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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 26 Mar 11

We are constantly bombarded with bits of information in fractions of a second all day, every day. For the most part, we are not consciously aware of many of these bits because they barely make a "blip" in our sensory memory and do...

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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 22 Mar 11

Situational awareness is the most important tool in self defense. No matter what style you practice or how much or how little you know about martial arts/self defense, situational awareness can often help you avoid danger before...

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Awen_Eldorath Situational awareness is definitely an active practice that we can and (IMO) should make use of regularly, and as you said it's useful in all walks of life. Everyone could gain some benefit from being more aware of their environment and the people and things...

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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 22 Mar 11

Situational awareness is the most important tool in self defense. No matter what style you practice or how much or how little you know about martial arts/self defense, situational awareness can often help you avoid danger before...

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Awen_Eldorath I can see how that could be intimidating! Ensuring that you're able to scream makes sense to get attention, and having your hand up could also prevent an assailant from getting a solid choke hold, thus providing you leverage to escape and/or counter-attack. I...

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blackcloud @blackcloud (97) • Philippines 12 Nov 10

for me it would be krav maga,best way to deal with those bad guys on street, its just like it is so brutal,how awful it would be for a bad guy beaten so merciless....hehehe,so for you???what would be the best or the martial arts...

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Awen_Eldorath The best style is the one that works for you. Every system has it's advantages and disadvantages. I think the best thing to do is to learn enough to have a solid foundation, then seek out what seems best and most effective and incorporate that into your...

22 Mar 11

strawberrybaby39 @strawberrybaby39 (2086) • United States 24 May 09

Is anyone in karate or ever have been in the past? What kind of martial arts have you been in? I was in karate when I was younger in my teens. I liked it and it was something new to learn. My husband was in it for many years. All...

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Awen_Eldorath I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and I've also done freestyle submission grappeling, military combatives when I was in the Army, and a bit of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. I have found that more often than not the types of teachers who are in it to parade around...

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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 22 Mar 11

Situational awareness is the most important tool in self defense. No matter what style you practice or how much or how little you know about martial arts/self defense, situational awareness can often help you avoid danger before...

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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 26 Jul 10

The following is a scenario that has been posed in many of the current combative arts schools to begin conditioning students to always be aware of their situation, as well as conditioning students to think about possible...

alternatives

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martial arts scenario

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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 26 Jul 10

In order to faciliate discussions on various aspects of Self-Defense, I'll be posing situational questions for us to discuss as a group. Even if you have no formal training, please feel free to respond. This question is on...

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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 23 Mar 09

Women who are interested in practical and effective self defense should seriously consider classes that teach joint locks and manipulations sometimes called compliance techniques. The reason for this is that such techniques focus...

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Awen_Eldorath You may a very good point. Having many techniques available gives one much more well-rounded tools for self-defense and tends to be much more realistic. Real life street fights never go the way they do in class; real fights are unpredictable, so having many...

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OneEyedGiant @OneEyedGiant (181) • Indonesia 8 Apr 09

How are we going to find out? are we going to accept somebody else's information? or try to see what God is? Are we going to accept what anybody say about it either buddha or jesus, it doesn't matter who i might be mistaken. The...

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Awen_Eldorath Absolutely. The Divine is like an Infinite Diamond; everyone percieves differant facets but it is all ultimately the same Diamond. I believe realization of this reality--that the Divine, the many facets of the Diamond, and all of Creation is One--leads to...

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OneEyedGiant @OneEyedGiant (181) • Indonesia 8 Apr 09

How are we going to find out? are we going to accept somebody else's information? or try to see what God is? Are we going to accept what anybody say about it either buddha or jesus, it doesn't matter who i might be mistaken. The...

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Awen_Eldorath Yes, like road signs that point the way. But "the map is not the territory". This seems to be where some people get confused or caught up in clinging to their fantasies/visions unquestioningly. However, this only creates another barrier between us and Truth,...

