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It's quite strange that a landlord would ever agree to have two MA schools on their property; landlords just don't like the strife of all that that can create. If the strange thing does happen, just be the professional and get along. Also, when the rubber meets the road, be better than the other MA school in every way possible but do not sell your integrity for any reason...ever!!

Seminar or sit on a panel?? If the instructor of a seminar is one that we wanted to visit our dojo, we'd honor their fees, but every fee can be negotiated no matter what because that's what two business do. As a guest on a Testing Cyle panel, and I've done many of those, lunch/dinner works for me.

I, too, am on Eliquis, which is a blood thinner, ever since 2018 due to my having Afib. The bruising is no joke, and the bruising remains as long as it does, depending on the bruising. Besides the bruising comes the bleeding that might take longer for the bleeding to stop. The bleeding under the skin looks like a purple spot varying in its size. The wearing of pads doesn't eliminate the bruising or bleeding, so sparring is just not worth the risk. So, what can one do who takes blood thinner?? Like what aurik does...NO SPARRING. What do I do?? Well, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer. What I did right after being prescribed Eliquis, and at the advice of both of my PCP and Cardiologist, was... "If you're determined to spar while on blood thinner, and I do not recommend it, find a trusted partner that will respect your limitations." That's what I did, Partner Shadow Boxing, however, the novelty of that quicky died off. It's difficult to hit me but not impossible because, darn-it, things happen.

Way to any similarities between TSD and Karate, so, imho, TSD is Karate and in that, Karate is TSD. How many different ways can you punch, kick, strike, block, move, and stand that are effective?? What's in a label?? TSD...Karate...they're one in the same, more or less. So as not to confuse one from another, those darn labels return so one can tell which one is which.

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Your Royals had a great 2024 season and should be proud of what they've accomplished across the board. Some of the things that the Royals and you should be proud of...not saying that you're not proud of your Royals... 1) The Royals swept the Astros and the White Sox in a 7-0 at home. 2) Witt's game-tying triple form when the Royals were down 8 and sent the Mariners packing. 3) March's 7 strong innings set up prevented a 4-game sweep and set up Garcia's walk-off against my Yankees. 4) Lugo's complete game. 5) Witt's Grand Slam against the White Sox. 6) Royals acquire Erceg from the A's. 7) Even though Pasquantina broke his thumb, then Royals brought in 3 vets with depth and experience. 8} Royals swept the Twins. 9) Royals go to the ALDS...Swept the Orioles on the road. Nothing to sneeze at. All in all, I was very glad to face the Royals and not the Astros in the playoffs because the Astros seem to have the Yankees numbers. Not saying that the Rolays were going to be an easy, and it wasn't, but the Astros have been a pain in the Yankees backside as of late. I was so excited that the Tigers elemomated the Astros in the their WC series that I drank one more Pepsi Diet followed by a Dr. Pepper Diet...it felt so good. GO YANKEES!!

Believe in yourself and your abilities as well as your limitations. The size vs skills discussion will outlast us all until the end of time. Will we all truly ever agree one way or another?? Imho, no we won't but that's ok because we're not supposed to agree with everyone and/or everything about anything. I do enjoy our discussions quite thoroughy no matter the topic.

I've been filming myself as well as my students as well as any other training for a very long time, a priceless tool, because the camera never blinks and give an honest critique whether one likes it or not. Like the floor, the camera is in unforgiving.

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Well, well, well!! The Yankees return to the ALCS for the 4th time in 8 years. How might you ask?? By winning games 2, 3 and 4 against the hosting Royals of the ALDS series. Game 1: Royals 5 and Yankees 6 at Yankee Stadium. Game 2: Royals 4 and Yankees 2 at Yankee Stadium Game 3: Royals 2 and Yankees 3 at Kaufman Stadium Game 4: Royals 1 and Yankees 3 at Kaufman Stadium Yankees are now waiting for the outcome of the ALDS game 5 between Cleavland and Detroit. Had a team's bench-clearing out in the 6th inning around second base after Garcia slid late into the base but this altercation was ended as fast as it began. Yankees closers, Holmes and Weaver took care of business in the 8th and 9th innings respectfully to close out for the ALDS victory. Due to how good Judge is, he's been playing center field and not his usual right field. Boone determined that with Judge's best and most experience that it would best serve their outfield defense with Andujar and Fraiser developing their outside skills. Still, makes sense, but it is strange to see Judge not in right field. ALCS best-of-seven, with the Yankees hosting the winner of the AL Wild Card game, starts this Monday and Tuesday, October 14th and 15th!! GO YANKEES!!

