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I’m starting to watch a 6-episode miniseries on Netflix, starring Robert De Niro, titled Zero Day. It’s about an American political thriller centering on a devastating global cyberattack that implicating the highest levels of the US Federal Government. One of the characters is a NSA Operative named…Patrick O’Keefe. Kind of tickled me a bit when I heard the name, Patrick O’Keefe, which as all of you know, is the very same name of our beloved KF Administrator…Patrick O’Keefe. It always tickled me whenever I hear the name…Robert Mitchum…in old movies. I spell my last name differently than the actor…my name is Robert Mitcham. Maybe our Patrick is moonlighting as a NSA Operative…which would be so cool.

Absolutely!! There’s so much to Kata than memorizing the embusen. Because of that, drilling said kata over and over on the intricacies that belongs to said kata is critical.

That’s what’s great about a door. It opens to let people in and let people out. Meaning?? When one student exits out the door, a prospective student comes in the door. Please don’t misunderstand my coldness, but I can’t be affected either war because if I’m affected by whether a student stays or quits, then I’m not giving my all to the students who’ve chosen to remain on the floor.

I’ve racked myself more times that I care to remember. Each of those times I’d find myself curled up on the ground for about 30 minutes wishing I wasn’t so dumb. How many times have I smacked my funny bone while training with the Nunchakus or the back of my head or between my legs or the tip of my fingers/thumb?? So many times…it wasn’t that funny whenever it happened.

I just can’t reiterate it enough that we owe our students our complete respect, whatever their decision is, no matter how much we might be disappointed. You know, this might seem an unfavorable thing to say but you know what?? MA is just a thing…a want…not a need, like shelter or food. Our MA journey can’t be our students journey or even similar. Does a CI want what’s best for their students or what’s best for the CI??

I’ll pick Dr. Goodman’s brain a bit during our last follow-up for his recommendations. Such a bummer!!

Welcome to KF, John Moscato; glad that you’re here!! Sounds like you’ve an excellent background in the MA; can’t wait to read your contributions to our community here at KF. Even though I’ve an uncle that lives in Baltimore, MD, I’ve no familiarity with any Okinawan Dojos. However, Yelp has a list of 10 Best Karate Schools in and around Baltimore,MD that might be of some interest to you. Good luck on your search.

Received a disappointing letter today from Comprehensive Cancer Center that Dr. Oscar Goodman Jr, MD, PhD, my Oncologist, will be leaving on May 4, 2025 for unknown reasons. Both his dad and mom were Mayors for Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Goodman saved my life!! My Prostate Cancer is still in complete remission!! These past 3+ years under his care, I’ve come to trust him explicitly. I’ll miss his professionalism and warm bedside manner. I wish him the very best in the future!! My last follow-up with him will be on March 20, 2025. Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) will assist me in transitioning to a new Oncologist that’s under the CCC umbrella. Things like this happen from time to time, even though that doesn’t make me feel any better.

Hopefully there’ll be no fighting between the two this Thursday like there was when these two faced each other. We’ll see what we see this Thursday.

Kata is as basic as it can get when looking for something to drill. Not saying that Kata itself is basic but drilling Kata requires a lot from the individual, and that isn’t basic.

Wife and I just finished watching the final 5 episodes. I witnessed some pleasant moments that surprised me. The very last scene was the perfect way to end this series. Wonder what, if any, spinoffs will come from Cobra Kai series?!

Yankees seem to be extending Manager Cashman’s contract; news expected soon. I’m on the fence with this one because imho he made some real bad calls during the World Series against the Dodgers. I was looking over the Yankees February transactions and it seems that the Yankees are trying to improve their pitching staff, which they need to. Yankee pitcher Marcus Stroman missed several workouts. Why?? He’s rejecting his role as a relief pitcher. Why?? He believes he’s a starting pitcher. GO YANKEES!!

Thanks, Brian!! How many pages is the book you already have?

Wife and I are going to get caught up this weekend. Our son, Nathan finished watching all of the Cobra Kai remaining episodes yesterday.

Not unless I was wearing a Red Man suit!!