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How is this mofo's neck literally a Triangle? Can he even turn his head to the side? Does he have Superman syndrome but only in the trapezius? Also wtf is with that yee yee ass hair cut?
Life turned out to be little harsh for me after college… struggling to find a job
Hello, I have graduated school around 2.5 years ago and I worked so hard to get my degree (I didn’t take any summer break but did my best to graduate early). I graduated from well known school from America, which was good but shitty thing happened to me after I came back to my country for work. I torn my ACL during martial arts lesson and had nearly a year off from the job market. After I got out, I did few months internship in bank and worked in another country in finance industry. But previous employer withheld my salary, which means they stopped paying me commission for no reason and threatened to sue me if I move to another rival company. So I pretty much got black mailed. Now my parents are frustrated, and I came back to my country, still unemployed. Because of my degree, I got some chances to have interviews with few firms but some reason, either they had better candidates or ghosting me after first round. I have reviewed my interview skills but I really didnt see any issues. It’s quite frustrating… it’s been around 5months after I left my previous job, and I just feel like I am unlucky person at this point.. has any body went through similar situation or any words for me plz?
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Masaru Takahashi on the Origin of Daito-ryu
Masaru Takahashi, a direct student of Yukiyoshi Sagawa and a martial arts researcher, examines the historical roots of Daito-ryu in his latest book on Daito-ryu Aiki Kenjutsu and concludes that there was no organized martial tradition pre-dating Sokaku Takeda, that Sokaku Takeda himself was the founder of Daito-ryu.
He is one of only three students to have reached 10th Gen (the highest level certification) under Yukiyoshi Sagawa, and has published a number of books in Japanese researching Daito-ryu, as well as being a regular contributor to Hiden Magazine. More from Masaru Takahashi:
"Sagawa Yukiyoshi, Masaru Takahashi and Breath Training in Daito-ryu"
https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/sagawa-yukiyoshi-masaru-takahashi-breath-training-daito-ryu/
"Strange, Odd and False Theories of "Aiki""
https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/strange-odd-false-theories-aiki/
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Meeting a Martial Artist Crush...
an older martial artist mom, her son's best friend has known her since childhood and always had a fascination with her martial arts.
He is now 22, she's in her mid 40s. They meet randomly..he's on vacation and she just helped at a local dojo doing seminars.They agree to have dinner and he confesses his admiration and borderline fetish for her doing matial arts. She's flattered and wants to give him a night to remember....
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[ Villainess Manhwas Recommendations that I have read so far which are good ] (part 1)
<<<Manhwa>>>
<ongoing>
- The Villainess Lives Again (realistic political sense; FL is so smart in politics)
- Roxana
- Villains are destined to die
- I am the real one
- behold the true villainess (fl is funny and she was an atheles in her past life so the story line is really entertaining)
- the demonic contract (or) asmodian contract ( The fl personality is just wholesome , it is really funny and entertaining too, since The princess from hell become the human princess)
- master Villainess is invincible, or I am martial artist Villainess, but I am the strongest. (it is also funny but in here they make her OP character after she possessed and change the fate of her life)
- Villainess has fun again ( just go to fun story)
- I will fall with the emperor( hold on guys , the first time in early chapters the ml is bad , I know , and that make the character more you know realistic , and later you will found out that those two are just perfect dynamic villain couple >> so don't miss this guys, Intj male lead and entj female lead both perfect )
- Philomel, the fake
- The perk of being the villainess( the fl is INTP , the art is beautiful and how she deal with problems , the story line is so good guys)
- I will live the life of a villainess ( again guys , those two are perfect villain couple again, they both transmigrated into novel , so the plot is somewhat new to experience)
- sss class hunter doesn't want to be a villainous princess
- the deadlines are raining in the status window( guys if you already read ::"if you touch my little brother you are all dead ", they are the same author.. Like that said .. the female lead just awesome funny and she just care about money and being alive and being simp just so funny , )
- author of my own destiny ( can't upload due to too much attachment photo)
< completed>
- concubine walkthrough(guys this one is really heart touching and good world building with unexpected plot twisted , worth reading)
- Beware the villainess( really funny one )
- Kill the villainess ( really sad to read through but has happy ending thankfully)
- the villainess maker (old but gold)
- the villainess turn the hourglass( the fl is really smart)
- when the villainess loves
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Guardian, Ludonarrative Dissonance, and Lessons That Could Be Learned From the 4e Fighter
With all the recent conversation about Guardian, it's interesting to me how controversial everything about it seems to be. Some people think the class only need minor adjustments, others think it should be burned to the ground and reworked from scratch. Some think Taunt is useless, others think it's the best thing mankind ever created. Jest-y hyperboles aside, I started trying to figure out why such radically different experiences, and I think I arrived at something. Maybe.
