Should be still no problem for a jumping, kicking, boxing, fighting combat nun!!! :D (Peter, im sorry, but forget the dojo - you will need a tank!!! )
Yo, 30 jaar en van Brugge, aleenstaande papa, aan't genieten van m'n dop en de zon , tgoe leven , mijn zoon, een terasje, ... , speel momenteel regelmatig , ups en downs bent nu weer al wa beu, Groetjes uit Brugge PS ken nog mensen ingame uit oostende enz... anders spreken we eens af ingame, als je soc suckt , ik zit goed bij global alliance, www.gacommand.com, moe anders maar eens bekijken
I think you will have to write that post in english ;) though half the forum speaks Dutch ;) Some people in your soc i have seen on EF, like Xaph. Looks promising. We can indeed meet ingame ;) looking forward to it :D
I'm Luke, a 21 year old guy hailing from the farmlands of south west England. Not so exciting there but the internet helps with that. In fact it has, because in a couple of weeks I am moving to Norway to live with my girlfriend who I met in Entropia almost 3 years ago. I believe she has more to say on that so I'll leave the rest to her :D Basically I'm going to University in Norway to study these courses: > > > My passions are skateboarding, music, nature, languages and Entropia. I have some kind of "obsession" (or special interest as I like to call it) about healthy lifestyle, exercise and nutrition which I guess is quite strange for a young (sexy ;) ) guy like me to even care about. So I enjoy running, walking, cycling and parkour too. My theory is that everyone at some point in their life cares about their health and many old people have told me that it's the one thing that you should always look after and that no money can pay for. Here you can see some of my skate videos (Look for my name on the videos in this Youtube Channel: YouTube - Benguin's Channel And here is a mini skate video made by me and a friend in 2005 (I am far better these days :D)! >
Hey there, just saw the talk about Krav Maga and felt like introducing myself and talking a bit about it, too. I'm 22 years old now, live in Brazil, and have been practicing KM for a bit over 3 years now. I started training it because I'm going to law school, to try and get into our federal police and hopefully from there into Interpol, the French Foreign Legion or another country's special forces. The following will be a rather lengthy talk about KM, so to those not interested, feel free to skipping. :) I'm glad you guys have ever heard of KM and seem to actually know a little about it. Most of the people I tell about KM either never heard of it before and go "Huh, is that some kind of dance?", or have heard heard something about it, but have fallen into the common misconception of picturing us as savages, brutes, psychos, masochists or a combination of any of those, because of KM having no rules. Although we do not fight with any rules, (so yes anything goes, from punts to the nuts, to eye-gouging, to biting chunks off your aggressor to even worse things), the course starts as no-contact, so you only simulate the aggressions and defense movements (although some can't be simulated and must be done "for real" right from the start), and as you get more familiar with the movement you start training it with more force and speed while your aggressor gradually tries to give you a harder time simultaneously, trying to emulate what a "real" aggression would be like, by also applying more strength or attacking you faster. It only becomes full-contact as you get more graduated, although increasingly so. At first there's only what we call the "rings", everybody forms a circle, one gets in the middle and gets attacked by the ones outside (but only with aggressions already learned), at first one at a time and later even simultaneously by more than one. Then there's "combat", which at first is just two people forming a double and punching each other with boxing gloves, but no mouth protection, or any other kind thereof (although the intent here is to try to learn how to effectively defend or dodge punches, not as much hitting someone, since that is covered in the basics already), then doubles doing punches and kicks, after that allowing everything including grapples and "finishers" (however these are only simulated and not meant to be applied "for real" not to hurt or cripple your partner) and finally one versus more opponents everything going. This of course takes several years and is worked intermittently with lessons on increasingly complex aggression defenses and combos. However on the belt right before the black one, even the boxing gloves are removed, so it's absolutely unprotected sparring. I know it sounds harsh, but don't worry, those trainings are not an everyday thing, and believe it or not, the people who practice Krav Maga range from 7 year olds, to 70 year olds, men and women alike, so although it sounds harsh it's very manageable, since it's made so anyone can practice. Also, you'll be mostly having technique lessons, which are, for the most part, harmless since they're usually just simulations of what to do (but still very tiresome or difficult to pull out, depending on the specific movement). You'll learn how to apply and escape from