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Solid post, the entire post!! I wholeheartedly concur with the bold type above!! I also want to see that said strike is solid and unwavering; hence, the target gives and not the core of the strike/any technique.

Great topic, thanks for starting it. Respect begets respect!! At first, I'm quite sure that the respect I was given by my new students was due to my title/rank. However, in time, my title/rank was no longer a concern, nor was it an afterthought with my students; I earned their respect, but only in time!! Not by what I did, but by what I didn't do. Respect is earned, and never forced upon either. My students started to see, and still see that I'm humbled to have them as my students; they see me as that "big adorable teddy bear", their words...not mine!! While respect begets respect for all concerned, the respect I have for my students is unanimous without reservation. I don't look at my students through their rank, but through their heart, in which, they don't wear on their sleeves. For us, it's a mutual feeling that's been both given and earned in time!!

As with anyone, I would've asked her to come into my office so that we could discuss what just transpired, and not on the floor...ever!! I'd have one of my instructors present during the meeting in order to protect the integrity of the meeting for all present. There would be an understanding by meetings end without having embarrassed anyone, particularly her. If she was still unwilling to comply, then I'd escort her out, but not until, behind close doors, I informed her that she's no longer welcomed here until she can conduct herself appropriately!!

I suppose I've never found my favorite gi yet because I'm still buying gi's, whether I need them or not. Like a mechanic who buys more tools whether he/she needs them or not.

SpeedKills, In time, with proper training and guidance from a qualified instructor, you'll understand more as well as generate more power from your hips. Everything takes time!!

Imo, yes, it's worth adding the hook at the end. If not, then, it's no longer a spinning hook anything, it's a spinning whatever. Neither is bad, imho. With them both, you'll have inertia on your side, however, by adding a hook, you'll increase a method, for example, to get around deflections and the like. With the hook, you've now the ability to quickly end with a roundhouse or side kick without having to return kicking foot to the floor.

First impressions are also the last impressions; both can be lasting. How an instructor is perceived by their student body and visitors, no matter how positive it was before drawing negative attention to current events, that new perception is what they'll be remembered for. What was favorable, is now tarnished!! It takes just one event to lose ones student body!!

I think this statement hits the nail on the head. You've been teaching for so long and have developed such rapport in your community over time, that you probably don't need a website. If someone in your town wants to train martial arts, there's probably a local business owner or teacher or parent saying, "Go see Sensei 8." And this SHOULD be the goal of EVERY academy owner. However, for upstarts today, having a website is a great and affordable method of letting people know you exist. The world runs on the web and well over 50% of parents do a preliminary search on the web. For people starting today that want to run a school as a full time job...you should have a web presence. Good article though. Thanks for your kind words, ps1, solid post!! I agree your premise on having a website for schools starting out in todays market as full-time instructors; a need that needs serious consideration.

Very nice find, indeed. Thank you for finding it, and for sharing it as well!!

The hips push/drive the technique(s); almost the entire body acts in a domino manner, therefore, driven to its target. However, the hips, imho, are the engine that drives any said technique(s).

Inertia is something else that can't be ignored; increased momentum can add something to said technique(s), therefore, seeming more powerful than those techniques that are straight forward. Imho.

It's never late for anyone in any MA, imho.

No, I haven't!!

SpeedKills, What is the answer, please?

Oh I hate myself for the question that I'm about to ask you...but... With your kempo background, what's your opinion of transitions from both styles??

Totally cool. I wonder why Soke and/or Dai-Soke never took us there whenever we went to Okinawa with them?!?

I finally got the info the Demura Sensei's 50th Anniversary Celebration Banquet. Tickets are $100 per person! It's on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa. Attire is formal or semi-formal. There's a form for purchasing tickets. I have a contact email address, but I didn't get permission to post it, so if anyone is interested, shoot me a PM. Info might be available at the Genbu-kai website. I believe the dinner will be on the day of Demura Sensei's kobudo tournament, and the next day should be the karate tournament. We always have a booth at the latter event, but not the former. I haven't heard anything lately about the dojo moving. Thanks for the info...I will BE at the Banquet, for sure!!

Welcome to KF; glad that you're here!! Solid post!!

This is Shu-Ha-Ri. K. Yes indeed!!

ISN'T THE MA GREAT!! I LOVE IT TO PIECES!!

Solid post!! To the bold type above... I suppose I was when I was an immature martial artist, but that was eons and eons ago. Now, no, I'm not afraid at all; I'm comforted in my MA totality!!

If either of the instructors are ok with it, then, go for it!!

I believe that rank is forever; once earned, it can't be, and shouldn't be taken away as though a punishment is being leveled to said practitioner. Knowledge is there, although the physical prowess isn't as it use to be. This is a bad analogy, but... A General, for example, retires from active military service. Is he/she still a General? I believe...yes. The Military rank was earned and awarded. That General is still referred to as a General by those who interact with him/her. When you read about said General, that General is referred to as a General, although the word "Retired" is tagged on the end their name. What this General has achieved is still recognized, therefore, said achievements can't be disputed nor taken away. Imho.

Solid post!!