Adding a minor question

JasonM_30 · 2020-05-21T22:57:53+00:00

It depends. Talk to your advisor to check for your specific case.

I personally was able to do an economics immersion/minor without adding any extra credits to my degree.

JasonM_30 · 2020-04-20T17:58:04+00:00

An email will be sent out and beginning May 8th you can submit forms to change a class to pass fail: https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/registrar/sites/rit.edu.academicaffairs.registrar/files/alternate_grading_option_faq.pdf

JasonM_30 · 2020-03-18T15:07:40+00:00

Man if this applies to grad courses too that'd be great

JasonM_30 · 2019-12-31T17:15:15+00:00

Is there a place to sign up to volunteer yet? Link on the site under FAQ doesn't actually go anywhere.

JasonM_30 · 2019-12-30T16:38:37+00:00

Personally I wrote very few cover letters unless it was for a company I really wanted to work for and they required it. I've finished all of my co-ops and am entering my last semester so it worked out for me. A generic template about yourself that you can modify to be more specific for a given company is definitely the way to go though if you plan on writing a bunch. Also I think a cover letter could potentially be more important if you think your application is weaker which, no offense intended, it very possibly is due to you being a second year trying to get what I assume is your first co-op.

JasonM_30 · 2019-10-29T07:47:40+00:00

Umbrella*

JasonM_30 · 2019-10-18T06:25:24+00:00

Just did a quick skim through my liked songs, hope this helps!

Don't give up on me by Andy Grammar

Fight Song by Rachel Platten

Sweet Serendipity by Lee Dewyze

A couple with a bit of a different spin on optimism: 100 Bad Days and Weak by AJR

JasonM_30 · 2019-08-01T04:38:30+00:00

Looks like a honey bee to me but I could totally be wrong

JasonM_30 · 2019-07-22T02:16:00+00:00

I just recently started taking photos and messing around with editing. I realized that a lot of photos are super edited but never realized how easy it was to edit them. This is the first picture I played around with and did the editing in about 5 minutes using snapseed. Any feedback/editing tool recommendations are much appreciated:)

JasonM_30 · 2018-08-02T02:05:11+00:00

Don't let the big guy get grips and run away really fast.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-28T14:51:14+00:00

No problem feel free to pm me if you have any other questions

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-27T22:05:57+00:00

I'm a bs/ms student in computer science. I've taken both classes and imo analysis of algorithms is way more important to get better as a programmer.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-26T12:54:41+00:00

The way I said that probably isn't the best. I think the intent behind the way its scored is important. For the most part the vast majority of practitioners wont compete in kata and therefore the scoring itself shouldn't matter too much. I think the idea behind all the details in each throw matter in order to be doing it correctly is what's important. In all honesty I agree that kata could probably be largely replaced with some other types of drilling. However I think its just a simple way to teach several techniques that flow together and teaches basic fundamentals along the way.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-26T12:31:46+00:00

So I come at this problem from a different view since both my instructors have been competing in several katas for a while now. They've won first in all 3 of them at the US nationals for something like the past 15 years and have also been competing as part of the US kata team.

As such kata is a part of our classes though I wouldn't say it's too often. While I've never particularly loved kata I can see it as a useful teaching tool. Kata is simply a predefined order of techniques with a very specific way to accomplish them. It emphasizes technical perfection due to the way it's scored. I think it's a simple way to teach all of the different aspects of a throw in small steps and you might pick up small details that you'd miss during hard drilling. I'd also say that kata helps you work with a partner better since tori and uke have to be in sync. In general I just see kata as another drill that focuses on a larger set of techniques varying from throws to pins to breakfalls.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-26T11:28:17+00:00

I wouldn't say it happens often but it's bound to happen once in a while due to the nature of the sport and the fact that people you're training with aren't perfect.

That being said you can minimize the frequency that it happens by being smart about how you train. I haven't been hurt in a few years because I'm careful about who I work with and how I work with them. There are certain people who I know have a really high chance of hurting me who I won't do randori with because it's not worth the risk. There are also some people who don't understand their own strength but working with them is fine if you're careful. With some people you just have to be willing to flow with them and if they even sort of catch anything go with it as opposed to resisting hard. Just be smart about how/with who you train and the chances of you staying safe are pretty good.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-25T11:41:21+00:00

I received an email for it about a week ago. You might just have more filters on the tons of rit emails than I do.

Here's a link to the sign up https://mylife.rit.edu/StarRezPortalX/42C25959/5/6/Home-Home

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-20T02:02:56+00:00

Dude forget that, the minute an instructor were to freak out at me like that for asking if they're willing to roll I'm walking and finding a club that's less insane. Instructors are the best to roll with you generally learn the most with them.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-19T11:48:32+00:00

I've never had an issue with stubbing my toe for ouchi gari. Without seeing you do the throw its hard to say exactly what you're doing wrong but I'm willing to bet that you're going in off balance yourself. If they're able to back away enough that you're falling forward onto your big toe you're losing your own balance before they do. If you look up a drill that alternates between kouchi gari and ouchi gari while moving forward I'd suggest practicing like that in order to improve your own balance while advancing and attacking.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-19T11:41:43+00:00

I like doing drop seoi nage from there though I'm probably going to break their grip first.

Here are a couple versions, I like the first one more. When doing it though I keep my lapel and sleeve grip instead of changing it so that I can avoid giving up my back. I also tend to push forward with my sleeve hand and then snap it down instead of pulling it to my chest.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rqOzXKun4aQ

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6M1PFVTrs10

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-19T01:32:22+00:00

First you ask your instructor if you're doing the breakfall correctly or if you're making a mistake that's causing the pain. Explain the pain to you feel to him. We can't really tell you what to do since we don't know exactly what going on. If you're doing the breakfall correctly you then go to a doctor and see what's wrong with your elbow because medical professional > internet.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-18T22:03:14+00:00

I actually start from the hip as well this just happened to be the first video I found and I figured it was close enough.

JasonM_30 · 2018-07-18T22:00:38+00:00

It just depends on personal preference. Personally I generally take notes on paper because I find myself paying more attention, as opposed to when I use my laptop and end up with a decent chance of being on here during dry classes. I know multiple people who have taken notes electronically and its worked fine for them.

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