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Self defense does classes are a dime a dozen today. You can find them in person all over the city that you live in. However, what if you’re busy? What if you cannot get to a class on a regular basis? Those two questions are something that stops many people from going forward with learning martial arts, and how to defend against predators. It’s for that reason why many people are looking at alternative paths, including learning how to fight online. Could you learn how to defend yourself without stepping foot into a brick and mortar training facility? The short answer is simple, yes. The longer reason can actually help you realize that there are several reasons why you can learn fighting methods online.

Experts Are Moving Their Teaching Online

There was a time when martial arts teachers would open up dojos in strip malls, and random locations. However, as … Read more

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Did you know that it’s a very good idea to learn Spanish watching TV?

Back in 1995 when I was living in sunny Ft. Lauderdale Florida and learning Spanish like crazy, one of the things I used to do was watching Colombian Soap Operas.

Of course the official reason was to learn Spanish.

The “not so official one” was to watch the beautiful Colombian actresses who were part of the cast.

I would pick up a lot of new conversational Spanish words and entertain myself at the same time.

Talk about killing two birds with one piedra (stone).

Now think about how long a typical Latino Soap Opera lasts. Probably 3 to 4 months is a bare minimum.

That’s about 6 hours per week.

24 hours per month.

Even if you skip some chapters you could still potentially get around 80 hours of free Spanish instruction without even realizing it.… Read more

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Watching telenovelas, or Spanish soap operas, is a great way to learn Spanish. Via telenovelas, or just novelas for short, you get access to everyday, real Spanish, which is way more fun than studying grammar books.

Where to get access to telenovelas

If you live in the United States, there are two major networks here that provide Spanish language programming: Univision and Telemundo. Both show telenovelas, usually in their evening programming. Most of these programs have subtitles in Spanish that you can turn on if your television is capable of viewing closed captioning for the hearing impaired. If you have multiple captions, then the Spanish subtitiles usually would be viewed on CC1. Some novelas on Telemundo are even captioned in English on CC3. This requires a more modern television with multiple closed captioning channels.

If you are unable to view the novela in its usual time slot, you can also … Read more

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Jigsaw puzzles are a one-stop cognitive development and character-building activity. There are few educational experiences that have the potential to teach such a varied range of thinking skills, as well as other useful skills such as patience and perseverance. Learning these skills can benefit you at any stage of your life. For example, jigsaw puzzles can teach you:

• Problem-solving strategies
• Project management skills
• Self-management skills
• Visual skills
• Cognitive skills
• Character development skills and traits
• Tactile skills
• Social skills
• Collaborative skills

Jigsaw puzzles are cheap and easy to obtain, you only need a small space to do them and very little can go wrong, provided that you don’t lose pieces or let the dog chew them. If you are a parent or a teacher, you can follow some simple steps to help your children or students gain confidence in a range of skills that will benefit them in many areas of … Read more

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What? Why on earth would I want to do that??? I’ll tell you! There are pretty much two ways to learn guitar. Get lessons and get playing. When you get lessons, you are being told what to do in bite size chunks that make it simpler to learn. Every learn guitar system out there employs this model. The chunks might be less noticeable, but all of them involve mastering some item then moving to the next item until you become a pro. This method works quite well and you can achieve a lot doing it, so I’m not knocking it at all.

However, when you get playing, you are deciding to use a technique know as “playing by ear”. This involves getting a guitar and listening to songs you want to play and simply learning them by trying to copy the notes until you get it down. This is by … Read more

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The problem: you want to learn Spanish online, but you have no idea where to begin. Console Them: There are people like you who are learning to speak Spanish more fluently every day.

You are probably searching for the absolute best way in learning how to speak Spanish on the internet, but you probably do not know where to begin. There are many people in the world just like you, who want to be able to speak or dramatically improve their Spanish but do not know where to begin.

Why do you want to learn Spanish?

There are many reasons why people may want to start learning Spanish. It may be, so they can communicate with Spanish speaking friends, relatives, or acquaintances. Also a common reason why people may want to learn Spanish is so they can get a better grade in their class. Whatever your reason is, you are … Read more

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