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I just want to mention that this story is NOT true. I sincerely apologize for having not have taking the necessary time to find out if the story was or wasn’t true.

Someone who has a lot of money, which leaves me way way way way out.

My wife is not a happy camper with her Raiders, who lost to the visiting Bears 25-24. Imho, the game was lost in the last 2:00 minutes of the game. Raiders rushing was incredible for the whole entire game. However, the Raiders still can’t get out of their own way and this was quite apparent with costly turnovers, mental lapses, and a blocked field goal in the final minute. All in all, Raiders threw away a game that they should’ve won. Jeanty had an excellent and outstanding game. Raiders struggled with coverage, defense faltered, Meyers' mistakes, Smith's turnover parade, and a blocked field goal in the final seconds, and the meltdown was complete. The season’s not going to get better for the Raiders. 1-3 Raiders travel to the hosting 3-1 Colts next week. Poor Raiders!! GO COWBOYS!!

I just checked WWE Wrestlemania, and a ticket at section 326, corner, $341 and a ticket at section 338, middle, $1,744. Nose bleed section 436 costs $953. 2-Day Pass in Section A4, on the floor that faces the main camera is $15,019!! Give me a break!! Someone’s lost their mind!! Anything, except UNLV football games, at Allegiant Stadium will got you a small fortune!! The powers that be get away with charging high prices because some fans have more money than they’ll ever spend in a life time!!

I was amongst the unhappy fans about Goodell’s SB announcement. It’s their product and they’ve the right to market it any way they feel fit to. Money speaks in volumes and is the root of evil. Putting SB on a PPV is as evil as it gets. I suppose only the rich are to enjoy PLE and not anyone else. How rich do the rich need to be?!? There’s no affordable PLE sports and entertainment in Las Vegas, or any where else!!

Whenever learning a new kata/etc., I always went one step/movement at a time until muscle memory kicked in. I’d do sections over and over and over before moving to the next sections, making sure to do the previous sections, and then flow into the next section(s). To decide each section I’d section out said embusen. For example, in Pinan Shodan, Shizentai stance, then turn to the left into a Neko-Ashi/Soto-Uke, Tetsui-Uchi, Shizentai stance/Tetsui-Uchi…that’s section 1…so on and so forth per each section(s). Afterwards, I’d do said Kata as it was taught to me with emphasis on breath, posture, focus, timing, speed, so on and so forth.

That’s no joke!! I once I took it upon myself to wash my own gi when I was a JBB. The results were catastrophic. I put quite a lot of bleach in the load to insure my gi would be sparkling white. What I got was not what I expected. My gi was white, for sure, but it fell apart. Needless to say, my mom banned me from her laundry room for life. If you use bleach, exercise caution by reading the instructions and warnings found on the bleach bottle.

Interesting how you frame your question. Depending on whom one asks, TKD and Karate are quite similar, especially when tournament sparring is concerned. To answer your question, I’m of the opinion that the karate black belt that’s a green belt in TKD, and it’s a closed tournament, I’d say that the karate black belt, to be fair to the green belt division, should enter the black belt division. Maybe it’s just me but for integrity sake, the karate black belt should speak to the arbitrator about this concern. But that might not be necessary especially if said tournament only asks for years of training experience, and therefore, places said competitor according to that criteria.

Seeing that it’s a TKD tournament, and that student has a green belt in TKD, I’d say that that student should wear a green belt, but at the same time, that student should inform the Arbitrator that they have a black belt in Judo, for integrity sake, and allow the Arbitrator to make the proper decision.

Absolutely!! I would’ve also banned him from said tournament that he tried to cheat. Earned a black belt, enter said tournament as a black belt. Anything else is cheating all across the board!! Cheating?!? Yes!! Why?!? Anyone who’s earned a black belt and enters a MA tournament in any other division other than black belt is cheating the under black belt competitors as well as the hosting tournament by cheating all concerned.

