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Might be worth the try!! Nothing ventured...nothing gained!

I wholeheartedly AGREE!!

Congrats to you, Noah, and Sensei Poage!! Btw, and please, don't anyone get mad at me, but, the word "Complete" is an illusion, imho, when it comes to things of the MA, and especially when it's about Bunkai because Oyo exists. Applications, again imho, are idea's...roadways...to new found discoveries, at times, endless. OK...sensei8...Bob... me...shut-up...it's just a title!! OK...tape back over my mouth!! STILL...Congrats to you both on the release of your DVD!!

Solid post!!

So, if I'm correct...lineage matters to that person!! Just who is 'that person'? Well, it's the one asking!! So what does a student do? Believe it? Not believe it? Care? Don't care? Just how many mouse's does one carry in their pockets? Let's see! Your Sensei...his/her Sensei...then their Sensei...then someone else down the line...then another...and another...so on and so forth until one finally gets to the founder of the style. Not that everyone's known to every man, woman, and child, even in todays fast food internet world, but even as the doubting Thomas' of the world exist and persist ever the more, the undeniable factor still resides in the MAist standing before you; flesh and bone and blood, in the one person that's teaching you or has taught you or will teach someone somewhere someday somehow. Lineage is important to someone! However, the dead don't teach, and in that, that chosen instructor before you must teach, and to me, while the past is important, the present is even more important because it ushers in the future. I will forever thank the founder of Shindokan Saitou-ryu, Fuyuhiko Saitou...as well as my Sensei, Yoshinobu Takahashi, for everything they've ever taught me on and off the floor. Albeit, they're both pretty much unknown outside of the Shindokan circle...but they did exist, and not just to me, but to the entire Shindokan student body. What about my students? I didn't just stand on the sidelines and idly watch Soke and Dai-Soke teach MY students. NO! I taught them...me...not them!! Don't I count for something...anything?!? What am I? A figment of someone's imagination? A doormat? Can't my students just say, when asked the million dollar question..."Who's your instructor?"..."My Sensei is Robert Mitcham", and let that me enough. Just who, what, where, when, why and how in the creation of the MA did I have to validate myself to others through my Soke and Dai-Soke?? Aren't we complete in our totality as MAists?? Well, I am!! Maybe, hopefully, my way of thinking is an out-of-the-box type of mindset. But, wait! If someone doesn't agree with my way of thinking/mindset/ideology, then it's cast to the wayside as a babbling notion, and forgotten faster than it was ever brought up. Why? Because I don't fit into THIER MOLD...into THEIR MINDSET...into THEIR STANDARDS. Based on what? Lineage!! Lineage isn't kept in it's proper context/content; it's placed on some pedestal to be worshiped and adored beyond all things....even though the proof is on the floor...one way or another!!

Congrats, The Pred; well deserved!!

What if, for example, Morio Higaonna, Hanshi, Judan of Goju-ryu, more specifically, the founder and CI of the International Okinawan Goju-ryu Karate-do Federation... had NEVER had a street fight(s), in his 77 years on the planet!! Would his knowledge...experience...and the like, be tainted, and not taken serious, of no value, if he had never ever had a street fight(s)?? It seems to be important to many, but not all, MAist that this one prerequisite must be garnered in order to be taken serious and of value on the floor. What do you think?

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

Yeah...THAT!!

Great topic, IcemanSK; thanks for starting it. If I understand what you're asking... I love Chess!! That's how I unwind from a long day of training and/or teaching and/or administrative duties!! I've never been rated in Chess, but I've got one mean game, at all phases. Chess relaxes me. For 25 years, I've found solace in spending every free moment with my wife, Linda!! This is, of course, above and over anything else on this planet!! Over Chess...and yes...over the MA!! My wife is my everything, and the MA, while I love it, is just a thing!! Whenever our schedules can work, I love to spend time with my Son, Nathan and my daughter, Krystal as much as possible. They too, are preferred over Chess...or watching a good football/baseball/basketball game...or bowling...or cooking...or reading...or anything else that might float my downtime boat.

Try wearing something underneath to combat the sticking problem. Yeah, it might be, might be, might be, uncomfortably hotter, but that would depend on what that material would be; a lighter material would be much better. OR... Bring an extra gi pants with you, and when it gets sticky, ask the CI if you can change real quick. First though, speak with your CI in private about this and see what he/she says.

Just because someone's a human being, it doesn't mean that they know how to be a human being. The welcome mat is so small, only ego and the like can stand upon the darn mat. MAist's, by their own nature, are so un-trustful toward their own kind, and even worse, for those who aren't their own kind. What's on to do?!

