Awen_Eldorath

@Awen_Eldorath (107)

United States • Age 46

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which discipline you like???if you would choose??

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

karate

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...

22 Mar 11

Seperation of church and state? Where do you draw the line?

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

constituion

right wing

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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...

19 Apr 09

Demonic possession...Mental illness or actual event

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...

demonic possession

false

true

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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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What is God?

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...

god

truth

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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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Scottish Martial Arts

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 I am just starting to read up and learn about European martial arts, especially from the Medieval and Reniasciance periods. They are very interesting, and more more complex than "hack and slash" fighting, which seems to be the popular misconception of medieval...

29 Mar 09

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Me too, Me too

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 These types of people seem interested in impressing others and perhaps even themselves by associating with differant "fads" from time to time, never staying with one or another for very long. These people don't spend enough time honestly evaluating themselves...

24 Mar 09

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Why can we not respect another's religious choice and belief

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 21 Mar 09

Why is it that we cannot seem to respect another's religious choice? Why is it there are many who would deem others "non-believers" because those persons do not follow their religion of choice? This type of behavior I find...

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Awen_Eldorath I have difficulty comprehending this sort of attitude also; it seems incredibly judgemental, presumptious, and arrogant. Even more so when we see, as you mentioned, that most major religions hold almost identical teachings about having love, kindness, and...

24 Mar 09

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Courtesy

blue65packer @blue65packer (11826) • United States 19 Mar 09

Are you are person who will help out a person? Like opening a door for someone who is old or carrying alot of stuff? I you are a guy would you open a door for a women just to be nice? Hold the elavator door for someone? Let...

would you

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Awen_Eldorath I try to be couteous and extend what I feel is (or at least, should be) common human decancy to pretty much everyone I meet. If someone is acting in a manner that is rude or mean, however, I generally will not go out of my way to give them whatever they think...

19 Mar 09

How good are you at self defense?

nikky28 @nikky28 (1572) • India 19 Mar 09

What will you do if someone attacks you? Are you confident that you can defend yourself? Do you know any techniques that will help you get out of that situation? Have you had any such experiences previously? Have you ever been in...

fights

martial arts

self defence

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Awen_Eldorath I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and I also learned military combatives/combat hapkido while I was in the Army. I have lots of experience with submission grappeling, especially during my time in the Army, and only ever lost to one guy. I am pretty confident...

19 Mar 09

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dealing with Chronic Pain...

Dday50627 @Dday50627 (359) • United States 19 Mar 09

How do you deal with Chronic Pain? I suffer from several issues that cause me pain a lot of the time. I have restless leg Syndrome as well as a muscular Myopathy that was caused by several things. At any rate they are both there...

chronic pain

dealing with it

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Awen_Eldorath I've had knee pain for years now that began while I was in the US Army. Recently the VA diagnosed me with early osteoarthritis in both knees, but I continue to have problems even with "conservative measures" like stretching, ice, using knee braces, taking...

19 Mar 09

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Confusion Over The Truth

sconibear @sconibear (8016) • United States 10 Mar 09

someone gave me 3 books. Book 1 - The Bible Book 2 - Greek Mythology Book 3 - an up to date science book written by the smartest university trained scientists backing up their findings with the latest scientific equipment and...

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Awen_Eldorath All these stories and theories are different, that's true enough. But when we look closely, we find many similarities between them. That is because all of them are pointing at the truth from differant points of view. Consider a car accident: if 100 people...

10 Mar 09

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Would you have helped?? These people didnt

stacyv81 @stacyv81 (5903) • United States 10 Mar 09

I was watching a show on tv, it was a caught on camera type show. There was a man who got onto a bus, and he had a 6 yr old kid with him (his son), he told his son to go sit down. He did. In the camera's sight there were about 4...

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Awen_Eldorath There are at least a few factors to take into consideration here, as distrubing as events such as this are. The first comes from psychology, which states that if someone is in need of help and there are many people around, individuals are less likely to help...

10 Mar 09

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I Wish I Hadn't Seen It...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 10 Mar 09

Well it’s happened again. Occasionally I’ll have dreams that later will actually happen. I don’t make this known to many ppl in my life b/c ppl tend to think your some kind of freak or nutcase when you tell them. My Hubby knows,...

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Awen_Eldorath Some people say that past, present, and future are all happening now. This could possibly explain, at least in part, why certain past or future events might be percieved in the present. Dreams are a common way for such visions to present themselves because the...

10 Mar 09

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Parents and the I.E.P.

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 6 Mar 09

This is an article I wrote sometime back as a part of my work in special education and in an effort to help parents online with the I.E.P. process. I.E.P. stands for Individualized Education Plan. I would love to be able to open...

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Awen_Eldorath The rest of the article? (I'm assuming it got lost in posting)

6 Mar 09

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Is it true?

Jevendiran @Jevendiran (778) • India 24 Feb 09

I learnt from a website that many martial arts including Karate, Kung Fu have their origin in India. It seems that the Indian martial art "Kalari" (from Kerala) was spread to many other nations by means of Buddhism. Is it true?

india

martial arts

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Awen_Eldorath I'm not sure how true that is, but I am certain that many of the martial arts have influenced and borrowed from each other through cultural interactions and so forth. I honestly find it all quite fascinating how cultures have influenced each other, especially...

27 Feb 09

4yrs old......loves karate?

bombshell @bombshell (11256) • Germany 24 Feb 09

i have my litte girl and this coming May she will be 5 yrs old.we are thinking that this summer we enroll her in a ballerina school but somehow she changed her likes.few months ago she always playing karate with me,sometimes she...

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Awen_Eldorath Encourage her to do what she likes. If that's Karate, then so be it. If it's ballet, then so be it. There will of course be times that she might not want to go to whichever one she chooses, and in that case just keep encouraging her to do her best and to try...

24 Feb 09

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