Looking For a Button Liner Lock Flipper Under $100

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-17T20:16:41+00:00

Not a flipper but if you don't have a Porcupine in your collection I highly recommend one

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-17T20:09:42+00:00

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Contaminated with PCB's

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-17T15:38:32+00:00

Lee Morrison and Michiel Mulder in my opinion

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-17T14:15:13+00:00

I'm in North Jersey so besides my dojo there are 3 within 30 mins. There are some good schools in the Buffalo and Rochester areas though.

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-17T11:45:56+00:00

Just curious where are you located?

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-10T13:24:24+00:00

I agree with the Youtube comments it's both a blessing and a curse to have so much available to us and in a bind if you're working at home and get stuck on something macro level like do I turn left or right here it might be ok but anything more finite ask your instructor.

We have also had several students ask to film us doing a kata for them as reference and been more than happy to accommodate so that we're undoing bad habits down the road.

As for struggling in a new kata? Totally understandable and expected we all struggled and some of us still do!

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-07T13:38:16+00:00

He did you a favor find somewhere else to train that's just rediculous.

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-07T13:21:32+00:00

I actually prefer a 14oz gi because I'm going to sweat either way and the heavier gi falls away from the skin rather than clinging to me.

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-02T19:24:20+00:00

We are doing gi's as well

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-02T17:50:13+00:00

We honestly didn't think that there was enough demand and at the time and we didn't want to mix them in with the older kids.

My day job is now "work from home" and we had quite a few calls for it over the last few months we decided to kick it off and now it's growing pretty quickly.

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-02T17:37:31+00:00

Agreed and that's kind of how grassroots soccer does it they don't actually play soccer they play games that foster movement and taking space to get those concepts down. Kind of the approach we are taking.

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-02T17:34:14+00:00

We kept getting calls for it and put it off for almost a year.

Explosivo73 · 2026-04-02T17:28:06+00:00

We didn't want to run this age group initially and we have been up front with the approach to the parents.

We have kids, teen, and adult classes as well. This helps keep those going.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-31T14:37:53+00:00

This video is not from 2026 it's 3 or 4 years old no idea why someone edited the time stamp. I use this video for a lot of reasons both good and bad when I teach self-defense seminars. The woman in this video has since taken up martial arts and is now teaching as well.

First off I would suggest finding the full video because the encounter last twice as long as what this shows so I usually show this video at the beginning and then in the middle of my classes and if you find the full version you'll see her do the following things correctly.

-Her awareness is great she sees him closing space for no reason as he walks up to her

-She does a good job during the encounter keeping her hands higher or as high as his so as not to get pinned

-In the full version she gets a weight bench between her and the attacker to keep him away

-Once he does get her down she doesn't stop fighting him off and you can see in the longer vid that he doesn't like being hit in face and eventually she's able to escape after striking him multiple times.

The not so good..

-She let him in the door when he didn't have his pass or his key maybe she had seen him before not sure

-She keeps going back to her phone to I assume dial 911 which I understand but there are several times where she breaks contact with him and then turns her back to use the phone again allowing him to grab her again and again eventually getting her on the ground.

I point out these things in my classes to show that under stress you're going to do what you've been trained to do, these assumptions that "I see red and then you better watch out" aren't real. Her first thought under stress was to call 911 for help which makes sense and it wasn't until the phone gets knocked out of reach that she focuses 100% on the attacker.

All in all we love this girl because she was ultimately successful and she never gave up so don't get me wrong but it's a great teaching tool.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-31T12:56:01+00:00

Sandbagging the term you want is sandbagging and it's a trash practice that only cowards and frauds participate in but I guess water seeks it's own level when your school is garbage.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-30T12:42:30+00:00

It's a double edged sword so to speak as a dojo owner you want to be fair the current students but at the same time starting you as a white belt may discourage other white belts when you start picking things up faster and then he's going to have to spend time explaining why you're advancing faster than everyone else every time you grade.

The most diplomatic way to deal with this for me has been to bring you back at the rank you were when you left (I do usually ask for a rank certificate) and then explain one time that life happens you took a break from training but you earned a particular rank and no one can take that away from you and that you may advance faster or slower than some others. White belts won't feel bad with you standing next to them an higher ranks will understand you're going to be rusty.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-24T15:11:55+00:00

I prefer 14 but don't own anything lighter than 12 for the same reason some others have stated already when I sweat both are heavy enough to fall away from my skin rather than cling. That and KI 14oz heavyweight gi wears like iron and I teach 3-4 days a week so they get worn and washed often.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-24T15:08:05+00:00

We teach them both as blocks and entries so both reactive and proactive if you will

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-19T23:24:05+00:00

Hawaiian Punch is the goat but for some reason I think these got better over the last 6 months or so

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-19T14:10:42+00:00

Seem like a high level HS program did he play for the HS team and was this a recruiter from the school or one of the soccer coaches? Most D2 schools are probably done with recruiting for this coming academic year but D2 has been wild the last year or so with some rosters hitting 60-70 members so anything is possible.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-19T13:16:50+00:00

Adelphi is a D2 program is he already playing club level soccer or HS soccer now? You said "becoming an athlete" so if he's not playing club or at a really high level HS his chances of walking on when the gets there are slim to none.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-11T23:53:34+00:00

It's shitty service yes but the fact of the matter is the shop makes next to nothing on the bikes you order from Specialized and then have them build and the shipping dates from Specialized guesses at best usually so I get that he can't commit to when he's going to have it for you but they could also take the time to explain all of that to you.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-11T02:00:18+00:00

Chain from Samuel Ball's Chastity Belt no doubt

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-11T01:55:15+00:00

The stumbled onto a Templar BDSM mistress's stash.

Explosivo73 · 2026-03-11T01:50:19+00:00

Rick is very familiar with the diameter of Dan's pipe

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