NEWS: Chess great Bobby Fischer passed away last week

During my high school and college years...I was really really into chess...went so far as to compete in tournaments and represented my college along with my schoolmates. We, overall as a team, did fairly well...sadly I was second board...which meant I played the 2nd strongest player on the opposing team...it was a 4-man team. The first board was a super strong player, and the 3rd and 4th boards usually faced weaker opponents...it was pot luck who...

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NEWS: Ever wonder why we haven't caught Bigfoot yet?

I now know why that the phenomenon known as Bigfoot aka Sasquatch has never been caught. He had a transportational device which beamed him back to Mars ... lolSeriously, Fox News reported this: Is it Bigfoot? A Tusken Raider from the first "Star Wars" movie? Or just a rock? British newspapers went crazy Wednesday morning about an image from Mars that appears to show a humanoid figure descending a shallow hillside. The...

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Project DJKD - Deconstruction of the Tao of Jeet Kune Do

The story behind Bruce Lee's Tao of Jeet Kune Do (ToJKD) as I recall is as follows:The book that was published was just Bruce Lee's notes for himself. It was never meant to be published. After his death, Dan Inosanto and Gil Johnson went through the notes and organized it somewhat and the result was what was published. It is well-known that Bruce Lee had an extensive library on a wide variety of subjects such as self-defense, physical culture, martial arts styles, philosophy, etc. Some of the illustrations which made it to the ToJKD were supposedly...

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PROJECTS

From time to time, I get an idea for some project I want to work on. The idea is to research something and learn more about it and hopefully in the process understand something more after the project is completed. Also, share the results of the project either via my site or blog or whatever venues and avenues of distribution there may be, with the community.Given my current stage in life of what the Dog Brothers call "The Family Man", I've not started many of the various projects I have in mind. This blog is one of the projects which I've started,...

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QUOTES: Brandon Lee - Imperfection/Mediocrity

About 2 weeks into the New Year and I still haven't made my New Year's Resolutions, mostly because I think 'resolution' is too defeatist. I prefer 'goal'.'Resolution' from the outset in my mind is a lose-lose proposition. Whereas 'goal' is something I can strive for. I don't know if this is NLP at work or not LOLI am reminded of a quote attributed to the late Brandon Lee: "For what level of mediocrity will you settle?" Alternately: "For...

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NLP: 'remember' vs. 'do not forget'

Back in the mid-90's, I worked in retail during the day as I went to college at night. More specifically it was a haute couture boutique. There were a fair share of the celebrities who passed through those doors. I recall Russell Wong (first Asian actor to star in a prime-time series, The Vanishing Son), Patrick Stewart (X-Men movies' Prof. X & Star Trek's Capt. Jean-Luc Picard), Betty Buckley (TV Eight is Enough and Broadway play, Cats) and Ric Ocasek (lead singer of The Cars).Anyway, I digress...at this boutique, there was a salesman who...

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TV: I missed most of the American Gladiators premiere

Sad to say, I forgot, er I did not remember (digression on 'forgot' vs 'did not remember' in a separate entry) on this past Sunday night the return of the American Gladiators to TV :-( Not sure how it did in the ratings or if it was any good. But shows like that are based on the contestants and I hope the contestants were more than able to give the AG a run for the money...those make for exciting sho...

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LINKS: Tom Furman's blog is moving to his site

I first "heard" of Tom Furman via his posts to the e-mailing FMA discussion list, Eskrima Digest...he is into Conditioning, the FMA, Silat and loads more. If you haven't visited his blog or site yet, check it out...loads of great posts, info, and links:http://physicalstrategies.blogspot.com/is moving to:http://www.physicalstrategies.com/Although our exchange of emails were brief, I think of him as a friend in the Way. When I had time to regularly read Eskrima Digest in the past, I always looked forward to his posts and the questions he raised which...

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TV: Pictures of the new American Gladiators

Here are the new American Gladiators:CrushFuryHelgaJusticeMayhemMilitiaSirenStealthTitanToaVenomWolfOfficial S...

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TV: The Return of American Gladiators to TV

Remember the show called American Gladiators from the early 90's? From wikipedia: American Gladiators is an American competition television program that matches a cast of amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own "gladiators", in contests of strength and agility. Originally a weekly first-run syndication show, running from 9/16/89 to 5/11/96, it is being revived as a 2008 prime-time series on NBC. In this day...

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RECO: Ancient Bare Knuckle Muay Thai Seminar Vol 2 DVD

A recommendation (RECO) from me. My review forthcoming.The Ancient Bare Knuckle Muay Thai Physical Structure DVD focuses on the myriad of tactics and fighting strategies of the various regional bare knuckle systems that existed in Thailand when bare knuckle fighting flourished throughout the kingdom. The original tactics were then synthesized and streamlined into what we know of as the popular sport of ring Muay Thai.In this second volume devoted...

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RECO: Ancient Bare Knuckle Muay Thai Seminar DVD

A recommendation (RECO) from me. My review forthcoming.The Ancient Bare Knuckle Muay Thai Seminar DVD focuses on the tactics and fighting strategies of the various regional bare knuckle systems that existed in Thailand when bare knuckle fighting flourished throughout the kingdom. The original tactics were then synthesized and streamlined into what we now know of as modern ring Muay Thai.The older bare knuckle fighting methods were complete martial...

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GRAPPLING: "Hercules and Diomedes" Statue (1550)

"Hercules and Diomedes" (1550) is one of six in a group of statues by Baroque sculptor Vincenzo de Rossi (1525-1587), located in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. According to Greek mythology, Diomedes is an adversary, who Hercules throws to man-eating mares. This statue was referred to by the late Colonel Rex Applegate as "Original Combat". No comment on Diomedes defense against Hercules' throw ;-) NOTE: My thanks to my friend IBI, a mod on...

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HUMOR: Chuck Norris Facts

Some humor to start the New Year off. By now, I'm sure everyone has heard a Chuck Norris Fact before. Some of the ones that me LOL:When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn't lifting himself up, he's pushing the Earth down.Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever.Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.When you open a can of whoop-ass,...

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Happy New Year!

May this New Year bring you health, wealth and happiness to you and your loved ones! May all your resolutions come tru...

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