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Cowboys 17 Chargers 34 I hate whenever my friend Dwight is correct about the Cowboys. Once again the Cowboys become their worse enemy. Cowboys, as usual of late, are strong for the 1st half but run out of gas in the 2nd half. Cowboys can’t even play the spoiler team but just the team of the jester. Maybe, just maybe, the Cowboys will improve over the off season…but wait…who am I kidding?? Cowboys need a GM besides Jones and a head coach that’s not a “yes” man. Well, until next years laughs!!

Well, here we are, Sunday morning, week 16… My Cowboys are all but out…however, they need to win every remaining game and pray that the Eagles lose out. Cowboys close at home VS the Chargers before visiting the four-win Commanders and two-win Giants. Per the experts. One of my friends, Dwight, who’s a big Seahawks fan told me this… “No! Cowboys are out. Only way for the Cowboys to be in was to win division at this point. Eagles locked that up yesterday!! Even if the Cowboys were to win out at this point, they still can’t get in the playoffs.” Throughout the NFL, it’s nail bitting time!! P.S. Cowboys are out thanks to the Eagles. Dwight was right…oh I hate that part!!

No I do not. And I think that may be a part of the issue. Rank gives an idea as per one knowledge of THAT system in particular not of efficiency, understanding of Martial Arts concepts and continuum. Not all black belts can teach, and many shouldn’t. I’m not directing this towards you whatsoever. Teaching takes a special person on the floor to nurture a student because each student has a different perspective and learning curve. Ranks mean nothing!! Skills must be paramount over ranks; knowledge and experience are tantamount. You’ll find were you’re the most valuable and successful and most happy in your time by your own standards and admissions; do YOURS your way and NOT THEIR way.

What a game…what a Bears win over the Packers…what a hail-Mary catch in OT. Bears 10-4-0…Packers 9-4-1 now. Bears and Seahawks had great OT wins…man oh man I love football.

Thank you to all voted!! Congratulations to all the winners!!

Merry Christmas KF

That makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. Why else would the Raiders numbers on the field be so drastically reduced?!? Perhaps the Raiders players have indeed given up on Carroll. GO…never mind…I’ve no team left that I can cheer on!!

I know that this thread is for NHL news. I just want to share this. I saw something that warned my heart while I was watching an American Hockey League game between the San Diego Gulls and the Henderson Silver Knights. 2nd quarter, tied score of 0-0 until with 5:43 remaining on the clock, Silver Knights scores. What warned my heart is immediately after the goal, fans rained stuffed animals or all sizes onto the ice. The ice was covered end to end and side to side with stuffed animals. It took an army of arena crew about 15 minutes to clear the ice. Arena crew used snow shovels to corral these stuffed animals into large clear trash bags. The Salvation Army will be collecting them and then donating them to needy children and families. I’ve never seen this before that I can remember but it was great to see the community in action.

Mental Health is a very serious and personal matter; it should never be taken lightly. When it comes to my mental health, the MA is just a thing, it is just a want and not a need, and not worth to affect my mental health. Before, I wasn’t alone, but nowadays I’m very much alone. What was once alive is now a lonely destitution. The SKKA is dead, our Soke and Dai-Soke are dead, many of my fellow Shindokanists are either dead or gone their own way; only empty chairs surround a once thriving table. I’m still trying to understand and cope with the fact that what was is no more; not easiest thing to wrap my mind around. Still, I’m a MAist, now and forever and nothing will change that in me. My mind might be a very lonely thing but my mind is strong. Keeping God first before the martial arts keeps my sanity in tact amongst the dark cloud of loneliness.

Your fist needs to travel a certain distance and your arm needs to be extended out by a certain amount before your punch can have much effect. So if you grab the other guy and pull him towards you into the punch with the other hand, you're reducing the effectiveness of your own punch. I respect your opinions wholeheartedly; I thank you for them. Power aided by Hikite isn’t forgotten nor is it ignored by us Shindokanists, inasmuch as how our grappling is aided by Hikite across the board. For us, our fists as well as our feet are used primarily as set-ups for our grappling; that’s us, and may not be for others. We, you and I, might have different methodologies and ideologies concerning many different things including Hikite, and in that, I don’t discard what others have been taught across the board. Oftentimes, MAists have yet to mature in their techniques, which is understandable because it takes a lot of time to mature in ones technique, and this by no means to be directed to you personally or anyone else here. Imho!!

