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Wondering out loud, which in itself is scary enough... What would it be like, both professionally as well as personally, IF profanity wasn't only encouraged, but was also required, at the school whatever MA?? Would it be a disaster across the board of unimaginable proportions?? OR Would it become the new rage of the page?? Shock TV...Shock Radio... Now here comes, live to your nearest friendly local MA school...Shock Dojo/Dojang!!

I read Shannon's article about this very movie; she denounced it. Because of Shannon's opinion, I'll not watch it whenever it's released.

I'm never ever satisfied!! Why? For me to be satisfied, that means that I've nothing else to learn and/or discover; an ill weathered acceptance of limited abilities that's only an illusion. Besides, I'm the furthest thing from perfect!!

I very briefly watched the first episode...and couldn't endure anymore. I don't enjoy the reading and watching at the same time...one or another, but not both at the same time. It being in a TV format, I lost interest faster than a speeding bullet; what liberties did the producers take to get their story told. It's not for me, so, I'll not entertain it.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing that, Alan. I know better, but I'll more than likely continue to crack my knuckles for a start, and then crack anything else that I can. I even crack my nose!! I know...I know!!

Sounds great!! Hang in there!! Enjoy...teach your heart out!!

This IS Shindokan!! This too IS Shindokan!! Again, this IS Shindokan, as well!! Our Soke created in Shindokan an Okinawan style of the MA that was equally with standup as well as groundwork; none being more important than the other. Sure, Tuite is the core within Shindokan, but what your Wednesday Waza demonstrates IS an important aspect of Shindokan. Thanks for sharing that, Noah!!

My thought... I don't care what might've influenced Karate into existence because I'm, as a Karateka, am so very glad that Karate exists, nonetheless!! I don't care what might've influenced the dessert, Death By Chocolate, because I'm glad that it exists!! "That's not so deep, Bob!!" Yep, that's me...simple Bob!!

New school masters lose their passion for teaching, as well; the old masters don't have the monopoly on that. Share and share alike, I say. Reaching burnout does happen within our industry, and it can be a sad thing, but an even more disheartening to witness, and even more alarming to experience oneself. Does that mean that that instructor, old and new, is worthless? No. It means that they're human after all. I've experienced that burnout myself from time to time. Check this KF link... http://www.karateforums.com/instructor-burnout-vt39059.html Whether it be deemed as losing ones passion for teaching or it being deemed as burnout, it happen to a lot of instructors, no matter the circa, no matter the individual, and no matter the cause(s). Knocked down 7 times, but getting back up 8 times!!

People DO find a way!! But... Is that way limited? Is that way correct? Can't improve if there's no improvement within the instructor pool. How fast some MAists are at putting Senior Dan's out to pasture, even if it's within their own minds, because "They've had their time; it's our time!!"

What would you do if you had no Senior Dan instructors/CI to teach you?? No more CI's above Godan?? Most of us have a deep pool of knowledge and experience within ones Governing Body/Hombu where students of all ranks can tap into the richness of a Senior Dan instructor/CI. Often times, I'll either read or hear students deride Senior Dan instructor/CI, for one thing or another; a deepening of disrespect. Yet, whenever they need something from said Senior Dan instructor/CI If you're in, for example, the SKIF, what would you do if Kanazawa Sensei and/or his son weren't available for a seminar?? What if the highest ranking CI within your style, weren't available for a seminar?? How can you grow as a MAist without that continued teachings by those who've earned that knowledge and experience over 4 or 5 or more decades?? Taking advantage of them?! Supposing that they'll live forever?! Stagnant, isn't tasteful whatsoever!! By yourself, you can only learn so much!! Once the pool runs dry, then what?? Yes, then what!?

Imho, There's no profanity in the MA!! However, there's profanity in the human factor.

I just recently moved away from Houston, TX, more exactly, Pearland, TX. I shopped for space, but life kept getting in the way. So, one day, I looked in Craigslist and by golly, there was someone renting out the use of a Dojo...full of equipment and all!! But live kept getting in the way. Check out Craigslist to see if the ads still up. It blew my mind!!

