I can't recommend Sam highly enough. Sure, he's kinda scary, but he's pretty much the reason I am a teacher. He left LA to start this school, and he's sorely missed.

The one class I took from him made me wish I didn't suck/wasn't injured/wasn't worried about Alibelle who was trying not to puke, because I wanted to be able to do what he wanted me to. I couldn't, but he still impressed me.

I'm glad I have an office, because I am giggling imagining conversations at the Miracleborns between a Krav empowered 16 year old Emma, Joe, and the poor boy waiting on the porch for his date.

eta: Hi Cass!

"Dad! I can kick his ass myself, thank you very much. Put the shotgun away."

I wanted to be able to do what he wanted me to.

That's it right there. That's my response to Sam.

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They are real!

Silly Empress...

Hi Empress! Yay on krav.

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because I wanted to be able to do what he wanted me to. I couldn't, but he still impressed me.

JSw! (I've been gone for a month, I figure HOTTT Buffista on Buffista action is the only way to come back...)

Can anything beyond waiting (and, obviously, not being dumb enough to fall in the first place) be done for a sprained toe?

Ice. Taping it to the next toe. Swearing.

I first got interested in pursuing krav last year about this time when I first read about it here.

Time passed.

Now I'm something of a slug coming out of a winter coma. I'm not afraid of pain...but would it make more sense to 'get in shape' before attempting krav? Spin for a while first, perhaps?

I've just discovered that there are easily accessible classes at the DC JCC...so the motivation is high.

JSw! (I've been gone for a month, I figure HOTTT Buffista on Buffista action is the only way to come back...)

I can only be a source of encouragement and pretend my motives aren't entirely selfish. Hi!

"Dad! I can kick his ass myself, thank you very much. Put the shotgun away."

Poor MM. He's waited her whole life for the shotgun on the porch moment, and pfft, redundant.

Oh there was swearing. There was much swearing.

Check, ice and tape next.

I think having to jam my shoe back on it doing the same thing as taping but if I ever get home, I am going to actually tape and then it's all about the ice, ice baby.

Krav will get you fit. Sure, it'd be easier to walk into it in tip top condition, but I wouldn't bother -- I prefer exercising when I'm learning.

I'm still planning to take the local community college's Japanese swordsmanship class as soon as time and money permit. Which could be awhile.

Of course, that's not exactly practical for self-defense, since somehow I doubt it's legal to wear a sword wherever I go. But, swords! Want!

And someday I'ma get me some reproduction Napoleonic-era weaponry and learn how to use it. Also much with the impractical, though I'd undoubtedly make the headlines if I ever drove a criminal type out of my home with a musket or a Baker rifle!