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Woof Kaju...I got in also...earlier today I could'nt get in then the same probelm later in the day....seems all is well at this time.
Thanks for the response.
                                       C-HD

Woof I certainly would not argue with "wood carvers.org" and not being familiar with "basswood" I googled it and indeed it is a favorite among begining carvers.
It is a very bland looking wood,not very appealing to the eye, and quite boring from what I read it seems to be recommended to be painted for a finish.

Though still similar in usablity to white pine, I think the pine might still be a good choice esp when it comes to apperrance....
Here's a link that has lots of woods on them with description, and usablity and how recommende to be used, also a picture of the wood that can be enlarged.

http://www.thewoodbox.com/data/wood/basswoodinfo.htm

               C-HD
P.S. even if you don't choose the walnut......its still worth a look for its beauty.

Woof Guro Crafty,  For pieces of a chess set, I would possibley suggest Walnut for the dark pieces and possible Oak for the light colored.

Both hard woods but I think workable ......Walnut is one of my favorites because of its Dark color....its also a little more expensive due to it being a little more rare these days.....but I think the amount needed for half a chess set would be reasonable......maybe able to get scrape from a cabinet maker?
Do they have such things in your "neck of the woods"
                                        C-HD

I was very impressed with GM Sonny Umpad's carvings; perhaps one of his people (or anyone else) here can offer suggestions?

Impressive indeed!

Woof Mark...email returned....is your email working?
                               C-HD

Woof Mark, Hey....I thought it was you. Are you training at Guro Crafty's Sat moring class now?
Do you mind if I ask you a question about some of your gear at the gathering?
                                                             C-HD

Woof C-KD.....I have been thinking of you. I hope your knee is healing well!!!
How about a update.
                                         C-Howling dog

Woof Thank you Guro Crafty and C-Kaju Dog for your support......
 With all the posting on this, I confess to have been feeling a sense of wrong doing of late.
(Never my intention, I never take the mat wanting to hurt someone)

I agree with Kaju -Dog in not wanting to see rules and restrictioins implemented. I like the 1 rule of "onley you are responsible for you" Of course as always "Friends at the end of the day!"

I truly did apply slow constant pressure, and do again admit I was surprised that Phil was able to fight off the tap as long as he did. (I was fully expecting a quick tap)

My hope is for Phil to have a quick and full recovery from any injurys sustained. He is definetly a game fighter....... (much respect )
                                                 C- Howling Dog
                                                           

Woof, First things first.....Many thanks to Guro Crafty and Pretty Kitty for putting this on for us.
You guys are awesome! Also many thanks to all of you behind the scenes who do so much that we are not aware of.

Arkangel Phil, Sorry about your neck....but your a stuborn cuss! I thought it would be a easy tap after I got the stick across your throat, but you held out for a long time and some considerable pressure. I actually tried to be slow and continue to until you tapped. I was amazed at what it took to get you.   Ofcourse your built like a Mac truck with a neck like a tree trunk.

I was/am so Honored to make candidate dog brother, The feeling swells inside of me. Though as Guide dog stated, I too had two first time fighters with me and I watched with pride and concern as they fought.
I was real proud of their performances. Dan and Don.....You guys did awesome!

I hearty howl to all the first time fighters.....all of you guys to a man were tough and fought with a great dog brother spirit! WELL DONE!!

So much I could type and so many to woof at......Bottom line a IMHO a Great Gathering and a great time!
                                                                Tom  C-Howling Dog Guthrie

Woof,  "Higher consciousness through harder contact"
I'am not against small pads, but lets face it you can walk through most shots even with the wrestling "sliders" .
Just my opinion, but I think pads are kind of like steriods......they give an advantage to those who do use them.
Then again it forces me to choose? weather to use the same advantage and wear the pads....or to take my chances and try to compete without them.

I would say pads plus a skilled fighter, is a serious advantage to be wary of.....
Its actually so much so, that I'am considering going out and buying some pads, before sunday.
                                                   Dog Tom

Woof Craig, I read your post last night. I'am sure I'am not alone here when I say I'am sorry to hear what happend to your wife and what you must be feeling.
My thoughts are with you and your family!  Stay safe and love your wife!
 I'am glad to hear she came thru this unhurt.
                                                            Dog Tom

Maxx, You are a beast .........Any chance you will be at the Gathering Aug 10? Its always nice to meet people from the forum in person.
I'am comming out from Ohio.
                                                                         TG

 The dog that pounds C-ya soon!
                                                                 Dog TG

Woof DP, At the bottom of the "Gathering page"

Woof, I'am VERY greatful to have had the opertunity to train with Guro Crafty for the past three days.

