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With us, Kaicho is the President of our Governing body. Kancho is the Vice-President of our Governing body.

I too love those who bounce while sparring because, to me, they're wide open, well, that's how I see it.

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Punching bags, makiwara boards, punching pads. Or gear up your dojo buddy and get him to agree to be your human punching bag. Hmm I see, My Sensei doesn't let us use the Makiwara baords now because apparently people 'hurt themselves'¬_¬ Imho, People hurt themselves because they're not being properly taught/trained how to use the makawara pad. Discomfort, yes, being hurt, NO!!

Yes, it is Korean. Founded by Joo Bang Lee.

Solid post!!

Good topic CredoTe!!

Still, our numbers aren't the Hombu's concern as to the versus ratio of whom can or whom can't test at the Hombu and the like. Our annual testing cycle at the Hombu is usually over 200+ students; all who've been approved by the Hombu. Without explaining and/or revealing proprietary conclusions; our Student Master Files generally contain: >Full name, current address, and phone contact(s) >Birthdate >Sensei(s) name(s) >Rank(s)/Shogo Title(s) earned >Pass/Fail Ratio >Date of last testing cycle >Whom administrated said testing cycle(s) >Tenure Information >Signature(s) of Authority >Etc [Proprietary conclusions]

...and many more!!

Yes!! No less than 3, that's in our By-Laws!!

Yes, on both!!

Yes...yes...yes...I loved it!!

YES!!

Hopefully.Last night went about like I expected for KC, since they couldn't get a pass rush. But, to Denver's credit, most of their passes were very quick drops, not giving the KC defense a lot of time to rush. They held the score down really well, but the problem is the offense just can't score enough. I had a feeling that Peyton and the Broncos would give the Chiefs a run for their money, and they did. Peyton at his best...quick passes and the like. But, MAN, I was cheering for the Chiefs all the way. One loss is not going to diminish what the Chiefs have this year, and that is momentum!! GO CHIEFS!! GO COWBOYS...try and least try.

Love the wood! Don't like the chain because chains bind and ropes don't.

Rattan is good. However, I don't like the chain. I love the rope!! Why? Chains bind, ropes don't.

There should be, imho, but we'll never see this again, THREE!! White Brown Black

Have to be 18 years old to test for Shodan in Shindokan...No exceptions!!

Money will make governing bodies do things like this, imho!! Going to force me to test, even if I'm not ready or feel that I'm not ready...Why? So they can increase their bottom line...money!! Doesn't the instructor have a say into things like this? If not...ouch!!

that's quite a smart thing to do in terms of having people grade. I'm guessing your hombu has a file on every single student (+ photo) that trains at all your dojo's? Since my school has only 1 dojo we don't worry about a massive file. But apparently my sensei is opening 2 more schools and will be having me at one of them (oh boy that will be insane) he will be most likely following suit in what your doing. As he wants to open 2 dojos; 1 will be open in the next couple of years and the other one in about 10 years time. as we are looking for places to open them obviously and that has excellent exposure (so lots of foot traffic and cars will see it) and parking. Oh and also has an affordable rate of usage of the space. Our Hombu carries the Master File for each and every student. All testing, and I mean all testing must be approved by the Hombu, no matter the rank/tenure. Soke was adamant about that and there was no way to get around that. Even if you owned your own dojo, you still had to get the approval of all tests in-house by the Hombu, or the grade was not valid without Soke/Dai-Soke's approval. Now that they're gone, our Testing Department approves all testing cycles both in the Hombu and in each Shindokan dojo. No exceptions!!

That's why we/I test one student at a time!!

Yes!! That's been exclusively established by our Soke: One student at a time. *On an average for Kyu's: 1-3 hours, depending on ones rank tested for. *On an average for Dan's: 1-3 days, depending on ones rank tested for. *The thing to remember is that our testing cycles last for two weeks. Week one will be for the Kyu's and week two will be for the Dan's. For Kyu's, there are "sections" for testing. We'll divide the number of testing candidates by number of "sections" that we've available, usually 12. For example...If we've 200 Kyu testing candidates, then there would be about 16-17 students per "sections". In that, we've got to place them in "sections" that are rank appropriate, and if need be, we'll create a new "sections" to accommodate the number of testing Kyu candidates. In that, there will be at least one Sandan or above to administer their said testing panel. For Dan's, they too have "sections" for testing, but not as many because, for one, we've more Kyu's testing than Dan's for various reasons, as well as obvious reasons, tenure and the like. If we've only, for example, only fifty Dan candidates in totality of the testing cycle from Shodan to Hachidan, then we don't need the usual 12 "sections", like with the Kyu's, we'll have. For example, we'll only use 10"sections" with about 5 testing candidates per "sections", and of course, we'll add more "sections" are required. We'll complete the Dan testing from Shodan-Yondan in the middle of the week, but only if we've testing candidates for the Godan and above. Then comes the fun. Godan - Hachidan testing candidates will use only one "sections" because the testing panel is much larger; more eyes on the testing candidate, so to speak. We'll test them, if we have any, and quite often, we won't have any Godan and above testing candidates. This is in a nut-shell, so to speak. To your second question. YES!! We've plenty of high ranks to tend to the needs of the areas in which you've inquired about. All high ranks MUST be at the Hombu, no exceptions!! that seems like a lot of work! do you do other gradings throughout the year or just at that one grading? It may seem like a lot of work but it's well worth the effort. The students deserve that. We've a nice pool of Sandan and up to help at the Hombu's annual testing cycles. Each and every Shindokan dojo tests once every quarter/3 months in-house of their dojo; that's their choice. I test at the end of each quarter in my dojo, and so does the Hombu. In that, I only attend the annual testing cycle at the Hombu because I've my own testing cycles during quarters 1, 3, and 4. However, the annual testing cycle is held at the end of the 2nd quarter, and into the beginning of the 3rd quarter each year at the Hombu. No student HAS to test at the Hombu. It's a choice! Unless you're testing for Godan and higher, then you MUST test only at the Hombu! No exceptions.

Should the student, at 15, grade to Shodan?? NO!! I'm a firm proponent on the Junior Black Belt (JBB). I was one, and it didn't hurt me, and it was the ideology of our Soke and Dai-Soke. Without listing any pros and cons for a 15 year old grading to Shodan, and there's ton of reasons for both to argue, I'd like to say that everything should take its time and allow one time to train in order to increase their MA betterment, and not their rank. Why the rush?? This isn't just a kid thing to rush, it's an adult thing too. "How long to black belt?". Let the ranks take care of themself and manage ones training to learn the MA, which should be, imho, over the concerns for rank. Imho, we should respect the governing bodies that do OR don't test students to Shodan. It's the governing bodies decision, and not mine/our, to imply and/or impune those who can or can't grade to Shodan. Besides, Shodan is just another rank, and in that, there's nothing really special about it. Why? We all start as a white belt and then in time, we can wear the other colors as they are warranted by the governing body, including ones sensei/instructor. 18 years old is the earliest that I'd allow anyone to apply for said testing cycle. I will continue to honor that!!

That caught my attention as well. I think White has a point, and in that, I can understand why he's quite upset...I suppose I'd be as well if I was in his shoes. Again, things like this derail the UFC and any other thing that's MA. We're lumped into this unwillingly and it will never stop. Why? Money!! Imho!!

Please..just don't rush the healing process. I know it's hard and quite tempting at times, if not all of the time, but time heals all wounds if allowed to. Imho!!