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Your gaia name, why have you chose your gaian name to be what it is?

I chose it because it's my name (Jacqueline Marie Miller)

Your location (doesn't have to be exact):

Tulsa, OK, U.S.

Your age:

16.

How long you've trained for:

3 years.


The Styles you currently practice and how long you've practiced them for:

Hung Gar and Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu.

What you look like in real life (just a description, height, weight, build etc).

5'4, 123 lb.

You fitness level (how well conditioned you feel you are)

Though I don't look it, I'm in relatively good shape.

Additional Training (weights, running, yoga etc)

I swim laps two days a week and run once a week.

How often do you train.

Everyday except friday.

Areas you'd like to improve on in your training.

I need to start doing heavier training, esp. conditioning.

Your gaia name, why have you chose your gaian name to be what it is?
Tveir is Icelandic for Two (yes, the number two). I picked it quite at random. I just had a book on the history of the indo-european languages lying around (a bit of a hobby of mine) and that particular book had a few pages comparing the first ten numbers of several languages. Feeling unimaginative and quite liking the sound of icelandic, also feeling it'd be a rarer occurence to find a native speaker of it than say finnish or russian, I picked a number that sounded alright to me.
At first I thought about going with Fj󲩲, but realized gaia had many restrictions for what letters you were allowed to use in your username.

Your location (doesn't have to be exact):
Norrland, Sweden, Europe

Your age:
19

How long you've trained for:
About 3 to 3½ years in total, I think.

The Styles you used to practice and how long you trained in that style/s for:
I've done Kuniba-Kai Karate for around 1½ years and then I did Kendo for another 1½ years or so.

The Styles you currently practice and how long you've practiced them for:
Recently I have been unable to do martial arts due to a multitude of issues, something which not only has a horrible effect on my physical wellbeing (Damn, I feel weak these days), but also on my mood.
Busses going at the wrong hours, incompetent instructors, school, dojos moving to more and more distant locations...

What you look like in real life (just a description, height, weight, build etc).
Height -185cm
Weight - ca70 kg
I have the ability to look slim no matter how much I eat or train.

You fitness level (how well conditioned you feel you are)
There was a time when I could do five times as many laps around the gym than my classmates, but I've been slacking off this recent year, so at the moment I feel as if I could hardly do twice. I need to get out there and improve my lung-volume.

Additional Training (weights, running, yoga etc)
We did have gym-class in school, but for some reason the state does not feel it necessary at my current age. Otherwise I suppose I swim from time to time and walk frequently, but nothing organized.

How often do you train.
As stated above, nothing organized these days, which is the main reason for my weakness. I'm not an organized individual and when I fail to keep my activities organized I end up slacking off much more than I ought to.

Areas you'd like to improve on in your training.
At the moment - most of it, but if I would pick something out in particular I suppose speed is always nice. I do not have the potential for developing any serious weight to use to my advantage, but as long as you can be quick and accurate I may at least be able to strike fear into my opponent.
Hey, psychological warfare is what has kept me out of trouble so far, so why not.
Appart from that I'd love to improve my ability to take damage. When I'm punched with an open palm in the stomach I bend over and when my bro twists my arm I have a tendency to scream like a p***y.

Most valuable lesson learnt:
Yelling really helps. Most swedes seem to have issues with the kiai, but it really, really helps. After learning to do the kiai properly I've successfully applied it into several other everyday chores with impressive results.
By far the one thing I got from martial arts that's been been of the most use.

One piece of advice you'd give fellow member of the bullshido guild.
Don't do drugs!

Ambitions what are your current goals?
To surpass my little brother, or at least even us out enough again to be able to fight on equal terms. His current strength is the greatest testament I have of the destructive restults of my recent slacking.

Oi, oi, oi! More questions to answer that I don't have answers to!


Your gaia name, why have you chose your gaian name to be what it is?
[Q]. Well, long story short, I've been on the internet longer than I should be, and my nickname was SQ. I tried to sign up with that name, but somebody (Inactive, too) already had it. Well, Q's a nickname for my nickname, so I tried that, which was also taken. So I went with an old rp character, Ziko. Stayed with that name for half a year, then changed it to "Teh Q"(THE Q was taken). A few days later I realized how dumb of a name that was and fiddled around with different characters, inevitably ended up with this one.

Your location (doesn't have to be exact):

Georgia, the stupid state!

