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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15539 Registered: Dec-04 | say BBQ'ing? And say, what are you cooking on? |
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Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10Canada Post Number: 3288 Registered: Jun-07 | hehe. Tonight I cooked up some Pork on the new Traeger. Nuck's amazing generosity has landed me a smoker which I have used pretty much at least once a day since I put it together. It is honestly my favorite toy around. A few weeks ago I smoked up some ribs that just made me crap my pants they were so tasty. Thanks to Nuck I have entered the era of pellet smokers with a big fat smile on my face.lol Cheers Nuck!! I am all so thankful to you my friend. This weekend is more Ribs with Nucks famous rub he again, provided me. Also smoked with some red hot hickory pellets. MmMMmMMmmmMMmMMMmmMMM Hickory. MmmMM Beer. |
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Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10Canada Post Number: 3289 Registered: Jun-07 | MmmMMmMMm Ribs! |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15540 Registered: Dec-04 | If you overdo the rub,Nick, it will be a towelbar grabbing morning, man! Cheers! I think David has some as well... Morning input,Dave? I will be assembling my own Traeger Junior smoker this weekend, with the same rub, and the same 2hr40min cooking time. Now i need to catch a fish for the real smoking effect. Unfortunately, the only fish around home to catch are carp. On the other hand, there are lots of new Canadians around here that love large carp, so it is always good to give to the Vienemese community with a 35lb fish. These guys know how to clean a carp. |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15541 Registered: Dec-04 | Oh,and the rub came from pigman! King and Queen of the BBQ circuit, holders of several grand championships! http://www.smokinlicious.com/blog/?cat=1&paged=2 |
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Diamond Member Username: WingmanaliveWww.stainles... .ecrater.com Post Number: 23833 Registered: Jun-06 | I have to say I never had ribs. A sad fact really in my near 40 year life span lol. (There's lot's I have yet to dabble in). Looking forward to a smoked turkey this Thanksgiving though. Anxious as ever! |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 1789 Registered: Oct-07 | WISH I could afford a new BBQ tool but until I can afford an 'Egg' or go check out one of those Traeger cookers, I'm forced to stick with my Weber. 20lb turkey? Game hens? Burgers? Dogs? Ribs? Chicken? It's all good and I've gotten used to this system. Indirect for ribs in a standing rack or direct for a perfect Porterhouse. Discovered rubs after seeing something on Discovery or wherever and than bought some at the local mart. What a fine idea. Any good recipes or rub tips? Here in Southern California I'll BBQ right thru the winter....stopping only in times of heavy rain. |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15543 Registered: Dec-04 | aulie, I will send you a Hanahkua card or Ramadan greeting or whatever the occasion. Dude...RIBS? ribs? I will post pics... |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15546 Registered: Dec-04 | I will visit Memphis in May next year (again). I am almost finished oinking (in fine pitch) from a few years ago. http://www.memphisinmay.org/music |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15553 Registered: Dec-04 | I am primed to run the smoker tomorrow, so I took a Costco wrap of racks out of the frezer last night,l to cook tomorrow. Bro shows up today with food. Guess what? yep. 2 racks of his best ribs. I have 20lbs of the best ribs ever, and nowhere to eat em. Dave will be here in 3 1/2 hrs. |
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Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10Canada Post Number: 3290 Registered: Jun-07 | lol I am doing up ribs tomorrow too. MmmmMMmMm smoked ribs. What flavor pellets you using Nuck? I think I am going Hickory. |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15554 Registered: Dec-04 | Attention please, chaps. Being unsure where to post this one, I will put it up here. Our friend, David Mitchell, was today noticed for his years of dedicated traning and his devotion to his lifestyle. Dave has been awarded the title of Sensai in his much beloved Jiu-Jitsu regimen of choice. I have been fortunate enough to have the Mitchell family as great friends. How cool is it to have a Sensai as a buddy?!? Thumbs up Dave!!! |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4415 Registered: Feb-07 | Thanks Nuck! :-) Tomorrow is traditional Sunday ribfest. Doing ribs for 7 people, I may have to fire up the charcoal grill too and get some smoke going that way. Nick, I've tried a few different types of pellets so far: apple, mesquite, hickory, maple. So far my favourite for ribs is the hickory. |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15558 Registered: Dec-04 | We need pics! |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4416 Registered: Feb-07 | Of the pellets? I can take some. |
