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Please clarify your question?? From day one, kata bunkai as well as grappling are taught to Shindokan students without exceptions. There’s no such thing as waiting until higher kyu ranks are earned in Shindokan. Most assuredly, kata bunkai, and the like, and grappling aren’t taught until Shodan. As a JJB for 5 long years, I can’t imagine not learning/training kata bunkai and grappling until I earned Shodan; JJB students are forbidden from earning Shodan until they reach 18 years of age.

I’ve only had the privilege to meet 2 KF members face to face; Brian, aka bushido_man96 and Ken, aka wagnerk. I trained 2 days with Brian on 8/20/2011 and 8/21/2011 in his home town of Hayes, KS…14 years ago this August. Great time and I’d love to share the floor with him once again before I pass away!! My wife, Linda, and I meet Ken at lunch while he was in Tulsa, OK from UK on 7/22/2018 for business…7 years ago this August. It was a great time. Patrick, our beloved KF Administrator, is on my bucket list to meet…he lives in Hollywood, CA with his wife, Kara, and their son PJ…just a mere 5 hours away from me. If any of you KF members ever come to Las Vegas, NV, please drop me a line, and perhaps we can either train together and/or have breakfast or lunch or dinner; I’d welcome that in a second!!

In Shindokan, even the most basic of kata bunkai is taught at all ranks; age isn’t an exception.

I’m a firm believer that Kata without bunkai is nothing more than an empty dance; an exercise of ineffectiveness.

Very much so!!

I’ve taught as many seminars as I’ve attended, and that’s quite a lot, in and out of the Shindokan circle. The list found in the OP are each important at any given time based on what I was going to teach and what I wanted to learn at that moment. Choosing what to teach at a seminar or what to learn at a seminar can be akin to buying a car or a house or anything else for that matter; what’s floating your boat. If I’m teaching a seminar in-house, then it’s a no-brainer…Shindokan based all of the way. If I’m teaching a seminar out-of-house I go two ways…what is the hosting school wanting me to focus more on, Kata, Kumite, or Kata?!? Or does the hosting school leave the subject matter up to me?!? If it’s up to me then it’ll be, for example, Space Management and how we in Shindokan strive to get behind our attacker, but nonetheless, it’ll be Shindokan based. Out-of-house…No matter what, put your ear to the ground and find out what is the current trend, then teach that but only if what you’re teaching adds value to what is the current trend but make it effective/practical. In-house…PLAN #1: Listen to your Student Body, then fulfill their need(s). PLAN #2: Teach what you’ve noticed that they in the most need of and teach that whether they like that or not; they’re a captive audience at a in-house seminar. if at anytime that you attend a seminar as the student, be respectful across the board. However, if at anytime you feel what’s being taught is not your cup of tea, for whatever the reason(s) might be, excuse yourself and leave…I’ve done that more times than I can count. Teach but don’t be a bore or impractical. Whatever is taught add to their MA betterment, and if not, then don’t teach at a seminar because we are responsible of what they learn; it’s a matter of life and death. Oh, one last thing…it’s a seminar and not a car or a house. So be practical in what you’re charging for your seminar. Same thing goes if your attending a seminar, don’t pay for the hosts new car or house because no instructor is that darn good.

Illegal Fireworks Enforcement, Las Vegas Metro Police Department (LVMPD), Clark County Fire Department (CCFD), and Las Vegas Fire Department (LVFD) here in Las Vegas, NV reported: 1) Confiscated 8,851.55 lbs 2) Citations Issued: 149 Las VegasNV Population: 2.4 Million

I love how city authorities will ban the shooting off of fireworks unless you’ve permission from the state/city but there’s no ban from selling fireworks. Every single year as I drive through the city streets around where I live, I can see the aftermath of fireworks debris everywhere and fireworks boxes piled in front of of many houses for the trash man to pick up. When I lived in Houston, fireworks were set off from MY FRONT PORCH by my neighbors. There’s a huge fine and/or punishment for shooting off fireworks. There’s even a phone number to call to report illegal fireworks displays. Problem with that is there’s never enough LEO’s to handle those calls.

How many years as a LEO??

Happy 4th of July; be safe. We don’t buy fireworks but we’ll watch fireworks either in person or on tv: we’re going to watch the Macy 4th of July Fireworks show tonight on NBC.

Possible brain damage come to my mind especially with repeated blows. DP says it well…

Congrats, Brian!! I’ve always respected those who seriously train in multiple MA because it takes a lot of dedication to train floor to floor.

