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Well… My wife should be smiling ear to ear now because the Raiders have a new Head Coach… Klint Kubiak!! His team just won the Super Bowl as the Seahawks OC. When asked about being the Raiders HC he said this… "You guys know l'm going to Las Vegas, I'm fired up about it," Kubiak said. ... "Hell yeah, I'm going. Of course I'm going." We will see if that makes any difference for the Raiders next season. I mean, Raiders had the iconic HC Pete Carroll as their HC but the Raiders only won 3 games. Takes a team and not one person. Imho, the Raiders need a better QB and Offensive Line. The Raiders can start by getting rid of Geno Smith. Geno’s 2025 performance was not impressive at all; 19 TD’s against 17 interceptions, and afraid of leaving the pocket. Raiders have the #1 pick in the 2026 draft, Smith is a salary cap casualty, with $18.5 million in potential salary cap savings if he is cut. Sell, sell, sell, sell; trade him or kick him to the curb/bench.

Yes, change is inevitable, that I’m quite aware of, and I accept that wholeheartedly. I’m trying, I’ve been trying to let what killed the SKKA but it’s definitely vexed my soul because I lived it. I continue to live it everyday. While the SKKA was just a thing, an organization, a hierarchy, it was beyond that because that thing was driven by human beings that were like everyone else, faulty in one way or another. Yes, I do have my training and ability through my knowledge and experience. However, that’s not what haunts me everyday. What haunts me is how the death of the SKKA happened…and I didn’t do everything in my power to prevent it. Another bus, as you say, won’t come along because that bus route no longer exists. You are absolutely right…such is life.

Btw,, as a note from Super Bowl 60… No TD’s until the 4th quarter. Also, “First MVP as a Running Back in Years: Kenneth Walker III became the first running back to win the Super Bowl MVP award since Terrell Davis in Super Bowl 32, highlighting a significant achievement for the position.” GO COWBOYS!!

Patriots become the first team in history to lose six Super Bowls, dropping them to 6-6 in their 12 appearances. The Seahawks win their second, improving to 2-2 in their four Super Bowl games, and getting even with the Patriots from the first matchup. Game was low scoring early on, Seattle was ahead 9-0 at halftime and their defense had a lot of pressure on Maye all game. Both teams put up some points in the 4th, but the Seahawks get it done 29-13 and are winners of SB 60. That is a wrap on this NFL season. Soon we will be seeing free agents, then the draft, ect, before we start it all over again in the fall.

Congrats to the Seahawks for winning the Super Bowl LX in a super way. Seahawks 29 Patriots 13 I’m not going to bore you with who did this and who did that and who didn’t do this or didn’t do that because there’s nothing to really highlight, imho. Seahawks dominated the game from the start thanks mainly to their defense. I’m thoroughly impressed with Walker across the board. Patriots didn’t score until late in the game but by then, it was too little too late. Seahawks sacked Maye’s 7 times to Patriots with 1 sack. 3:09 remaining in the 2nd quarter!! That’s when the 1st flag occurred on Patriots #66 for False Start…right after the commentators were talking about there was no flags yet. Game, for me was boring because of its one-sided theme. About the most boring Super Bowl I’ve ever watched. Bad Bunny halftime show was, well, ok. I was shocked when halfway through the halftime show Lady Gaga sung 1 number, for me, that was strange to see Lady Gaga play second fiddle to Bad Bunny, but that’s my opinion. Ist half highlights: NONE What the 2nd half needed: To wake up the sleeping Patriots. Until next Super Bowl…. GO COWBOYS!!

Congrats @KarateKen

Thanks for this!

If the Patriots win, they will be the first team to win seven Super Bowls (Steelers also have six). If they lose hey will be the first team to lose six Super Bowls (Broncos also have five). Either way we will see a first tonight!

Here we are!! Super Bowl LX Sunday!! ESPN Analyst has this game as such: Seahawks 60.0% Patriots 40.0% Both teams have a 14-3 record this season!! I don’t see how they came up with that prediction. I’m hoping for a close battle on both sides of the ball and not a one-sided fight. Seahawks 21 and Patriots 20. Because I lost a bet to my friend, Dwight, I pick Seahawks for the win. I hope not because if the Seahawks win, I have to call the Seahawks and not the Buzzards for 2 years…aaaarrrrggggghhhhhhhhh!! I got all of my Super Bowl food and snacks ready. My wife, Linda, and our son, Nathan, and myself are as ready as we can be. Speaking of food. I read a Fox 8 article that spoke about a Super Bowl Hamburger that feeds 4 people…it’s the $180 LX Hammer Burger…if it’s split 4 ways, that’s $45 each!! It weighs a whopping 3.5 pounds. Can’t wait to see all of the commercials and my wife can’t wait to watch the Kitty Bowl and Puppy Bowl!

