used up my ten dollars

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a long time ago, i developed this theory of concentration/coordination, which basically said you have a finite amount of each, and could use them up, often as a so called "saving throw" in one go - applied to many things, but especially juggling/unicycling, and so on.

keith code, of motorcycling racing fame, invented this scheme where you have $10 of concentration to spend. initially, you'd spend more doing a new task. as you practice, and become better, you spend less to do the same thing, thus having more to spend... great for racing. also good for other things.

kickboxing required enough energy that for up to an hour or so after, i'm dropping stuff, fumbling, and general having a spazzy time with small motion stuff. it's hysterically funny, if not entirely useful when trying to sort change, pick up small objects, shop, not drop the food... yar. definitely a bad time to try and sharpen the cutlery.

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Bamboo said:
So much for martial arts honing your skills.... :rolleyes: :D
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one has good days and bad. today i just really used up a lot of energy.

a quick can of monster fuel, and i'm good to go :)

bladite
 
A Twist of The Wrist goes martial arts
I read a couple of Kieth's books about 10 yrs ago.
It's an interesting approach to teaching, his $10 concept.

DaddyDett
 
DaddyDett said:
A Twist of The Wrist goes martial arts

DaddyDett
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It is all in the wrist, isn't it ....


Bladite, glad to hear you're back on your feet. You never know when the zombies are gonna wake up.
 
Im just an advanced beginner when it comes to unicycling, you might say, but the experts i know swear its easier than walking...
They say that you could teach a baby to ride a uni faster than teaching it to walk because the legs work together on a uni as opposed to walking where the body shifts balance from one leg to the other.
(on a uni its always straight down from your spine)

For this same reason, they say its actually better for your health than walking...
 
DannyinJapan said:
Im just an advanced beginner when it comes to unicycling, you might say, but the experts i know swear its easier than walking...
They say that you could teach a baby to ride a uni faster than teaching it to walk because the legs work together on a uni as opposed to walking where the body shifts balance from one leg to the other.
(on a uni its always straight down from your spine)
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i learned juggling and unicycling in HS, and found out by accident, that is, i had 5 people running across campus to find and recruit me, that my school had a circus arts program :) so i learned gymnastics, and some more skills... the holy grail back then was 4 or 5 balls. learned a meagre 4, and practiced 5 enough before i graduated to claim i could do it. went to a real juggling club, where lots of people could do 5, and after seeing it, things shaped up. learned rope walking later (slack rope), and stilts, and rolla bolla, and all that... ninja training! watch out!

unicycling to me, after 20 years or more of doing that, seems damned natural. i can't imagine not being able to do it. then again, i can't figure why people can't walk rope either, or juggle 3 balls. it's so ... basic. i forget that there's a skill there. i *can* teach it, i remember the pain involved, and the small steps, but it's like breathing now. hardly think about it.

bladite
 
I'd try to ride a unicycle, it would be good, but I'd probably fall off.




munk
 
I do my share of falling down. Like any skill, one gets better at it over time. With the amount of time that I spend landing hard on my back, you'd think that I'd be an expert by now. (I'm not.)

The human body is a fascinating thing. Pushups and situps and running and the like don't particularly bother me, but a three minute round of newaza -- if I'm going hard -- leaves me gasping for breath. Several of these, back to back, and I may very well need help getting up at the end of it. Between the newaza and randori, I've basically lost all fine motor functions by the time I leave my judo club...which occasionally makes for an interesting drive home. The adrenaline/endorphine combo does funny things to me.

Ever since I learned that I can spend my ten dollars far faster than I can earn it, I've focused my efforts on managing my budget more effectively. ;)
 
Errr, ah, Bamboo, that depends on what your talkin about, I reckon.

Kieth Code is Director of The California Superbike School.

http://www.superbikeschool.com/

These are the books I was referring to:

Twist of the Wrist, Vol. 1
115 pages/89 pictures
This is the world's foremost primer on motorcycle riding. Well written and illustrated, it contains everything from the five basic road designs and how to handle them all the way to successful tips on braking, steering, cornering, how to use reference points, sliding, and even how to fall. This book outlines the basics. It has received more reviews, has been translated into more languages and sold more copies than any other book on motorcycling.
$19.95

A Twist of the Wrist, Vol. 2
117 pages/99 pictures
The newest Twist book contains twenty-six chapters of riding techniques. Straight to the point information on how to make your bike work for you not against you. Volume II names and solves the seven specific riding problems every rider faces. This is not a warmed over version of the original Twist material, it is new. You'll use the clearly described techniques every day - every time you ride.

I used to compete on Observed Trials bikes, the obstacle course of motorcycling. The focus and planning mental challenge combined with 5 hrs on the bike
make trials absolutely draining. I can remember being unable to sign my scorecard legibly, my motor skills were spent.
I still have a 2001 Gas-Gas TXT 280, but seldom ride these days. Hopefully this summer I will get some time on the pegs again.
This is a 2000, mine is slightly lighter, upgraded forks, upgraded graphics.
http://http://www.gasgas.com/Pages/brochures/Factory-pics/00-TXT280.html


DaddyDett
 
Dave Rishar said:
The human body is a fascinating thing. Pushups and situps and running and the like don't particularly bother me, but a three minute round of newaza -- if I'm going hard -- leaves me gasping for breath.
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Muscle memory and training certain groups of muscles for certain things can get to the best of us. I use the example a lot, but I've seen it so many times that it's engrained in me. Every spring/summer we hire our seasonal help to help with our construction jobs. A lot of these guys are fresh out of highschool or still trying to figure out what they want to do with their life. More than half of them a trained and conditioned football players/wrestlers/weightlifters. They come in cocky and buff....and last about a week. They can lift weights all day, or drive a sled, or squat 400lbs, but none of that training preps them to wheel concrete for 8 hours, or drag a hand trowle, or shovle rock. The muscle pairs are different. I'm out of shape for both athletics and work these days. I'm sure it would be down right comical to watch me try to drive a 7 man sled or use a hand float. Now sitting on my butt surfing the net? Man, you're talkin to the best of the best there:D

Jake
 
I guess you're right on one level, but I find that when I'm doing something that requires intense concentration, that later when I do something else I seem to do it extraordinarily better than normal. It's like I'm still riding that high.

When flying and you are concentrating on every little detail you get very focused. Airspeed, exhaust gas temp, oil pressure, sweep outside, turn & bank indicator, altimeter, mixture, compass, sweep outside, talk to ATC, look for traffic, listen to ATIS, check fuel, sweep outside, then do it all over again, etc., etc., etc.

After landing I get in my car and I just _nail_ it. I drive so much better that it's surprising. Not that I'm a bad driver normally, but just sharper and much more focused and reactive and paying attention.

I wish I could stay that way all the time, but the next day when I wake up I'm right back to my usual slow-witted self. :confused: :D

Norm
 
the more you learn, the more you can learn. The act of learning itself creates new neural pathways in the brain, especially physical skills.
This is why musicians and jugglers dont get alzheimers....
 
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