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JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 17 Apr 09

I've watched a couple of movies that are based on actual events and understand that the act of exorcism is an actual ritual. I have also read that most mental professionals claim that it's mental illness that causes the behaviors...

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Awen_Eldorath A commonly given response is that the purpose of the LBRP is to "cleanse oneself and one's environs". It is, by nature, a banishing ritual but it also has cleansing and even healing effects, especially when practiced regularly over time. It also acts as a form...

19 Apr 09

miamilady @miamilady (4910) • United States 19 Apr 09

As some of you may have figured out, I'm still a bit of a newbie, to being interested in politics. For a long time, I really didn't bother pondering or worrying about a lot of this stuff. To be honest, the more I do think about...

church and state

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Awen_Eldorath You are absolutely right. Most people only use those supposed "facts" that seem to support their pre-existing beliefs/ideas/judgements/biases/etc. and tend to do little more than argue about who's "right" and who's "wrong". One of my favorite sayings is by...

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JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 17 Apr 09

I've watched a couple of movies that are based on actual events and understand that the act of exorcism is an actual ritual. I have also read that most mental professionals claim that it's mental illness that causes the behaviors...

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Awen_Eldorath I suspect a combination of both; I also think that possesion may be more likely in some, while in others mental illness is the most likely cause. As I understand, the Catholic church requires in-depth research into any alleged possesion situation, including a...

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OneEyedGiant @OneEyedGiant (181) • Indonesia 8 Apr 09

How are we going to find out? are we going to accept somebody else's information? or try to see what God is? Are we going to accept what anybody say about it either buddha or jesus, it doesn't matter who i might be mistaken. The...

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Awen_Eldorath Excellant questions! "What is god" is right up there with "what am I". You are also very right--books and spiritual teachings can tell us a great deal about how various traditions percieve God, but if God exists we must remember what all of these traditions...

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 23 Mar 09

Have you been around the "joiners"? You know these people, they are the ones that shout "Me too, Me too" each time a new idea, new fad, new group, or new belief comes around. It seems that these types are not quite sure of their...

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Awen_Eldorath It seems to me that there is a differance between adapting to whatever situation one finds oneself in, following the path of least resistance to the benefit of all involved and intentionally being outright deceptive, pretending to be interested or actively...

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 23 Mar 09

Have you been around the "joiners"? You know these people, they are the ones that shout "Me too, Me too" each time a new idea, new fad, new group, or new belief comes around. It seems that these types are not quite sure of their...

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Awen_Eldorath Journaling does seem to help cultivate observing one's thoughts, ideas, etc. in an objective manner that is conducive to critical thought and introspection. Meditation and other spiritual practices also seems to be beneficial to this end.

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Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 27 Mar 09

I was just watching a program on The History Channel called Warriors in which they were focusing on Willam Wallace. William apparently was an expert at Scottish Martial Arts. The following is a link that speaks about it as well as...

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Awen_Eldorath Yeah, I'm pretty surprized at how similar some of the techniques of the European and Medieval martial arts are to the Asian martial arts. The Asian martial arts still seem to include more complicated techniques in general, but on the other hand, the European...

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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 23 Mar 09

Women who are interested in practical and effective self defense should seriously consider classes that teach joint locks and manipulations sometimes called compliance techniques. The reason for this is that such techniques focus...

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Awen_Eldorath Yes, that's an excellant point! Some self-defense scenarios may make one anxious during practice, but focusing on practicing correct technique as well as controlling one's breathing will help to remain more calm and level-headed. As you said, this...

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Awen_Eldorath @Awen_Eldorath (107) • United States 26 Mar 09

A country which finds itself on the verge of total economic collapse, with astronomical unemployment rates, a major health care crisis, a damaged infrastructor, and people losing their homes and jobs seemingly en masse as a result...

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Awen_Eldorath I hope and pray that people everywhere every day will choose to give sway to Love in all ways, always. If we will allow all of our actions to be guided by love, someday there will be no more need for fear, or hatred, or war. Namaste.

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