Two days of DLO training at the Canton Ohio seminar......and also having the privliedge of hosting him with 2 of my dedicated students for a day of personal training and gathering prep.

Hopefully this is just the begining of many trips here to our area of Ohio!
A great time and much thanks to Guro Crafty and special thanks to Pretty kitty for putting this together for us! See you and the rest of the tribe at the Aug. gathering.......The adventure truley continues!
                                                            Dog Tom

Woof Guro Crafty, I think a main stream insurance company can provide this insurance.
It is my understanding that we were looking to do a jr wrestling camp and needed similar insurance for the kids..... (the event was the wrestling camp)
It so happend that one of our high school wrestlers dad was a state farm insurance agent and he said he could provide the insurance..........
Might be a place to start anyway......
                                                         Dog TG

Gruhn, congrats on your new adventure!! Hope that works out well for you.
Heres another pretty big MMA gym on the east coast ...

http://www.americantopteam.com/home.php
                                                                           TG

Maxx, Dr. Gyi has a fair amount of Dog Brother affilation.
He actually lives in southern Ohio and is getting rather old....not sure exactly how old.....but last I heard he did not take any new students...but still works with those he already knows ......

As far as his past goes.....don't know about that, but there are lots of folks out there that think his martial arts is legit Maybe more reasearch is needed.
                                                                    TG

I was just saying that I would not make the trip all the way out there just to watch 

Hopefully the reason you would come, would be for the Crafty dog Seminar.
After Jeff refused my offer to have him roll with my college wrestler, Gruhn stepped up and offered to, at the lunch break of the seminar.
I would also like to have time to grab some lunch........My main goal though is to attend the seminar, not about some off time training....we do that in our regular practices, as I'am sure you do as well.

You actually make mention of it in the other thread (ufc83 Gsp vs. serra)....remember where you mention letting the wrestlers submit you with their sloppy technique and neck cranks.

Anyway, maybe we'll see you at the seminar, or at a gathering sometime......
Thanks for not wanting to pick on a tired old man
                                                               Dog TG

Woof, I was glad to see Wand , get the win. He really needed  it. Its hard to believe he's onley 31 seems hes been fighting a long time.

Machida in my opinion did just enough to win. I thought he ran alot and did no real damage until the knockdown in the 3rd round. He frustrated a much slower Ortiz, but also bored me..... did any one else hear the boos? Fighting like he did maybe smart in not taking much punishment, but he wont win over many fans or be a draw.....
Hes a good fighter and may some day be great but hes got a ways to go....IMHO....Tito is done in my opinion, he may say he wants to fight but I don't see it.

As for the wrestling vs bjj question... I guess that is for another day since I saw neither

We get to see that when Gruhn comes to Canton and rolls with my guy.....are you comming to watch Jonobos?

 Not  wrestling,Could have been Sherks mistake. Penn looked great moving in and out of Sherks range pumping a very sweet jab with an occasional right hand. reach was a definite advantage, but Penn has really good underated striking,
Penn showed no signs of gassing and looked to be flowing very well.....possibly Sherk should have pressured him more from the start , though that can be real dangerous as well.
I think the best fighter won.
                                                         Dog TG

Woof, Obviously, we can't say for sure weather or not he used roids. When he was at 170lbs. he looked the same as he does at 155 just a bigger version.

I have seen guys at weight gyms who have gotten off of roids and shrank up tremendously....I don't think your going to see this from SS....Besides steriods mostly help the muscle retain water...why would he want that when hes cutting weight?

Though from what I saw last night on spike he did look a little flat, muscular wise....meaning he did'nt look like his muscles were as pumped.
I'am not sure how he could make the claim he didn't know he was taking them......I certainly would'nt pop anything in my mouth without knowing what it was.....So that argument is Bogus IMHO.....

