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sent my fax in about a half hour ago.

phil

Hey Guro Crafty and Guide Dog, thanks for the replies.

I only heard it on the radio and didnt really look  on the net when I posted.

Anyway better than hearing the kids are all right, it had nothing to do with you lot.

I'll check the mailbox again today.    An additional option is to fax them in in or send them as an attached file to an email.

I faxed them sir to 310 943 2733.

just faxed my registration in, had some trouble with the machine.

will fax in three more tomorrow, gotta get a new fax machine. ha

pretty stoked to be coming down,

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Let the chatter begin...   

Funny how the flight confirmation email changed my internal dialogue from "Hell yeah lets do this" to "what the hell are thinking?"   

hahahaha, +1, not that i have flight confirmation yet but thats pdf. and understood. :]

holy smokes, been busy with work and the world kept on moving, wot a surprise.

on the choke, my voice is better now, thanks rene for caring :\

Tom, you were very restrained and very gentlemanly, would fight and train with you any time and be pretty darn confident in your skills and your control. it was a good  great choke and the only reason i could hold so long was because of the care you took to apply. someone with less experience and respect could have done it sooner and messed me up too.

Tom, if there was any wrongdoing it was me, you were very careful, very cautious and very respectful, i have absolutely NO HARD FEELINGS, none at all.
To be honest with you, after watching you in action, i can truly see the walk as a warrior all you days philosophy now. I have been worrying about getting older, you have a couple of years on me. seeing  you go at it boss has made me rethink a lot of what i figured was possible. i feel a little more hopeful about my "physical" future now. thanks for that.

To be truly honest, the worst injury i received that sunday was from my last fight when someone from the audience chucked the knife across the floor to al who two handed it at the bottom of my upper rib cage. i was told it was from someone who wasn't fighting, a friend or something.
i know, i know, prepare to defend yourself at all times.

i wonder if we may see a day when audience participation costs someone dearly. maybe not. i hope not.

anyway i probably should have gone to the doctor but worst case scenario it was some cracked ribs.

i would agree with dean, i think peeps should maybe hit the medic on their way out, not my call though.

i would also agree with the three distinct phases of the choke, i can see all three of them still, good eye jeff.

i wake up screaming in the night, my wife keeps asking who is tom, she thinks i am having an affair. kidding. seriously.

anyway, i am spending too much time on the confuser now, trying to keep my priorities in order.

If any of you make it up here before the blizzards, the wild moose and the savage beavers make it impoosible to travel during winter, would love to train with you guys and go get some eats.

~phil

Ok, posting details as requested.

the cause was Mr C- Howling Dog applying  respiratory choke across the windpipe which i resisted.  As he was gentlemanly and applied force as needed he increased the pressure.

i was fine at the time, my voice was hoarse but i was yelling pretty loudly and i was not surprised.

that night i lay down and as i swallowed there was some discomfort and a clicking sound, like a shotgun click click.

it was gone in the morning, however my voice is still shot, and the outside of my throat is sore. i am unable to yell or raise my voice.

i havent been to the doctor and probably will not as i am pretty busy with work right now and if i was going to die, it probably would have happened by now.

Dean I hope your leg is better quick, funny how you only grow hair on the one leg, convenient for the operation eh?

Ryan, i think i met your grand dad, nice fellow, good handshake.

anyone teaching any classes before sunday? i arive friday morning id rather train then bum around.as far as helping my hotel is close by i'll call to see if i am needed

yeah , we are in venice on friday morning and have wheels, willing to travel and catch a class maybe.

also how long to get to burbank from venice, google says in heavy traffic 2 hours. do you get "heavy traffic" on a sunday morning?

i doubt it but the roads here are shit and sunday morning can suck on the hghway one.

this is an awesome trip.

st pierre saturday night, like last time i was there, the gathering sunday morning and my best friends are coming with me. w00t!

we will help set up on the sun morn, will call pappy when we hit the ground tomorrow morning.

thanks in advance for any answers.

i am not trying to sound like an "old hand" because i only made it to one previously, but i think you will have a blast and meet some truly "real" people. i am so stoked already i am vibrating. i had such a good time.

hey Dean, if all goes well, my self and three others are coming. for one of them it will be the second time. the other two are noobs.

A more reliable task is to send a few students to a several of the Dog Brother Gatherings to gain some experience with people outside of their class.  An average response is a better gauge than a contest between two of the top players.  What good is a system if it is only suitable to the founder ?

very good point

I think you misunderstand me, I didnt say they shouldn't, my point was a liability issue.
I think most people doing hat we do, especially those of us on the end of the spectrum we inhabit, really hitting each other, are of the same mentality as the gentleman with the sword. I have aided people in the past i have believed to be in need of assistance, none of these were policemen.
I can see why law enforcement say the things the way they do as in this case. I don't really believe the sword wielder just managed to walk away without anyone knowing who he was either.

while i would not say this is very common it does happen here in igloo land. I think i remember when this happened. There was another case on the Island I believe when an OAP or damn near it defende himself against a mountain lion with a small knife he actually killed the cat.
From what i know of this past summer it was not so great for the bears in BC anyway. the berry crop which they rrely on for food, winter fat was not very abundant. There was a higher than average incidence of nuisance bears and one of the cubs they watch at whistler died of starvation. It may have been the year before, but i think it was this year.
Finally my personal fave is the story of the guy who had just started "playing" Jiu jitsu and he used to practice on his dog, one day whilst running he was stalked and attacked by a mountina lion. He believe it or not managed to get it's back and did what most of us would do, sunk his hooks in. Haha no mention of whether or not he sunk the third hook but I bet he applied the "Lion Killer." sorry. anyway he lay there for two hours i believe and let go of the animal because he was getting tired. The cat shot off into the woods due the the presence of a hiking party if i remember correctly.
it was in the paper so I am pretty sure it was a true story. whatever.
anyway i have to go, the stiking beavers are chewing through my interwebnet lines again and i am going to dropoff soon.

fighting on the beach sucks, and it's a bitch to clean sand out later, not to mention abrasions, grind and possible bacterial problems, lets go gangster and use the los angeles river overflow things. talk about neo tribal street cred.

Any news on the photos yet?

Gints told me it has been pushed back a few days but he was planning on sorting through the 1500 pictures soon (I assume this week).  My grandma has been asking for me to bring some pictures to Christmas so I too can't wait until their are posted as well!
Gruhn

holy smokes 1500 pics. nice one Indrus.
thanks for the answer Ryan