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Floryshing side effect: Grass annihilation

Postby CalebChow » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:42 pm

My mom has been getting annoyed that my flouryshing and training in our back yard has killed all the grass. What's worse, it doesn't seem to be growing back. It's a pretty small yard, so my movements are focused in a few square meters...

Has anyone else noticed their lawns getting permanently mowed by footwork, or have any solutions for it?
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Postby Matt Bryant » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:21 am

Yes I have definitely observed the killing of grass. Heck, where the DFW group practices has literally become a dust bowl because of it.

As for solutions? Enlighten your mom to the fact that she doesn't have to waste money and water maintaining the grass anymore. lol.
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Postby Sal Bertucci » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:26 am

Make some friends and go and practice in their yard. :wink: The grass will grow back if you give it long enough.
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Re: Floryshing side effect: Grass annihilation

Postby Jaron Bernstein » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:24 am

CalebChow wrote:My mom has been getting annoyed that my flouryshing and training in our back yard has killed all the grass. What's worse, it doesn't seem to be growing back. It's a pretty small yard, so my movements are focused in a few square meters...

Has anyone else noticed their lawns getting permanently mowed by footwork, or have any solutions for it?



Is there a basketball court nearby?
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Postby Shane Smith » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:33 pm

"Public Park" "." :wink:
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Postby CalebChow » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:29 pm

Shane Smith wrote:"Public Park" "." :wink:


Unfortunately, that sounds like a great way to get shot in central Philly :?

My mom was considering getting a layer of those bricks with holes (whatever they're called), but I'm worried that's going to make the terrain dangerous to practice in.

Hm! Maybe some sort of plastic mesh! I just hope that it wouldn't get too slippery when wet.
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Postby Shane Smith » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:37 pm

CalebChow wrote:
Shane Smith wrote:"Public Park" "." :wink:


Unfortunately, that sounds like a great way to get shot in central Philly :?



Really??!! That's just too sad. We train in the park here all the time and have for years. Never a problem.
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Postby Corey Roberts » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:17 pm

How big is your driveway?
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Postby Shane Smith » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:24 pm

Corey Roberts wrote:How big is your driveway?


Or alternatively if you don't have a driveway of your own but your neighbor does, how big is your neighbor? :lol:
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Postby CalebChow » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:48 pm

Don't have a driveway. I felt pretty lucky to own a yard as it is. :(

Neighbor's back yard is overgrown with trees. Might be a nut living there, actually. I have never seen him (her? them? it? I don't even know lol) before. Seriously.

We rent out a space in a parking lot nearby...hm! :idea:
Some cars in the lot were broken into recently so the landlord installed some security cameras.
Maybe I could offer services as a security guard old-school style and swing around every once in a while when on duty. If only I stole my uniform when I was still working with campus police...

:twisted:

I'm going to try suggesting plastic mesh with the friction points on them.
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Postby Jaron Bernstein » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:16 pm

CalebChow wrote:Don't have a driveway. I felt pretty lucky to own a yard as it is. :(

Neighbor's back yard is overgrown with trees. Might be a nut living there, actually. I have never seen him (her? them? it? I don't even know lol) before. Seriously.

We rent out a space in a parking lot nearby...hm! :idea:
Some cars in the lot were broken into recently so the landlord installed some security cameras.
Maybe I could offer services as a security guard old-school style and swing around every once in a while when on duty. If only I stole my uniform when I was still working with campus police...

:twisted:

I'm going to try suggesting plastic mesh with the friction points on them.


Can you join a gym or YMCA that has open floor space?
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