immobilizations, including those used by police forces and those deemed by other martial arts as "inescapable" (can't name examples as I don't know what they're called in English, but mostly stranglehold-type immobilizations), as well as how to effectively defend against pretty much all types of direct strikes, from simple punches, to flying kicks. Later on, around the part when you start to do "combat" with both punches and kicks, you'll also start learning how to defend against knife strikes, and threats, including those where you are being held hostage, as well as baton (one-handed) and long staff (two-handed) strikes. Later on, when you're at the part where you do combat 1 vs 1 where everything goes, you'll also start learning how to free yourself from gunpoint threats and hostage situations, at first with handguns and later on with longer weapons. That's not all, though, you also learn lots of other neat things, like how to defend yourself while seated against a knife armed assailant, how to defend against chair and stool swings in bar-fights, how to use day-to-day items as weapons, such as fashion magazines or toothbrushes*, to fighting in confined space, and even what to do in case of plane hijacking. Really, you name it, there's a technique for it, there's a lot of stuff to be learned. Most of these things are taught as "extra-curricular" in special courses, field-trips and seminars or at very advanced stages, though. But really, you'll learn cool things like you never imagined. Training days are usually running 3 kilometers in less than 14 minutes in the street, followed by 30 minutes physical exercises (too many to list here) and stretching and then finally 30 minutes technique, ring or combat. Since I'm training also to prepare for my career, I do this 4 days a week, usually 4 rimes one after another per day. My KM instructor was in the Sayeret (Israeli elite forces) both as a combatant in the Lebanon war and later as their KM instructor, later coming to Brazil to teach here. He still has a bit of his military days in him, from the way he trains us, but I find that to be a very good thing. The KM master of South America, whose trainings I attend too, when I can, is one of "the 13" (which are the best students the creator of Krav Maga, Imi Lichtenfeld, to whom he relegated the task of teaching and spreading the KM after his death) and the only one to have left Israel, so Brazil is considered to be the second best country to learn KM, since the master's HQ is in Rio. Both my instructor and the master are very insightful people, and they kow very much about every aspect of Krav Maga, which is not just about fighting, but about how to behave and know yourself, as well. I guess in KM the best thing you'll learn is how to lose your fear. We are always told there is no such thing as "I can't", there's only "I don't want to". And, within reasonable extents, that is true. There are so many things I thought I couldn't do before I started, or was simply convinced that were impossible. The biggest example is this: even in fights, size means nothing. A 10 year old, that knows what he's doing can down a Schwarzenegger sized gym-gorilla with a single strike. That's because no matter how much time somebody spends in the gym, or taking steroids, he'll have the same weak-spots as the next person. I used to go to clubs, see those huge guys with their 40 cm biceps and get scared if they even looked funny at me (and I'm by no means skinny or weak). Nowadays I know if they try something, it's much more likely that they're up to their necks in trouble than myself, however that doesn't mean I walk around like I own the place, either. The second most important thing you'll learn in KM is how to avoid trouble in the first place, so showing off your strengths or overconfidence is also something you should avoid, except when absolutely necessary. People always ask me if I ever used KM, and I'm never sure what to answer. I never actually used the moves on anybody, but I try to follow the mentality and behavior advice we are given, so in a way I'm using it everyday. We usually say KM is a way of life, not a fight. There was one particular incident, however which I find worth mentioning. One day, late at night, I was walking down an avenue by myself, completely distracted, my mind somewhere else completely, when I noticed a guy about 1,90m and strongish looking at me funny, walking towards me in a suspect manner. I immediately noticed he was gonna try to mug me or worse, thinking I was too distracted to notice him. If I had never practiced KM I would have panicked and frozen, or tried to run away. Instead I remembered something that our Master told us once: criminals only do what they do as long as they think they have the upper hand. As soon as they notice they might not actually have it, they give up, and even if they don't, a good beating will teach them not to try anything like that again (and that's not just tough talk, it really is proven to be like that by criminal psychology). So what I did was muster the angriest psycho face I could, clenched my hands into fists and started staring the guy in the eye and walking towards him quickly as if I was going to mug him. The guy