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Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10Canada Post Number: 3292 Registered: Jun-07 | lol Congrats David on your promotion. That is sick man. Hey, I am buddies with a Sensai, how F'N cool is that. I bet anyone a grand that he could kick the crap out of you while flipping his Rib rack. LOL Nice!, I have been digging the Hickory as well, and am also now prepping some ribs for today as well. MMmMMMm |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4419 Registered: Feb-07 | Thanks buddy! Yeah, today is rib day for us too. Doing bacon on the smoker right for breakfast. How cool is that? |
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Bronze Member Username: PigmanPost Number: 11 Registered: Jun-10 | You guys have got the bug,wait till you own so many Qs that you have to store them at friends houses. I should be able to get fruit wood pellets soon. Aaron |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4420 Registered: Feb-07 | "wait till you own so many Qs that you have to store them at friends houses" lol Aaron... we're already like that with audio gear. |
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Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10Canada Post Number: 3295 Registered: Jun-07 | lol I am getting there. I will throw all my sub 200 dollar Propain Q's in my works Dumpster, now that I have a Traeger. |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittStamford, Connecticut USA Post Number: 4083 Registered: May-05 | Congrats on the promotion, David. I miss my days of Karate. When I finish my current degree and leave my current god-forsaken field, getting back into Karate is one of the highest things on my list. Does your system have a Dan rank associated with the title? My system had the titles at certian rankings... 3rd Dan - Senpai (senior student) 4th Dan - Sensei (instructor/teacher) 5th Dan - Shihan Dai (associate master) 6th - 10th Dan - Shihan (master) The only ones in our system called Sensei that weren't 4th Dan were the guys who owned their own Dojo. Most systems have their own criteria for titles. A good friend of mine had the title of Sensei when he was a Brown Belt. Nothing wrong with that; a person makes the title (and belt colors), titles and belts don't make the person. |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4422 Registered: Feb-07 | I agree complete Stu. Our system is a little different. Students are awarded the title Senpai when they reach Shodan (first degree). It usually takes about 2 years of steady teaching to earn the title Sensei, which is where I'm at now. Usually around 3rd Dan the person is awarded the title Renshi ("polished instructor"). After 5th Dan they are Shihan, then 7th Dan Kyoshi, then finally 8th Dan and above are referred to as Hanshi. Obviously this is a lifetime of commitment. Hopefully I'll be testing for my 2nd Dan next fall. What style of Karate did you study? |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15564 Registered: Dec-04 | I had Hanshi chicken last week... |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittStamford, Connecticut USA Post Number: 4084 Registered: May-05 | I started out in Seido Karate. It's a full contact, hard style system. Looking back, a big part of Seido's training was elevating the pain threshold, to put it nicely. The only protection we wore was a cup and mouthpiece. In competition, the only way to score points was hitting someone hard enough to make them buckle over, turn around, or knock them down. I competed a few times a year, but that wasn't ever really the focus. About 6 months before my Shodan test, my Sensei left the organization and started his own. He (and most of us) were getting sick of the constant beating each other up style of training. There were very few people outside the age of 20-30. My Sensei wanted to get into the pressure point stuff, as in George Dillman and Wally Jay, as a way to train smarter, not just harder. Things made a lot more sense that way. Dillman takes that stuff a bit too far, and gets more and more out there every day, but the foundation of it is very effective. I was about 3 months away from earning my 2nd Dan when I went away to grad school. My 1st Dan test was pretty intense. My Sensei tested us under the same standards as when we were under Seido. We had to demonstrate every thing we learned from day one. That took about 3-4 hours. Then