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  1. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Formidable.
  2. Burnham

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    That's great news regarding the knee recovery being so successful. To my mind, that's even better than the wins in competition. Well done.
  3. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Well done.
  4. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Stunning.
  5. Burnham

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    Exactly :D.
  6. Burnham

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    People are crazy...again :).
  7. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    I would posit that at the very least, we should substitute "will give my son better opportunities" with "might give my son better opportunities". I rather doubt that in that roomful of kids, even a few ever find success that really elevates their life prospects. But again, I know I do not know.
  8. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Neither of your thoughtful posts, Kyle and Stephen, seem to address my wondering.
  9. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    But do they want that life? Get much choice about being in that life? Have a chance to opt out of that life, if it turns out to not be what they want...without stigma? I'm sure I don't know. I just wonder.
  10. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Now I know that's just a collection of clips...but what I appreciated about that fighter was that he never went in for overkill, after making a decisive damaging strike. Control. I think that is not so usual in MMA.
  11. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    I appreciate the knee and elbow strikes above all the rest...if I am caught out without my stick, that is my only realistic recourse for attack in self defense. I have had to use my hands, on the one occasion I dislike remembering...it was not pretty; in long acquired hindsight, I believe the...
  12. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Just one of those solid foot strikes to the center of my chest would probably incapacitate me for a week.
  13. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    When I come back in my next life, I want to be Rich's son Haakon :).
  14. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    And me running my nearly dead Windows 7 has no issue...what the eff??? :D
  15. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    I feel bruised just watching :D.
  16. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Gary still astounds; my hat remains doffed, my friend. Hayden has big shoes to follow, but I bet he'll manage fine :). And Rich, your son Haakon is already a beast, by my measure :D. Great to see radically different pictures than is often painted of the youth of today.
  17. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Me too...
  18. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    Oh jeez, Scott. That would put a lesser man in a wheelchair.
  19. Burnham

    The Official TreeHouse Martial Arts Thread!

    For true, that's the bottom line.
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