU SWORD!" He ran through the kitchen with my 5-year-old brother James.

Before I knew it they were off to another part of the house. Probably to go play motorclycles or something. I guess that's what you get in the summer.

I finished off my oatmeal and trailed after my brothers into the living room. Mom sat on the couch shoveling a Burger King Whopper into her mouth. She always seems to get like this. With her job over in the summer she kind of loses it and goes all overly-sensitive…isn't that grand?

well there ya go=) haha I turned it into a mini story!|||i walked into the room, and there was this chunky dude sitting on an overstuffed chair, eating a burger king whopper while reading a charles dickens novel. startled, he looked up and said "release!" from out of nowhere came these kung-fu guys all dressed in black, ready to kick my butt back out the door. "wait!" i said. "i'm just here to deliver my freshly baked raspberry pie to your overly sensitive boss!"

"grand! stand down, kung-fu men." the fat man said. so i left the pie, and rode off into the sunset on my motorcycle.|||DUDEE!!! One day i was at *Burger King and I was craving one of those *Burger King Whoppers!! So this big chunky dude comes out and he starts telling me how he's *overly-sensitive…So then this chick from behind the counter reading a *Charlie Dickens novel(and you know the kind of ideas that people get from those things)….anyways. i guess she was doing something that i couldn't see cuz like the dude that was gunna take my order starts screamin *"RELEASE!!!!!!!!" and his face turned bright purpleish like a *raspberry. Then the guys walks out and I heard him sayin something like, "that was *grand" and then he rides off on his *motorcycle…

The stars just show the words that you wanted me to use..lmao|||While I ate celery stuffed with chunky bleu cheese and perused the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, an overly-sensitive librarian hissed, "Release!" with a lisp. I put her in a kung-fu hold, but I was soon overcome by her raspberry perfume, so I let her go and gave her my Burger King Whopper. After nibbling the sandwich down, she sighed, "Grand", then we rode into the sunset on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.|||While reading a Charles Dickens novel, I suddenly heard someone yelling "release" from outside ! I put down my book and chunky chocolate raspberry ice cream, and hurried over to the window to see what I could see. There was grandma, giving a man a kung-fu karate chop, obviously attempting to knock the guy off his motorcycle. He was trying to steal her lunch ! Don't mess with grandma. She gets overly-sensitive about her Burger King Whopper !|||The chunky overly-sensitive kid got on his motorcycle with a Charles Dickens novel in hand on his was to his kung-fu lesson decided to stop and get a Burger King Whopper at the BK on the corner of grand and raspberry. When he finished and was ready to leave his bike wouldn't move once started so he called his Dad to come help. His Dad was quite upset when he realized the bike didn't move because the boy forgot to release the hand brake. All his Dad could do was holler"release" the brake boy "release!"|||i was sitting on my chunky butt reading a charles dickens novel. before i farted i yelled "release!", then i went back to eating my rasberry. giving up on my book i turned on the tv and my overly sensitive mind couldnt handle the kung fu movie that was on so i changed the channel to a commercial advertising a burger king whopper. i thought it was grand that i had some money left over so i got on my motorcycle and drove to burger king.

lol thats all i could think of.|||"You overly-sensitive Burger King Whopper! Give me the Charles Dickens novel NOW!!" said Arnold the McChicken burger

"No way, your meat isn't chunky like MINES! I'm too awesome for you to have it!" the Whopper said. "Come on, Rasberry! Squeeze my buttocks so the oil goes in the motorcycle!! We need to go NOW!"

"Geez, they put a lot of oil in you this time, huh?" the fruit said.

" Oh, no, you're not getting away with my novel!" Arnold said. And with a grand kick in the air, he did his kung fu move and down the Whopper went.

"Release!" Arnold said, as he stepped on Whopper's hand. "You're just an unawesome, old burger now."|||At the release of my latest kung-fu movie,i was on the grand red carpet when someone shouted there's chunky,this made me overly-sensitive as I was eating a Burger King Whopper at the time,i retorted by saying" at least i dont look like someone from a Charles Dickens novel",they blew me a raspberry jumped on their motorcycle and sped off,I hate my mum……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!|||once there was a guy that loved to sit on his bum and read the Charles Dickens novel. He was chunky, and overly-sensitive about it. his friends said he was grand. He said he was a kung-fu master, although most people thought he was talking about a video game. one day someone saw him ride up to the burger king drive in menu on his motorcycle. He bought a raspberry burger king whopper. he parked his motorcycle to go inside and complain about his burger not having enough meat, but he reconsidered and sat down to eat. He took such big bites that someone though the was choking.

The guy said "release the burger."

