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Women’s Olympic Hockey Team?!? I didn’t know that there was such a thing. Good for them!!

This topic is NOT about passing judgement about how a MA school approaches Testing Cycles, a.k.a., belt tests. How does your MA school approach belt tests?? There’s no wrong answer because of either phrase “you say tomato, I say tomato” and/or “You say potato, I say potato”, which illustrates differing perspectives. Here’s how we prep upcoming Testing Cycles…WE DON’T!! We let the chips fall where they may. Prepping for a belt test puts the importance on rank and nowhere else!! An unannounced belt test is preferred because either one is ready to defend themselves or one is not!! Not both!! You want to prep for a belt test?!? Fine!! Make sure you attend regular classes and practice as though your life depends on it!! CI should be focusing on fundamentals, improving physical and mental conditioning at every class and not be concerned with any testing cycle without ignoring, for example, the three K’s: Kihon, Kata, and Kumite. Every passed Testing Cycle is a measured advancement of ones maturity in techniques. Regular class and practice…that’s the prep; focus on class and practice which is the focus on the fundamentals. You outwitted my chancellor and you bested my swordsman whenever the floor is in play. The floor should always be a serious place and not a place where rank is first and foremost. I’ve witnessed schools of the MA that concentrate on the next testing cycle and not on the fundamentals. Making sure that the students are ready for the test by concentrating on the next test requirements and nothing else. Whereas, and because of that, those students are not ready for the streets. Imho!!

Excellent!! It’s what we call… ”Study your opponent, study yourself, make a plan, and carry it out.” looks like you guys had a great Testing Cycle. Congrats to everyone!!

Hopefully with all of these hirings and such that teams will somehow get better on both sides of the ball. That’s what a fan would like to see each season. GO COWBOYS!!

Yes, you did show me that version when we trained together. That’s the curse, no matter Shindokan’s methodology and ideology, that Shindokan is quite absent of high kicks. Because of the high kick arsenal of TKD is why I took 1 year of TKD. That sinister turn-around roundhouse kick was the bane of my JBB tournament days; I can’t begin to tell you how many times I walked into that kick.

From time to time but not as often as I should.

The jump spinning back kick has been my most favorite TKD kick because I can generate a lot of power, Btw, I also feel in love with the turning-around roundhouse kick, as well. I was most fortunate to have learned them both from GM Suh, and adding them to my arsenal was a turning point because they’re definitely NOT Shindokan in any shape, way, or form.

Excellent topic without any doubt; thank you for starting it, Noah. I enjoyed you YouTube video on this concept across the board. We also train in this concept as well because it greatly aids us in our close range which is a key factor in the Shindokan’s 4 key factors. We don’t use the term “quadrant’, we use ‘sectors’/‘zones’, and no matter how the concept is labeled, it’s effectiveness cannot be denied.

Hence the reason why we’re so very strong whenever it comes to our set-ups, aka, our distractions, whether it be with our feet and/or hands and/or in combination. After all, one can’t just stroll behind our attacker at will; set-ups are everything.

I think that the new login change is an excellent idea across the board. It’s always better to be safe than sorry just in case. Thank you for the update, Patrick!!

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!!

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