What martial arts are best for developing confidence in a fight?
Q. What martial arts helps prepare you mentally before you have to defend yourself? What martial arts instills confidence that you can take whoever tries to attack you (or at least hold your own)? Some martial arts just provide plenty of doubt whether you can handle yourself in a real fight or not. What are the ones that are just the opposite and provide a lot of confidence in your ability to fight if need be (list several)?
Asked by Jon - Mon Jul 13 08:04:20 2009 - - 18 Answers - 1 Comments

A. I agree with everyone saying it is up to the individual to have confidence in themselves, but they also MUST have confidence in their art too. If someone is very confident in their physical capabilities but not in the techniques they are using then their fight confidence will surely suffer. If you just want to know how to fight and stay composed and cerebral I would recommend a mix of Muay Thai kickboxing and Brazilian jiu jitsu. Muay Thai is a devastating stand up style, and it does not take a long time to develop good street effective fundamentals. Like all martial arts the complex techniques, and understanding of actually fighting takes a lot more time. If you learn bjj as well, you will have the confidence to handle yourself on… [cont.]
Answered by Than - Mon Jul 13 13:08:09 2009

What are good books for learning graphic arts?
Q. I was interested in using my creativity and possibly learning graphic arts concentrated on web developing. What are some good books to learn about graphic arts, art, and web design?
Asked by hardboiled - Wed Mar 25 13:40:07 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Meggs, History of Graphic Design Landa, Graphic Design Solutions, also Advertising by Design Carter, Day and Meggs, Typographic Design Clair, Busic-Snyder, A Typographic Workbook Samara, Making and Breaking the Grid Those books will all give you a good grounding in graphic design, typography and the history of Graphic design. These are the foundations for being a graphic designer. The software is secondary; once you've studied design concepts, then progress to the software, and web design. If you are going to learn web design, although you can use software that handles the code for you, it's a good idea to get at least a basic grounding in HTML, XHTML and CSS.
Answered by amybeader - Wed Mar 25 14:49:09 2009

Is it reasonable to double major in engineering and digital arts?
Q. I'm really strong in math and sciences, and it would definitely be a lot more useful to society for me to become an engineer. However, I've just discovered a passion for digital arts, whether it's modeling something 3-D in Maya or filming, editing, and adding effects to a video. Would it be reasonable for me to double major? Would a major in engineering and a minor in digital arts be better? Would an engineering career even be helped by training in digital arts?
Asked by Phoenixsoul828 - Sat Aug 23 01:55:30 2008 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments

A. a lot of people go on to do different careers then what they major in so you could major in engineering and ultimately end up as digital artist but the bottom line is to major in what you want to do and what you enjoy doing regardless of the benefit to society and you can always go back to school hope this helps :)
Answered by GabeLogan - Sat Aug 23 02:01:34 2008