Your age:
According to Vegita(friend of mine), my mental age fluctuates between a philosophical 30 year old and an eccentric 11 year old.

But screw that, I'm 17.

How long you've trained for:

on and off for around four years, resulting in a total time of a little over three years of actually doing anything.

The Styles you used to practice and how long you trained in that style/s for:

Kendo, kenjutsu, Iai, Iaistu(sp), tameshigiri, akeido, meditation, and very very weakly ninjutsu, for the period above, which would be a combined bit over 3 years. Kenjutsu style was Mu Shin Ryu, Of No Mind.

The Styles you currently practice and how long you've practiced them for:

Nothing currently, but see above.

What you look like in real life (just a description, height, weight, build etc).

Picture here

Your fitness level (how well conditioned you feel you are)

Are you kidding me? Because of the on and off stuff, and how I am not currently doing anything but sitting my a** in a computer chair, I ultimately suck, and my stamina has gone PLOP. If there was anyone here who can't do anything but somehow wasn't bullshitting everyone, it's me.

Additional Training (weights, running, yoga etc)

Horseback Riding...? Yeah, I think it's pretty evident I suck.

How often do you train.

When I was in the physical class, twice a week for one to one and a half hours (Oh yes, go laziness). Now, unless you count horseback riding, el ziltcho.

Areas you'd like to improve on in your training.

Balance and Stamina. I never really was that good at balance, but because I'm lazy and unhealthy, my stamina is basically nonexistant. The mind over matter thing only works for so long, you know? Besides, trying to convince yourself you're not tired, and you're not in massive pain, and you're not about to fall over drains my attention away from what I'm doing, especially if I'm trying to not be killed by this big ******** katana in my face. ;_;

Most valuable lesson learnt:

Get out of the way.
If you think you can block, but are not sure, just get out of the way. Evasion is good. I almost lost my eye because I blocked incorrectly. I learned my lesson then. Either block flawlessly, or get the hell out of the way.

One piece of advice you'd give fellow member of the bullshido guild.

Don't fool yourself. There is no gun defense. Swallow your pride and get the ******** out of there.

Ambitions what are your current goals?

Nothing dealing with martial arts, sadly.
I would like to get an actual katana, folded steel and all, but who doesn't?
Just because I know how to use it doesn't make a difference, I'd sooner cut my leg off before I was actually confident enough to practice with it alone without some supervision.

But other than that. Video Editor. For now, making AMVs satisfies me, but I'd really like to edit stuff for a living.

Your gaia name, why have you chose your gaian name to be what it is? Eel-Deknag-Ecurb. I'm a dislexic the opposite to my male alter-ego.

Your location (doesn't have to be exact): San Diego, California, USA

Your age: 20

How long you've trained for: 5 years

The Styles you used to practice and how long you trained in that style/s for: TKD 3 1/2 years, Muay Thai 11 months, Capoeira 3 months

The Styles you currently practice and how long you've practiced them for: None, self training at the moment in Muay Thai techniques(learned ones, not new ones...cept for elbows...elbows are pretty) and doing a bit of grapple training with a BJJ friend of mine.

What you look like in real life (just a description, height, weight, build etc). Tan skin, brown eyes, brown hair, slightly almond eyes. I'm about 5' 8" and 145 lbs. I have a pretty muscularly toned body.

You fitness level (how well conditioned you feel you are) Right now, my cardio is lacking...big time.

Additional Training (weights, running, yoga etc) Walking to work...and wrestling with my gf.

How often do you train. 2-3 times a week.

Areas you'd like to improve on in your training. Grappling.

Most valuable lesson learnt: Never mess with gangsters who have 10+ more people than you.

One piece of advice you'd give fellow member of the bullshido guild.
Resist the tricksters! Attract the ladies wink

Ambitions what are your current goals? I want to fight in the NHB circuits as well as learn a lot of other styles of my interest. Silat and Kali are probably next on my list. I'd also like to get into a BJJ studio if its not too expensive.


As you can see...I've made modifications to my other profile...more of an update than anything.