was the sparring part - 15 three minute rounds of full contact karate. There were 2 of us testing, and about 30 black belts there(2nd Dan minimum). We'd spar a new person every round with no break in between, and had a 5 minute break in the middle. None of those guys took it easy on you just because you were tired. Even if there was a guy who wasn't too strong, after a few rounds everything hurts. Luckily we didn't allow punching to the head/face. It was looked at as too easy to knock someone out that way. Ahh, the memories. Wish I was in the shape I was in back then. It was about 8 years ago. I went back for a few months 6 years ago, but I got a job that I had to relocate for. Did I say one of my top priorities when I finish up my current degree is to get back into it? |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittStamford, Connecticut USA Post Number: 4085 Registered: May-05 | To bring this back to the original topic, we listened to a lot of Metallica and Slayer while sparring. A guy I used to bartend with was an American Kempo student. He'd invite a few different people over to his house every now and then to "spar." We'd move all the furniture out of the living room and go full contact on each other. It was more or less Fight Club, but we didn't call it that because the movie wasn't made yet. Fun times. Somehow, the Tae Kwon Do guys didn't do so well. Too many fancy/flashy kicks IMO. |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittStamford, Connecticut USA Post Number: 4086 Registered: May-05 | That guy used to play a lot of Pantera. Vulgar Display of Power was his favorite album while we were sparring. |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4423 Registered: Feb-07 | That sounds pretty intense Stu! The hard style of training like that a person can't keep up forever. As we get older and the injuries mount up, it's not the best way to train. I know exactly what you went through for your Shodan exam. Mine was 6.5 hours long and was honestly the hardest thing I've ever done physically or psychologically the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. It was a very stressful, adversarial environment (intentionally, to put one under lots of pressure). When it was over, though, man did it ever feel good! I'm a big believer in pressure points. It's a good way to get someone to behave without causing them permanent damage, and is legally sound as well. I never used to believe the Dillman knockouts till I actually saw someone get knocked out cold with a pressure point in real life. Cool stuff. |
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Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10Canada Post Number: 3296 Registered: Jun-07 | Wicked. Sounds like fun Stu. I am a Dan 3 in Louisville Slugger. Going for my Dan 4 where I have to switch hit someones head clean off. LOL j/k fella's. |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittStamford, Connecticut USA Post Number: 4087 Registered: May-05 | What style Jiu-Jitsu do you study? I like the Dillman stuff, but some of it is over the top. His latest kick (no pun intended) is knocking people out without touching them. He channels his chi and unleashes it on them. Pretty stupid. There are people who are legitimately knocked out because of it,but there's a good explanation. He tried it on a psychologist who knew nothing about the martial arts. It didn't work. The psychologist sums it up to a type of hypnosis. People at a demo (who've all paid BTW) aren't too skeptical. They see it happen to a lot of people over and over, and when it's their turn, the same result is expected. Dillman came up with an absurd explanation as to why it didn't work on the psychologist - stuff like he countered his chi subliminally, the psychologist's toes were pointing in a different direction, etc. Kinda like some stuff we see in audio! A lot of the knockouts do in fact work. I think pressure points are best used in striking the arms and legs to break free from holds like being grabbed. They're also very effective in grappling. Dillman just takes it too far IMO. I'm not saying the guy is running a scam, or he's conning anyone. I think he genuinely believes in what he's curently doing. I attended a seminar with him and Wally Jay back in the day. The guy's passionate. He's a bit of an arrogant jackass, but he's passionate. Wally Jay was a very down to earth and humble guy. Here's a YouTube video of Dillman's current state: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z0_n7tGnK0 Maybe he's losing his mind as he's getting older? |
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Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 15565 Registered: Dec-04 | Dillman only pulls that shite on people who know who he is and what he can do, The pshrink didn't know him from Adam, and when he says I am Dillman, the doc figgures him for a psychosis job, just like i would in a bar. Did you get some Aikindo in, Dave? I bat cleanup behind Nick... |