Regardless, I think at 155 your going to see the same Muscle shark and that his performance will be as always......RELENTLESS....    
                                                            Dog TG
Actually his suspension was reduced from 1 year to six months. His levels of nanderlone were not really that high.
Normal people can have up to  6(whatever they measure it in) and his were a 12.
I THINK  Royce Gracie tested at something like 50 or 60

Woof, The Fight is tommorrow night.
As I stated Bj Penn is one of my favorite fighters and is probably the odds on fav. to win and I will not be at all suprised if he does.......
What I would like for everyone who watches the fight is to ........ Watch for the contrasting differences in the ground games of the two fighters.
I think this will be a real BJJ vs. wrestler match up, and I think the fight will show that.......time will tell.

If its a stand up fight I think Bj Penn wins........hes got some of the most underated stand up(Imho)
Should be a great fight, 155 is where Penn belongs I hope his cardio is up for it......Can't wait!

I also will not be suprised if Machida beats Ortiz........my guess Ortiz takes this to the ground in a hurry.
                                              Dog TG
Gruhn.....my wrestler says he wants to stay around 170 this summer.......

Ryan,

Ehhh, if he taps me I think that would be considered a win.  If he out points me, I think it's considered a win.  However, I'm 155 when I'm in shape,

Agreed but some wreslters are takedown artists....In other words they take down their opponent get the 2 points kick the guy out and take him down again.......16-8 they win 2 points per takedown vs. 1 point per escape...... I'am not looking for anything like that......besides what kind of rules do you want to go by....Wrestlers get points for putting people on their backs .....obviously a submission is a win regardless...... anyway...we can work on it.

155-160 When in shape? What do you weigh when your not in shape?
My guy I think wrestled at 160 this year...not likley though he'd want to cut weight.......
                                                           Dog TG

Yea I guess it is. A couple of things though that I find to be quite contrary are the facts that both Gruhn and Jeff agreed with Crafty that Royce Gracie should have trained with wrestlers prior to his"fight" with Matt Hughes.
Yet Jeff insists that the reason why  top notch wrestlers do so well in the UFC, is because they hold some sort of belt in BJJ........
Then again, I know from my Karate experience that holding a belt does not neccassarily make you good at what you do.
I've seen Karate black belts who could not fight their way out of a wet paper bag, but then I've seen green belts who fought like beasts.........kind of why I'am not all that pro belt, ranking....

Its just my opinion, but I feel anyone who can compete at any sport at a college level esp all things equal,like weight classes, has proven themselves....and is pretty solid.

Anyway, I'am really not as big a ass as I may seem,but I do feel quite strongly about my position....or when I take one (no matter what it may be).....thats why I really do hate all the key board chest bumping.......It really is as Perigrine says....amusing......and proves nothing.......kind of why, I asked Jeff if he would roll with my wrestler........but I do respect his decsion not to............
The adventure continues........
It was good today to have my wrestler home from college......its fun to watch him and his brother spar......like onley two brothers can .......
The older.....will be fighting in the Aug. gathering..........hes a pretty solid wrestler in his own right
                                                                Dog TG

Ok, No problem.....It really was not intended so much as a challenge match with any kind of anger or animosity attached.....but just a friendly roll......more for my benifit than yours of course, becuase you already know how you match up against a college wrestler...but I would be intrested to see how well a college wrestler matches up agianst a BJJ brown belt.
 NJ is a little far, besides I'am quite sure I would not do well.......old and tired and all......

Actually jeff, Ia'm basing my thougths on the things you say, correct. I actually put up the quotes to back up why I think the way I do about you.
If the oppertunity to train bjj with a good instructor for a reasonable price came along.....I would consider it.

It is cool that he sought you out to coach him, though I would venture his core is already established.....In fact I would venture he could teach you a few things......wouldn't that be cool?

You seriously have no idea what nonsense you're spouting at this point.

I actually consider myself a very rational person.....I sense its just a little frustration on your part.
You've been trying to pigeon hole me all along........my whole argument is that you can take a quality (college wrestler) teach him a few submissions and he would suffice on the ground at a high level.......again I think this has been established.

I have a college wrestler that I train dog brothers with.
So in the context of a pure ground game(No striking).........how would you say you match up, with a college wrestler equal weight....being that your a brown belt BJJ.