My prayers, condolences, and thoughts are with those that have been impacted by the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, of which, at least 16 deaths have been confirmed and an estimated $47.5 Billion in damages. Speaking about another venue named Tropicana. The Tampa Bay Rays might have to find another home for the 2025 season because hurricane Milton darn near tore off the entire roof of the Tropicana Stadium, which was being used as a staging area for First Responder, fortunately, no fatalities and injuries were reported. The Rays might not fix the roof before the 2025 regular season because the 34-year-old stadium is scheduled to be demolished after the end of the 2027 season, and a new $1.3 Billion stadium is planned to be finished before the beginning of the 2028 season. They might play at Charolotte Sports Park, Disney Wide World of Sports, Al Lang Stadium, Steinbrenner Field, Hard Rock Stadium, Oakland Coliseum, or Olympic Stadium of Montreal. Wherever they decide to lay their hats for the 2025 season, it might not be at the Tropicana Stadium. Credit: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2024/10/10/tampa-bay-rays-stadium-options-tropicana-field-roof-damage-hurricane-milton/75610292007/

Royals defeated the Yankees in game 2 of their ALDS series by the score of 4-2. New the Yankees travel to KC as the Royals host the Yankees for ALDS game 3 this Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. Royals' bullpen did their jobs quite admirable against the cold bats of the Yankees in game 2. Schmidt on the mound for the Yankees and Lugo on the mound for the Royals for game 3. Not too fond of what I read recently that the Royals are favored to win game 3. Partly because Lugo only allowed 4 runs in 14 innings with 2 starts against my Yankees in the regular season. One shiny light for my Yankees is that Schmidt, who was suffering with a lat strain last month, will be making his very first playoff start going 5-5 with a 2.85 ERA in 16 starts this season...sounds and looks good when I type this but how cold is his arm??!! GO YANKEES!!

Congrats to you, aurik, and the others who've passed their Testing Cycle!!

I'm old enough to remember when in 1968-1970, Jhoon Rhee's Safe-T-Punch and Safe-T-Kick hit the MA markets. They were a big hit all of the way for every MA because a lot of MA students back then were afraid to spar, which pretty much helped increase the interest in the MA for prospective new students. PKA started using Jhoon Rhee's invention back in the mid and late 1970's in all of their Full-Contact matches. Those were the good old days!!

Yankees took the 'W' in the ALDS game 1 against the Royals with a final score of 6-5. That fame saw 5 lead changes, which is the most in the MLB postseason history. Game 2 is tomorrow at Yankee Stadium. Ragan will be on the hill for the Royals and Rodon will be the starter for the Yankees. GO YANKEES!!

Took the Cowboys their last play of their last drive with the Cowboy facing a goal and 4th down situation with 26 seconds remaining to play from the Steelers 4th-yard line as Prescott found Tolbert in the endzone for the go-ahead score. After the extra point by Aubrey, the score changed again with the Cowboys 20 and the Steelers 17, which places both teams to 3-2 in the standings, after the nail-biting back and forth SNF for the Cowboys much needed 'W'. Next week, the Cowboys host the 3-1 Lions. That should prove to be a great game because the Lions will be coming off a win against the Seahawks. My wife's Raiders suffered another loss to the hosting Broncos by the score of 34-18, which provided the Broncos a 3-2 in the AFC Standings. The poor unfortunate Raiders now sit in the AFC Standings at 2-3. GO COWBOYS!!

