Doesn't sound like an Aikido guy. Aikido is not a percussive art. There are no punches or kicks in Aikido.
Also, Ueshiba was all about peace and harmony, not about being a douche like this guy.
My guess is that Mr Douchebag wasn't following the teachings of Morihei Ueshiba too closely. I know from personal experience that Aikido students, even senior ones, can be bad people.
Martial arts are like religions and buffets, people take what they want and forget the rest.
It's great to hear of a slimeball getting beaten down a peg or fifty.
I used to work with a true sociopath as a team leader, he got a good man fired and spread lies about a few others before it became obvious that he was making up stories. He got himself fired but left a great deal of damage behind. He was also fairly senior in Aikido.
Wrestling's good for all of the above, too, and you can't beat it for core strength training. However, it's hard to find a club. Maybe a local college or a high school.
I tried joining the 16 to 18 female wrestling club at my local college but they kicked the shit out of me.
Seriously - Any kind of sport, exercise or fitness program you can keep an interest in works.
" Our work week is 42.5 hours a week! " hahaha. That's LESS hourse then many people in the US work. By as much as 20-40 hours.
Be careful not to confuse working hours with hours spent at work. I know plenty of people who are at work 55 hours a week but only spend 10 to 20 hours actually working. I know someone who actually got promoted because he turned up 3 hours before his boss and talked about football to anyone who would listen for 3 hours every day.
as my many tell me that English speaker meetings run on, and on and on, and on!!
As someone who comes from an English speaking country and works elsewhere in Europe the meeting culture really does waste valuable working time. Some people seem to lose about 20 to 30 work hours each week because some senior manager just wants to talk and talk and talk instead doing any work himself.
Are you saying this doesn't happen in Switzerland? If so I'm going to check out your job websites.
Then you should care about everything used to kill people. Dead is Dead and you should be advocating to ban anything and everything that can kill someone.
There is an emotional difference between someone accidentally killed with a tool designed to perform some other function, such as a car, and someone killed with a tool designed for taking human lives. People don't buy a car to commit multiple murder, they buy a gun.
The only purpose of having a gun is to kill, or to threaten to kill.
Also keep in mind the US had an interesting thing about 70ish years ago. They had WW2. In Europe people hid from the guns and tried not to fight the germans as they were pretty much taken over by 'blitzkrieg'. In the US however we sifted thru all of our able bodied men and sent them off to fight leaving behind a less healthy group.
Either you went to an American school or got the Hollywood version of events.
Maybe there is a god. Maybe it actually is Allah. Maybe he actually is punishing us for our infidelity..
Maybe. Or maybe it's because Americans on average eat too much, get too little exercise, and have a healthcare system that's setup only to treat the rich.
Here's a hint, if you want your point of view treated seriously, DONT LIE when you support your position. The guys that wrote this are nothing more than fancy schmancy gun grabbing retards.
They don't care about you having a gun, they care about guns being used to kill people.
You seem a touch defensive on the whole gun issue.
The statement about gun violence is particularly ridiculous. Gun violence may be [i]relatively[/i] high compared to other countries, but there's no possible way it affects average life expectancy in a country of 300 million people.
It's not going to be a major factor but it is going to make some difference. Everything affects the average.
I agree. Profanity isn't a problem, lack of clarity is a problem. There are situations where "bullshit" is the correct response. However urban dictionary is filled with made up words and phrases that are not used in the real world, along with badly written definitions. It's not a good data source.
Pretending to be offended when someone says 'bullshit' is utter childish nonsense.
Wars, and the many and various other ways America keeps the rest of the world in line. None of these things come cheap.
I should add that no government has to think more than 4 years ahead anyway. They just push the problems 4 years down the road and it's magically not their problem.
I'll admit it's very amusing but I'm morally torn on this one. Is it right to do wickedness to wicked people just because they would do the same to you?
No.
That you asked the question makes me think you dont understand what "moral" means.
Fair enough answer but there is a difference between knowing what something means and being that thing.
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Doesn't sound like an Aikido guy. Aikido is not a percussive art. There are no punches or kicks in Aikido.
Also, Ueshiba was all about peace and harmony, not about being a douche like this guy.
My guess is that Mr Douchebag wasn't following the teachings of Morihei Ueshiba too closely. I know from personal experience that Aikido students, even senior ones, can be bad people.
Martial arts are like religions and buffets, people take what they want and forget the rest.
It's great to hear of a slimeball getting beaten down a peg or fifty.
I used to work with a true sociopath as a team leader, he got a good man fired and spread lies about a few others before it became obvious that he was making up stories. He got himself fired but left a great deal of damage behind. He was also fairly senior in Aikido.
Wrestling's good for all of the above, too, and you can't beat it for core strength training. However, it's hard to find a club. Maybe a local college or a high school.
I tried joining the 16 to 18 female wrestling club at my local college but they kicked the shit out of me.
Seriously - Any kind of sport, exercise or fitness program you can keep an interest in works.