After what appeared to be a promising season for my wife’s Raiders and my Cowboys, reality reared its ugly head. Raiders lost again today against the hosting Commanders who had a commanding effort for the final score 41-24. As for now, the Raiders are 1-2-0. Raiders will host the 1-2-0 Bears on September 28, 2025. Cowboys lost again today against the hosting Bears who mauled the Cowboys relentlessly to the final score of 31-14. As for now, the Cowboys are 1-2-0. Cowboys will face the hosting Packers on September 28, 2025. Regular season just started but the Raiders and the Cowboys are not any better off no matter who they’ve added to their organization’s. GO COWBOYS!!

I just want to mention that this story is NOT true. I sincerely apologize for having not have taking the necessary time to find out if the story was or wasn’t true.

I’ve no idea one way or another if it’s fake news or not. If it’s fake news, then I’ve eggs in my face…deservingly so.

Either I never really cared one way or another or I’ve been living under a rock for a bit. I just found out that Elon Musk offered to buy the Las Vegas Raiders for $13B. Mark is still undecided if he wants to sell the Raiders. What are you waiting for Mark?!? You’re net worth is currently $2B, you’re 70 years old, and you live high on the hog…SELL SELL SELL…that’s just me!! If Musk buys the Raiders, the league as we know it will never be the same.

Fair enough…across the board.

Congrats to those that earned their promotion; well deserved!! Sorry for those who had not earned a promotion. Being demoted from 2nd Dan to low brown is quite harsh. Daughter or not, testing cycles should have all ties severed so as integrity remains!! If I had relatives as part of my student body, I’d sever said ties while on the floor no matter its contents; they’d be just a student to me and nothing more!! I’m sure your CI has cause for demoting that 2nd Dan. Your CI only owes any explanation to that 2nd Dan and no one else.

Tom Brady is a minority owner of the Raiders, and in that, there’s NFL Rules that owners must follow. Brady is also part of the FOX Broadcast team, which means that Brady gets access to coaches and players from all the other teams. After some complaining that this was an unfair advantage last year, that talk had mostly died down. During the Raiders VS Chargers MNF, you can see that Brady is not only at the game, which is what owners do, BUT he’s also seen in the coach’s box. Not just sitting with the coaches but he’s also wearing a headset. The NFL world got in a tizzy…Raiders were cheating…it’s not fair that Brady gets access to all other teams and can use it to help the Raiders. Did you see the game?!? Did it look like the Raiders had secret insight into anything?!? I mean, the Raiders lost across the board!! Raiders coach Pete Carroll said Tom is not helping coach the team, Brady was only listening in!! The NFL said that Brady didn’t break any rules!!

Congrats @Revario; well deserved!!

Not counting teaching as an instructor under the very watchful eyes of our Soke and Dai-Soke or for teaching at the college; because those students were provided. All I had to do was just show up for classes. When I opened my Kyuodan dojo as a Sandan, I passed out flyers anywhere and everywhere to advertise my upcoming grand opening. Had 2 classes for my grand opening; kids and adults. I signed up 75 students. So, I found my first STUDENTS, not student through my proactive advertising, of which, my prospective students found me and I found them.

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!! What a way to have your season opener by having it televised. Raiders, 1-0, host the Chargers 1-0 in Las Vegas. One of these by the end of their game will be 1-1…and the other will be 2-0. This should be a barn burner. GO COWBOYS!!

Already?!? OUCH!!

That’s right!! It’s almost October and that means that the start of the NHL Regular Season is about to begin!! GO KNIGHTS!!

Here’s my thing about this subject. When rank becomes more important than knowledge and experience, that’s when it’s time to give up rank!! IMHO!!

Yes, Steelers vsJets was good. Chiefs looked horrible, which was a bit unexpected. Raiders could win division. Of course, this is only week #1.

My wife’s tickled pink because her Raiders defeated the Patriots while on the road: final score: Raiders 20 Patriots 13 Smith: 362 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT Meyers: 8 REC, 97 yds Pola-Mao: 5 SOLO, 1 INT