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Well I was undefeated in the PC server yesterday with it. ^.^

Suuure, anytime. <3

Okay I'm on the PC server, I see that you're battling though :(
I'll just wait until you're done.

Sorry for making you wait. I'll be there in a second. PC server?

I don't own a PSP. ): It's on my list to get though! :D

Okay, then, you want to battle now?

So you should! :) Your rates are awesome. o-o;;;

what are they? i mean the things in your background? ): i see flowers and notes. lol

Yayayayay you got the rating emblem.

p.s your profile is all kinds of awesome.

YOU ARE QUITE WELCOME

Can we battle on PO some other time?

How long ago was it that you tried?

Thanks for posting on my RMT by the way.

Oh of course not all music, and the same for not all literature as well. I think the reason why people hold previous decades so dear is because only GOOD music survives many years later. The Velvet Underground were unheard of during their time, but in later decades they have received an incredibly large amount of acclaim.

I would say the same for modern music. I don't even listen to things in the charts most of the time; there really is a lot of incredible music out there still, even if it can rarely be found in the vein of popular music.

Do you want to battle now? Like, on the actual game?

I'm one of those people that claim to be born several generations to late. Much like literature, music is timeless.

Oh hey; did you see my rmt? ~ :O

Oh geez he swallowed his mouth guard!?! I think it's mandatory in karate to suffer a shin injury lol. So many times I've gone shin to shin against someone when doing a kick. But damnation you've had it really rough, you have my sympathy. I have been hit in the stomach really hard on a couple of occasions - I didn't vomit but I felt dizzy and sick for a short while.

I personally don't understand why weapon training is such a focal point at your old dojo. It's not like you will be carry those weapons with you on the street or whatever so I don't see the practical importance of learning how to wield a weapon. However I can definitely see the use in learning how to defend against some weapons like bo staffs and knives for example which you probably covered, since people who attack you could easily wield a knife or a baseball bat / stick.

I've been to camps when I was really young (before a teenager) and I've gone to one earlier this year. I never went to a camp during my teen years, not for any particular reason either. Opportunities were not around. Guess it does seem a bit weird but yeah. The camps I went to were very enjoyable. We went on forest hikes, had group training sessions but we were also allowed to relax in the pool and watch a film in the evening. The camp I went to this year was pretty intense, though we were still given free time and such. We went white water rafting on the final day of that camp. It's a shame you never had a great time at your camps. Your sensei seems really old fashioned and stuck in his outdated ways to me.

I had no idea as well! Seriously we both have an interest in Karate, Pokemon battling even though I'm on a bit of an off peak season on that at the moment and the Pokemon TCG, though you're more of a collector and I am more of a battler. It's a bit unnerving how many similar hobbies we both have lol.

I enjoy all objectively good music

I just haven't been on for a while.

Haha yeah my senseis have a habit of reminding us to keep our guard up when executing a kick. I don't recall ever getting caught out on it but I've seen other people getting hit. It's my stances I get caught out on. It's usually too narrow and so my balance becomes succeptable to distortion.

I remembered I did have one fairly nasty senpai who I used to train with. I was in my early teens and he used to engage me a little too forcefully. I'd often suffer from minor injuries when I faced off against him. The worst thing was when he went for the mawashi geri and my heart skipped a beat while he was in mid kick so I couldn't get my guard up in time. My body collapsed slightly and so he ended up kicking me on the side of my head, above the temple. Even he stopped and examined me to make sure I was OK and he told me that his kick could have killed me if I hadn't ducked at the last moment. In hindsight I think he was just trying to push me beyond my limits but I was too inexperienced at the time to combat him effectively.

Surprisingly I haven't really had any major injuries during my training. The worst injuries I've had was when I foot stomped the padding too hard one time and I bruised the heel bone - I had to hobble around everywhere for around two weeks! If you watched that Youtube video I showed you, near the end my sensei accidentally smashed one of my hands with his attack. That bruised my knuckles for a good month, I couldn't even make a proper fist. I was worried that it would never fully heal but it's all good now. My sensei up north did have a habit of knocking me about. At least I was much older and my body had developed much more, so it's much easier to endure a misplaced hit or two. It's really toughened me up actually. I think I can take a good beating now.

Oh man I could only do the most basic katas backwards lol. My senseis did sometimes pull that one out on us though. Doing them backwards, facing different directions, with your eyes closed. It totally wrecks my mind lol and I get confused practically all the time. Our clubs have something in common though! I don't get paid for helping out in the class either. In fact I still pay as if it was an ordinary lesson but I don't mind. Like I said earlier, it does help me review my basics and I like helping people. But that's our little secret OK?

I have done a few weapon based classes but it's rare that I do them. I think I require a couple more gradings before I'll be taught more. The main weapon I've learnt about is the bo staff though.

Have you ever been to a karate camp before?

Hullo.

Only problem is, I forgot where I put the saved logs.