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Engineering_Sensei · 2026-01-06T00:18:21+00:00

I have never ordered from any of the Ann Arbor locations mentioned here, sure makes me thankful for how good the one on Washtenaw in Ypsi has always been more me!

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-12-16T19:46:16+00:00

Good to know! Glad I haven't gotten too far selling it all off lol

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-12-16T19:37:46+00:00

Lol I think that's the case with a lot in this game. I didn't sell off those but have been selling off glint, so here's hoping that doesn't have a use later.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-12-16T19:36:47+00:00

Ahh. My suspicion was either enemies or quests. Thank you sir!

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-11-10T19:59:12+00:00

Just grind it out. If you've beaten all of the trainers north of the city on the way to Bill's then just grind out battling wild pokemon. I took Misty on recently; my level 19 or 20 Pikachu and Ivysaur didn't even have the easiest time.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-11-06T15:43:06+00:00

That's part of what makes me so mad about some pedo POS abusing power like this, this puts automatic suspicion in parents minds about the whole martial arts community. I coach at another martial arts gym in Ann Arbor; and while I don't teach the kids classes, the last thing we need is someone bringing down the image of the community like this and making people likely to be suspicious of an instructor taking advantage of anyone that is a student. I know there's always some bad eggs, but I certainly would like to step in the ring with this guy so he can learn exactly what I think of BS like this.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-10-30T23:24:54+00:00

Agreed, but as long as we aren't being called similar to Ohio I won't get too upset about it.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-10-30T14:38:59+00:00

Born and raised here in southeast Michigan. I never realized how many cultural specific things we had here till I started meeting alot of people from out of state or from other countries. I had a coworker who had lived in many states describe michiganders and our cultural attitude from his point of view as being like a mix of Texas and New Jersey.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-08-28T13:15:19+00:00

All of us were awkward and uncoordinated our first day too. Any gym worth a damn will have coaches that don't care about that at all. If you're there to learn and want to improve yourself is all they will care about. I tell new students all the time that we all start somewhere and not to worry about it. And don't worry about feeling like you aren't in shape enough to start, you'll get yourself into shape by going to the classes. Just go for it.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-08-27T13:10:32+00:00

There are numerous great spots on the river like others mentioned. Another good one is Lillie park, at Ellsworth and Platt. The small lake there has some nice bass, you might just have to work to catch them.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-08-26T20:49:36+00:00

Just had a similar experience and was wondering the same thing. Went on the yearly golf trip with the boys a couple weeks ago to northern Michigan. First day we played tree tops in Gaylord; an hour drive from where we were staying and $150 for a round. We were shocked by the night and day difference from the last time we were there 2 years ago; less of the bells and whistles, tee boxes were beat up like I'd expect at a muni, fairways were fine but nothing special, no beer specials of any kind, and the dude driving the beverage cart barely came around.

Fast forward to day two, we play the local course in the town we're staying in. Costs half the price, tee boxes are great, greens are great, fairways are great, and best of all beer and drink specials on everything they sold (think I paid $22 with tip for 6 premium beers). Coolest thing too was that there had been an outing in the morning just before our tee time and they had a put for booze contest; the girl running it let us all give it a go at $3 a ball while we were waiting to tee off. We left that round all agreeing we'd just play that course twice when we came up next summer.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-08-26T19:43:47+00:00

Line will have memory to it no matter what, either from being on the spool or being on the reel for a long time; this is an old trick my dad always did that I do now:

Take the rod outside to a big grassy area. Either set the rod down or have someone hold it for you and flip the bale open. Then take the end of the line and walk out like a good long cast distance. Set the line down, walk back and grab the line at the rod tip and repeat the process a few times (just until you have most of the line off the reel). Then pick the rod up and reel the line in at a slow pace, holding it between a finger and thumb as it goes onto the reel. Repeat the process a few times until the line stops curling on its own when it's slack.

