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    [Korea] Korean culture and ....

    rent the movie "Taegukki" which is about the Korean War- it'll give you a cursory idea of what it was like back then, that is if you don't feel...
    Post by: Rogin, May 10, 2005 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    Sensei or Sabum-Koren

    I think Sensei is more recognizable and its pronunciation is easier for most Westerners. Being Korean, I can tell you a lot of Korean is...
    Post by: Rogin, Apr 8, 2005 in forum: Tae Kwon Do
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    blocking doesnt work!

    I think blocks were invented with the philosophy that, if you fight, you will get hit, so better to be hit on a part that won't stop you from...
    Post by: Rogin, Jun 1, 2004 in forum: General Martial Arts Discussion
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    que sera serak

    Sambut 1! So destructive... I take it, he skips the elbow smash and the neck break? :D I'm learning under Guru Ray, who just received his...
    Post by: Rogin, Jun 1, 2004 in forum: Silat
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    Democracy - does it work?

    I thinl it's because he's who's president now. Rogin
    Post by: Rogin, May 9, 2004 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    Monkey Mind

    A fun thing to do is to force yourself to write for 10 minutes without stopping. you get a snapshot of the chaos your mind goes through when you...
    Post by: Rogin, May 9, 2004 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    Life...

    :confused: are we closer or farther from god nowadays versus five hundred years ago? I guess I'm wondering if you're talking about...
    Post by: Rogin, May 9, 2004 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    reality of the mind

    So all it takes is an assertion of an absolute truth to establish it? That seems problematic when considering something like state sponsored...
    Post by: Rogin, May 9, 2004 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    reality of the mind

    Actually, it says "We hold these truths to be self-evident.." The first one is "all men are created equal" and even then that wasn't true at...
    Post by: Rogin, May 8, 2004 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    que sera serak

    Heheh remind me of the thread I started in the Philosophy forum. Thanks for that.. I just like hearing different viewpoints, especially from...
    Post by: Rogin, May 4, 2004 in forum: Silat
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    reality of the mind

    I think we're getting right to that :) What's an example of an absolute truth? Rogin
    Post by: Rogin, May 4, 2004 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    que sera serak

    Thanks, Mike! I've just begun in serak as a student of a student of Victor De Thouars. I find it to be really challenging, but it got me curious...
    Post by: Rogin, May 2, 2004 in forum: Silat
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    que sera serak

    How so? I'm curious, when you say it's "rooted" in Serak, do you mean applying techniques from other arts into a Serak framework? BTW saw the...
    Post by: Rogin, May 2, 2004 in forum: Silat
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    reality of the mind

    Ah, epistemology.. So you believe that reality is a priori... There is a reality out there, and with or without us, it's still there. I feel like...
    Post by: Rogin, May 2, 2004 in forum: Off Topic Area
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    reality of the mind

    I disagree... The converse to your example would be if you chopped off my arm through hypnosis. I would be unable to do anything with my arm even...
    Post by: Rogin, May 1, 2004 in forum: Off Topic Area