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		<title>About Maintaining Balance in &#8220;Sweat Blood!&#8221; ezine</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/07/02/about-maintaining-balance-in-sweat-blood-ezine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lost my balance a few weeks ago.  Trying to stay on an even keel in the future.
Here&#8217;s the link to the archived Sweat Blood! ezine.



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		<title>Man, was I off-balance and falling fast!</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/06/29/man-was-i-off-balance-and-falling-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you use martial arts training to help keep a balanced life?]]></description>
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		<title>Sword &#8211; a new link in &#8216;History of Martial Arts&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've added a link I came across about the sword.  It's in the 'History' section (doh!)]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Beauty and accuracy run together,&#8230;&#8221;  (Frank Sheed)</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/02/14/beauty-and-accuracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accuracy in martial art technique is beauty. You gotta stay on top of the basics, make them as accurate as possible.]]></description>
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		<title>A journal might help things.</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/29/a-journal-might-help-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids and I should start this.  Something else we can do together.]]></description>
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		<title>What am I thinking?  Hep-me, Hep-me!</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/28/what-am-i-thinking-hep-me-hep-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/28/what-am-i-thinking-hep-me-hep-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This seems so obvious to me.  Not necessarily easy, but simple (and obvious.)]]></description>
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		<title>Is higher rank inversely proportional to open mind?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/26/is-higher-rank-inversely-proportional-to-open-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/26/is-higher-rank-inversely-proportional-to-open-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wrap it in the idea of studying basic technique.  It then looks like a 'teaching' problem.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sweat Blood!&#8221; ezine &#8211; January (Repeat.  Basics!)</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/25/sweat-blood-ezine-january-repeat-basics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/25/sweat-blood-ezine-january-repeat-basics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There really is no substitute for repeatedly studying basics to be the best you can.  After all, we're learning to control our minds and bodies.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Your Karate School Search &#8211; An Open Letter&#8221; for those who ask me about what I do.</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/08/your-karate-school-search-blog-entry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/08/your-karate-school-search-blog-entry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a piece that's a guide to choosing a karate school.  Use it on your site, if you want.]]></description>
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		<title>December Issue of  &#8220;Sweat Blood! E-zine&#8221;  Is Up!</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/23/december-issue-of-sweat-blood-e-zine-is-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/23/december-issue-of-sweat-blood-e-zine-is-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what we're studying it's all about the basics.  Sports, academics, music, etc.  They all have it.]]></description>
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		<title>How many of us associate traditional karate with Mr. Miyagi?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/28/how-many-of-us-associate-traditional-karate-with-mr-miyagi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/28/how-many-of-us-associate-traditional-karate-with-mr-miyagi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 05:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of Mr. Miyagi, I daydream of the old-school Sensei, where humbleness and tradition and hard work mean everything!]]></description>
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		<title>I promise, you&#8217;ll laugh!</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/11/i-promise-youll-laugh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/11/i-promise-youll-laugh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I had finally quit laughing, I believe I'd have made a donation.]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking of South Mississippi and New Orleans</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/09/02/thinking-of-south-mississippi-and-new-orleans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/09/02/thinking-of-south-mississippi-and-new-orleans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 04:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I finished <a href="http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/09/02/karate-masters-history-fumio-demura/">the last post</a>, I searched for information about how the town has been affected by Hurricane Katrina.]]></description>
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		<title>Karate Masters, History &#8211; Fumio Demura</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/09/02/karate-masters-history-fumio-demura/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/09/02/karate-masters-history-fumio-demura/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After sifting through old papers and notes I found the handout listing Shihan Demura as the special guest instructor for the camp at Long Beach Junior High School Gym, Long Beach, Mississippi.]]></description>
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		<title>What would you do differently if you could start over?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/05/what-would-you-do-differently-if-you-could-start-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/08/05/what-would-you-do-differently-if-you-could-start-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2005 03:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was interested in what these people, who have been training for 15 or 20 years, or more, would do differently if they had their karate training to do over again, to begin again as white belt.]]></description>
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		<title>Outstanding training camp!</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/06/27/outstanding_camp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/06/27/outstanding_camp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 03:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I might feel guilty about leaving so much offered knowledge unabsorbed if not for these remarkable people enjoying themselves as much as they do.]]></description>
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