immediately started walking away from me and didn't look at me a second time. I do recommend though, that if you ever try something like this, to immediately back down if the guy pulls out a knife or weapon if you don't know what to do in such a situation. Anyways, I ranted on long enough, and probably 99% of the ppl here will TL: DR my post, but just wanted to say one last thing: May this year we celebrated the late centennary of the creator of Krav Maga here in Brazil, it was a huge event, with many courses ministered by teachers from all over the world, and we even had a Guiness World Record breaking training in Rio for the biggest Self-Defense training in the World, in which I participated. Was wondering, though, did any of you guys hear about that event, over there, in your corners of the world? Sorry about the lengthy post, got a bit carried away, but hope you enjoy the info, if you're curious about KM. ;) *Before anybody asks, here's how to make a weapon out of a regular reading magazine: open it up, preferably to the middle pages of it, roll it up as tightly as you can, then grab it with one hand at each end and try to bend it while rolled in the middle and put the two ends of the magazine together. After that hold it with one hand where the two ends of the magazine are, in a way you can see the magazine as an inverted "U" in your hand, then apply the "side" of the bent section facing away from you to whosoever skull you wish smashed to splinters! :D Awesome, mate, I was wanting to start parkouring this year, myself, but I always either forget about it or leave it for "later" and never actually get to it, lol. What tips would you give to somebody trying to get started? I guess that's what I lack the most to finally go and start practicing, since I have no idea where to begin, even. I know it's supposed to be a "free-style" thing where you do whatever the heck you feel like, but still knowing a few basic moves or exercises to start off with would help lots!
Alright Huskie, to save us from hijacking this thread totally, I started a new one where our discussion will fit in here: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/off-topic/2295-sports-thread.html Cheers!
Wow, thanks for the info! Seems like there is much more about KM then i could've imagined. Don't know how advanced the KM is in Belgium, so if you have any info on that I would like to know it :)
Hei, I am "Witchiness Freja Braveheart" and am about to turn 3 years in EU. However, in my real life I am about to turn 29 (20th July)!!! I am gay, and my girlfriend is Luke (Dalas), better known as Fiona amongst friends ;) We met in EU shortly after I started playing actively, so about 3 years ago, while sweating. In a couple of weeks "he'll" move here to live with me and then I will have to deal with the real sweat as well! I have a bachelor degree in "Child welfare", and also a certificate to work with Children and youth (lower than the bachelordegree). Currently looking for work, and I am sure something will turn up soon. What can I say about my interests...hmmm.... I try to keep active, don't wanna be a fatty, so I usually work out about 3-6 times a week. I like to do pilates and yoga, which fits perfectly in with my general wish of how to live my life. I am leaning more and more towards living "natural", or as natural as I can while still being part of a modern society. That means trying to find ecological alternatives in food and clothing, and cutting back on animalproducts. I also use reusable alternatives such as ecobags. When I move to the neighbourcity I also plan to get rid of my car, to reduce my impact on the planet further :) I also love dancing of all sorts, I guess it runs in the genes, so to say. My dad still dances jazzballett and I recently got to know my grandmother (75) started zumba :D I stopped my amateurdancing when I moved away to go to University, but I plan to get back into it :) What I used to do was: Jazzballet, Ballet, Modern dance, Step (as in with clicking shoes) and Riverdance.
Welcome Freja ... interesting bio, as are the others. It's cool to get to know your fellow Entropians and their interests. :)
Just incase anyone got some weird ideas here, Freja is not actually gay and I am not a transsexual :D
Not that it would be a problem, but had me confused lol Oh eck now I have to write something Um I R RC :) Been playing far to long and lost more peds than I care to think about.. I am 40 years old and have 3 children, I have no idea about computers.. they never cease to baffle me, therefore I have no idea how I have become obsessed with a online game for so many years. I am in the best society I can dream of and met many of my ingame friends in RL.... which scares the hell out of me LOL, If you told me 6 years ago that I would chat with some friends in a computer game and they would become RL friends I would have laughed at you! In life I love.. My children, my husband (in game Spike), orienteering, horseriding, motorbikes, rock music ( how would you guess lol), Beer, painting and photography. Bah I dont know what else to say
I got confused! I'm just gonna stick to believing everyone is their avatars and there's no such thing as RL. Its easier that way!