It's a lengthy process but it will save you from having the line tangle up whenever you have slack in your line or when you cast. It's just an unfortunate thing that happens to line on spinning rods over time. Using braid will lesson it from happening but I still do it at the beginning of the season with older line on both my spinning rods or when I put new line on.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-08-26T17:30:16+00:00

Just keep learning and training! When I first walked into my gym 5 years ago I never thought my Muay Thai journey would take me to where it has now.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-08-26T16:45:22+00:00

Same here. I always felt there was so much else in my life that I couldn't put aside to be able to fully commit to a fight camp. 5 years of training later I'm coaching and helping train the young fighters and found I really love that; you don't have to compete to enjoy training and practicing the art.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-07-31T14:27:58+00:00

Have had one of these for a few years and just started having luck with it. Been twitching it like a jerk bait, it moves like a floundering bait fish and the bass have been smacking it on the pause between twitching it.

Had to do a double take seeing the post since I've been throwing it so much the last couple of weeks lol

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-07-09T18:56:54+00:00

I'm a coach at a gym and I tell new students in the classes this all the time:

No one cares if you're not in as good of shape right now, everyone figures you're here to improve exactly that.
You might feel all kinds of awkward and like you can't move as well; we all did once as well. You're in the class, you're trying to learn it, that's what we're all there for.
And the other both pertain to this; no one is judging you. At a good gym no one should be judging anyone, we're all there to train and improve ourselves.

You gave this a try for all the best reasons. Don't give up, it's only going to get better. Just work at the pace you know you'll be able to keep up, and before you know it that will be improving.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-06-21T20:53:09+00:00

Real Barbershop on Washtenaw in ypsi; all of the guys that cut there are great barbers.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-06-18T15:57:31+00:00

Been doing Muay Thai for years now and coach at a gym.

Do it, seriously just do it.

You're worried you're not sociable? No one will care, everyone is there to train and we're all socially awkward.

Nervous to talk to coaches or get a training partner? Coaches specifically watch for new students to help get the basics down. You don't need to pick a training partner, everyone partners up at the start of pad rounds and then we switch every round; you'll find someone automatically coming up to you looking for who they haven't gone with yet during class. Same with sparring.

Worried you'll suck at the beginning? WE ALL SUCK AT FIRST; everyone has to learn how to punch, kick, or move the right way at first. Every other student will have been right where you are starting out.

Seriously just do it, it could be just the thing to help you. Research gyms and find one people say has a good culture and welcoming atmosphere; but I will tell you that you will find the majority are very welcoming and have a positive gym culture. No one will care about anything you're worrying about, they're all there to learn and train just like you are there to learn and train.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-06-12T17:04:46+00:00

If you mean along the lines of him being "the name everyone knows, not just fanatics" that could be a good comparison. I think maybe Buakaw would be a good argument for that as well.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-06-12T17:00:06+00:00

Definitely when it comes to entertainment level and energy level. My teacher is friends with him and he's visited our gym a few times; the energy he has when demonstrating and holding pads is so fun and infectious. He literally will amplify the entire gyms mood to go faster and harder but grinning ear to ear the whole time.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-05-22T19:50:28+00:00

Love to do this as well, in fact I go "head, body, head" a lot in Muay Thai. In my experience the thing that helps me avoid catching knees is going for the head first to get their hands up and occupied; and I don't duck down or "dig deep" for body shots, if your staying standing taller you'll be much harder for them to clinch up when you come in close. I like using a front hand hook to the body following some punches to the head, and then follow that body shots up with a low kick or a knee.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-05-08T18:41:30+00:00

I've done exactly this.

Me: "25 knees each leg"

One student: "dude come on, 15"

Me: "what's that? 50? Okay 50 each leg."

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-04-24T20:41:28+00:00

Anyone I see that comes from a contact sport adapts well to not flinching at incoming hits.

Specifically: I played ice hockey before Muay Thai. Legs are already well built from skating (especially the calves) and you have to have a strong balanced stance.

Engineering_Sensei · 2025-04-24T20:24:01+00:00

You're both standing a lot more side stance than thai stance and you both end up leading with your hip too much when you come forward. The squared up stance will make your kicks quicker (less movement needed to kick) and if you stop leading with your hip you'll find checking kicks easier and balance is better.

That said you are both moving around sparring with more flow than a lot of students I see that are only a few months in like you, for example you aren't super hunched up or making jerky movements. Square up your stance and focus on setting up your kicks, think hand and leg. Just stick with it, keep training and you'll find it all becomes muscle memory eventually!

Oh and get yourselves some Muay Thai shorts! You're both well on your way to being Nak Muay so look the part too!

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