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Family Night: How Hurricane Katrina Was Born
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How did what was perhaps the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history form? Watch and learn: Our video time line tells the tale via satellite images, graphics, and on-the-scene footage.
Video in the News: How Hurricane Katrina Was Born by National Geographic News.
And more on hurricanes...
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The Body's Healing Process
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From the moment a bone breaks or a ligament tears, your body goes to work to repair the damage. Here's what happens at each stage of the healing process:
At the moment of injury: Chemicals are released from damaged cells, triggering a process called inflammation. Blood vessels at the injury site become dilated; blood flow increases to carry nutrients to the site of tissue damage.
Within hours of injury: White blood cells (leukocytes) travel down the bloodstream to the injury site where they begin to tear down and remove damaged tissue, allowing other specialized cells to start developing scar tissue.
Within days of injury: Scar tissue is formed on the skin or inside the body. The amount of scarring may be proportional to the amount of swelling, inflammation, or bleeding within. In the next few weeks, the damaged area will regain a great deal of strength as scar tissue continues to form.
Within a month of injury: Scar tissue may start to shrink, bringing damaged, torn, or separated tissues back together. However, it may be several months or more before the injury is completely healed.
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The Newbie Guide to Martial Arts Doublespeak
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| WHEN PEOPLE SAY | THEY REALLY MEAN
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| Japanese martial arts are martial the best. | I practice a Japanese art.
| | This art is thousands of years old. | This style is decades old.
| | The martial arts are about building better people. | The martial arts are about sweat, bruises and money.
| | Chinese martial arts are the best. | I practice a Chinese martial art.
| | High kicks are stupid. | I can't do high kicks. |
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Personal Defense: Non-violent Postures
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The famous Japanese swordsman, Musashi, wrote, "Make your fighting stance your everyday stance, make your everyday stance your fighting stance."Provocative insight from a man who survived over 60 actual life and death duels and then wrote his classic text on strategy, The Book of Five Rings.
Still, hundreds of years later, martial artists often fail to incorporate Musashi’s brilliant premise. Why? Musashi’s prowess was legendary. His fights were for real.
Perhaps it is because martial artists often do not understand real fights, real violence?
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The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice
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Originally, one's own mind and nature are pure, and there is nothing to accept and nothing to refuse; there is neither existence nor non-existence; there is only clear understanding without attachment and with no dwelling. One who wants to know the no-attachment, no-dwelling mind can find it through meditation, because it is only then that the mind does not think of right and wrong, of good and evil or of self and others...
Do not do something because you have been instructed to do so, but try it and find out how it works for you. Be always on guard for what doesn't seem to be quite right, and see what might be done about it. There are many, many methods that can be tried.
Read more "The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice..." by Ting Chen (PDF, 340KB)
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Targets and purpose of a technique
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Every technique must have a purpose. If you are going to be successful, most of these will be to hit your opponent. If you can’t hit the target you’re aiming for, then you are not achieving that purpose. To hit a defined target takes a combination of skills. These include physical skills such as timing, distancing, range and precision of techniques. Mental skills centre on having the ability ot analyse your opponent, select the target, select the tool for hitting that target, and then commit yourself to the technique. As always, these skills require practice.
One way to slow someone down by way of both footwork and his kicks is to kick the thigh. The Thai leg kick is designed to mash and bruise, and is definitely effective in causing damage! To get through to the nerves in the thigh it is suggested to kick up at 45 degrees, or down at 45, to get through the muscle fibres.
Read more "Targets and purpose of a technique..." by Gary 'Smiler' Turner
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Family Night: Ode to Summer
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As one of three quintessence of China, Chinese painting has a great reputation in International stage for a long time. 2D Chinese painting cartoon was born in 1960. It drew all the attention in the world animation circle and it is a outstanding masterpiece with Chinese national style in Chinese art movie. Ron Hui combined traditional Chinese painting technique and style with 3D technology, created a new form of animation, which stir great interests and attention in CG circle both domestic and abroad. This from short film titled "Ode to Summer" which was featured at Siggraph 2003.
Watch "Ode to Summer..." by Ron Hui
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Bodyweight Training by Mike Mahler
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THE BACK BRIDGE
Tired of that nagging back pain and that stiff, weak neck? Well, this is not only the best exercise for your neck, it’ll also help keep your back pain-free.
THE HINDU SQUAT
Have a short term goal of doing 100 straight reps and a long term goal of doing 500 in one set. When you can do 500 squats in sixteen minutes, you’ll be in awesome shape and ready for combat.
THE HINDU PUSH-UP
This is a kickass exercise and one of my favorites. In addition to being a great upper body exercise, it’s great for increasing flexibility in the spine and is a fantastic pick-me-up whenever you feel lethargic.
HANDSTAND PUSH-UPS
This is by far my favorite upper body exercise. Imagine doing a standing shoulder press with your own bodyweight and you’ll get an idea of how hard this exercise is. Once you make some progress and you start seeing the growth in your arms and shoulders, you’ll be hooked.
Read "Combat Conditioning: Five Months Without Weights..." by Mike Mahler
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