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Proof is on the floor!! Belt and/or rank mean absolutely nothing across the board; a symbolism that derides the practitioner without the knowledge and experience. Only the layperson views either, especially the belt, with an unaware eye. The MAist, those same things still aren't clearly understood; oh, they have their own idea as to what it might be, but even that's a mystery. These symbols are a very well known part of the MA, and those that practice said MA have accepted them for their own reasons.

A police officer once told my dad that if you shoot someone in your front/back/side yard, drag them inside the house, then call the police, not beforehand.

The rest, well, relies on for the court to decide its outcome. There's always two sides to anything.

Congrats, Wayofaswede; hard work has its rewards!! Good luck!!

Knowledge and experience through acceptable tenure. But of whoms acceptability?? Like rank, that which is acceptable 'here', isn't acceptable 'there. Everything is suspect even if it comes from a recognizable source. Imho!!

Sorry, I don't recall it, whatsoever.

With zero experience with Shindokan, and they want to learn Shindokan, and no matter their rank somewhere else, they're white belts, and I treat them accordingly!!

That, right there, that is our Soke and Dai-Soke and many other Shindokan dojo's within the SKKA network including myself!!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you...SING IT WITH ME EVERYONE...Happy Birthday dear Mo, Happy Birthday to you...and many more!! Have a good, safe, and fun birthday, Mo!!

Loved it...great movie...killed off many Avengers!! Can't wait for the next movie!!

I get a kick out of it when someone implies that a black belt holder should be held at a much higher standard because someone has a black belt. Why? Who says that that person is a black belt or who says that a black belt means that that person is even capable?? Laypersons who've not the minimum of an idea as to what the black belt truly is or what it truly isn't have spread that falsehood for as long as I can remember. Educating the courts as to the reality of the black belt, therefore, eliminating the mystic surrounding the black belt. Mitigating circumstances have to be rationalized!! Imho!!

Welcome back, Socksey; glad to see you!!

Black stripe Black Stripe?? I don't know what that means.

In my TKD days, GM Suh taught both the ball of the foot and the instep, and so does Shindokan, however, Shindokan favors more of the instep to the legs.

Marketing is everything to said school of the MA!! Without it, the school dies, and the remaining students are left with no favorable recourse whatsoever. Whatever the marketing is used, it must work for THAT school, and not for the school down the street; to each their own. I don't use the following marketing for my own reasons: However, this one has served me best: But not online...just what's in the bold type above!! For me, word of mouth, has always served me the best, and I will not turn my back on it; most successful for me!! My Sensei and his Sensei used the Ads method; passing stuff around the town. They both have heavily used the Events method both here and in Okinawa; that's how my Sensei found his Sensei in Okinawa. To each their own!!

The difference that's quite striking to me is that, in the OP video, is that the supporting foot is NOT turned a full 180 degrees from said target. That disturbs me, but Shindokan isn't any form of TKD, however, GM Young Ik Suh TAUGHT like Shindokan does when it comes to the supporting foot rotating fully that 180 degrees away from said target. To each their own!! We believe that the power apex is cut short to completion, therefore, power is diminished!! But, that's our methodology.

Congrats DaveB; well deserved!!

Solid post!!

Worst mistake - Trusting our past San-Dai Soke Circumstance - San-Dai Soke closed the SKKA/Hombu WITHOUT NOTICE, AND WITHOUT CAUSE, and LIED ABOUT INTENT!! Fix - Reopened the SKKA/Hombu under new proxy; By-Laws rewritten with some very strong legalities to ensure that the SKKA/Hombu was protected, and this in turn, protected the entire Student Body!! San-Dai Soke was expelled and the Soke types were completely abolished permanently for cause!! What I learned - To never blindly trust anyone. If someone says it's day time, I'm going to go outside to see for myself first!! Back ground - When Dai-Soke passed away, his son, Iwoa, was voted unanimously to become San-Dai Soke, at his fathers request while on his death bed. At first, business was as usual, but very shortly thereafter, the tide turned for the worse as San-Dai Soke lied that his father requested that the SKKA/Hombu be closed down and it be moved immediately back to Nanjo, Okinawa. My mistake was not seeing the writing on the wall in time; blind trust, on my part. After all, I was Kaicho; the blame is mine and mine alone!! Our Legal Team is one heck of a legal team; nothing gets by them!!

Why not? You learn the most from teaching. Physical limitations are starting to get in the way!!

What rank are you grading for??

Now that was a very pointed letter; no ambiguity whatsoever!!

To the bold type above... HUH?? All students earn the right to train, no matter the rank. That's why I'm always saying that the most important rank is WHITE BELT because the other ranks, especially black belt, do not and can not occur without first TRAINING as a White belt. Concerning the subject at hand, the other ranks before black belt have earned the right to train too. Imho!!

Then there's the other side of doing a demo for an 80 year old practitioner...BEING THROWN ON THE GROUND!! A throw is a violent act; violent for the 80 year old body that won't like that whatsoever...not many young practitioners like being thrown around like a rag doll.

With BJJ, the practitioner welcomes the ground instead of fearing the ground!! The uncomfortable becomes comfortable!! The unforeseen becomes foreseen!! The impossible become possible!! The ground is no-mans land for many practitioners of the MA that have no ground training, and that fear, multiplies ones fear of the unknown ground...BJJ dispels that faster than Tide dispels a stain on ones clothes.