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Definición de spout en inglés:
- Paper gable-top cartons are filled and sealed with advanced equipment that uses extended shelf-life technology and has the capability of applying convenient pour spouts to half-gallon cartons.
- Previously, we packaged our product in a paperboard carton that had a pour spout with a screw-on cap.
- Once the boxes are filled, a pour spout is installed on the top of the package.
- After a quick ineffectual glance up at Anderson's house, she ran towards the driveway, splashing spouts of mud and rainwater up at her jeans.
- When you're not scanning the ocean with your binoculars for a whale spout to the west, you can watch squirrels and birds scamper about to the east.
- But although the ship moves quickly, and the men are eager to find the whale making the spout, they are unable to see it again.
- It is last seen pursuing a wave that the men aboard have mistaken for a whale spout.
- The arms of the double-row colonnade embrace a circular fountain with a brass spout cast from an old terra-cotta finial on the nearby Wrigley Building, one of Chicago's most cherished older buildings.
- Roofs are of corrugated iron drained by copper spouts and downpipes.
- Kids just love climbing along and jumping into water spouts, especially if the spouts are sometimes unpredictable.
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- The artist's contribution was another flag installation - the old South African flag and the ANC flag knotted together, placed in a fountain in the center of Paris that had dolphins and lions spouting water.
- When you're speaking on behalf of other people you cease to be spouting your own views.
- You are relegated to spouting opinion, and nothing more.
- How else would he have learned to spout such preposterous notions as universal love?
up the spout British informal
- Now, with the roads clogged, the trains up the spout and hot desking presenting a daily strain of competing for your actual workstation, the thought of staying at home to work has never been more appealing.
- Of course, the alternative is that the authorities turn a blind eye to drug use in brothels, and then your whole criminal justice system goes up the spout.
- By the time you have eventually caught one, appointments in town have been missed and one's careful planning for the day has gone up the spout.
- 'I'm up the spout so you'd better hike child benefit,' were not the words used, which is a pity as it would have livened things up a little.
- I hear Daly is now up the spout through her unholy union with Kaye.
- Turn again to this lot, and their sympathetic reaction to some self-proclaimed religious freak who has been put up the spout out of wedlock.
- Fully loaded with its seven-round magazine, plus one up the spout, the P - 32 weighs a feathery 9.4 ounces, yet packs respectable firepower that can be unleashed with a pull of its DAO trigger.
- There's a full mag and empty chamber, and I recommend one up the spout until we cross the river.
- Any time an armed officer perceived sufficient danger to draw the gun, he or she would chamber a round if there wasn't one up the spout already.
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- A response one of my Zen teachers often used when confronted by an emptiness spouter was: 'Does emptiness feel pain?'
- What really interests me about rhetoric like this is that the spouter sees homosexuality as a vice; by that he is intimating that it is a very bad thing, and the choice of the weak, but also it is enjoyable.
- If you still prefer the soil-less method, I would encourage you to invest in a spouter that has multiple layers and trays with drainage holes.
spoutless adjetivo
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- The use of the spoutless cup should continue for 3 weeks also.
- In a spoutless container, the blade extends from the top lip horizontally inside the container for up to two inches, then diagonally down to the inside of the container.
- What are those sets of handleless saucepans and of spoutless teapots?
Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch spouten, from an imitative base shared by Old Norse spýta 'to spit'.
spit from Old English:
The root of the Old English word spit imitated the sound of someone spitting out saliva from their mouth. Spit in the sense of spit-roast is from another Old English word meaning 'thin, pointed rod', and the spit of land came from this. When we notice that someone looks exactly like someone else we can say that they are the spit of or the spitting image of the other person. This last phrase is an altered form of an earlier version, spit and image, early examples of which, from the 1600s, describe a man as being so like another that he could have been spat out of the latter's mouth. Another explanation is based on the idea of a person apparently being formed, perhaps by witchcraft, from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them. Easier to explain is the expression spit and sawdust, used to describe an old-fashioned or unpretentious pub. This recalls the former practice of sprinkling the floor of the pub with a layer of sawdust, to soak up spillages in general and customers' spit in particular. Spout (Middle English) shares a root.
Palabras que riman con spoutabout, bout, clout, devout, doubt, down-and-out, drought, flout, gout, grout, knout, lout, mahout, misdoubt, nowt, out, out-and-out, owt, pout, Prout, right about, rout, scout, shout, snout, sprout, stout, thereabout, thereout, throughout, timeout, tout, trout, way-out, without
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Still wrapping their minds around their bronze-medal win in women's bobsled, U.S. team Erin Pac and Elana Meyers took some time out to speak with NBCOlympics.com about their momentous victory, race preparation, and what their plans are post-Vancouver.