What is a Tank?
Defining the word "tank" or similar terms such as "defender" has always been hard. There's been plenty of discussion over the years, memes, and even a Tank Alignment Chart for a reason. You can generally get people to agree that a tank needs to be sturdy and have a way to make people actually want to attack them, but get past that and things get really blurry.
Does a true tank need to be able to endure the entire opposing force beating on them continuously? Well that certainly sounds cool as hell but almost impossible to make work in a TTRPG scenario. Do they need to be able to tank single target bosses? Minions? Both? How directly do their abilities need to work in terms of making people want to hit you? These are all questions you'll get wildly different answers for.
But there are some interesting patterns to look at.
Narrative vs Mechanical Reality
You are the shield, the steel wall that holds back the tide of deadly force exhibited by enemies great and small.
When you open the Guardian class, this is the first sentence you see. If you look at everything else, from Irabeth's art to the feat names and ability descriptions, they all seem to paint about the same picture: you are the toughest, bravest bastard around. That means you'll be in the frontlines, smacking people's heads and taunting the scariest enemies so they keep focusing you, right? Right, Anakin?
Well... no. Right now, that doesn't seem to be a good way to play a Guardian. Being in the frontline means you can't Intercept for your squishies, and taunting a boss monster is almost suicide. Hampering Sweeps, as broken as it is, is currently the main way to make that playstyle viable, but the rest of Guardian's kit doesn't lend itself to that at all.
If you play as a mid-liner who stays very close or even adjacent to your squshies, and only use Taunt on enemies that are either too weak to be a threat to you but could be one to your allies, or that are positioned in a way that they can't attack you properly, everything starts clicking better. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Is it as good as a Champion? I don't think so either. But at least it's functional. If you see your Guardian as a tactician, a sort of defensive analogue to the Commander who will play dirty or even cowardly when needed to win, it's a decent class.
The issue is: a lot of people, myself included, don't want to play this class like that. It's very far from the fantasy we're looking for.
The weapon proficiency/specialization weirdness ultimately comes down to a similar issue. The idea of a martial with bad weapon progression that uses Strikes as a last resort is definitely not unworkable, but how much does it really fit a "heavily armored warrior" class? At which point do you start asking yourself why the class is even a martial and not some kind of pure skill monkey/tank or a dedicated Grappler?
A New (Combat) Challenger
The 4e Fighter, later renamed Weaponmaster due to Essentials shenanigans, was a very controversial class on release. No, not because of people calling it overpowered. Wrong game. It was controversial because 4e made the Fighter an explicit Defender, with martial damage-dealing roles going to the Rogue, Ranger and later on the Barbarian instead. Anyone who actually played 4e for long knows that the Fighter dealt a shit ton of damage anyway, but I digress. This is just a fun piece of history not too related to the main point.
Fighter's main thing was a feature called Combat Challenge, which was basically two features in one. I'll be paraphrasing because I don't want the Pinkertons at my doorstep:
The first part of Combat Challenge was a passive. Whenever you attacked someone, regardless of hitting or missing, they were Marked for one round. That means they have a -2 on all attacks that don't include you as the target or one of the targets. Every Defender had a Mark ability, but Fighter's was unique in being tied to your attacks instead of an ability you had to activate.
The second part was a reactive power. As an Immediate Interrupt (in PF2 terms, that would be a Reaction that is resolved before the triggering action), you can smack someone who tries to Shift (Step) away from you or ignore your Mark and still attack an ally anyway.
