The basic elements of Aikido (what you saw the cop doing) are what is usually taught in class. However there are exercises that use this sort of magic hocus pocus movement to teach a student how to move. I never liked that, I rather the Japanese way of doing things: practice the basics over and over the rest will happen by itself.

Learning how to fall is important and being able to fall is important in a real world situation, so that you can come up ready to attack.

In some cases a teacher or student my throw themselves out of respect, or Fear, I do this on occasion when the most senior teacher does a technique. Because it usually involves pain.

In practice students do not compete, they do a technique over and over and eventually they can begin to compete.

If you think that stuff is crazy... you should see Aiki Jitsu (or jutsu) as I told JAPR I got warned (and almost dismissed) for laughing out loud when the instructor did a no touch pin.

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See that's the sort of think that makes me go "wow". I'm not looking for superman moves or anything, just something that works and isn't someone rolling over. This guy wouldn't be able to resist stuff like this because it's done with such force and speed that he hasn't time to, and if he did he'd have broken his own wrist.

Did you watch the video i posted? Because i insist that the 2-person take down shown first (i think, i only watched it once) was just a case of him moving his hands towards someone's face, and if you watch their feet, they literally throw themselves to the ground.

That's the stuff i think has no use. If there's a way to take down 2 people at once, then brilliant, i'm sure it takes a lot of skill and training and i'm sure it isn't pretty. But someone throwing themselves to the floor? That does the teacher no good and it does the pupil no good.

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http://www.videosift.com/video/Aikido-Tactical-handcuff-techniques-Interesting

Cop using aikido the way it was meant to be used and ... kinda funny.

That's the problem with demonstrations... is they are pretty and they do not explain the nitty gritty, this is due to the lack of hardcore trainees.

People wanna see flashy super moves that will make them supermen, but this is not how the real world is, and in the Ideal world we would win every time. But in the real world we never ever know what will happen.

EDIT: You should always be skeptical, and remain so because it gives you an edge.

See that's the sort of think that makes me go "wow". I'm not looking for superman moves or anything, just something that works and isn't someone rolling over. This guy wouldn't be able to resist stuff like this because it's done with such force and speed that he hasn't time to, and if he did he'd have broken his own wrist.

Did you watch the video i posted? Because i insist that the 2-person take down shown first (i think, i only watched it once) was just a case of him moving his hands towards someone's face, and if you watch their feet, they literally throw themselves to the ground.

That's the stuff i think has no use. If there's a way to take down 2 people at once, then brilliant, i'm sure it takes a lot of skill and training and i'm sure it isn't pretty. But someone throwing themselves to the floor? That does the teacher no good and it does the pupil no good.

In reply to this comment by NordlichReiter:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Aikido-Tactical-handcuff-techniques-Interesting

Cop using aikido the way it was meant to be used and ... kinda funny.

That's the problem with demonstrations... is they are pretty and they do not explain the nitty gritty, this is due to the lack of hardcore trainees.

People wanna see flashy super moves that will make them supermen, but this is not how the real world is, and in the Ideal world we would win every time. But in the real world we never ever know what will happen.

EDIT: You should always be skeptical, and remain so because it gives you an edge.

barbarino's pupils are related.

and diluted.

psst. title. kotter, not cotter.

I can't get over how utterly huge his/her pupils are. Definitely trying to suck the soul right out of it's target.

I would not sleep well in that house...

well, its funny the left is playing the games they used to accuse the far right of playing.

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html
We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.

* Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she increased funding and signed a bill that will triple per-pupil funding over three years for special needs students with high-cost requirements.

* She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a "What if?" question, but the librarian continued in her job through most of Palin's first term.

* She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group that wants Alaskans to vote on whether they wish to secede from the United States. She’s been registered as a Republican since May 1982.

* Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once wore a Buchanan button as a "courtesy" when he visited Wasilla, but shortly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.

* Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She has said that students should be allowed to "debate both sides" of the evolution question, but she also said creationism "doesn't have to be part of the curriculum."

Damien Rice:The Blower's Daughter
From LyricWiki
This song is performed by Damien Rice and appears on the album O (2002).

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind
My mind... my mind
'Til I find somebody new

It might have been trained to do that. One way to tell, take a small light and test the pupils to see if they react, if they don't, then you have a medical problem. Its unlikely that any one can keep their pupils from reacting to light stimulus.

On the other hand, if something has epilepsy there is not much you can do about it except create an environment that does not induce seizure.

