text: why do so many people ask such stupid questions about martial arts? and why do so many so called exprts give such stupid answers? if someone wants to know about somethin then that's why they created this forum, and as dyrtbyrd said, this isn't a serious forum, so yeah you're gonna have some rather strange or unorthodox, and pretty outlandish and possibly completely ignorant questions that have absolutely nothing to do with martial arts (ie: "how do i become a jedi knight").  to me, the only stupid question is the one that isn't asked.  and i'm no expert and don't claim to be, but i try to give as good an answer as i can to the best of my knowledge r try to research it to give the person a better understanding if i can, whether or not they take anyones advice here is purely up to them. my words are just as much my opinion as anyone else's here, i just try to give as fair and as accurate an account of any discipline without as little (if any) bias or predjudice as possible.  michael s: i appreciate your vote of confidence, i gotta say also that you've had some pretty interesting points in your own answers as well, which i believe help the rest of us, it's the collective effort that really matters, and not just our own opinions