Ever have one of those mind numbing silly way off the base days? Well, the difference between Shorin Ryu and Shorinkan IS... They're spelled differently!! I now redirect you back to the first sentence of this post. The style IS Shorin Ryu Shorinkan...founded in 1975 by Shugoro Nakazato; a branch of Kobayashi Shorin-ryu...the style that Noah [Wastelander] trains in...so... They're both the same thing; the one and the same thing.

Shindokan Saitou-ryu was founded in 1950 by Fuyuhiko Saitou, Soke, Judan; not an ancient style by any means, and if it is, so am I...I was born in 1957. Good grief...I'm old...er...est!!

Without not getting into a Christian or religious discussion, I've not seen the movie in question, nor do I ever plan to; uninterested across the board for no other reason that I just don't want to. A billion years ago, I was once told that I couldn't join their church unless I disavowed the MA. Well, you can see my answer. The MA is evil and so on and so forth; that's their opinions, and they've that right...so do I...I'll continue my MA journey until my last breath!! I simple ignore things like this because I've not the time nor the patience for things like this.

To the bold type above... Wesley's also a 2nd Dan in Hapkido, and yes, he's a 5th Dan in Shotokan!! Dolph Lundgren is a 3rd Dan in Kyokushin!!

All in all, safety first, and in that, the fighter in black = DISQUALIFY IMMEDIATELY!! I'd even consider probation for a short time, 3 months, without any ambiguity!! Kind of harsh? When weighed against safety and the injury the one fighter endured...huh...NO...not harsh at all!

No doubt about TKD's popularity. But was there a single person during your or my lifetime who came in and changed things up, and influenced millions to do the same? I don't know TKD enough to point to an individual person who broke the mold. TKD is easily the most popular MA in my neck of the woods. TKD officially turned 60 last year, it's younger than most martial arts. I would say Gen. Choi Hong Hi definitely was influential, he is generally regarded as the Father of TKD. He championed the Oh Do Kwan which was the Korean military division, and made a concerted effort to send his instructors out across the world to teach TKD. He specifically took a team of 12 masters around the world to demo the style. The team included other influencials like GM Rhee Ki Ha (father of British TKD), C.K Choi (Canada TKD), Park Jong Tae (Canada TKD), Park Jong Soo (various European countries, then Canada), etc. I would also choose Kim Un-Yong. First president of the WTF and played a big part in spreading it worldwide and getting it into the Olympics. How'd you rate Jhoon Rhee??

If someone's going to sue, then they will, and there's nothing anyone can do about it; it's their given right to do so. Then it's up to a judge to rule accordingly to the facts presented in a court of law. All a MA school owner can do is protect anyone who is in their school, and this means EVERYONE who's in their school, especially, those engaging on the floor. Purchase the necessary insurance for those things that your school is partaking in. Have a visitor instructor come into teach...under the proper insurance, the school is protected. Things happen! Just be prepared for the unknown!

While belated, I sincerely want to convey to you...Welcome to KF, Johnboy101; glad that you're here!!

Solid post!! Especially the bold type above!!

It is said...that to much of a good thing, is, just too much!! Who's to declare that or who's to say or who cares?!?!?! It's up to the individual, imho, as well as that individuals doctor, but certainly, it's never up to me, or anyone else, for that fact. Imho!!

Solid post!!

Don't fret about the wording on the sign...the message will speak for itself, and there's no use in explaining as to the why about the sign to any prospective student. Besides, the landlord did you a favor by saving you some money by leaving the sign right where it is. Run the dojang as a dojang! Run the business as a business! One or the other will suffer if you try to run them both at the same time!! You'll have to wear two hats...one for the dojang and one for the business. Emotions drizzle from one to another, this I know from my own experiences. When I'm on the floor...I'm there to teach...NOTHING ELSE!! When I'm not on the floor...I'm there to run the business. My minds on THAT, at that time, and nothing else. If I worry about a bill or something relating to the business while I'm on the floor, I'm not giving my students my undivided attention, and they deserve that from me always. Vice versa, when I'm managing the business, I don't have time to think about the dojo/classes, otherwise, I might forget to pay a bill or some other important business aspect. I just have to remember what hat to wear at the right time and moment; can't wear two hats at the same time. Oh, sure, my hats switch a lot all the time and all day/night. On the floor...TEACH...off the floor...Administer!!!!

That's what they all say However they may have had bad experiences with others, who (perhaps not even intentionally) could not let go of their status, habits or concepts. Solid post!!