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Your non-dominant foot should be in front. Raise your hands up at neck level, and angle your body away from the aggressor. This controls the distance between you and your opponent, and covers your head and vital organs.  Protect your face with your hands, and keep your mouth closed and chin down. This protects the more delicate bones in your face like your nose. Keep your legs spread apart and your knees slightly bent. This will give you more balance. You don't want your assailant to be able to knock you over. Don’t stand flat-footed. Make sure you can easily move in any direction, but avoid backpedaling whenever possible. Curl your four fingers tightly into your palm, keeping your thumb loose at the side of your hand. Your nails should partially disappear and your finger joints should be tucked in. Then, fold your thumb over the first and second finger joints.  Keep your fingers and thumbs tucked tightly together. Keep your wrist firm and straight. Don’t bend it down, up, in, or out. These are the two strongest knuckles of your hand. Squeeze your fists together right before making contact with each strike, and keep your wrist firm, straight, and steady.  Your wrist should be rotated so that your thumb and palm are towards the ground. Relax your fist after the moment of impact and between strikes to preserve your muscles. If your little finger comes loose, your fist is too relaxed. You’ll likely be able to hit harder with your dominant hand, but don’t forget to use your non-dominant hand when you can as well, so your opponent has a harder time predicting your moves. For face strikes, keep your mouth closed, clench your neck and jaw muscles, and duck your head to the side. It’s best for your opponent to hit your hard forehead if they aren’t going to miss your face. To take a body punch, tighten your stomach muscles and try to twist so the punch hits you on the sides rather than the stomach or other major organs.  No matter how natural a fighter you are, your opponent will likely be able to land a few blows. Don’t allow yourself to be distracted by shock, fear, or anger when you’re struck. When you lower your hands, you expose your face to your opponent. This is more likely to happen when you start getting tired or if you get distracted focusing only on attacking. Always keep your guard up, loose but not tight.  By watching your opponent’s chest or chin, you can sometimes see their shoulders move before they throw a punch. Don’t forget to tuck your elbows close to your body to protect your kidneys.

summary: Adopt a solid, well-balanced fighting stance. Make proper fists that won’t result in broken wrists or fingers. Punch by leading with the knuckles of your index and middle fingers. Lessen damage from hits to your face and body by moving. Keep your hands high and watch your opponent.


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Using a rubber float, apply only enough grout as you can effectively work with. In a diagonal direction, press grout into the joints to an even level with the tile.  Skim excess from tile with the rubber float. You will notice a mild “grout haze” on your tiles.  Wait a few minutes for the grout to stiffen up in the joints. Use a damp sponge work across the joints, (working along joints can drag out too much grout) to remove grout haze from tiles and finish the joints, make sure not to press too hard on joints. As you work, check each joint is full and smoothly finished. Continue this process with other joints in remaining quadrants. For joints at the wall and floor interface it is best to use caulk instead of grout. There are benefits to using caulk along wall joints. All tiles may expand or contract depending on temperature fluctuations. The wall joints are also known as expansion joints. Using caulk here will buffer expansion and contraction a bit. Wait for the entire floor to cure for about a week before giving it a good mopping to remove remaining grout haze. You may also choose to seal the grout with a sealer to lock out dirt and or grease.

summary: Continue working in quadrants as before. Consider caulk. Let the floor cure.


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Using cold, filtered water matters! Unfiltered water won’t taste good, distilled water can ruin your machine, and hard water can accumulate lime in your machine. Using about 14 grams of ground coffee is the amount your espresso machine needs to produce a single cup of strong ristretto.
summary: Fill the espresso machine’s reservoir with cold, filtered water. Place 14 grams of the ground coffee in the filter.