Went to the gym last night, but, it's not a good report!! While on the StairMaster, I was struggling to maintain, and at the 10 minute mark, I stepped off. I was huffing and puffing like all get out. Then I went to the TreadMill, and I was struggling as well, and at the 10 minute mark, I stepped off. I usually breeze through my workouts, with no problems!! My heart rate was at 189!! My heart rate is usually around 134-140, depending on what I'm doing. I went home, took off my workout shirt, wiped myself down in the attempt to cool down....NO SUCH LUCK!! I felt as though I was reliving it when I first was diagnosed with Afib in September 2016. I'm SCARED!! My wife took me to the emergency room immediately. Nurses hooked up the EKG, put an IV in, took some blood, gave me a few shots for the Afib. Then I had an X-Ray of my chest. Doctor confirmed... MY AFIB HAD RETURNED!! Doctor admitted me into the hospital overnight for observations due to when I first came into the emergency, my Afib was uncontrolled, but 5 hours later, my Afib was controlled. My heart finally settled down to 76bpm, but the Afib was and is still there. I was doing so well...until...NOW!! Lost 80 pounds, watching my diet, exercising, I mean, I was doing good!! I'll return to the gym tomorrow, but I'll be back doing my modified gym work; which is what I was doing last September. I was going to buy a mountain bike...NOT NOW!! I was going to run 4 more 5K runs...NOT NOW!! Back to the Cardiologist for plan 'B'!!

I don't think that'll ever happen. While the MMA has sunk it's teeth into the landscape of the MA, those other styles have already been around for much longer than MMA, and in that, those 'traditional' MA have an incredible following. To much to just sweep it under the MMA rug!! I mean, "all" is quite a lot to consider! MMA is just one thing among a sea of 'traditional' things!!

Just because they're human beings, it doesn't mean that they know how to act like a human being!!

Thanks for sharing that, Alan!! Hip flexor pain is no joke. One will get the message once one gets those sharp shooting painful jabs in that area. Strength and flexibility goes hand in hand; one without the other is an unbalanced act.

If said kata is NOT on the approved WKF Shitei Kata list, then that said kata can't be executed. However, seeing that it's a open tournament, and even though they're following WKF rules and regulations, then if it was be for clarification sake, I'd contact the powers that be of the local tournament beforehand, and ask them straight out if that said kata is allowed before I'd assume anything. I believe that that open tournament either amended the WKF Shitei Kata list, at their own discretion, to admit the kata in question. OR...that competitor received a big fat ZERO for a score for executing a kata that's not approved. OR...that open tournament arbitrator circumvented the WFK Rules applied for unknown reasons; arbitrator's have the final say. As far as one was wearing a Red, while the other was wearing a Blue belt are concerned, and seeing that the open tournament you're about to enter will be following WKF rules, these belt colors DO NOT REFLECT RANK of the competitor!! Which I'm not proposing that you're not aware of how the WKF addresses the approved wearing of the Obi, specifically with Red/Blue. And, in case you might not be aware of the reasoning behind the Blue/Red obi within the WKF, this might serve you... The Red/Blue are identifiers of whom is whom. Remember when at tournaments before venue's such as the WKF were held, and one of the competitors would have a red strip of cloth wrapped/tucked in the back of their belt? That cloth was the identifier of who is who. That simplification of identifier turned into being the invention of one competitor wearing a Red belt and the other competitor wearing a Blue belt as a means of identifying one competitor from another within the competition ring. Rika Usami, for example, who is a force to be reckoned within the WKF world, often wore either a Red or Blue belt while competing in any WKF event, and she's the furthest thing from being either a Red or Blue belt rank; if memories serve me, she's a Nidan under Inoue sensei.

Not much of a mystery considering hair pulling is against the rules, in at least UFC is concerned; Rule 15.A.v.

Thanks, Brian; I greatly appreciate that info!!

I'm sculpting my body right now, ever since October 2016. As I lose weight, 70+ pounds thus far, I've developed some loose flab, if that's the proper term for that which is happening with me. I've read that body builder have to continue lifting for the rest of their lives, or their body starts to, well, sag or droop or whatever. As I drop weight, I have to do things to counter the sag, but that doesn't happen over night. I have the ugly sag/droop, and it disgusts me to no end. I swim...I flip large truck tires...I use the medicine ball...I do a plethora of things to counter the sag/droop, BUT IT'S NOT WORKING the way I want it to or as fast as I want it to!! By the time I lose 111lbs, I'll sag and droop even worse so. Sculpting the body isn't as easy as I imagined it to be!! Just how in the world does a pregnant woman tone up her body after delivering a baby?? That's what I need to know. But, it's possible that the woman who's pregnant was already toned when she became pregnant, and she already had that within her. I was a fat body disgust...and now I sag/droop, even though I'm losing a lot of weight, thus far!!

It looks like the wife will be passing me up, this time. Bum hip. :-/ Sorry to hear that!! Don't fret much! Just continue to train as your hip will allow! Meanwhile, support your wife as she prepares, and then takes her testing cycle.

Welcome to KF, Jansenki; glad that you're here!!

Good luck on your testing cycle, the both of you!! I too, love Metallica!! Hopefully you'll be able to do both; testing and Metallica concert. What a way to celebrate a testing cycle...METALLICA!!

Yes, a very good opportunity to expand ones MA betterment!!