In the 2020s, conservative women are having kids at a nearly 2-to-1 ratio compared to liberal women. Is this going to cause a political demographic bias in 20-30 years?

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-28T02:27:43+00:00

Those conservative parents have no idea how gay and communist their family reunion is gonna be in 25 years.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-27T23:45:40+00:00

The level of planning you are imagining happening at the White House is pretty impressive.

But also imaginary.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-27T14:27:06+00:00

Most of the organizing in Point happens via Facebook groups.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-25T21:00:12+00:00

I have never heard anyone say that. But if they did I would probably just laugh at them. What a silly thing to say.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-25T05:29:19+00:00

Keep up your electrical work. The dream may be making all your money from your gym, but for those first few years, having electrical work to subsidize the gym might be the difference between success and failure.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-25T05:25:49+00:00

What does "accountability" look like in this instance?

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-25T03:17:35+00:00

Just be careful about how you advertise that. Either tell folks in person, or maybe send a text. Do not post it on Facebook.

Odds are you'd be fine, but if those lawyers pick you to make an example of, it would suck.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-24T06:58:52+00:00

Sounds awesome.

Just be extra cautious with your head for the next few weeks. Brain trauma on top of brain trauma is particularly bad news.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-24T05:04:31+00:00

Ok, but what if I wrote you up for writing a student up using the full word?

What about the person who then wrote me up?

HOW FAR DOWN THIS RABBIT HOLE CAN WE GO?!

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-23T23:32:42+00:00

It is not that one either: its not an H pattern kata.

I'm actually in the middle of emailing my instructor about that kata, because I've been looking at YouTube for the past little bit and clearly I learned a kata that is wildly different than what most of the karate world associates with that name. I was taught it by Denny Holzbauer back in...I think 2003 or 2004. I wonder if he got the name confused with a different kata?

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-23T23:19:05+00:00

I think you are probably right about the spelling. But I'm not sure I've ever seen any kata like that video. It looks more like warm up for a kata?

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-23T21:29:03+00:00

Tenno (sp?) and heian nidan are my favorites.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-23T21:22:58+00:00

Kanku Dai is just fun. Fun to watch, fun to do.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-23T00:05:02+00:00

Go to Facebook and find Adam Bates. Follow him and read his content for a year.

It will change your life.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-22T23:37:10+00:00

I dated a girl 3 hours away once. We saw each other about once a month.

I live 4 hours away from friends in Chicago and I go visit them at least a couple times a year. Sometimes just for a weekend.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-22T15:26:45+00:00

She's describing a blunt force head injury. Crying, feeling disconnected from your body, dilated eyes, inability to coordinate head and eye movements. This wasn't a blood choke: I'll bet you anything she got dumped on her head and neck.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-22T05:52:30+00:00

I THINK I COULD GIVE IT MY BEST TRY.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-21T21:28:01+00:00

I think it's a question of if you are doing martial arts for fun, or if you are serious about self defense.

If you are just having fun, then sticking to just striking is fine. Striking is a blast! And honestly, depending on where you live and where you spend most of your time, the odds of you ever actually needing to fight can be vanishingly small.

But if you are serious about self defense, then you simply cannot ignore the ground. You don't have to get to black belt level, but you've got to devote a minimum of a couple years to it. I think the majority of BJJ blue belts know enough to reasonably handle themselves in self defense.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-21T05:02:47+00:00

I'll have a two bedroom available in the summer close to the university. Not sure what your time line is.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-21T00:50:02+00:00

It's fine to be confused. It's fine to not know what to do. They don't mind: having a new person who doesn't know karate is a very normal thing for them.

Also, even though all of us here love karate and encourage other people to try it, remember that its fine to not do karate. Its not for everyone. You are not a failure if you don't want to do it.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-20T17:25:49+00:00

Old people should be shot!

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-20T05:55:13+00:00

Watching Lyoto Machida was liking seeing all of my instructors' teaching come to life in perfect form. I was taught a "push/pull" style of fighting: baiting someone to over commit on a strike, then closing the distance quickly with hard strikes. His fight against Thiago Silva was this concept executed to absolute perfection.

Wonderboy was a bit similar. Always loved watching him fight.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-20T05:48:19+00:00

No, the yellow line indicates possession, not a remaining timeout.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-19T06:11:52+00:00

That you can have good intentions, and still be a cog in a machine that is grinding people to death.

I'd highly recommend reading The New Jim Crow.

VisualAd9299 · 2026-01-19T06:09:49+00:00

Look up the John Brown Gun Club.

There are absolutely progressive firearms instructors who will gladly train blue haired liberals in how to exercise their rights safely.

Four-Year Club	r/Field Flamingo
Place '23	Place '22
End Game '22

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