But the chunky guy said "No it tastes so good"

So After about 15 minutes of the guy trying to get the burger out of the mans mouth they both died.|||One night, like any other night, my chunky aunt was waiting for my uncle Sam to come home from work with dinner. She was sitting on the sofa watching her beloved kung-fu and eating her 100 grand bar, while my overly-sensitive little cousin, Dory, was reading a Charles Dickens' novel. When uncle Sam pulled up on his motorcylce with dinner from Burger King, then all of a sudden Cozmo, their crazy dog, ran out side and grabbed the bag from his hand. Uncle Sam chased him until Cozmo got his snout around the Burger King Whopper when Sam yelled "release!" and Cozmo dropped it. So after they ate their dinner they all had some raspberry ice cream!|||Here I was all alone, enjoying my Charles Dickens novel, eating my burger king whopper with extra mayo, yes i know it's going straight to my chunky ***. It was a lovely sunny day. Here i sat in a park underneath a firm oak tree, but then it occurred to me that i was not just all alone, I glanced across the bench and there parked a grand old motorcycle, with a tall shady guy sitting on it, staring at me, I felt creepy and violated already. Omigod he's running my way, i scream! He lifts my shirt up and gives me a raspberry on the belly i laugh and cry oh i am so overly sensitive I can't move, than We hear someone yell "release" It distracts him and i use kung-fu on him, he's toast!|||One day while i was eating a rasberry and reading a Charkes Dickens novel, all of a sudden, my stomach was overly-sensitive and i threw up chunky barf. After that i went to get a Burger King Whopper and hopped on my grand motorcycle and drove to my kung-fu lessons.While i was there a guy grabbed me by the neck and i yelled "release!"

you were kung-fu fighting?|||When everybody was doing it

Hey it's not my fault, they dragged me in

That evil Douglas person should take the blame|||Just now.|||since like NEVER!lol|||NEVER!!|||About the time that song was popular…lol|||3 minutes ago|||never.but i learn that,so it was a couple of weeks aho.|||Never, but a minute ago I was kung-fu farting.|||well i always already answered ur other one, so i will tell u about my first kung-fu experince.

well u c i was out shopping, and i saw the cutest purse! so i decided to c how much it was, but it was wayyyyyy too much. so than when i handed the man a 50 dollar bill (the purse was 150$) he was all like "this purse is more, u didnt pay enough" and im like "well im going to get this purse and im not paying anymore" so than hes like, "only if u win in a kung-fu fight with me" i thought that it was worth a try, so we started. i totally kicked butt (literally)!!!! i got the purse for 50$, and thats when i realized it was my destany to b a kung-fu fighter|||I don't remember cause it was fast as lighting.|||When the song came out.|||it's been awhile

I hear so many people say men are the cause of porn, porn is evil, and makes men not respect women. Well for there to be porn made, women has to be in it as well. I believe that there are as many women who like porn as there are men. I believe they just hide it. Is porn the cause of trouble in relationships? Is porn evil, anymore evil then a horror movie or a kung fu killem movie, or a romance movie? Any comments?|||it can be good and bad as well|||I used to think that it was gross.

But recently my boyfriend and I talk about it.

I thought to myself "why get mad at your boyfriend for something

you cant change in most males? They're always going to look

at females. Just like any other Man is going to." Report It
|||porn is NOT good.makes you think of nasty things and makes you want more[thats just the way you work]if you start watching that then you will probably want to watch it more.i'd say stay way from that.

and for the women thing there just as gross if there in it Report It
|||Porn is wrong- Period. It warps the mind…till there is nothing but perverted male left. Report It
|||I enjoy porn and often watch it with my husband.|||porn is grrrrrrrrreat!!|||Good, bad, and sometimes ugly.|||I enjoy porn.|||I agree|||It's vulgar, disgusting, and I am honestly offended by it.|||They should make a kung fu killem romance porno. I'm sorry what was the question?|||From my understanding the reason so many people are against porn is because they believe it will lead to rape. (Guy see a porn, has a erection, rapes girl) But I believe that porn doesn't rape people, people do.|||I just wanna watch the g*ddam world series.|||Porn cheapens and degrades a beautiful thing, so I believe it can contribute to problems in relationships.|||Too much porn could be trouble. My husband and I enjoy it, not everyday, but when we do, we thoroughly enjoy..

Some feel uncomfortable watching, but it's ok.

i like it. Im female.|||Everyone involved in porn, the makers, the actors, the audience have a lot to answer for. Porn is the destroyer of innocence, the immediate cause of many crimes, the destruction of morals.

Those of you who say you enjoy it pause and consider the implications.|||according to what positions they are in haha.|||I love porn. Lots of women do. It's not evil in any of the same ways as movies about murder and violence. It's not evil at all. Romance movies aren't evil either.