Congratulations on your bronze medal. It hasn't been a full 24-hours since you won, how are you feeling?
Pac: It hasn't really sunk in. I think once we get to the medal ceremony and we have our medals around our necks and we actually get to see it, then I think it will be more real for us.
During the flower ceremony after competition, your lips quivered a little bit, Erin.
Pac: Going up the out run I already started crying but I couldn't get my helmet off so it's alright no one could see me. It's been a long journey and this means more to us than people really know.
Meyers: It has been a lot more intense than people really know and we've had our ups and downs as a team, and we've been together on and off for three years. It's just been a really big struggle the whole time and to be able to come together and win on the world's biggest stage is amazing.
With your bronze medal and Canada's gold and silver medals, these wins mark the first time in 87 Olympic Games that North America has swept the sliding events and you are a part of that. Did you ever imagine?
Pac: It was strange to be in second even after the first day, and with Cathleen [Martini of Germany-2] right behind us, there was actually a big lead going into the second day. It was strange to have that because the Germans are so strong all the time. We expected them to come out in full force here and it was a little shocking.
You had three solid runs heading into the fourth and final run and were in position for a silver medal. Did you feel the pressure?
Pac: We both didn't see much the whole time and it didn't help that our families didn't really see much -- they told us about that. I was just focusing on getting through the track on all four runners because it was a big issue, not just for me but for everyone else. So my main focus was just if we get through the 50-50, we have this. I knew the top would be fine and I wasn't having issues there, and so I just kept focusing on that, kept praying and saying, "Come on, you can do this."
Meyers: I knew as soon as we got through 50-50 that it was over and I looked at her right before. I had the hugest smile on my face and she returned it, and I knew something special was about to happen.
Prior to competition, Erin you mentioned in the press that you didn't feel safe on the Whistler track, especially with the recent training and competition crashes and the tragic loss of a Georgian luger on Day 1 of the Games. Can you elaborate on the mood in Whistler and what you were feeling?
Pac: Safety is always an issue in this sport, going 90-plus miles an hour just wearing a helmet. There's a little bit of a fear factor there and it was difficult to understand how to maneuver the sled in the bottom curves in order to make it safe and not only the women's team, but also the men's team struggled with it. We worked so hard with our coaches just to try to figure out how to do this and do it in six runs, so, you know, the fear was there in every run. I had a lot of trouble through there, not only lost a lot of time, but going into that fourth run my heart was pounding so much just to make it through. I think every pileup felt the same way - maybe not the Canadians because they had so many runs - but I think the coach did an awesome job helping us and helping all the drivers to make it through.
Erin, you also dealt with a minor hamstring injury prior to Olympic competition. How did you handle that heading into the final race?
It was extremely nerve-racking during practice and I broke down during the third day of training because no one wants to come into their first Olympic Games or any Olympic Games at not 100 percent. We decided to take the last day of training off and I just needed to mentally clear my head and get focused for the race. I'm glad we did because going into race day I didn't think about it.
There was also some fog and snow at the start of the third heat. How did this affect you, if at all?
Meyers: I think our last run there was definitely some issues with the snow. Whenever you have a start, whenever snow gets in the grooves, it slows down the starting. They swept the start immediately after Helen [Upperton] went. Then we were up there for the whole run and the grooves were filling up. Once they actually put the sled down I was trying to calm myself down a little, but I waited a little bit too long and kind of slowed down our start, which definitely had an impact.
All three American sleds placed in the top six on Wednesday and all of you turned over equally impressive results this past World Cup season. What do you think this says about the U.S. program, especially in a sport where the Germans have dominated for so long?
Pac: It's awesome! Our coaches have done phenomenal with us, our equipment is awesome thanks to Geoff Bodine and the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project. And we fight so hard to compete against the Germans all year, and of course, the Canadians. We, as a nation, love our sports. So we're not just coming to the Games to just come to the Games, as someone ranked 15 or higher might -- we're here to win medals.
Meyers: We have some amazing teammates, just amazing from USA-1 all the way down to our spare brakemen. Everyone has been so supportive and we've had teammates be supportive when were at the bottom of the pile all the way to here. It's been great.
Three weeks prior to the Vancouver Games, both of you were in Park City for training, and Erin, you worked with Bob Cuneo (one-half of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project with Geoff Bodine) on changing your sled's chassis. Why did you decide to switch it up and why do you think no one else did?
Pac: For me, we were looking to be more consistent in four runs and I trust Bob 100 percent with my career and my life. He came up to me and said, "I want to try this" and I said, "Ok, we have nothing to lose," and it ended up working out for us. I think other people just didn't know and had no idea if it would work or not. It was just a risk we were willing to take.
