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Welcome to KarateForums!! While I did not find any Kajukenbo schools in Egypt, I did find this site that might be of some helpful use to you... http://www.kajukenbo.org/schools/

Happy Fathers Day!!

The tenure ones traveled isn't a validation of ones ability because many things can be garnished on ones path. Knowledge can be misunderstood for something that it's not by just ones tenure. Knowledge against application knowledge is incomplete, imho; either one can or one can't!! Theory knowledge is incomplete unless it's brought under the microscope of analysis that's questioned over and over until it's proven. Robert Frost said it best... "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” The longer one travels on their path, they must ask themselves one question over and over... Is my path tainted? Answering that honestly will make all of the difference; now and later.

Thank you!!

Not every dojo that awards JBB are trying to pad the bottom line on a P&L Statement. It's an time honored act that's done not for money but for awarding those from the ages of 13-18 years old who have earned them. Those styles of the MA that use them will have a hard time convincing those styles of the MA that don't use them, and vise versa. I can see a lot of strong points from both sides of the fence.

Thank you Patrick, as well as to those who've wished me luck. Thank you all!!

Our By-Laws require the current Kaicho [President] to be awarded the rank of Kudan. I'm the current Kaicho, and in our history, only my Dai-Soke and I have held the Kaicho title; my Dai-Soke held it for close to, if not over 40 years.

Well, in our By-Laws, Kudan and Judan are only awarded to the current Kaicho and current Soke type; we've eliminated the Soke type, but the Kaicho type rank is still in the By-Laws, and we haven't made any amendments as of yet because we're not in full agreement as to it's wording and the like. Until, my upcoming test for Kudan, all ranks up to Hachidan are only awarded upon passing any and all required testing criteria.

I never wanted to reach "the top", rank speaking, and this is because while my Dai-Soke was alive, he was Kaicho and was Kudan. I didn't want to ever reach a rank that he had, as crazy as it sounds, it was an act of respect for him!! Still, when he became Dai-Soke and was awarded Judan, and then I became Kaicho, I still didn't and still don't want the rank because of a promise I made to myself those many years ago.

Are you wanting a governing body that's more universal? By universal, that said governing body wouldn't be for one style, Shotokan, for example, but will cover ALL styles of Karate. Trading one governing body for another only, at times, and imho, only allow a practitioner to replace one set of pro and cons for another because every governing body has them, pros and cons/rules and regulations. The grass isn't always better on the other side of the fence.

For those who train and/or teach BJJ, what other styles of the MA round out your MA training? I ask this because not one, imho, MA can cover and/or handle each and every situation that one might encounter on the street. In advance...I thank you for your posts!!

I may not train each and every day because of my teaching duties and the like, however, I do believe that while I'm teaching, I'm also training to some degree. My betterment isn't ignored. Teachers have AHA moments even while they're teaching.

My Dai-Soke would've done whatever was required of him because he would've been there for one thing and one thing only...train!!

I've been selected, against my repeated wishes, to test for my Kudan. It's something that I've never wanted and it's something that I've some deep mixed emotions about. I earned my Hachidan on July 1995. Is it overdue? Have I meet the tenure requirements? Ranks only a word, a word I'd rather to never utter so that it wouldn't ever be misunderstood, especially by myself. I'll test this July 8-10, 2013 before a testing panel at the conclusion of our annual testing cycle at our Hombu. Let the chips fall where they may!!

You know Brian, I've always felt that a MAist must be proactive across the board because your journey and my journey and every other MAists journey is special and it's theirs, and the MAist must protect their journey. I'm not in the position as Kaicho because of rank/title, no, I'm Kaicho because I protect the betterment of each and every student; mine and the entire student body. When I protect them, I'm protected as well.

I suppose that what a lot of MAists don't like is when some organization(s), like the IOC, take the purity of the MA, turn it inside and outside to fit it into their brand(s). But if the IOC wants to take Karate and turn it into something I don't like, well, then I don't have to watch it, and in that, the IOC governs the Olympics whether I like it or not. But, for the most, I'll watch any MA in the Olympics, not to see how I can complain, but for the beauty that IS the MA and to learn and to have those "WOW" and "AWESOME" and "Oh, that is/not good"! I don't own the MA, I'm just a student of the MA.

Congrats and well deserved!!

I've stretched before any class all of my life, and I've not faced anything negative in the way that our Dai-Soke taught us. I stretch my students and myself before every class just the way I was shown; I've been stretching in this manner for 49 years with no ill effects. We/I also do a cool down stretch at the end of each class. Again, I view an exercise as a stretch and vise versa. Sometimes my brain works goofy!! Still, I hear what you're saying Justice, and I respect what you're saying!!

Welcome to KarateForums!! Find the organization that you want to compete with. Then, join said organization, if that's required. Then, understand ALL of the rules/regulations in which you'll be entering. Then, start entering tournaments that are in line with it's National equivalent. Then, start placing high, and of course win some as well. Then, start following, from the start, your score, the higher the score, the better because if you're not placing with respectful score, you'll not get the invite to the Nationals of that association. Win the key Championships get you into the Nationals automatically. Placing in the top 3 in the key Championships consistently gets you an invite to the Nationals of the association. Good luck and keep us informed!!

Anything with the arm and/or anything involving the leg/foot. But, I'm truly in love with any joint manipulation because, for me, they don't require a lot of set up and the like.

Congrats to Mr. Benson Henderson!!

Stretches before exercises? To my mind, that's the same thing; a stretch is an exercise and vise versa. I think that the men don't want to seem unmanly by complaining, and that's why they don't say anything, and they need to because I'm there to help them in any way that I can. Keeping it to themselves isn't a smart thing; I don't know it's broken if they don't tell me. Btw, I don't view my female students as unwomanly because they INFORM me of a problem, no, they're being proactive in their training.

Great posts all...Thank you for them. My first time, I almost wet my pants; I was terrified because I was afraid of the unknown. Time heals all fears, well, sparring fears that is.

I don't think that the IOC controls what's shown on the TV. I believe that the network decides what they'll televise, but I'm also sure that the IOC might have some saying because the Olympics i s a big ticket thing for both.

Ditto!! The sport shouldn't suffer, and the competitors shouldn't either.