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Diamond Member Username: WingmanaliveWww.stainles... .ecrater.com Post Number: 23842 Registered: Jun-06 | Add some hard cider to the home brewed beer fellas. Anyone thirsty?  |
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Platinum Member Username: PlymouthCanada Post Number: 15489 Registered: Jan-08 | Paul don't let it under the light!!!!! Look good! |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4424 Registered: Feb-07 | The type of stuff where people knock guys out without touching is just hocus pocus BS that makes the entire martial arts world look ridiculous. The truth is pressure points work, but they have to be applied in the right place, with the right amount of force, with the right application. This is why they teach to police officers - because they will immediately immobilize someone, or at least make them think of something other than being a trouble maker. The style I study is called Can-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, which is a traditional form of Jiu-Jitsu that focuses largely on hold escapes, joint locks and chokes. No one is taught pressure points until they're at least black belt. Unfortunately didn't get any Aikido in this weekend Nuck, but did lots of oher cool stuff! Nice looking brew there Paul. What is it exactly? |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittStamford, Connecticut USA Post Number: 4089 Registered: May-05 | "...the doc figgures him for a psychosis job, just like i would in a bar." Reminds me of being in a bar with the fight club founder... We're sitting there shooting the shiite about different martial arts stuff, just betwen the two of us. A wannabe tough guy comes up and says something like martial artists can't fight in the real world. It's a kid's thing. My friend who's a towering 5'5 tells the clown, who's about 6 feet tall, that he'll bet him $10 he can kick an ashtray off the top of his head. The idiot accepts the bet and holds the ashtray on with one hand. My friend winds up and roundhouse kicks him in the ribs, dropping him to the floor. He pulls a $10 bill off the bar and says "I lose." Worth every penny of the $10. |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4425 Registered: Feb-07 | lol... that's awesome. |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 1804 Registered: Oct-07 | Some input needed to correct what may be .....bad information. I've always wanted to know the truth of something I heard. I HEARD that some disciplines have a later peak in ability than others due mainly to mental factors. Tai Chi masters are supposed to get better for a long time. Is that true? In the west, the nearest comparison I can come up with is Winter Biathlon. Young people, say below 25, may have the physical skills of cross country and may even be good with that specialist rifle, but lack the control learned with maybe a decade more of seasoning. Doesn't the mental part of martial arts work the same way? |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4426 Registered: Feb-07 | I think so Leo. I may be older and slower than a lot of the young guys I go against, but instead of trying to out-muscle them, I out-think them, or use my experience. Most of it is mental I think... just this past weekend I watched a demo of a 92 year old martial artist. Sure it was staged, but the agility and strength of someone almost a century old was pretty cool. I can only wish I can still be doing this at 92. |
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Diamond Member Username: WingmanaliveWww.stainles... .ecrater.com Post Number: 23845 Registered: Jun-06 | David, it's 1 gallon of hard apple cider. Shooting for a final ABV of 7+% or more. I enjoy learning...........which is living.......no? |
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Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 4427 Registered: Feb-07 | 7%.... that's a lot of ka-pow! |
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Gold Member Username: Nickelbut10Canada Post Number: 3303 Registered: Jun-07 | looks good Paul! I agree with leo and David that MMA of any sorts is a lot of mental preparation and simply out thinking you opponent. Sort of like a chess match. |
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Diamond Member Username: WingmanaliveWww.stainles... .ecrater.com Post Number: 23849 Registered: Jun-06 | Oh she's still bubbling like she's angry lol. It may turn out more than 7%. Who knows? All I know is I'll have a nice bottle of cider to take with me on Thanksgiving as an offering! |
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