Do you have any post-Olympic plans?
Pac: I'm going on vacation. My sister is studying abroad in Australia and I got an offer to go to Hawaii.
Meyers: I'm going to driving school. [I'll] make it home first, lay low for a few days. Then I'm going to driving school and trying my hand at something different.
Elana, why make the switch to the front seat now?
Meyers: It's a control issue really -- I like to believe I can control something and the course. Obviously you can't control everything, but I definitely want to try and see. And plus, as a driver you have a little more lifespan support. With brakemen, its usually one or two Games and that's pretty much it. As a driver, you can go for more Games as soon as your skills are proven to compete at a high level. I want to stay in the sport as long as I can and with driving I'm trying to make that possible.
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noun (plural radulae /ˈradjʊliː/)Zoology
(In a mollusc) a rasp-like structure of tiny teeth used for scraping food particles off a surface and drawing them into the mouth.
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- In some chitons, the radula has teeth tipped with magnetite, which hardens them.
- Once the prey is snared it is bitten with strong beak-like jaws and pulled into the mouth by the radula.
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- Major interneurons fire cyclically during feeding in the radular retraction phase of the protraction/retraction cycle and drive many other retraction neurons.
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God of War III Trophy Guide & Road Map
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Estimated Difficulty: 6/10
Estimated Time to Platinum:15-20 hours
Offline Trophies: 36 (20 , 10 , 5 , 1 )
Online Trophies: 0
Minimum Number of Playthroughs Required: 1
Do Cheats Affect Trophies?: Yes, the godly possessions will stop trophies from being received. So will costumes.
Do Difficulty Trophies Stack?: The only difficulty trophy is Titan mode, the other would be just beating the game. So yes.
Missable Trophies: 16 ("Mr. Hand", "Ladies Man", "Hit Man", "Rip One!", "Nice Tan", "Obedience School", It's getting hot in here...", "Souled Out", "No Guts, No Glory", "Hitting Your Stride", "Eye Candy", "Feather Plucker", "Are You Horny to Win?", "Maxed Out!", "Priceless", "aMAZEd")
Road Map
Step 1: Complete the game and get the 'aMAZEd' trophy
For those of you not new to the God of War franchise, you may want to start on Titan (hard) mode. Others, however, may want to go for Spartan (easy) mode. This way you don't necessarily have to follow any guide and can easily get through the game.
During this, you won't have to get all of the collectibles considering this is a very easy mode. Worry about perfecting combos, blocking, and countering, they'll be needed for Titan mode.
When you get to the Labyrinth part of the game I'd suggest getting the trophy for not dying/failing so you don't have to worry about it on Titan mode. This section of the game is very hard on Titan so you'd want to do it on the easiest setting because it's still very hard. There are multiple save areas in the Labyrinth, but make sure once you enter the Labyrinth you do not die. For more of a guide to this section, please refer to F8L Fool's guide: How To Unlock "aMAZEd' (Guaranteed).
This is the area to mess around with and I'd also suggest going for the kill trophies such as 'Hit Man', 'Rip One!', 'Nice Tan', 'It's getting hot in here...', 'Obedience School', and 'Souled Out'. If you can, remember to collect some, if not all, of the godly possessions.
Step 2: Complete the game on Titan
This part will probably be the hardest out of all the trophies (side from possibly the 'aMAZEd'). This is where knowing when to do great combos, where/how to evade, and how to counter becomes invaluable. These will save your life throughout the game. This is also where you'll definitely want to get all the gorgon eyes, phoenix feathers, and minotaur horns so you can have as much at your disposal during big boss fights (and even hard regular enemy fights). Getting your Blades of the Exile and then the Namean Cestus maxed out before anything else will be a great idea. These are really the only 2 weapons you'll use.
You can't use any costumes and godly possessions in this if you've gotten any, so don't try. It will cancel trophies.
Step 3: Challenge of Olympus
Once you've beaten the game once, you can do this before you do step 2 but some of you may not. This is for the 'Up to the Challenge' trophy.
Luckily, these challenges are a lot easier than the God of War 1 & 2 challenges so if you've done those you'll do fine here.
Anyone having any trouble with these, please refer to the videos later in the guide and possibly F8L Fool's written guide.
Step 4: Clean Up
Hopefully you won't need this step at all. I'm hoping the majority of people have all the trophies by the end of step 2 since all the trophies are mostly done in the story mode. However, people have been known to not get trophies in the minimum amount of playthroughs (I should know, I had to play Dead Space 4 times and Dante's Inferno 3).