That's nothing compared to my @ crank.
The problem, is that old bad ideas are often badly documented, because they are bad ideas.
Did I find it?
The one perfect example of begging the question?
Is there a prize or something?
It's a good thing they're new
I'm amazed anyone would put so much time and effort into making a webpage about bent bicycle cranks.
I can also type, cook food, wash myself, and perform car maintenance with my hands. Can you do any of those things with a gun?
My point was that guns put holes in things, normally living things. If you don't have a need to put holes in things you don't need a gun.
" Our work week is 42.5 hours a week! "
hahaha. That's LESS hourse then many people in the US work. By as much as 20-40 hours.
Be careful not to confuse working hours with hours spent at work. I know plenty of people who are at work 55 hours a week but only spend 10 to 20 hours actually working. I know someone who actually got promoted because he turned up 3 hours before his boss and talked about football to anyone who would listen for 3 hours every day.
as my many tell me that English speaker meetings run on, and on and on, and on!!
As someone who comes from an English speaking country and works elsewhere in Europe the meeting culture really does waste valuable working time. Some people seem to lose about 20 to 30 work hours each week because some senior manager just wants to talk and talk and talk instead doing any work himself.
Are you saying this doesn't happen in Switzerland? If so I'm going to check out your job websites.
While statistics do show that the US is uniquely productive
I've not seen statistics that show the US is 'uniquely productive', do you have a link?
Maybe you should not have one because even if you are totally trustworthy someone might steal it while you are out.
You can't legally have lots of things today that you could have had years ago.
Because "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"
That is why it is such a big deal and being used as the poster-child. They've been waiting for such an opportunity for awhile now.
Isn't it just possible that Obama genuinely doesn't want more school children to die in such senseless acts of violence?
I have no faith in politicians but even I'll accept they are not all Satan.
Then you should care about everything used to kill people. Dead is Dead and you should be advocating to ban anything and everything that can kill someone.
There is an emotional difference between someone accidentally killed with a tool designed to perform some other function, such as a car, and someone killed with a tool designed for taking human lives. People don't buy a car to commit multiple murder, they buy a gun.
The only purpose of having a gun is to kill, or to threaten to kill.
Also keep in mind the US had an interesting thing about 70ish years ago. They had WW2. In Europe people hid from the guns and tried not to fight the germans as they were pretty much taken over by 'blitzkrieg'. In the US however we sifted thru all of our able bodied men and sent them off to fight leaving behind a less healthy group.
Either you went to an American school or got the Hollywood version of events.
The truth was much more messy.
I get 3 weeks of vacation, and 5 sick days. The 3 weeks of vacation, I had to work here for 10 years to get.
I get the 2 weeks legal minimum vacation a year ( unpaid ) and 0 paid sick days. I can take more time off but it's unpaid too.
Contractor - Europe
And if the UK were split into constituent parts, no US state is likely to be worse than Scotland for general health and life expectancy.
You may or may not be right but that doesn't change the fact there is a serious problem in the US.
Maybe there is a god. Maybe it actually is Allah. Maybe he actually is punishing us for our infidelity..
Maybe. Or maybe it's because Americans on average eat too much, get too little exercise, and have a healthcare system that's setup only to treat the rich.
Here's a hint, if you want your point of view treated seriously, DONT LIE when you support your position. The guys that wrote this are nothing more than fancy schmancy gun grabbing retards.
They don't care about you having a gun, they care about guns being used to kill people.
You seem a touch defensive on the whole gun issue.
The statement about gun violence is particularly ridiculous. Gun violence may be [i]relatively[/i] high compared to other countries, but there's no possible way it affects average life expectancy in a country of 300 million people.
It's not going to be a major factor but it is going to make some difference. Everything affects the average.
Let him cuss.
I agree. Profanity isn't a problem, lack of clarity is a problem. There are situations where "bullshit" is the correct response. However urban dictionary is filled with made up words and phrases that are not used in the real world, along with badly written definitions. It's not a good data source.
Pretending to be offended when someone says 'bullshit' is utter childish nonsense.
Elop really did destroy a great company with great products. I agree he should be on that list.
Ballmer really hasn't done anything, good or bad. Plus Microsoft stagnating is good for everyone except Microsoft and their shareholders.
Well if he wanted to see them he had no choice, anyway. But I think you already knew that, didn't you?
I can't imagine why any grown man would want to watch babe, a Children's film about a talking pig.
Why can't America?
Wars, and the many and various other ways America keeps the rest of the world in line. None of these things come cheap.
I should add that no government has to think more than 4 years ahead anyway. They just push the problems 4 years down the road and it's magically not their problem.
Why can't America?
Wars, and the many and various other ways America keeps the rest of the world in line. None of these things come cheap.
I'll admit it's very amusing but I'm morally torn on this one. Is it right to do wickedness to wicked people just because they would do the same to you?
No.
That you asked the question makes me think you dont understand what "moral" means.
Fair enough answer but there is a difference between knowing what something means and being that thing.