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Can I come?

Oh, and don't think of it as a form of fitness, it's not. You will not get "fit" doing karate or even "strong", thats why I still run all the time.

Depends. If you want to get to black in say, 3 or 4 years then you have to go twice a week. Regardless, once you reach the senior grades (blue onwards) you will need to go twice a week to see any decent progression. Our club also run weekend classes for senior grades to help them get close to black. At our club, once you are 1st Kyu (brown with black stripe) you are not allowed to grade for black for another year. I did twice a week for 6 months but I keep picking up injuries (2 broken ribs at the moment), so whilst it's good doing it regularly, you are opening yourself up to injuries more, particularly if you are tired and sparring a similar or lower grade (who don't know how to pull punches properly).

great thread, since its about me, reserving the right to lock

Ok, I think we're done with this thread now. 3 things to clear up 1) As far as I can remember, Hypo hasn't reported a post about Deppo since his first ban. 2) I am not involved in the finances of saintsweb in any way whatsoever, in fact, part of the condition of me helping steve out was that I would specifically not be involved with the money 3) Deppos return last night was my **** up, apologies, I had set his permanent ban as 2 weeks instead of forever. If you guys want to run another forum, fine. I will remind you all that this forum is run primarily as a football forum for saints fans, and as much as some members want to come on and "have a laugh", our priority will always be given to those who treat it as a football forum. If any of you want to PM me directly to discuss things in private, I'm more than happy.

I personally wouldnt start a kid on it until they are at least 6. There are a few 5 year olds in the nippers classes before hand, but they really struggle with co-ordination and particularly the katas, though thankfully the first couple of katas are easy enough and they wont be allowed to take them for about a year.

Why specifically Aikido?

I'm taking my karate orange belt at the end of this month. Really enjoy it, it's the same "sports" karate as performed in competition, so it's good to fight others and actually be able to gauge your skill in combat.

Yes, Senna is asked near the end who was the best and most fun driver he ever raced again, who he would love to go back and race again, and he said out of his entire career, it was fullerton

Tethering doesnt bother me, but only because I could never be bothered to update my JB tethered to untethered... caused me an arse ache in Munich when my nephews turned off my iphone tho!!!!

Not tried it yet, but my new iPhone arrives at some point this morning and I'm wondering if itll already have it installed. Ill probably install it and live without JB for a few weeks until its cracked.

Personally, I think he's lost it. Losing the championship to lewis, on the final lap at interlagos, he hasn't been the same since... perhaps a statement of his character, whereas look how well Alonso came on after Monza last year... Different characters. As much as I hate Alonso, he's got that fighting spirit that makes a great F1 driver, even if he's not in a great car, he's still awesome to watch, first corner at Barcelona was epic.

I think the vast majority of the top 5 or 10 F1 drivers would have had a good chance at winning the championship if they were sat in the best car. As Lighthouse always says to me, Massa's seat is wasted on him at Ferrari, and I agree

hmm, well boot isnt big, but my first get was a pug 205. Best car ive ever owned as a driving experience

Scrub that, you said good handling

Mondeo?

We used to have one, it wasn't used enough so it was stopped.

You mean an F1 champion who won because he had the fastest car rather than being the best driver........ Im shocked to hear this.....

I was, dear sir, refering to your previous post, not yesterdays race

And I made the point it was 99% his tyre wear and 1% DRS

"riesen unfall.........(scheisee)"

Stupid over take, even if he hadn't connected with the ferrari, he was still carrying way too much speed into the corner and would have gone off.

Jenson under orders then

Jenson: "No, we arent running a wet set up" back to jake humphrey Jake: "So McLaren running a wet set up then.." what the ****?

Seriously, just run. If you run out of breath then you're running to fast, when you're starting out you should be running at a really gentle pace, you should be able to hold a conversation. There's a reason why you dont see fat people road running every other day.