The OP’s proposed changes seem doable across the board. Not all black belts can teach, and furthermore, not a black belts can teach kids. Zaire’s idea is a proven solution when kids are concerned. Teaching kids takes a special CI because kids will be kids in every shape, way, and form. Experts say that the age of the person, especially kids, is how many minutes their attention span will last. No matter what, if class is boring, no positive change will occur or be quite difficult to achieve. Listen to your Student Body. If they prefer smaller segments in white belt, then seriously consider their feedback. Hang in there. Rome wasn’t built in one day; thank the Lord for that .

Oh, I’m not, and will never be a A’s fan…NO WAY!! I’m excited about the A’s coming to Las Vegas because once the stadium opens, I’ll be able to see my Yankees!! GO YANKEES!!

What makes Shindokan tick is: 1) Our close range fighting; we always want to get behind our enemy in order to inflict damage. 2) One of the very few Karate styles that teach grappling but not in a passing by way. 3) 85% hands…15% feet. After that, Shindokan is an Okinawan style, and its methodology and ideology in many small ways are in line with other Okinawan styles.

Squid Game 3 is streaming on Netflix now. There’s only 6 1-hour episodes. The ending will surprise you; it surely surprised my wife and I when we saw it.

There are a lot of wicked tactical flashlights that can do far more than light up a dark area. Los Angeles Sheriff Department (LASD) use to wield long flashlights like one would swing a baton, inflicting a lot of damage.

I suppose that people are interested/curious about Power Slap like people that are interested/curious about a car crash; just have to see the crash as ones driving by.

A’s broke ground last Monday at the old Tropicana Hoeel and Casino site here in Las Vegas, NV. This $1.75 billion stadium…”will hold a capacity of 33,000 fans, featuring the closest seats to home plate and the smallest foul territory of any MLB ballpark. The building will be fully enclosed by a roof that will attenuate direct sunlight glare while welcoming indirect natural light through northern oriented clerestory windows. From home plate, the see-through dome will offer views of the Las Vegas Strip, with the New York-New York Hotel & Casino and MGM Grand in clear sight beyond the outfield.” I suppose that the A’s deserve a big upgrade. I just hope that the A’s, with their 123 year old franchise will be worthy of their fans, Las Vegas, and standings. Speaking of standings, at the time of this post, the A’s find themselves in last place in the AL West with a record of 34-51. It’ll be, the A’s new stadium, something to see when it opens in 2027.

Craziest thing I’ve ever seen. I wonder just how damaging is inflicted because they’re not just whistling Dixie. That’s if we’re talking about the same thing.

Yes they were, wonderful people, that is, on and off the floor. What makes the Shindokan tick?!? How do you mean?!?

Just my dojo. The SKKA had no direct responsibility of any dojo within their network, just the administration of any and all Testing Cycles. I was only responsible for the Hombu/SKKA but only when I was the elected Kaicho and Hombu CI. When I wasn’t the elected Kaicho, I was part of the Regents, a privilege I had for 25 years, of which our responsibilities were very wide ranging with our main focus was that of the Student Body and the like; the Regents reported to our Soke and Dai-Soke and the department heads reported to the Regents. Between my own dojo, being part of the Regents, and being the elected Kaicho kept me extremely busy.

I’d say that your Monday’s are quite busy . No time for much, if any, idle time. Thanks, Nisan Melbourne, for sharing a glimpse of your behind the scenes.

Great post, Nidan Melbourne!! Thanks for your post!! Brings me back to the good old days of the SKKA Testing Cycle; thorough, long, and strict.

For as many years as I can remember, I’ve wanted to write my memoirs which would include some Shindokan history/methodology/ideology, my history (boring), and as well as the SKKA civil war. I was even entertaining to write 3 separate books. One book about Shindokan history/methodology/ideology. Another book about my MA history, it would be a real short book. A third book about the SKKA civil war. However, as many times that I’ve tried to tackle what seemed the impossible, I’d apply the brakes out of sheer ignorance and frustration of either my lack of writing skills in order to encompasses all that a great writer possesses. For many years, unsolicited companies that provide ghost writers have continuously approached me in the hopes that I’d hire them. While that is intriguing enough to consider their offers, I don’t know if I can trust them, or afford them, with how they’d handle and respect my history. Darn if I do and darn if I don’t!!