According to The Sporting News: My Cowboys: Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys (-6) Sunday, 8:20 p.m., NBC Peacock “The Cowboys had extra time to prepare for the Vikings. JJ McCarthy threw three TDs for the Vikings in Week 15 against the Commanders, but he also took four sacks. Dallas receiver CeeDee Lamb is in concussion protocol. Dallas needs this one to stay in a tight playoff race, and the Cowboys are 4-2 ATS at home.” Pick: Cowboys 28, Vikings 20 My Wife’s Raiders: •Las Vegas Raiders at Philadelphia Eagles (-12.5) Sunday, 1 p.m., Fox “The Raiders can’t score. Las Vegas has averaged 12.8 points per game in the last five games, and Kenny Pickett replaced Geno Smith (shoulder) in Week 14. Pickett would get a chance to start against one of his former teams, but the Eagles will not be accommodating coming off a short week. The Eagles are 0-3 ATS when favored by seven points or more - but they get the message here.” Pick: Eagles 30, Raiders 16 We will see how The Sporting News predictions pan out.

Hikite is NOT about power; it’s about being in close range of my attacker. Hikite aides in providing me information as to where the body is without me having to look. With Hikite I can control, manipulate, and seize. Of course, I have to use both of my hands to do one or another. No Hikite, no acccuracy. Imagine how kata would look like without Hikite??

Mahomes seems to me that he’s the most dangerous when he’s forced in a corner. I sure am not counting the Chiefs out as of yet. How about them Chiefs!! (Normally I end my posts in the football thread by supporting the team from Arlington, TX but not until next season…maybe!!)

I’ve seen various MA styles being taught in a public school in after school programs that were held in the schools gym. These programs rented the schools gym but both the school and the schools administrators approved before hand. These schools allowed the CI to place stacks of flyers in the schools office or one flyer found on the school’s office bulletin board. The MA program, as part of the approval process, had to submit its syllabus/curriculum. However, the school and the school districts administrators HAD NO authority as to said syllabus/curriculum; they just wanted to know what was all involved. Those MA programs also had to show proof of insurance at various levels. In short, these MA programs were NOT part of any academic curriculum of said school whatsoever. On the other hand, I very briefly taught Karate 101 and 102 along time ago at the LAVC in the San Fernando Valley in southern California. I had to follow the college curriculum to the letter, and had to submit everything under the sun to the Department Chair of the Physical Science Department as far as grades, reports, this and that and that and this. From time to time, the Chair or the Assistant Chair would pop in and out a few times a semester just keeping an eye out. But they never ever tried to correct me on the manner of how I should teach said techniques. The whole time I was there, they never pulled me aside for cause. I knew my job and I knew it well. The powers that be at LAVC just wanted to make sure I followed the curriculum and that I didn’t deviate from it. Not everyone should learn the MA like not everyone should learn how to be a doctor. And I agree…not everyone should learn to defend themselves because the MA is not a one-seminar or one semester thint, and there are so many other ways than the MA to defend themselves with.

Brian makes many solid points in his last post here. Cowboys already had their chances. Let us remember back to the 2016 season when the 13-2 Cowboys loss to the Packers in the Divisional Playoff 31-34 at home. Cowboys window closed. NFC teams haven’t gotten any better. Jerry Jones let Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells go. Wouldn’t sigh Dak until the last minute. Wouldn’t sigh CD Lamb until the last minute. All Cowboys coaches, except Jimmy Johnson and Bill Parcells, are nothing but “yes” men. What’s the answer? As long as Jerry Jones won’t let the coach coach and make personnel decisions about the roster, etc., the Cowboys will never ever get to a NFC Championship game, let alone the Super Bowl. Imho!!