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Sloppy!! The video appeared made-up to me; not realistic!! Imho.

Sounds interesting. Good luck with it; much success!! Btw, did you check with your doctor first??

If I understand what your post is about, as well as what you're asking, you're speaking about Close Range techniques of the varied types. If so, well, that IS Shindokan. 85% hands, and we live, and thrive, and lust for Close Range Applications. We don't get in and get right out. No. We get in close, and we stay in close until otherwise. We don't back-up if we can help it, and if we do back-up, we're going to get right back up and close. I'm very, very comfortable with my handling skills.

Having everything correct at the target will strengthen ones wrist. Wear all of the wraps/gloves/what-have-you aren't helpful at all if everything...or just one thing...is incorrect at the target. There are many exercises that can help strengthen ones wrist, however, if at the target something is incorrect in its proper execution, you'll know it immediately.

Ask you CI this because your CI is the final answer as to which side identifiers go on ones belt. And yeah, usually the CI is the one who puts ones identifier on the belt, and not the student. For grins and giggles, and for what it might be worth, in Shindokan, allowed identifiers are placed on ones belt on the left side. This is because we view the left side to be the "Heart" side, in which the right side is where style or ones name is placed on ones belt.

Congrats Luther unleashed; well deserved!!

As a sign of respect to the visiting dojo, mine, for example, the wearing of a baseball hat wouldn't be permitted because I find offense to the wearing of hats on the floor. I was raised that the training floor is a sacred place, and the wearing of a baseball hat, as a visiting Sifu, wouldn't be allowed. It's a sign of respect, if not for me, then for the floor. Bring your WC Sifu, but have him leave his baseball hat somewhere else than on my floor...not today...not ever!! Now if I visit him, then by all means, wear a baseball hat backwards because it's his floor, and not mine. Respecting the culture is very important, and be for sure, there is a certain culture within my dojo!!

I look at this as an opportunity to possibly learn something new or see a different side to things. Most will follow that statement with a reason why and explanation of their view point. Through this, it give everyone else a chance to not only see both sides and decide for themselves what they agree with but it also gets the poster's to think and respond. It challenges what we believe in and makes us think. Having said that, it doesn't mean that we have to take their advice or agree but it does make for a good conversation and an exchange of idea's. The main point of the forums is for all of us, most with different back grounds, to engage in conversation so that not only we can learn but also those that are reading can learn. I actually look forward to logical explanations that make me think about my stances. As a old Marine it's rare that my stance changes but it has happened several times since I joined this forum. That is a fantastic thing because it means that I have been able to learn something new that I would not learn tucked away nicely in my old school box. That and it's not personal or should it be viewed as an attack or that they are saying you are wrong. It's a difference of opinion. It's what makes the world go round. How boring would it be if we all agreed and there were never new idea's? If nothing else it enable you to rebut and prove to yourself that your view point is valid. Or not. Very good points MatsuShinshii.I wholeheartedly concur, as well!! I don't ever value my point of view as the law written in stone. It's the furthest thing from it!! I don't know everything that is the MA, and I don't know every MAist!! This is one of the reasons why I've crossed trained for such a long time, for times just like this, to share viewpoints and ideologies that are different from my own as well as what's been taught to me. I walk in the shadows of MAist that are far better than I!!

To be frank and honest, I've never ever heard of this. Is this a current trend/fad among today's competitors?? I'm with Wastelander in that all I've ever done was make the knot tight enough to not worry about it coming loose and falling off from my waist. Is there a special band or is it just a rubber band that I'd use to fasten things up with or is it a hair band?? Then I found this... https://www.kyokushinworldshop.com/us/full-contact-karate-5652254/belts/knot-straps/ Why not?!

For now I'll just say this... Want to start a dojo?? Better first understand this...IT'S A BUSINESS!! If one can't accept this, then it would be best to not ever open a dojo because it's a business. A business needs someone to run it effectively and efficiently because the business can't run itself. Needs humans to clean it, run it, feed it, walk it, love it, and well, everything. Read "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson!! I wholeheartedly encourage this book for any person who wants to give a go at opening a business. I give this book out to any of my students that want to open their own dojo. It's akin to Business 101!! Having been in business since 1977 owning/operating my own dojo/retail store quite successfully.

Everyone wants to be The Boss, and not everyone wants to be the Grunt. Too many Chefs, not enough cooks. Same thing with MA governing bodies!! Everyone wants to be in charge, but it everyone wants to be in charge, then who's going to do the following of the one in charge?? MA governing bodies seem to be along the lines of "One on every corner", but WHY?? It doesn't have to be so!! MAist, to me in this regard, seem to act like a bunch of spoiled kindergartener's [sp] because they can't have their way.

When someone's reply to you is... "I disagree!!" To you, does that mean that that person is telling you that you're methodology is dead wrong?? To me, "I disagree" is akin to saying "but". "I completely understand what you're saying, BUT..." It's that "BUT" that negates anything mentioned before "BUT" was ever uttered. "I completely understand what you're saying, however, I disagree!!" Well, "however" is akin to "BUT", in which births "I disagree"!! Your thoughts, please!!

Keyboard warriors!! Their effectiveness can be quickly thwarted by not providing them any response. At first, I'm sure that they'd be quite persistent in their volleys of input, but if they receive the cold shoulder, they'll fade away. Give them the floor, well, a beast is in the making.