Both abilities are extremely simple, but just by reading them you know exactly what you're supposed to be doing as this class. You go to whoever seems the most threatening to your party, your smack their ass, and you don't let them attack your friends properly. If they try anyway, you punish them for it. Though there was also some nuance. For example: with the way Fighter's Mark worked, it completely flipped the usual script for targeting. In almost every turn-based RPG, you want to focus all your attacks on one target to kill them as fast as possible. If Fighter had a multi-attack power, though, there was a big incentive to spread out the attacks as that was one of the only ways of Marking multiple people.
They also had another feature called Combat Superiority, which made your Attacks of Opportunity gain a bonus to hit and stop enemy movement if they do hit. That one is less relevant for us, but it rounded out their kit nicely.
Challenging Lessons
I'll preface this by saying that I don't think 4e Fighter is a perfect class, or that Guardian should be a copy of it. That said, there are some places where I believe the former succeeds and the latter not as much.
First of all, Weaponmaster did the Tough-Ass Protective Warrior fantasy like no other. Everything about their mechanics incentivized you to be as much on people's faces as possible. While other Defenders like Swordmage and Paladin would sometimes prefer staying a bit back and using their allies as bait, playing cowardly was (almost) never a good option for Fighter.
Second, your Mark was tied to your attacks, which gave you a great reason to be "the martial defender". Attacking enemies was never a selfish act, because by doing so you were also helping your team.
And lastly, their kit was extremely cohesive and intuitive. Combat Challenge's active abiltiy fed into its passive, and Combat Superiority was there in case they try to ignore both by running away. You were a walking catch-22 for enemies, which I think the PF2 Champion also achieves really well, but Guardian not so much. Their abilities feel like a set of mostly unrelated tools, and there are some situations that don't seem very well covered by any of them (like protecting a melee ally against a boss enemy).
Conclusion
Again, the point of this post is not that we should turn Guardian into a hyper-aggressive tank and ditch what it's trying to do right now entirely, but I feel like it's not exactly resonating with what myself and many others would expect from the fantasy. The fact that so many seem to not even get it and end up "playing it the wrong way" says a lot.
I think the tactical protector who taunts from far away and wiggles themselves into putting enemies in bad positions is a valid fantasy, but I'd also like to see more incentive to do the frontliner thingy in the core chassis instead of a single busted feat. I'd like the mechanics to tie into each other to serve a gameplan better, and more intuitively. I'd like the Guardian to be better at using weapons, and then be given utility-based incentives to attack enemies, just like the Commander has, so it feels more like a martial class.
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wolverine fighting style
my question can be extended to all marvel characters but if you had to represent wolverine fighting style as a style from an actual real-life athlete/ fighter, who would that athlete be?
I'm thinking Mike Tyson: he's short, brutal and to the point.
I know wolverine supposedly knows some martial arts and whatnot but honestly I feel it represents him pretty well.
Spiderman, I'd go prince naseem hamed, due to you know the awkward angles dodging and whatnot.
any other ideas?
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Don't be surprised if this Jobber turns out to be a student of Tigre Niko
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Did we ever have a ranged ka’tah?
Hi all, I was reading the codex today and came upon an excerpt about the martial katahs stating that the 10k once had a ranged katah. Is this a thing and was it ever a thing in any other edition?
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Possible DLC?
So hi. I have been playing BitLife for over a year now, and I am a huge fan of Combat sports. I was wondering, if you can Master and Learn different Martial Arts in BitLife why not have like a Fighting DLC where you can fight in Boxing or a Mixed Martial Arts Promotion. The only use I see for Martial Arts in this game is for Self Defense. This would be a great idea if atleast the Devs consider it.
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I want to shoot guns, drive cars, and travel the world for good money and with some liberty to choose when I work. But how?
I (35m) have a military and law enforcement background. I just want to do the above-mentioned without being tied down to government work (unless it's contract) and set schedules. What're my options?
Only thing I kinda see this being an option with is by working for an executive protection company or private military company. What's the best company to work for nowadays? Willing to travel/live internationally.
What other options do I have? I feel like private military companies aren't doing these things anymore but I could be wrong. I haven't been following as of late. I'm not looking to be in a day-to-day uniform or stand post as a security guard. I shoot perfect (and/or nearly perfect) scores on all shooting quals, EVO driver trained, train BJJ and other martial arts, athletic build, etc.