Preserve?!? What I’ve learned?!? In what regards?!?

Congrats Kenneth for his 3rd place finish!! You might’ve mentioned this before but are these tournaments only local or regional or state or national or all of the above?!? Are the tournaments sponsored through the school or through a club or all of the above?!? Only ask because I can only imagine if these tournaments involve outside of the locality that you must have done a ton of traveling which could be quite costly for you and Vicky. My tournament days were primarily local and regional and state. I did do a lot of traveling both as a minor and as an adult. When I was a minor I never went beyond regional and tried to do just local to save my mom money. As an adult I was all over the state with an extremely rare tournament outside of California. Traveling to tournaments put a dent in my wallet and a lot of miles on my car.

1/28/2026 Heavy Bag Workout: Done just before Aikido class to warm up. Same workout I did on 1/26. Stretch in The Rack afterwards. Aikido: 6:15 - 7:15 pm. Traditional Class. After loosening up and doing aikitaisos and some ukemi, we worked lots of 2nd kyu variations of kotegashi. We had a hip throw we worked on last.

Congrats, @KarateKen!

I heard a voter on a podcast talk about the situation, and it sounds like one of the reasons is because there are people in front of Belichick that could end up being left out of the HOF if they would have voted Bill in instead this go around. It sounds like there is quite a bit of nuance to it. What it sounds like might be to blame is the restrictions that have been put on the HOF nomination and election system, aside from how some individual voters may have felt about Belichick personally.

I do hope you are able to preserve what you've learned, Bob, so that it can continue to trickle down to some select students and still stay alive.

Congrats on your promotion, and condolences for the loss of your friend. Thoughts and prayers for the family.

Thanks, @sensei8! I have worked them in in the past, but lately I've focused the work a little more. When I do work them back in, they probably won't be as true jumping kicks, but more like a switching kick that stays low to the ground and drives out fast. I like to use that as a counter when sparring, especially when someone is trying to jam me up. 1/27/2026 Taekwondo: 5:45 - 6:30 pm. Traditional Class. I taught this class again. I'm teaching them more and more often, which I really am enjoying, even though I don't get the same level of workout in myself. I did do most of the basics along with the class, even working alongside some of the white belts to help them out. White, low/high orange, low/high green, and middle brown belt forms were done tonight. One-steps for same. Sparring: 6:30 - 7:00 pm. After padding up, I started everyone on the six-star hit drill, then moved to some sparring drills: From a closed stance, attacker threw a front leg (#1) round kick and the defender blocked with the rear hand. Then I changed it up so the attacker would throw a repeat round kick with the front leg, and the defender would double block. The attacker got to pick where the kicks went (body or head), so the defender had to react accordingly. We finished with two rounds of sparring. I sparred the 3rd dan, and then one of the low orange belt kids. Stretched in The Rack.

Ok, still doing a bad job. A week ago Kenneth competed in the league tournament, and the league is a very strong wrestling league. He had a good run. He won his first match in the third period with a pin. His second match was a loss that put him on the backside of the bracket. His third match was a win with a pin in the 2nd period, and that one gave him 30 wins on the season, which was a great milestone. Winning that match put him in the medal round, and he went the distance in that match, winning 7-4 and earning a third place finish.

RIP.

I love how the NFL is in the business of being quite random across the board?!?

I’ll tell my wife because she loves that genre immensely. Thank you, Patrick!!

Normally?!? No. Just occasionally. You?!?

Hey all, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. We recognize one member every month as the KarateForums.com Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. Our honoree this time is... @KarateKen for the second time! Thank you for all of your continued contributions over the years, KarateKen! You have made an impact, and I'm grateful to have you as a member of our community. Patrick

I love this show. Anyone else watching?

Sorry for your loss, JazzKicker, and of course, the loss to everyone who was impacted by him.