sensei8

Well, in an interview in 2012, he said he started training with the Machados "28 years ago," which would be 31 years ago, now. That means that, at the very least, he's been training since 1984, and he would have been 44 at the time. I believe he also holds a black belt rank in Judo. Yes, he does!

Kata!!

Thanks, sensei8. Those techniques were executed perfectly in my opinion. And this is the style you've been doing for 50+ years? You must be a beast, then! Also, the way the techniques were done made me think of Aikido; Is this style based on Aikido in any way? Armanox, from all those styles, you sound like quite the journeyman. Liger, welcome to the forum! You'll have fun here. To the bold type above... Shindokan not Seido; although the Tuite's are quite similar!! No, Shindokan isn't based on Aikido. Nonetheless, the mechanics of our Tuite is what is seen.

Congrats Chuck!! Age is just a bunch of numbers!!

Welcome to KF; glad that you're here!! Welcome back to the MA!!

, Now I remember you saying your Soke founded the art you study in his 30s. Did he promote himself from his current rank to Judan. Or did he slowly go up in rank. But if he did become a judan at 30ish, why would the by-laws be ex amount of age for say a rokudan. Please, I mean no disrespect. No disrespect taken!! We're speaking about 2 separate Tenure's; rank Tenure isn't age Tenure. In Shindokan, we do not place any Tenure with age; only with rank Tenure. As to the bold type above... http://www.karateforums.com/question-for-sensei8-vt48223.html I refer you to the bottom of page #1, 2nd paragraph of said thread. Yes now I remember ! Cool! I've edited my latest post above to give a more sound answer, and not so generally general. I just saw the edit, now after Hachidan does tenure rank not matter. Espically if one becomes the Kaicho like you were/are and they say you have to be a Kudan.You're correct!! Tenure speaks ONLY to ranks up to and including Hachidan. Once my time as Kaicho ends, the newly elected Kaicho, per the By-Laws will be awarded/promoted to Kudan.

Didn't you force them to test you for your Kudan. Since you forced them, did they change the by-laws so that all future Kudan's promotions require a testing. Yes, I did force the Hombu to test me for Kudan...or shut-up...they tested me. No, the By-Laws remain un-amended in this regard of Kudan. All ranks up to and including Hachidan must be tested for. Kudan is still awarded according to the elected title of Kaicho. My Kudan test was the last, and only Kudan testing cycle. Before... *Kaicho = Kudan *Soke Type = Judan We've eliminated the Soke types! Therefore, Judan is no longer awarded as it is stated in the amended By-Laws.

WAIT...yes I have!! My Kudan; it was offered to me by our Hombu when I was voted to be the current Kaicho. I believe that I've written about how it came about here at KF... http://www.karateforums.com/a-testing-that-i-ve-never-wanted-vt45133.html There might be other posts I've written speaking about this darn thing. Dai-Soke understood why I refused to comply to what's written in our By-Laws. So much so that he told the Hombu to back off. They did, but they continued to press me shortly after Dai-Soke passed away...our Hombu was trying to force me to accept the Kudan per our By-Laws, but I refused them time and time again until I tried to call their bluff by telling them to test me...and they did...my bluff backfired.

, Now I remember you saying your Soke founded the art you study in his 30s. Did he promote himself from his current rank to Judan. Or did he slowly go up in rank. But if he did become a judan at 30ish, why would the by-laws be ex amount of age for say a rokudan. Please, I mean no disrespect. No disrespect taken!! We're speaking about 2 separate Tenure's; rank Tenure isn't age Tenure. In Shindokan, we do not place any Tenure with age; only with rank Tenure. As to the bold type above... http://www.karateforums.com/question-for-sensei8-vt48223.html I refer you to the bottom of page #1, 2nd paragraph of said thread. Yes now I remember ! Cool! I've edited my latest post above to give a more sound answer, and not so generally general.

Nope; not me!!

, Now I remember you saying your Soke founded the art you study in his 30s. Did he promote himself from his current rank to Judan. Or did he slowly go up in rank. But if he did become a judan at 30ish, why would the by-laws be ex amount of age for say a rokudan. Please, I mean no disrespect. No disrespect taken!! We're speaking about 2 separate Tenure's; rank Tenure isn't age Tenure. In Shindokan, we do not place any Tenure with age; only with rank Tenure. Having said that, no one can be promoted to JBB until they reach 13 years of age, and no one can be promoted to Shodan until they reach 18 years of age. Inasmuch, there's no specific age Tenure requirements for someone reaching, i.e., Rokudan, just rank Tenure. As to the bold type above... http://www.karateforums.com/question-for-sensei8-vt48223.html I refer you to the bottom of page #1, 2nd paragraph of said thread.

Welcome to KF; glad that you're here!! Being invited to class is how many join in the first place. Nice that your family and you train together.

To the bold type above... If this happens, imho, there's no use in having an instructor as well as a governing body!!

What we're discussing here, imho, is Tenure!! Not all governing bodies determine/dictate the Tenure; and for those governing bodies that govern Tenure, it is what it is, and nobody will change it...except for the governing body. Is it required, Tenure, that is? It is if the governing body says it is!!

That sounds pretty cool. I decided to look up the Toma, to get a better understanding, and is this the video you're referring to? Whether it is or not, I still love this video. Everything flows so well. Yes, that's Sensei Toma. The following link too...

Congrats; well deserved!!

yes...Yes...YES, and then some. Cheesy, oh no, a deep gem, imho. Your post here is SOLID!! Bruce, in Enter The Dragon, asked his student, after a series of kicks, one better than the other..."That's it! How did it FEEL to you?", asked Bruce. The students answer..."Let me think!"..."Don't think; FEEL!!", Bruce exclaimed.

Where do you study kyokushin? The Castleton dojo? I study Seido in East Greenbush/Defreestville. OSU! Yup, that's the place. Our respective dojos are pretty close! Hopefully, you both can train together; that'd be cool!!

Solid post!! In addition, consider your work schedule versus class times as well as travel time.

This is great advice. 1) Find out what schools are in your area. Why waste hours or days deciding you want to study say, Goju Ryu Karate when the closest school is 50 miles away? 2) Once you find what schools are in your area, research into those styles a little bit (I'd not spend too much time doing it). For example, if you hate grappling you can cross BJJ schools from the list, if you hate kicks, you might want to skip taekwondo... 3) Once you narrow your list of schools to a certain style or group of styles, go check each school out! Pick the one you like the most. Solid post!! Narrow the search to the top 3, if where you live will allow you to do that, incase if once you're at the school you decided upon, it doesn't work out for some reason(s).

That's a valid and solid post, Spartacus Maximus.

Another formidable Kobudo instructor...excellent choice, as well!!

Yes, Fumio Demura...an excellent as well as a formidable Kubudo instructor!!

Yeah, I believe that this is true of us all instructors...if our students aren't ready, they don't test!!

I absolutely agree with you here. I think there are some good examples out there of Martial Arts changing some people, but I think those are examples of people who want to change, and that makes a difference, too. Agh yes BUT if we place so much emphasis on the parents what's the point. Why should we bother? Some parents simply won't. Parents can be the obstacle to children learning. There's no much can be done about it because....well....I'm not the parent!