Full Trophy List & Guide
Releasing the Floodgates
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Burnt to a Crisp
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Mr. Hand
Discover the secret 'Hades Arm' room - This trophy is missable.
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Shine Lord
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
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|March 19th, 2010, 06:05 AM
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Shoe Delivery
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
I didn't do it... But I wish I did!
Story-related trophy, can not be missed
Ladies Man
This trophy is missable
Sibling Rivalry
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Handy Man
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Open Sesame
Story-related trophy, can not be missed
Titan Slayer
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Seeing things from a different perspective
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Freezer Burn
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Beat the Labyrinth without dying or failing - This trophy is missable
Rescue Me
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Three Wise Men
Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
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|March 19th, 2010, 06:06 AM
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Story-related trophy, can not be missed.
Vengeance Complete
Beat the game - This can't be missed unless you don't ever beat the game.
Essentially, all you have to do is beat the game and this will be received.
Beat Titan Mode - This can't be missed unless you never play Titan (hard) mode.
Beat the game on Titan and this sweet gold trophy is yours.
To make this easier on yourself, play on Spartan (easy) or God (normal) so you know where everything is. Also make use of to block and counter via the Golden Fleece. also make sure you evade with the .
My suggestion for upgrades are as follows: Fully upgrade the Blades of Exile, then fully upgrade the Namean Cestus... after that it doesn't matter since those two are really the only ones you'll be using throughout this playthrough.
There is a section near the end of the game on Titan that is just a pain for most people. ilikemonkeys made a video just for us that will help you if you are stuck here too.
Hit Man
Perform a 1000-hit combo - This trophy is missable.
This guide is credited to ilikemonkeys.
Essentially it's right after you enter the Pit of Tartarus. You want to go down the walkway a little bit to get as many enemies as possible then run back towards the save point. There's an invisible wall and you want to press and , and just keep doing that until you get over 1000 hits.
Remember, do not level the Claws of Hades up past level 2.
For this, do not upgrade the Claws of Hades at all.
If you're not playing on easy, die a few times and then switch to easy. Remember to have a save containing your real difficulty level at hand so this won't affect anything.
Rip One!
Rip apart 1 Olympus Sentry - This trophy is missable.
Olympus Sentries are the most appearing enemy in the game. They are the regular cannon fodder. Grab them with and then press to rip them apart. If you're not ripping them apart with then it's the wrong enemy. There are multiple versions of the Olympus Sentry.
Nice Tan
Blind 100 enemies with the Head of Helios - This trophy is missable.
When you receive the Head of Helios, simply bring it out and hold to charge it up. Enemies that are blinded will show an animation of them being unable to do anything. They're usually lit up with a light when they are blinded too. Simply do this to 100 different enemies, and the trophy is yours.
For a good place to do this trophy, see 'Obedience School'.
It's getting hot in here...
Burn 100 enemies with the Bow of Apollo - This trophy is missable.
Take out the Bow of Apollo and hold until it's charged up. Let it fly to an enemy which should set this enemy (and possibly other enemies) on fire. Do this to 100 different enemies and the trophy is yours.
For a good place to do this trophy, see 'Obedience School'.
Also another spot found is the Hades' hand room ('Mr. Hand' trophy) that can be used for about 3/4ths of the kills here. Not all of them are able to be killed but you can get a bunch of them here.
Obedience School
Deliver 50 kicks to Hounds - This trophy is missable.
Whenever you see the small dogs, just grab them with and you will kick them. Do this to 50 different enemies until the trophy pops and voila, trophy.
There's a room in Poseidon's chamber that will spawn an infinite amount of dogs to kill. The reason they're infinite is because you want to put them through a portal to drop a metal landing. Simply don't do this and just kick/blind/burn the dogs until you get the trophy corresponding to what you're doing.
Souled Out
Summon every Soul with the Claws of Hades - This trophy is missable.
You must max our your Claws of Hades and then spawn every soul it has. To switch souls, go to and then to select the soul. When you're out of that menu, simple press and the soul will be released. Repeat this until you summon all of the souls.
Bloody Hell
Cover Kratos in 500 buckets of blood by killing the enemies - If you somehow miss this trophy, I don't know what to say.
You essentially get this by just playing through the game. Every time you kill an enemy, certain amount of blood pops out. Just keep killing enemies and you'll get this. Performing brutal kills helps in the process.
No Guts, No Glory
Gut 3 Centaur Generals - This trophy is missable, but very hard to miss.
You come across 3 Centaur Generals throughout the entire game. You'll want to get them so they have the above their head and then perform the QTE to kill them. This will put their guts on the floor. Do this to all 3 Centaur Generals.
This should unlock in the Caverns.