I do wish porn was just a smidge more romantic sometimes. Some decent acting, anyway. Some desire or seduction. A lambada…|||depends|||BAD GOOD|||My ex is addicted to porn and when I found a pic of our little girl tucked in the pages of a Barely Legal when I was gathering evidence for custody/visitation issues, I decided I'd never look at porn again.|||PORN ROCKS!!!!! and those of u who dont like it… welll GO FCUK URSELF!!!!|||porn is fcukin awsom i should know i am in many videos and enjoy watching it. Trust me i am a girl. Ya u should go fcuk ur self if u dont like porn!|||Who needs porn when you got the

real thing(wink)!|||Porn is good and bad, depending on who is watching it and what they do after-wards!|||I never gave it much thought until I started going with a guy who was addicted to porn. I dont judge anyone who watches it its just not my thing.|||Bad.|||Not good not bad, but not going away.|||I don't think there's anything wrong with it unless it involves someone under the age of 18.|||degrading|||I don't think so Doug….I know so many couples who's sex life gets better after they watch a porn. Give it a go and see|||Yes, of course it is good bad :-)|||porn is evil and sick, besides women who actually do the porn are sluts and men are man whores|||porn is bad as well as the women that make it the ppl that watch it and the ppl that watch nasty movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wanted my opionion u got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!might not like it but i told it like it was

i have mastered taekwondo and am a black belt yet i know other martial arts

i love taekwondo and kung fu i love nunchuks as they are my fav weapon i have mastered them and got to the speed bruce lee could when he was alive if i had a choice i would let someone choice what i should do if anybody know any good idea's let me now

my fav martial artist is bruce lee he gretest martial artist of his time yet even tho he is dead he can not say what he was|||Wait until you are older to try to gain your lifetime ambition.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I point to this answerer as proof of the product of McDojos.

So I will say what others will say.

1. Being a black belt doesn't mean you have mastered an art, in fact it it just the beginning of understanding it.

2. If you are serious about acting or what have you, move to a location known for filmmaking. Seek out acting classes and see if you can get work doing Stunts, that is a good doorway in with Martial Arts. There are actual schools for stuntmen now that can provide you with contacts to get work.

Also look to join some sort of stuntman union, that also helps.

However, I think you have to be at least 18 to actually get real work in this capacity, unless you know somebody.

In short you never know, but right now I think you are too young to really try to pursue this avenue, and you have a lot to learn about Martial Arts and life.|||attack someone with it|||Be a teacher. It would be great to pass your knowledge and passion on to others. You could work at a Martial Arts studio, community colleges, high schools (after school activity), or be a private instructor.|||you're a master at a black belt?|||If your favorite martial artist is Bruce Lee, prefers you could learn his style of martial arts, Wing Chun.|||learn some groundfighting|||Video tape yourself performing various stunts/techniques, and post them on youtube.

good luck!|||Fight the terrorists, Stewie Griffin style.|||It is better if you save your moves in case you need it for streetfights or self defense, use it also in competition it really helps since you said that you are a black belt. Try opening up a dojo in the future so that you may earn money and also pass on what you learn to people who wants to learn martial arts. Good luck God bless and goodbye!|||Start competing while your young. Its the only way to really gauge how good you really are.

I love films starring Stephen Chow…It is action-packed and funny at the same time. Any more suggestions besides Shaolin Soccer, Kung fu Hustle, God of Gambler? Where can i buy God of Cookery (note:not the pirated ones)?|||try astrovision. or your local record bars sometimes sell dvds or vcds.

if nothings there, you can always go to quiapo. or greenhills (pero ni-raid na ata).|||http://store.edaymovie.com/godofcod.html|||In the Phillipines? Forget it! You gotta go , instead, to Bora Bora. And don't forget to send us a post card.

P.S.: While there-don't waste time looking for films.

I've been in this relationship monogamously with him for 8mo, but during our relationship it

Its a commercal where a lot of people have the same laptop but the laptop's color goes with what the person is doing or to match the rest of the stuff around it.

It has a director in all white and the laptop is white and there is a kung-fu movie in the background.

Thx ^_^|||The Will Always Negates Defeat (W.A.N.D.) by the Flaming Lips, off of At War With the Mystics

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_so…

a brother was kidnapped by a gang title character joins gang to get his brother back. there is a scene at the end where he has to ru n the gauntlet (a series of men with different kung fu weapons). He tosses the nunchucks into the center of the group, does a double back flip into the center and then kicks everybody's butt. Title charcter might not have been jeff speakman, but he looked very similar, short black hair, muscular build.|||Sounds like "The Perfect Weapon"

http://imdb.com/title/tt0102655/