sensei8

Queston to all... Are your knuckles SUPPOSE to bleed while training the makawara?

Try to make the changes now and many will turn in their graves; some literally and some figuratively...if you get my meaning.

Oh YEAH!!

ALso... "Women generally wear the same colour belts as men, although some prefer a white stripe on the length of the belt. This distinction was initiated by the Kodokan so that women would be differentiated from male competitors. But with the increasing number of women actively involved in national and international competition, the tradition of the white-striped belt seems to be vanishing." http://www.judocanada.org/system/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/National-Kyu-Grading.pdf Within Shindokan's Junior BB's identifiers, all karateaka's of this distinguishment are required to wear the black belt with a white stripe down its entire center length. It's been this way for as long as I can remember. Kind of like when a driver gets there learners permit and/or they're under 18 years of age respectively, their's are vertically up and down, instead of a 'regular' license is horizontally side to side. Easier for LEO's and the like, as well as others to decern them from those who are over 18 years of age. I've also seen the Renshi BB myself as noted with the red stripe down the center of said BB in many different styles of the MA.

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.

ROFL

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!!