Excellent post, Brian!! Thank you for sharing it. TBH, I prefer a small Testing Cycle versus a sea of candidates because both the intimacy and effectiveness of the Testing Cycle can wain a tad away which things can be missed by those on the testing panel...quite unacceptable, imho!! Nice that there were black belts executing a number of things which helps the more advanced students, like yourself, and calms down those testing candidates. Ridge hands are fun to break things with especially if the break fails. One of the most telling techniques whenever the ridge hand doesn't succeed...you'll know immediately because your hand won't feel good at all. However, the ridge hand is one of the most powerful hand techniques from pretty much any angle. In the days of the PKA, many knockouts were courtesy of a ridge hand. Your Testing Cycle runs a great flow without any long pauses between one segment to another. Why? Your Dojang has their stuff together!! Sounds like your Testing Cycle was a great success all around. As long as the candidates demonstrated some noted improvements, then the Testing Cycle was a success. But of course, fine tuning them is the job of the CI and its instructors.

I prefer the black ones because the digits are free for grasping and such. The other two, for me, are too confining and limited..again, for me.

Both aurik and Brain are really getting the benefits of both their core training as well as their cross-training as well as n their Kobudo training. Words haven't been better spoken than when someone say/s the Okinawan practitioners disrupt our opponents through and through. In Shindokan our main goal is to get behind our opponent t and what better way to achieve that goal is to disrupt our opponent as often as possible. For Shindokanists, disrupting our opponents base is key by constantly attacking ever/y inch of our opponents legs/base. these constant attacks to the base...imagine what starts to happen with these unrelentless attacks to the legs/base is that the opponents body starts to falter in keeping a well-balanced profile, and when that becomes quite apparent, well, my opponents profile tilts to one side or another, and with that, getting behind my opponent becomes much easier to achieve. If I can't directly get behind at that moment, then, I can force my opponent onto the ground, which is the next best thing for a Shindokanist. Keep training and train well!!

Well, well, well...the ALDS is all set up. The Tigers swept the Astros and the Royals swept the Orioles in their Wild Card. Of which, I'm tickled pink because I didn't want to have to meet the Astros in the ALCS because lately the Astros seem to have the Yankees figured out and I also didn't want to battle with the Orioles in the ALDS because they can be really hot as they were all regular season which was no real surprise that they ended in the standings right behind my Yankees. Padres swept the Braves in the Wild Card and find themselves now in the unenviable position of squaring up to the Dodgers in the NLDS. Brewers and Mets play tomorrow in a win takes it all in their Wild Card game: winner between these two teams will meet the Phillies in the NLDS. Brian's Royals and my Yankees will play ALDS best of 5 game 1 this Saturday, October 5th in Yankee Stadium. Should be a great series. Yankees are 9-8 against the Royals during the postseason, and the Yankees went 5-2 against the Royals in the regular season. Yankees are starving to reach the WS again since they've been denied 15 years in a row. While the Royals are biting at the bit themselves to return to the WS after a 9-year hiatus. GO YANKEES!!

Kiai's, for a lot of differences, are cultural differences. For example, the over-the-top kiai's that are seen at many tournaments are based on their individual culture, therefore aren't frowned upon by both the tournament and the competitors. MA school cultures regarding kiai, for the most, don't approve the over-the-top kiai for whatever their reason(s) might be. Cultures should be respected because it does help us understand the different perspectives and banish negative patterns. Imho!!

Very sad for the passing of Pete Rose. Sorry he never earned his place in the MLB Hall Of Fame. Yes, I'm cheering on the Royals for the win over the Orioles in the WC because the Orioles make me nervous whenever they play my Yankees. I'd rather play the Royals, not that the Royals are an easy win, not in the least at all, but between the Royals and the Orioles, I'd rather play against the Royals for the ALDS. That's just me. Glad to see that the Tigers beat the Astros, so, I'm cheering for the Tigers to win that WC series because the Astros seem to have the Yankees number whenever they battle against one another in the playoffs. GO YANKEES!!

Vikings and Chiefs are the only undefeated teams in the NFL after the Seahawks lost to the aforementioned Lions on MNF. It drove my friend, Dwight, crazy when his Seahawks lost...I just laughed at his misfortune. Cowboys edged past the hosting Giants on TNF 20-15. Had it been Eli Manning, the end would've been way different, imho. Cowboys travel to the hosting Steelers this Sunday/ in what I assume the 2-2 Cowboys will struggle to get back-to-back "Ws" against the 3-1 Steelers. GO COWBOYS!!

Interesting mindset. One I'm not a practitioner of for my own personal reasons, however, I do see how what you're speaking towards, Brian, does have its positive across the board. Whatever it takes to motivate and that slight edge to one's training.