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Hitting Your Stride
Upgrade any weapon to the next level - This trophy is missable, but very hard to miss.
This trophy is easily gotten by just upgrading one weapon. If you don't upgrade any weapons, however, you will miss this.
Maxed Out!
Completely upgrade all weapons - This trophy is missable.
You'll need to get as many red orbs as you can and completely upgrade each weapon and item. Weapons have 4 upgrades and items have 1 upgrade.
Or you can glitch it. If you've already beaten the game and the Challenge of Olympus you'll be able to use the combat arena. If you go into the combat arena with no-infinite health, anything but easy, and a few enemies that are supposed to attack you... die a few times. You'll receive a message asking if you want to switch to easy, select no. It'll bring you out to the main menu and give you the 'Maxed Out' trophy. Props to The_White_Fang for finding this glitch.
Eye Candy
Collect all of the Gorgon Eyes - This trophy is missable, but you have many chances to not miss it.
Simply get 12 Gorgon Eyes and you will have a max health bar and this trophy.
If you feel like you've missed them, don't fret - there's more chests. If you've missed 4 or 5, you may have a problem though.
See 'Priceless' for link to a guide.
Feather Plucker
Collect all of the Phoenix Feathers - This trophy is missable, but you have many chances to not miss it.
Simply get 12 Phoenix Feathers and you will have a max mana bar and this trophy.
If you feel like you've missed them, don't fret - there's more chests. If you've missed 4 or 5, you may have a problem though.
See 'Priceless' for link to a guide.
Are You Horny to Win?
Collect all of the Minotaur Horns - This trophy is missable, but you have many chances to not miss it.
Simply get 12 Minotaur Horns and you will have a max item bar and this trophy.
If you feel like you've missed them, don't fret - there's more chests. If you've missed 4 or 5, you may have a problem though.
See 'Priceless' for link to a guide.
Collect all of the 'Godly Possessions' - This trophy is missable, but you the possessions carry over through save files.
Simply get all of the godly possessions and this trophy. You don't need to get all of these in one playthrough. They can also be spread out over save files.
Here's a written guide for the collectibles: God of War III Guide/Walkthrough - Collectibles
Up to the Challenge
Beat the Challenge of Olympus - This trophy unlocks once you beat all the challenges.
Beat all of the challenges.
If you prefer reading instead of watching videos (I personally think the videos are all you need) then here's F8L Fool's guide: Challenge of Olympus Guide
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"Cheating" to survive a real fight
O-Sensei said that 70% of a fight is atemi, the rest is instantaneous throws and apparently joint locks and pins are relegated to the realm of dealing with roudy family and drunks.
I have this on some authority because I read it in Aikido Shugyo by Gozo Shioda. A lot of people have said that atemi as an Aikido strategy is inherintly un-Aikido-like. So does this invalidate what the founder said? How widely do you define Atemi anyway? Do kicks count as atemi even though most dojos rarely practice throwing sharp, quick kicks and the kicks we do defend against are laughably untrained, slow and off-balance - completely unlike anyone with some experience in a percussive martial art. How about headbutts? How about a knee to the groin?
The big question though is would the Aikido you use to survive a real fight look anything at all like the idealised Aikido that we practice? If not can you even still call it Aikido?
I would like to site the example of the UFC guys, many of whom claim to have X number of years experience in martial art Y and hold rank Z. Clearly some of this is just to psych-out an opponent but surely some of them are telling the truth and yet any technique just falls apart when the bell rings for the start of a round. They all resort to the standard kick-punch-punch-tackle strategy. Rarely do you ever see the kind of expert take-downs that judoka are capable of in heated competitions.
Another issue, we practice evasion of attacks with tai-sabaki. Are Aikidoka in general too "scared" to get hit? Getting punched or kicked in a real fight is inevitable, its easy in a classroom situation to just stop right there and try again from the beginning but shouldnt we also be able to apply technique even when a hit has been landed?
Surely you can say that in a real fight, a life or death struggle, you must do everything you can to survive but does that include discarding the moral principles of Aikido when it suits us?
Re: "Cheating" to survive a real fight
We had a similar discussion down the pub after a seminar (some present were Yondan) and we basically agreed that being able to handle yourself had nothing to do with Aikido. It's about your background, where your from, if you got out on the town a lot, basically how many scraps you'd had and you'd seen!!! I reckon if you want to use aikido on the street I think you have to be 150% committed to using only Aikido and be very good at it. Half/Half (some aiki, some scrapping) will get you killed IMO. 150% scrapping could save you as well. Serious (well trained) Atemi is another option. :)
Re: "Cheating" to survive a real fight
IMHO, there is no "cheating" in a "real fight" because there are no real rules. If you "survived" then you did it right.
