Aloha

Yes it has been a while. Ah well!! If you don't like it, go suck a hotdog... or a similarly elongated object...

Not much to say but I feel like typing about me and Anita's disagreement over JKD. Now I don't care to the point that I'll challenge her to a flaming cage fight over an alligator pit, but I gotta disagree with Anita's statement on Ranald's blog that "If anyone ever told you that they can teach Jeet Kune Do, they're lying!!" Then, she also (with the info from some seemingly knowledgeable friends) says that you can't really call JKD a martial art. I'm going to respectfully disagree with both of those points. Also, I'm going to leave Bruce Lee out of the equation in regards to his possible wishes over JKD. He is dead and we can't exactly ask him how he feels today. (Unless you've been to www.entertain-dome.com). Actually no, you still can't. But you can read about Zombie Bruce Lee and his exploits!

But yes, JKD can be taught because there are some good guys who can teach it. They offer JKD and they are respected schools. They are likely teaching their own "blend" similar to how other martial arts have their own blends but it is still a JKD school. Best example would be Dan Inosanto.
Afterwards we briefly talked about that you could not really label JKD as a martial art because it is "free style". That somewhat implied that JKD can be taught too by the way (=. Anyways, moving on she figured that you would not call JKD a Martial art because much of its base lies in other martial arts. Thus, you aren't really learning JKD, you are learning stuff from Wing Chun, Judo, etc... I haven't taken JKD so I can't say if thats true or false. However, that means you are still learning martial arts. So I will concede that if you take this point of view you would not label JKD as a martial art, but the fact is you are learning martial arts.

Eh, I think I've put more time than necessary into that. Anyhoo, not sure who knows but this year I finally get a shot at throwing my hat into sparring. Unfortunately, this year I don't have the conditioning but that's plainly an excuse. I know what I'm getting into. I'm hoping to go bit by bit, hopefully last the round, then the next, then medal and who knows. It would be nice to medal, but goal one is to get in there and get past round one. It'll be different than sparring guys I normally spar, but let's give 'er and see what happens.

Finals are almost over, YAY!!!!!

That's going to mean work for the sunmer. Hopefully College Pro goes over very well, but at least I know May is covered. In May I get to deliver calendars for the City of Edmonton, specifically I'll be handing out the garbage calendars. Yee haw! Good hourly wage too (=

Sigh, the first round playoffs are over for the Stanley Cup. Damn playoffs and finals. Anyways, my predictions netted me a record of 5-3. And I really don't mind being wrong, Calgary winning is fine by me, same for Toronto.

Hmm... what else is there to cover... well I can't think so thats it for now. Peace out!