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About sensei8

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Martial Art(s)
Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Location
Las Vegas, NV
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Anything/Everything Martial Arts, Model building, Chess, Fishing, Sports (Baseball, etc), Reading, Cooking...
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Occupation
RETIRED due to my current fight with Prostate Cancer and what it's done to my T12 and L4 locations of my spine!! [Kaicho (President) of the Shindokan Karate-Do and Kobudo Association (SKKA) from 2008-2017!!!]
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I don’t think that we’d ever see a PPV SB because the SB In itself generates quite a lot of money to go around to make whatever company happy. BUT…one never knows.
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self-defense distance…
sensei8 replied to Spartacus Maximus's topic in General Martial Arts Discussion
Where talking about keeping a distance at all costs, if possible. Last Friday, at around 1:35pm, here in North Las Vegas, at a gym, there was a mass shooting where a manager of the gym was killed, and several others were injured. The manager worked at that gym for 15 years. Yesterday morning, channel 5 showed a clip. In this clip, it shows the shooter walking into the gym and he was carrying what looked like a military rifle. As the shooter is entering the gym, a male customer of the gym is walking by the shooter on the shooters left. Mind you, the shooter paid no attention to that customer at all, shooter even told the two female employees standing behind the check-in counter that they better hid “because something’s about to happen bad”. That male customer that walked by the shooter KEPT HIS DISTANCE from the shooter by leaving out the front door quickly, but before he exited the gym, he quickly looked over his left shoulder at the shooter. The shooter and the male customer were not that far away from each other as they passed by each other. Shooter was shot by the police outside of the gym entrance; shooter died later at the hospital . -
Not a bad idea!! Thanks, Brian!!
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When I owned/operated my dojo full-time, I’d train each morning several hours before my first class of that day. Often times, I’d squeeze in some training between classes. Most of the time, if I wasn’t going to be teaching on the floor, I’d be taking care of my daily duties, whether it be paperwork, making phone calls, working in my MA supply store, or who knows what. That’s why I always insisted to my students and instructors that there’s ALWAYS time in the day/night to squeeze in training. No practice makes a MAist very dull.
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Are you in favor of the departments making BJJ mandatory?? I agree that the department should find the BJJ instructor AND pay for the training. Which if I’m not mistaken, anything made mandatory as far as training is concerned must be paid for by the employer, or at least claimed/written off in one’s tax return form.
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Surely the GB that I was a member of forever and a day isn’t the only GB of the MA that closed their doors forever. In the end, ours was a victim of internal civil war and tumultuous unrest within its higher hierarchy. It bleed out slowly after our founders both passed away, and after I was no longer its president. What MA Governing Bodies that you’re aware of that have permanently closed their doors.
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The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread
sensei8 replied to aurik's topic in General Chat
I know it’s bad of me, the way that I am when it comes to being a fan of sports, but more than not, I’ll lose interest of whatever is going on in whatever the playoff might be once the team I support is knocked out of the playoff and so on. My Knights have been knocked out of the playoffs, so I’ve no more interest in the NHL playoffs. Like I said, I know it’s bad of me to be that way!! Will I watch the Stanley Cup?? Depends on who’s playing. -
The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread
sensei8 replied to aurik's topic in General Chat
Big hands/fingers/thumbs!! -
self-defense distance…
sensei8 replied to Spartacus Maximus's topic in General Martial Arts Discussion
More justified?? When you’re in danger?? The justification is to prevent from being harmed at any means. Imho!! -
Saw my new Oncologist, Dr. Imran Ahmed, MD, at 8:15am. Key results: A) PSA 0.05 **No concerns!! B) Testosterone 235 **Goal is 276!! Dr.Ahmed says there’s no concerns that this number increased by 160 in 4 months; to be expected and this number will level out!! Dr. Ahmed was very pleased with EVERYTHING!! My kidneys are doing much better, my diabetes is nearly GONE, my weight is dropping, and my cancer is STILL in complete remission!! My next appointment with Dr. Ahmed is September 19, 2025 at 8am.
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Even though that Cowboys VS Raiders game is going to be on MNF, that to me is just another reason to gouge the ticket prices. It’s just the NFL…it’s just Las Vegas…it’s just a football game. I love my Cowboys to the end of the world but not that much to pay those blown-up prices. Watching football games on the TV works for me.
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The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread
sensei8 replied to aurik's topic in General Chat
I hope not because they knocked my Knights out of the playoffs!! ((2nd quote is an accident; I was trying to press on the emoji button)) -
The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread
sensei8 replied to aurik's topic in General Chat
Congrats to the Oilers for defeating my Knights quite handily. It was a very tough series and we never made an impact whatsoever during that series…not one iota. Until next season… GO KNIGHTS!! -
Cowboys 2025 schedule is what it is. My wife and I were going to attend the Cowboys VS Raiders here in Las Vegas on November 17th, her being a Raiders fan and me being a Cowboys fan BUT… Lowest ticket for that game is $575 for the nose bleed section…that adds up to $1,150 not counting any fees plus parking, which starts at $175…to park a car at the Allegiant Stadium. OVERPRICED TO THE NTH DEGREE!! We can see the 49ers in a pre-season game against the Raiders starting at $97, which is far more affordable!! Allegiant Stadium ticket prices are way overpriced no matter the event, except for UNLV college football which can be as low as $8 per ticket. Allegiant Stadium reasons for offering high ticket prices is “We’re in Las Vegas; the capital of entertainment.” HOGWASH!! GO COWBOYS!!