IMHO, attitude and intention means more in a "real fight" than in training.
Re: "Cheating" to survive a real fight
Lynn beat me to it, you can't cheat in a real fight.
To paraphrase Sun Tzu, a fair fight is the result of poor planning.
Re: "Cheating" to survive a real fight
There is an excellent book titled "Bushido: The Soul of Japan" by Inazo Nitobe, 1st published in 1905. In it is described some of the desirable attributes that a samurai sought after. One of those qualities was a calmness and presence of mind so clear during battle that a samurai could compose and recite poetry :hypno: This apparently also gave the samurai the increased ability to defeat his opponent as his opponent realized what sort of person he was up against.
Anyway, my expierence has been that there seems to be just a few individuals in a real fight (bar, street or otherwise) that actually know what they are doing, the rest just seem to be flinging their arms and fists looking for a lucky hit. Those folks that successfully survive their fights are the ones who were able to control themselves and land well placed punches.
I've asked myself this question: as an aikidoka is it cheating to use whatever means necessary to protect myself and an adversary to prevent serious harm? Chances are the person I'm up against I've never met so why should I try to destroy him? If I can distract him long enough by whatever means necessary so that I can run like hell, that's what I'd probably do.
As far as kicks go... I still like Bruce Lee's statement. To paraphrase: "Kicking someone in a fight is like trying to pucnh someones foot."
Re: "Cheating" to survive a real fight
I believe somewhere in Shugyu it also states that to not use atemi is unrealistic but I may be wrong.
Saito asserted the lack of training in atemi strikes to vital points is a widespread modern training deficiency and may cause technique to become incomprehensible and meaningless. He considered it an essential element of basic and advanced technique. Shioda pointed out atemi was essential in actual combat in order to manifest power explosively to decide the fight's outcome. In my opinion, "To fail to use the tools available in a combat situation to ensure a favorable and safe outcome is irresponsible and shows ignorance of the possible implications of violence." (from my upcoming Black Belt magazine article on the topic).
The literature places O'Sensei's emphasis on atemi anywhere from 70 to 99%, depending on the author as John Stevens points out. Is this cheating or does it violate the principles of aikido? I don't think so. Apparently, O'Sensei did not either since he developed the art.
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Additonal thoughts. Wynand asked how widely is atemi defined. Best aikido or Best aikido the master's course defines atemi as strikes to vital points. I feel this is good definition but limits the application of other possibilities: manipulation of vital, nerve or acupuncture points via pressing, squeezing, brushing, etc., to effect a change in the attacker's body or the energy dynamics during an attack. While strikes are used more often other pressure points can be squeezed or pressed during an encouter to also have an effect on the set up or execution of a technique within the flow of the technique.
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You are talking about Kyusho John? A previous Sensei of mine was extremely knowledgable on this. He had studied with the jujitsu/karate community whilst teaching/training aikido and intergrated what he learn't. He was and still is studying hard to understand where it all fits in. He is from a tournament fighting background so his system is very martial. Trouble is, concentrating on such a difficult/vast subject means a lot of time, and you need all you can get to progress in aikido itself!!! :)
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Yes, I am talking about kyusho. Anything can detract from one's training. However, if you look at the techniques closely as you practice you will see the suki and the opportunity to apply atemi/kyusho is generally evident in the movement patterns. For example, in katate tori ikkyo there is two-three atemi opportunies and at least one kyusho (pressure point press) possible. This can happen and a part of the movement without changing anything. I don't recommend studying these points when you are trying to learn the basics although I show my studentst he suki and possible strikes/nerve points of each technique. Later, as one becomes more adept they can start to recognize the pressure point opportunities. Just MHO.
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I agree, my previous sensei will do the same and show all strikes and WHERE to hold for all the techniques. It does become second nature after a while. It's not something I have the time to study properly though, it's his hard work and I've just been taught it. :)
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Randal, you are missquoting Lee. The true quote is: "Kicking someone in the head is like punching someone in the foot." Bruce was a big proponent of low kicks in actual fights, either to setup a straight blast, check someone's distance, or actually blow out their thigh. Good low kicks are a valuable and proven tool in a fight.
Re: UFC
"They all resort to the standard kick-punch-punch-tackle strategy. Rarely do you ever see the kind of expert take-downs that judoka are capable of in heated competitions."
This is rather ignorant. Although some people in ufc are simply their for their freak value, most of them are very well trained. Especially today. A top fighter like Couture, Sherk, or Vitor likely trains more than any of us ever will in our entire life. Every day, many hours a day, cardio, striking, submissions, takedowns, meditation, etc, etc. Their entire life is training; it is their only job. Pride FC has an even higher level of competition. If you think there is no technique, it is because you are blind to it.
