Quotable DM

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I never knew.

Wow! Dm, quoted in the Wall Street Journal. Or did you get this down on Fisherman's Wharf?

Is it the goal this week on the forum to make everybody else jealous?

[Drunk Monk]

...couldn't let ED gloat anymore about his UK trip. Jealousy is so unbecoming.

BTW, Dechao is scheduled to come to the Otis event. You'll be able to experience his fists of love firsthand.

[Drunk Monk]

I just agreed to be part of a discussion panel on Martial Arts as a Path to Non-violence. The other two speakers will be Josh Waitzken (subject of Searching for Bobby Fischer and 2-time world tai chi push hands champ) and RZA of Wu-Tang Clan. Our discussion will be moderated by Rakaa of Dilated Peoples.

April 12, 2008, Riekes Center for Human Advancement, Menlo Park, CA

The panel is scheduled for 1:30 PM.

[The Queen]

Bringing a travel chess set? Challenging him to a game? :-D

[cranefly]

DM, I'll bring the chess set and use Bird's opening with a deceptive morph into the Latvian Gambit -- Traxler Variation.

You wade in with cloud hands.

Josh Waitzken can sit, but he can't hide.

--cranefly

[Drunk Monk]

My kid can beat me at chess. No way am I playing with those guys.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

I say you kick their hippy asses for even *thinking* about non-violence. Non-violence is the ultimate luxury in a decadent, bloated society. Show 'em some real life! kick 'em in the head! Better yet, show them true futility and give them the unanswerable argument of gunning them down in cold blood! Martial this, you patchouli-soaked, tai-chi-sippin', hippy cheese-bags! Blam! Blam! Blam!

[note to self: no more espresso after midnight]

[Drunk Monk]

I'm the hippy. They're the hip hop gangstas...

I'm so confused.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Oh. Uh...I got nothing. Sorry.

[Drunk Monk]

Mind Over Matter
Celebrity Chess & Grappling Exhibition
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Menlo Park, CA
Free to the public

Students, Teachers, Music Lovers, Grappling and Chess Fans - You are Invited

Be our guest as the Hip-Hop Chess Federation host the Mind Over Matter Celebrity Chess & Grappling Exhibition on Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 11:30am to 5pm hosted at the Riekes Center located in Menlo Park, California

Events of the day include: XBox Live Hip-Hop Weekend Play & Win Sweepstakes, special giveaways and a very SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM A CELEBRITY GUEST. The best part is the event is free to the public!

Spread the word and see you there!

Adisa Banjoko, CEO and Founder
Hip-Hop Chess Federation
a non-profit organization that uses chess, music, and martial arts to promote unity, strategy and non-violence

Schedule of Events
Mind Over Matter Celebrity Chess & Grappling Exhibition
HHCF brings together top entertainers and fighters to inspire today's youth
11:30am: Doors Open

12:00pm: Chessmaster LIVE Hip-Hop Weekend Play & Win Sweepstakes (for details visit <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://xbox.com">http://xbox.com</a><!-- m --> - click on XBox Live - Events)

Open Gaming (Closes at 4:45pm)

Chess Tutorials with DLamont Robinson

1:15pm: Riekes Center Welcomes the Hip-Hop Chess Federation


1:30pm: HHCF Panel: Martial Arts as a Path to Non-Violence

Panelist:
Adisa Banjoko, HHCF CEO and award wining author & lecturer

RZA, Wu-Tang Clan, platinum recording artist, actor (recently seen opposite Russell Crow & Denzel Washington in American Gangster)

Josh Waitzkin, International Chess Master, Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands World Champion, author of The Art of Learning

Gene Ching, Associate Publisher Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine, noted author

Rakaa, BJJ practioner, member of the world renowned rap group Dialated Peoples

3:00pm: Judo Exhibition featuring Mike Pechina, Judo Black Belt, Cahill

3:15pm: Jiu Jitsu Exhibition hosted by Denny Prokopos, 10th Planet

3:30pm: 36 Chambers of Shaolin Screening

5:00pm: PEACE OUT!

Location: Riekes Center, Menlo Park, CA
Riekes Center is located at 3455 Edison Way, Menlo Park, CA

Directions: *we recommend that you map from your departure location using one of the many online mapping systems to verify the directions that work best for you
From 580: Take 580 (toward San Francisco) follow the signs to merge onto 880 San Jose/San Mateo Bridge, Merge on to Dumbarton Bridge towards Menlo Park, Turn left on Marsh Road, right on Bay Rd., left of 14th, take first turn on Fair Oaks, left on Edison. (You will drive through a residential area for a short period of time, Riekes Center is at the end of the residential area)

From 880: 880 towards Palo Alto, Merge on to Dumbarton Bridge towards Menlo Park, Turn left on Marsh Road, right on Bay Rd., left of 14th, take first turn on Fair Oaks, left on Edison. (You will drive through a residential area for a short period of time, Riekes Center is at the end of the residential area).

From 280: 280 towards Palo Alto, merge onto 85 towards Mountain View, exit 101 North toward San Francisco, take Marsh exit towards Atherton, left on Marsh Rd., right on Bay, left on 14th, take first turn on Fair Oaks, left on Edison. (You will drive through a residential area for a short period of time, Riekes Center is at the end of the residential area).

[Drunk Monk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pphl9CFwHMY

[Drunk Monk]

youtube makes me look fat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI37IxbgD_s&NR=1

[Drunk Monk]

http://www.berksmontnews.com/WebApp/appm...ry_2573054

[Drunk Monk]

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[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

The only word I can think of is Stunning. Both those videos show you in such a good light. In the second one, maybe you could add a little pop-up sign with your name pointing towards you to avoid any doubt you are in that video.

All Hail the Hip-Hop Chess federation. On your birthday, no less. It also had the better soundtrack of the two.