Last semester, I started practicing wushu again in a very small "Martial Arts Room" at the MCV campus gym and also started teaching my friends a little wushu as well. Going back to that, I took some videos of myself after 2-3 years of not practicing wushu of some nandu (jump difficulties) and they turned out pretty well. Looking back at them, it makes me believe that I have the abilities to keep going with this and makes me want to continue pursuing martial arts.
Here's some vids. Let me know what you think.
Butterfly Twist
Butterfly Kick
Aerials
Friday, January 14, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Learn to Drive
As much as I love driving around aimlessly and enjoying the freedom of traveling at high speeds on the open road, there's always something that annoys me to no end.
First off, if you're going to be driving on the road, at the very least be courteous enough to use your turn signal and not cut people off because you're stupid and forgot that you needed to make a right hand turn and decide to shift 3 lanes over, almost hitting a couple cars just so you can get to the mall. Learn to drive.
Just because it is nighttime, raining, or snowing, doesn't mean you HAVE to drive 1/2 the speed limit. If you don't feel comfortable driving at night or in the rain, get off the road. I don't need to be waiting so long for you to learn how to drive properly in undesirable conditions. What about not even hitting the speed limit on normal daylight hours? If you don't know where you're going and need to figure out where you are and where to go, PULL OFF SOMEWHERE and do your locating services there. There is absolutely no reason to be slowing down traffic because you have no idea where you are going, especially when there's a clear, visible GPS on your dashboard. Learn to drive.
Highbeams? Good for seeing more of the roadway in the dark and seeing animals (especially deer) at night. Bad for when there are other cars in front of you (either driving in the same direction or the opposite direction). If you're going to use your high beams, learn to turn them off when you are approach oncoming traffic or when you're behind someone. Just because you have a ridiculously large SUV doesn't mean high beams go OVER compact vehicles. Better yet, just don't use them at all. Learn to drive.
After driving in the metropolitan DC area for years now, I realize there's a very large difference in standards of who gets licensed in various states. Just because you have speeding cameras in your state, doesn't mean you have to slow down my commute in my state. Drive faster or move to a different lane. That being said, it also doesn't mean you have to ride my ass and drive 2x the speed limit. There doesn't seem to be a nice happy medium. Also, when the road curves and there's an intersection in the middle of the curve, it really only makes sense to FOLLOW the curve so you end up on the correct lane at you started on before the intersection, instead of somehow almost hitting another car because you don't know how to continue following a curve just because there was an intersection. If you want to come to Tyson's. LEARN TO DRIVE.
Also, learn to parallel park because not very many people do, and I hate coming out to my car to discover a bunch of "more-than-just-love-taps" on the rear bumper of my car. Thanks.
And please... learn to drive.
First off, if you're going to be driving on the road, at the very least be courteous enough to use your turn signal and not cut people off because you're stupid and forgot that you needed to make a right hand turn and decide to shift 3 lanes over, almost hitting a couple cars just so you can get to the mall. Learn to drive.
Just because it is nighttime, raining, or snowing, doesn't mean you HAVE to drive 1/2 the speed limit. If you don't feel comfortable driving at night or in the rain, get off the road. I don't need to be waiting so long for you to learn how to drive properly in undesirable conditions. What about not even hitting the speed limit on normal daylight hours? If you don't know where you're going and need to figure out where you are and where to go, PULL OFF SOMEWHERE and do your locating services there. There is absolutely no reason to be slowing down traffic because you have no idea where you are going, especially when there's a clear, visible GPS on your dashboard. Learn to drive.
Highbeams? Good for seeing more of the roadway in the dark and seeing animals (especially deer) at night. Bad for when there are other cars in front of you (either driving in the same direction or the opposite direction). If you're going to use your high beams, learn to turn them off when you are approach oncoming traffic or when you're behind someone. Just because you have a ridiculously large SUV doesn't mean high beams go OVER compact vehicles. Better yet, just don't use them at all. Learn to drive.
After driving in the metropolitan DC area for years now, I realize there's a very large difference in standards of who gets licensed in various states. Just because you have speeding cameras in your state, doesn't mean you have to slow down my commute in my state. Drive faster or move to a different lane. That being said, it also doesn't mean you have to ride my ass and drive 2x the speed limit. There doesn't seem to be a nice happy medium. Also, when the road curves and there's an intersection in the middle of the curve, it really only makes sense to FOLLOW the curve so you end up on the correct lane at you started on before the intersection, instead of somehow almost hitting another car because you don't know how to continue following a curve just because there was an intersection. If you want to come to Tyson's. LEARN TO DRIVE.
Also, learn to parallel park because not very many people do, and I hate coming out to my car to discover a bunch of "more-than-just-love-taps" on the rear bumper of my car. Thanks.
And please... learn to drive.
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