Need oxygen

Been about a year since I last went to my karate training so I thought I might go back now that life is more or less back on track.

Turns out we were kicked out of our usual dojo floor due to some festival dance practice, fair enough, so we had to train in some gym with floor mats spread out. Sensei decided that since we have the soft floor, might as well do some grappling self defense.

Fun.

Basically the idea was to try and wrestle your opponent into submission without excessive violence - ie. punch to the head or the nuts. Basic techniques include head lock, arm bar, wrist lock and chocking etc.

Quick re-cap on anatomy:

On the right is some dude's head(pic from Wiki), and the biggest red line indicates the common carotid arteries supplying most of the blood flow to the head. Done properly you can take someone out in 15 seconds.

One thing I did find out was if you bend your wrist or elbow the wrong way around, it hurts.

So there you have four guys dressed in white kimono-ish uniform on the floor attempting to immobilize each other by using bodyweight. Pretty fun sight, should've brought a camera.

Statistics show 80% of street fights / bar brawls end up on the ground within 120 seconds, so here are some facts I'd like to share with you all:

- Do not attempt to throw your opponent off your back by turning to face the ground and rolling unless you're twice his size, it'd be your worst, mistake, ever.
- During the attempt to shove him onto the ground, make sure you protect your neck. It's a huge disappointment to find his arm under your chin chocking you to death when you finally get him on the ground. And you thought you were winning, hah!
- Headlocks are good, but if your opponent ceases to twitch or move after 15 seconds it may be wise to let go, he should be about a quarter way to the other side.
- When he taps and gives up, verify that by strangling him for a further 5 seconds to make sure he won't jump back at you as soon as you let go
- Tickling is allowed if proven effective, be warned
- Don't be afraid to hug, your body weight is your best friend

Concluding remarks from my partner of the evening: "...... oxygen is good."

Best, karate, session.

p.s we're not violent people, just curious.

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"It's a tragedy. It's a comedy."

-Rip van Winkle

To Blog or not to Blog...

Al'right. Let's start with a big round of hello.
Hello, hello, hi, how are you doing?, always a fan, hi there, 'been a while, hi, etc.

Ok, then I guess it's the classical whishlist:
-I wish you'll enjoy the blog;
-I wish you'll like me and my co-bloggers;
-I wish you'll come and see us often;
-Oh and why not, I wish for World Peace and cookies. Yeah, and some milk too. I like that...

Hmmm, then I guess is the expression of intent.
-I intend to entertain.
-I intend to teach.
-I intend to improve and better myself and the world we live in.
-I intend to open everyone to new fuzzy stuff.
-I intend to write blogs on a semi-regular basis.
-I also intend not to screw up my life.
-I intend to live forever. So far, so good. (Yeah, I know someone said that before. No, I don't know whom. He was smart and I'm not, ok?)

Then here comes some sort of summary. Well, overall, let's just say it'll be a fun experience and try to each take as much from it as we can. Yeaaaaaah!

[/sarcasm] Oops, forgot to close that. Oh well. I'm writing this blog partly for me, partly for Meng, and somehow, partly for those other bloggers I've never met but am quite sure they're A-OK if Meng invited them ^^ . So, yeah, comment if you want, but don't think for one second that it mean I'll change a single comma for it. On the other hand, you never know until you try. So go on. Comment. Have fun. Be wild! It's the Internet, baby! No rules! Woohoo! Exclamation mark abuse!

Dorth, signing out. ( Should I write xox here? And I know "signing out" is overused, but screw that too! Crap, now my signature is longer than a line. See what you made me do. People, sometimes... )

Blue Scribble - Dawn

blue –noun

1. the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum
2. of the color of blue
3. depressed in spirits; dejected; melancholy

scribble –verb (used with object)

1.	to write hastily or carelessly

–noun
2. a note or other writing that has little or no meaning

Meng here, will be entertaining you (or attempting to) with random things in life that comes and goes.

So far we have:

Olivier, Nick, James, William and Le talking about:

coding, environment, future, games, art, music, science, comedy, short stories, porn, hentai, independence and DotA with different attitudes. (did I say hentai? I meant anime)

Now sit tight and grab some popcorn, it's going to take a while for me to figure out how to run this thing.

Adios

p.s There should be an email address somewhere on this thing, if you could send in some suggestions that'd be awesome.

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I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details.
- Albert Einstein