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	<title>The 'Practice Karate' Blog &#187; Training</title>
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	<description>Training, Teaching, Applying.  A blog and e-zine from Bryan Hix</description>
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		<title>Found:  One Lost Skill</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/08/04/found-lost-skill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty seconds into a new warm-up, I discovered the key to redeveloping my lost skill.  Neglected and undernourished, it is finally home!]]></description>
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		<title>Did other witnesses understand what he had done?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2006/07/06/most-amazing-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And he continued as if nothing extraordinary had happened.]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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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. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- If you&#8217;re not on the &#8220;Sweat Blood! ezine&#8220; mailing list join here. - once-a-month articles - you control your email - no spam (privacy policy.) (Again, ) If [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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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>&#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>
				<category><![CDATA[Keep Students Active]]></category>
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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>A very,very nice promotion ceremony.</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/20/a-veryvery-nice-promotion-ceremony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/20/a-veryvery-nice-promotion-ceremony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a 10+ year karate-ka, and a Black Belt in another style, I found the experience satisfying, humbling and a little humiliating.]]></description>
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		<title>The excellent question was: &#8220;Why are we training stances?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/16/the-excellent-question-was-why-are-we-training-stances/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicekarate.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/16/the-excellent-question-was-why-are-we-training-stances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Hix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I had to think a bit to answer it for her level.  This class' ages range mostly from about 12 to 16 years old.  A few other adults, lower ranks, were also looking at me to hear what I had to say.  After all, their legs were burning - I hoped - and they wanted a good answer.]]></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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