ThunderFoot just invited me to join, so here I am, and here's my profile! biggrin


My Gaia name, and why I chose it: "AxeFalador". 1.) In Capoeira (the art I study), we believe in a form of vital energy called "Axe" (there's supposed to be a forward accent above the "e") - pronounced "ah-shay". So I put that at the beginning of my screen name. Sadly, Gaia doesn't allow accents in screen names, so I just left it as "Axe" (without an accent over the e). 2.) In Capoeira, every student eventually receives a nickname, which could be inspired by anything at all. Mine is "Falador", meaning "Talkative Person", because at a recent workshop, I was asking a lot of good questions with good foundation. So I now use "Falador" in my Gaia name. I would greatly appreciate if everyone here would please call me just "Falador". 3nodding

My Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

My current age: 21

My birthdate: 13 Jul 1983

How long I've been training: I have been consistantly training for roughly 5.5 years.

Previous styles: Uechi-Ryu Karate (a few months), Tae-Kwon-Do (a couple classes). I really didn't like these styles all that much, so I didn't stick with them at all. So I don't count them in how long I've been training.

Current Style: Capoeira (about 5.5 years).

Level: Yellow/Light Blue corda (4th level in our system)

Physical description: 5'8", 180 lbs., heavy-set (working hard to change that, though. I've lost 20 lbs. since the start of the year). Photo HERE!

My fitness level: Moderate but increasing.

Additional Training: None at the moment.

Frequency of training: 1.5 hour classes on Tuesday and Friday evenings, plus the occasional time on a day of good weather, where I'll hop outdoors in front of my house and train a bit.

Areas I need to improve: Core strength, endurance and reflexes.

Most valuable lesson learned: All that is learned in Capoeira can be applied in one way or another to your life.

My piece of advice to everyone else in the Anti-Bullshido Guild: Dp not judge Capoeira by what you see in movies or what you see at a Capoeira performance! If you really want to judge Capoeira, try some classes for about a month, first, then judge Capoeira by what you have learned in those classes.

My current goal: To lose down to 175 lbs.

Your gaia name, why have you chose your gaian name to be what it is?
just my generic handle

Your location (doesn't have to be exact):
san francisco, california

Your age:
17

How long you've trained for:
7 years

The Styles you used to practice and how long you trained in that style/s for:
TKD-7 years
tukong moosul-1 year
kendo-1 year
TKD (in korea)-(cumulatively 1 year)

The Styles you currently practice and how long you've practiced them for:
TKD-7
tukong-1

What you look like in real life (just a description, height, weight, build etc).
5'10" broad shoulders, 190 pounds, well muscled, half-korean, spiked hair

You fitness level (how well conditioned you feel you are)
not exactly at the peak of my physical prowess, average endurance at the time

Additional Training (weights, running, yoga etc)
weight training, light cardio

How often do you train.
2-3 times a week

Areas you'd like to improve on in your training.
everything. specifically knife fighting

Most valuable lesson learnt:
nobody EVER wins a fight in one move... unless your opponent is a quadraplegic

One piece of advice you'd give fellow member of the bullshido guild.
dont look for fights. thats stupid.

Ambitions what are your current goals?
finish the IB diploma, get into a friggin college. have fun with my loving girlfriend and continu my training.

Well, I don't mean to be pretentious, as I'm not actually a member, but I plan to hang out here in any case.
Your gaia name, why have you chose your gaian name to be what it is?
Jinkside came from Jynx110, which I came up with when I was obsessed with Pokemon. Yeah, remember those 12 year-olds that could name all 150 Pokemon? In order? Me.
Your location (doesn't have to be exact):
East Wenatchee, Washington. ~47.4N/120.3W
Your age:
17
How long you've trained for:
4 years
The Styles you used to practice and how long you trained in that style/s for:
Judo - 2 years
The Styles you currently practice and how long you've practiced them for:
Shudokan karate - 5 quarters
And I took a quarter of medieval fencing. Does that count?
What you look like in real life (just a description, height, weight, build etc).
5'8", 210 pounds. Let's just say I wear a size 6 gi and leave it at that.
You fitness level (how well conditioned you feel you are)
On a scale of 1-10, somewhere between a 3 and a 5. I don't train enough to really know. I know I'm out of shape, though.
Additional Training (weights, running, yoga etc)
Someone else mentioned DDR, though I wouldn'tve thought of it... I usually average about
How often do you train.
Twice a week. I practice kata whenever I'm standing still for more than a minute.
Areas you'd like to improve on in your training.
Sparring. We never get to do it.
Most valuable lesson learnt:
Landing with your smallest knuckles on a full-force punch doesn't hurt. At first.
One piece of advice you'd give fellow member of the bullshido guild.
If it hurts, ice it.
Ambitions what are your current goals?
To beat Matsuri Japan on heavy again. It's a hard song.