To those of you out there that might witness a seizure and provide first aid: don't ever put any thing in that persons mouth(or cat). And cradle the head of the victim so that they (cat) do not damage their skulls.

And no you cannot swallow your tongue, but you can choke on it.

Yes, cats pupils get real large just a moment before they pounce. If you're playing with a cat, this gives you a seconds warning that you're about to get bloodied

Hey, you know humans have that same reaction to adrenalin. If you look at American football player (think defensive linemen) they usually have huge pupils. This happens so that an animal can see movements better, even in a well lit area.

you may have heard a story of people talking about an intense experience, where they say every thing was slower and seems like a dream. That is the effect of adrenalin. Even if you are having fun the animal instinct is still there. With animals who do not foster the ability to rationalize, they are always on he edge of an adrenal gland outburst. Paranoid people seems to be like this cat too!:D

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Whoa, the way his pupils change size when he gets excited is almost freaky.

Whoa, the way his pupils change size when he gets excited is almost freaky.

>> ^Payback:
Speaking of Futurama, what's up with the Hypnotoad eyes? insert alien electric machine noise



Cuttlefish eyes are among the most developed in the animal kingdom. The organogenesis of cephalopod eyes differs fundamentally from that of vertebrates like humans.

Superficial similarities between cephalopod and vertebrate eyes are thought to be examples of convergent evolution. The cuttlefish pupil is a smoothly-curving W shape. Although they cannot see color, they can perceive the polarization of light, which enhances their perception of contrast.

They have two spots of concentrated sensor cells on their retina (known as fovea), one to look more forward, and one to look more backwards. The lenses, instead of being reshaped as they are in humans, are pulled around by reshaping the entire eye in order to change focus


And before anybody thinks i'm a marine biologist, thats taken straight from the cuttlefish wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish

this quote is highlighted as well, on the iMDb quote page, there:
"Strength through discipline, strength through community, strength through action!"

reminds me of a more recent film, that had a shorter but similar motto, for their cinematic fascist regime?

oh, and this also reminded me of Apt Pupil.
if anyone else hasn't caught that one yet, it's worth a rental.

"You could live off that oxygen even if there was mustard gas outside in your garage. Then you could take a deep breath, open the car and exit via the door." - Dannym3141

Wrong Fool!
Mustard gas is a strong vesicant (blister-causing agent). Due to its alkylating properties, it is also strongly mutagenic (causing damage to the DNA of exposed cells) and carcinogenic (cancer causing). Those exposed usually suffer no immediate symptoms. Within 4 to 24 hours the exposure develops into deep, itching or burning blisters wherever the mustard contacted the skin; the eyes (if exposed) become sore and the eyelids swollen, possibly leading to conjunctivitis and blindness. According to the Medical Management of Chemical Casualties handbook, there have been experimental cases in humans where the patient has suffered miosis, or pinpointing of pupils, as a result of the cholinomimetic activity of mustard. At very high concentrations, if inhaled, it causes bleeding and blistering within the respiratory system, damaging the mucous membrane and causing pulmonary edema. Blister agent exposure over more than 50% body surface area is usually fatal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_gas

This needs a promote (I'm fresh out) as it is in the news today...

Pupils at private school discover their teacher in 'shocking soft-porn' advert on YouTube

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Hmm, so the spirit I'm hearing from a lot of you is - "how dare these beautiful people complain about anything?" I would say that you suffer from a severe case of "unable to walk a mile in another's moccasins".

When I see a beautiful woman, I like to imagine taking the epidermis off of her, so she's a walking pile of pink sinew and glistening muscle tissue. This helps me get a grip on my own "dermal-level" response to human sexual attraction. Beauty really is skin-deep, but the behavior that is caused by it can probably be a pain in the ass.

We know what turns us on as humans- symmetrical faces, large pupils, white sclera etc. Not to mention all of the secondary sexual stuff that works on another level. large, full lips are just body self-mimicry for a different set of lips ...

As self-aware beings, we need to keep in-check our animal nature and keep a look out for real beauty.

Kind of off-topic, but there's one other bit of body self-mimicry that I read about in The Naked Ape:
So, most primates do it doggie style- and large inflamed buttocks were the indicator that the female was in estrus. When humans started doing it missionary style - that big buttocks sexual indicator was replaced with something on the front of the body. Yep - big boobies. That's why we men are attracted to them - and why they are often large, even though they don't functionally need to be big to deliver milk.

So fellows, just think about engorged monkey arses, the next time you see a good set.