I think most would welcome you to train if called ahead of time. I would suggest that you bring along a white belt. Some organizations will allow you to wear your grade because you are just visiting and others will not. Solid post!! I believe that you hit the nail of the question right on its head!! Calling first saves one any disappointments and embarrassments. Assumption is the mother of all mistakes, and not all are welcoming for one reason or another. Personally, I've allowed "drop ins" to visit my dojo for as long as I can remember. It's a great way to see the other side of the MA from the outside looking in and vice versa. I've also had the challenge types as well. I don't play that game, and will give them one chance to vacate my dojo before I help them find the door. Our Hombu, when Soke and Dai-Soke were running it, they both being from Okinawa, had very strict protocol for "drop ins" that had to be meet to the Nth degree or they weren't welcomed. And yes, that drop-in better have a white belt to wear, unless they were dropping in from another dojo that was a part of the SKKA network where their rank was already recognized.

That respect and fellowship you speak about concerning KF, it begins with Patrick, the KF Administrator. Without that steadfastly leadership of Patrick, anarchy would rule the day unchecked.

My fist wife wasn't supportive of my MA at all; she wanted and demanded all of the attention. I tried to be the attentive husband, but over time, overwhelming demands from her on me and my MA was more than I could stand. She gave me a ultimatum: Her or Shindokan!! BIG MISTAKE ON HER PART!! While we had two beautiful children together, and we had been married 14 years, the time for us had expired. "I've known Shindokan FAR MUCH longer than you!! You want me to choose Shindokan or you...and you've not once supported my MA career, well, see you, wouldn't want to be you, I choose Shindokan. BYE!!" Harsh!? Good!? It was meant to be!! For over 3 years, I didn't trust women whatsoever, because of my first wife!! Not my mom or grandmother's or Aunt's or Niece's or my sister...not one woman. This mindset of mine upset all of the men in my family...Dad, Uncle's, Grandfather's, Nephew's, and my brother...but physically, they knew they had no chance against me in a "Family Attitude Adjustment" beating!! I was an outcast!! Cool with me! Enter my 2nd, and current wife, Linda!! Had it not been for her, I'd still be that bitter against women. Linda and I have been married 25 years, June 2017!!

That definition never ever once crossed my mind! A Keyboard Warrior, by your provided link, would be stopped very quickly here at KF!! Having said that, Is this type of Keyboard Warrior on MA forums nowadays on a normal basis??

NO!! Not as long as human beings are involved!! This both saddens and angers me all at the same time. Why? The poor TKD student is really not left any plausible recourse. As a TKD practitioner, this must be quite disheartening because the poor TKD student is caught in the cross-hairs of the governing body, no matter which governing body it might be, in that the long TKD student must pick sides, or be cast away. Their rules. Their regulations. Their organization. Their toys. Play along or go away!! Politics taint everything.

Nope!! Never have, never will!! Reading that Bruce did things like that, turned me off on the idea quickly because, to me, it seemed strange and cheating, and to be honest, a fad. But, that's me. Skeptical to the end.

First time I've ever watched that series; thanks for sharing it, Danielle!! That video served up some solid points on the subject. Shindokan stances are more upright. This allows us to move around more easier, and for us, close range is everything for us...the closer the better. A proper stance is a point that can't be swept under the rug of confusion because the stance is everything!!

That puts the style on a pedestal though- I don't think anyone or anything has earned the right to "not" be critiqued. Its a scientific approach you know? Put something out there and let people tear it this way and that and see if it can stand the tests of others. If you're left with something tangible afterwards, you're probably on to something. All this provided we're all working from the first assumption: We are learning how to fight. If you interest is that, I continue with my regular (and predictable) critique and discussion. If not, then my line of thinking doesn't necessarily apply.... To show common respect to others, no matter how different the other thing is, doesn't place 'it' on a pedestal. For that to happen, someone has to actively place 'it' on a pedestal. Critiquing is one thing, and I'm for it, but at the risk of being rude in my critiquing is another. Is my mindset wrong in this? Maybe!!

Many obstacles pave the road of ones MA journey, this is to be for sure. You're experiencing things that you've never experienced before...you just have to love it!! Hang in there...train hard...train well!!

If it was me, I'd follow the instructions of my Sensei, and not any black belt; methodologies separate styles quickly. How one style executes a technique is not universal across the board.

Hopefully, we've not disrespected Wing Chun through our own observations. I believe that we've no right to do that to any style of the MA. Good and bad runs in every single MA style; no style is excluded from that. What's my cup of tea, might not be someone's cup of tea, but my cup of tea is still my cup of tea, no matter what!!

Finding that balance can be a tricky thing; that's to be for sure. Between running a dojo and a MA supply store, my time spent at home with the wife and the kids was minimal; I spent much more time away from home than at home. The saving grace was my wife, Linda!! She's a very strong women; one I've learned a lot from. She was that heart of the family, and knew what it took for me to run a full time business across the board. Then you add into the mix my wife's full time career as a school teacher; compromising across the board, isn't always an easy thing, not that it's meant to be. The real test for our marriage was the oftentimes spent traveling back and forth to the Hombu many, many times each year; at the discretion of Dai-Soke. This wasn't so bad when we lived in California, but when we moved to Texas, then to Oklahoma, that did take a toll on our marriage, but Linda, was that understanding wife and mother; she fully supported my MA career 100% and never once regretted the life I chose. When Soke and Dai-Soke passed away, my travels to and from the Hombu were just quarterly, and at my discretion. As Kaicho, I now only appear at very critical and sensitive events. This gives me much more home time with the family!! Compromising!! That's the key between the wife and husband, and I believe my wife and I have done compromising honor towards one another.