Bachelor's degree, military, law enforcement, management experiences, etc. No criminal background and all favorable job experiences + references. Where do I go next?
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Thoughts on this crazy Recorder Music Education Idea for serious/gifted students?
Hello:
So, I'm a music educator, and have to teach the recorder in school. For some reason the standard has always been "Recorder Karate" which is good, but I feel like the kids are almost just imitating or playing what they think is on the page instead of what's on the page.
After observing some of my more musically gifted students (who breezed through black belt like there's no tomorrow), I realized for them, they likely needed a more challenging method.
Before I say it, please note I'm not trying to be racist, I just thought the name would suite it if you're aware how the martial arts works.
The name of my idea is "Recorder Brazilian Jiu Jitzu". With Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, there's only five belts, but obtaining each belt is more intense compared to obtaining belts in Karate. Regarding Black Belt in BJJ, very few people actually obtain it. I've heard in the world that there are less than 2,000 people who have attained a black belt in BJJ. Less than 1% of all of those who started make it here
Like that characteristic, I figured there should be five pieces that can be taught and worked on to obtain a belt, while the studies in between the "belt tests" teach the students more intense music theory.
Why I posted this here, is because I do not know much recorder literature, aside from Vivaldi that I think would fit the belt characteristics.
Here's what I have so far:
White Belt: Mary Had a Little Lamb
-What sets the Recorder Methods apart is that a white belt is something they have to earn, whereas in the martial art, you start off as a white belt.
-In this case, Mary Had a Little Lamb is an easier song to learn (it was thought to be the easiest until Hot Cross Buns came into the picture), but more difficult than "Hot Cross Buns".
Blue Belt: Ode to Joy
-Someone once said (may have been joking) that getting a blue belt in BJJ is like getting a black belt anywhere else. Others have said that with a little work, a Blue Belt can be attained by most people, but I don't know the validity.
- With this "Ode to Joy" it will not be the "Black Belt Ode to Joy" found in Recorder Karate, but it will be in the original key, and might even have them play the song an octave higher
-The piece that would be played here could be replaced with an easy concerto in literature, but still harder than Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Purple Belt: ???
-I do not know much, but I'll need a concerto that's harder than Ode to Joy, but easier than Vivaldi RV 443.
Brown Belt: Vivaldi Recorder Concerto RV 443 (transposed to be in key with a Soprano Recorder)
-For a brown belt, the Vivaldi Recorder Concerto RV 443 is a good choice since it's likely the most famous recorder literature piece, and will require a lot of practice to learn.
-If there's a more famous Recorder Concerto in Recorder Literature that's as virtuous, please let me know.
Black Belt: Virtuous Recorder Concerto that very few people can play, and those that can are extreme masters
-I don't know if such a piece exists.
-I wanted to keep the characteristic that only very few people in the world can play the piece in this level, similar to how in BJJ, very few people in the world have reached black belt.
As for the study exercises in between the "belt tests", I haven't thought that far into it yet, so I welcome suggestions from you guys.
Hope you all like my idea!
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What places can become poke stops/gyms?
There’s no pokestops or gyms near me and I’m about to get to lvl 37 in a month or so. There’s a small martial arts gym right down the street that comes up on google maps. Would I be able to request it to become a gym or poke stop or does it have to be a certain place?
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I want to shoot guns, drive cars, and travel the world for good money and with some liberty to choose when I work. But how?
I (35m) have a military and law enforcement background. I just want to do the above-mentioned without being tied down to government work (unless it's contract) and set schedules. What're my options?
Only thing I kinda see this being an option with is by working for an executive protection company or private military company. What's the best company to work for nowadays? Willing to travel/live internationally.
What other options do I have? I feel like private military companies aren't doing these things anymore but I could be wrong. I haven't been following as of late. I'm not looking to be in a day-to-day uniform or stand post as a security guard. I shoot perfect (and/or nearly perfect) scores on all shooting quals, EVO driver trained, train BJJ and other martial arts, athletic build, etc.
Bachelor's degree, military, law enforcement, management experiences, etc. No criminal background and all favorable job experiences + references. Where do I go next?
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