Cage fighting is an offense to people with naieve ideals about fighting. Although it is not street fighting, it reveals many things.
One reality is, ground and pound is an excellent strategy. It's very logical. Why stand and trade where there is a chance of getting knocked out? Isn't it much more effective to sit on your opponent, and punch them while they can't hit back?
Another reality is that it is easier to negate some technique than it is to initiate it. Arm bars, chokes, key locks, leg locks - they are all usually unsuccessful. However, by repeatedly attempting them, one eventually gets in, and it only takes one.
Takedowns are an exception - although its easy to make a takedown look ugly, a well timed and executed one is very difficult to avoid. They are rather like hand grenades, in that close is usually good enough to work. I could go on, but... the thread.
Aikido is about whether you hate your opponent and want to kill them, or love and want to preserve them. There are no techniques which are more moral than others. It is the intent behind your execution is what defines that. I think these "no compeitition" and "no striking" rules are mutated versions of the origional intent.
Unarmed hand to hand wise:
Best of all, simply dissuade them from fighting. If they still choose to fight, and then change their mind shortly afterwards, let them go.
I think knocking an attacker unconscious is fine. He might have a headache when he comes to, some bruises, but his life will still be long. I think that is an aiki resolution.
I would only seek to break limbs out of fear. It is a more permanant consequence, still it is not debilitating.
Killing would only the result of gross negligence on my part, or fear.
Seeking to kill, or entering into this with disregard to an attacker, these things are what defines "not aiki" to me.
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On Nitobe:
and from one of numerous posts on e-budo:
Just for a little perspective...
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I was just going to reply with a smile, but I got an error message saying my message was too short.
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Does that mean 35% from you and 35% from your opponent?
70% from your opponent and none from you?
70% from you and none from your opponent?
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70% from your opponant and none from you is gonna be a problem...:)
I think it means what *you* will actually use in a fight.
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The last fight I got in, I evaded a punch and did an upper cut to the head, kicked to the groin, pushed the person into the bushes and used an elbow lock to control them after they tried to get me in a headlock once they got up.
This taught me a lot about my reactions in the heat of being attacked. It's like nothing I've done formally in the dojo, but bits and pieces show up here and there.
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This thread makes me think about the meaning of Aikido, The Art of Peace. I don't think too much about how I would use aikido TECHNIQUE in a fighting situation. However, I think A LOT about how my training could keep me OUT of such a situation in the first place, perhaps even down to being able to move out of the way of an attack long enough to get away.
I am certainly no expert on atemi, but, at least in my training, I see it mostly as a distraction and a way to control the person's energy rather than a fighting technique.
Just some thoughts from the peacenik...
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The UFC cage fighting example is a good one. In the very earliest days of UFC, you had people fighting specifically with their arts - ie a Muay Thai person against a JuJitsu person etc.
Over time, the differences between professional UFC fighters has diminished so that most of them now fight with very similar styles. They all incorporate good boxing techniques, take downs, grappling, ground'n'pound etc, because that is what works - especially against other highly trained martial artists.
IMO if you put even a high ranked Aiki or Jujitsudoka in a cage fight with these people, and the "traditionalists" stuck to their style, they would be slaughtered. This is not to say that a well trained and experienced Aiki or JJ fighter would not be effective against an average joe, or even an above average joe from the street.
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I don't win any bravery awards by taking a few blows/stabs to show how strong I am.
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I just wanted to throw out that the idea of ground and pound is a good strategy if there is only one attacker. However what happens when there are three guys? Are you going to take any one of them to the ground and then let the other two get you? Not that the BJJ or UFC fighters are not excellent martials artists but when faced with multiple attackers going to the ground does not seem like the best option.
So this is why I think that atemi is a good answer. Take out the first two guys with a strike and them deal with the third or simply avoid them like in a randori situation and escape. I agree with the person that said atemi is all about intention. You can definately do an atemi without actually striking someone, for example sometimes mere body language or the look you have in your eyes can act as an atemi simply because the intention given is one that surprises or changes the attackers motives. Or more classically a well timed kiai can achieve the same goal of offsetting an opponent long enough for something else to happen.
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If you are fighting multiple attackers, and they do manage to get you on the ground, having a good understanding of the guard, particularly BJJ can be life saving.
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Yes but what I meant was that when facing multiple attacks why purposely go to the ground. Yes if they get you to the ground you may be better off knowing some BJJ but overall if more than one opponent gets you to the ground not much is going to help. Nothing against BJJ or any grappling art but I have never seen ground defense against multiple attacks. This may be simply my ignorance and if someone has an example of ground work against multiple attckers, I would love to see it. I have a great respect for grappling and think that it is an essential part to self defense but not the only part.
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"Yes but what I meant was that when facing multiple attacks why purposely go to the ground."
No one advocates this.
Why do you think people advocate this? Please find me an example of it.
This is a tired argument, because it has been resolved time and time again. The bjj, wrestling, grappling etc, counter to multiple attackers is not to get knocked down, and if you do get knocked down, stand back up. No art teaches you better how not to get knocked down, and if so, how to get back up, than arts that focus on grappling and takedowns.
When I say, ground and pound is an effective tactic, I did not say that it was the best tactic in all situations, or that it is the only tactic. Simply that it is effective, efficient, and common. Because of this, being familiar with it is very valuable.
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Banks will pay the most, in absolute terms, says the data firm. Having wrestled with restructuring and demands on capital that has suppressed dividends over several years, Markit forecasts that European banks will dole out over €24 billion, 8.3% higher than last year.
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But growth in the sector is also being driven by the recovery of banks in France and Switzerland, Markit said. Dividends there are likely to increase substantially.
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I update my records 4 times a year, at the end of each quarter. I can usually accomplish this record keeping in less than 1 hour per quarter. Sometimes I cheat and add QME receipts as they come in so I don't lose them, but would like to move this to a once a quarter filing system.
In my Dropbox folder, I have a folder called HSA with the following subfolders:
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The function and characteristics of each folder are such:
- Statements– I download my quarterly statement from HSA Bank, my HSA provider. This details all account contributions and withdrawals that occurred in a given quarter. It is a good reference and could help reconcile your account as needed.
I label my statements in the format [HSA Statement 1 2012], where the first number denotes the quarter.
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Nominating Ballots Sent Out February 8
New York, NY, February 18, 2010—The 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards, honoring the best in American fashion, will take place Monday, June 7 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. For the ninth year in a row, the Awards will be generously underwritten by Swarovski, the world's leading producer of cut crystal. The evening will start with a cocktail hour followed by the Awards ceremony and then a light dinner in the theater lobby.
"We are excited to be returning to Alice Tully Hall for a second time," said Steven Kolb, executive director of the CFDA. "The CFDA Fashion Awards deserves a proper theater and stage. This year's show will be very powerful and we will again include live fashion elements as we salute the top talent in our industry."
Given annually since 1981, a CFDA Fashion Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a member of the fashion community. In an ongoing effort to recognize the outstanding contributions made to American fashion by individuals from all sectors of the industry, awards will be given for design excellence in womenswear, menswear and accessories as well as extraordinary accomplishments in journalism, creative vision and lifetime achievement. Last year's winners included Kate & Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte for Womenswear Designer of the Year, a tie between Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders and Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein for Menswear Designer of the Year, and Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler for Accessory Designer of the Year. Anna Sui was honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award.
Additionally, each year the CFDA honors emerging designers for their achievements with the Swarovski Awards. Winners of the Swarovski Awards receive generous financial support from Swarovski in addition to access to the company's extensive crystal resources. Last year Alexander Wang was the recipient of the award for womenswear; Tim Hamilton took the menswear award; and Justin Giunta of Subversive Jewelry won the award for accessory design. The Swarovski Awards are some of the most anticipated awards of the evening, and serve as a barometer of fashion's future. Past recipients include Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders, Doo-Ri Chung, Derek Lam, Phillip Lim, Kate & Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte, Zac Posen, Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, and Marcus Wainwright & David Neville for Rag & Bone.
"Swarovski is pleased to announce our sponsorship of the CFDA Fashion Awards for the ninth consecutive year," said Nadja Swarovski, vice president of international communications, Swarovski. "We have a long-lasting and ongoing commitment to emerging talent in the fashion industry and the CFDA Fashion Awards provides the perfect platform for our mission to embrace and foster young designers with immense and unique creative abilities. These relationships allow Swarovski to not only be one of fashion's most prestigious global brands, but also a significant part of the industry's future."
Nominating ballots were emailed on February 8 to the more than 800 CFDA members, press, retailers and stylists of the CFDA Fashion Awards Selection Committee. Committee members can then cast their nominating ballots at www.cfda.com until 11:59pm on Friday, March 12. On Wednesday, March 17, Nadja Swarovski and Diane von Furstenberg will host a press conference and cocktail party to announce the Award nominees and honorees.
A final round of voting will commence mid-May. Ernst & Young LLP, the official accounting firm of the 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards, will tabulate the ballots and determine the winners, which will be revealed at the June 7 Awards gala.
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