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I'll be darn; quite interesting and worth a trip to an office supply store. Thanks because I'll tell my students about it.

You're opening your school of MA. You're excited. You've nicely decorated it quite tastefully. You've all of the necessary training devices and the like. You've done this and that in preparation of your grand opening. Then you ponder over something longer than normally. Should you hang up every MA and the like platitude(s)? OR... Should you only hang up your latest MA and the like platitude(s)?

Without me looking on the web... What's Blu Tack? Does it stain the certs?

How do you care for your MA certs? I'll go first... 1>Do you frame it/them? 2>Do you laminate it/them? 3>Do you display it/them by hanging them on a given wall? 4>Do you hang them in a group or in a long line or in a pattern? 5>What other way(s) do you care for them? Since I can remember, I've laminated each and every one of them. Then, I'd affix them to a good size and nice looking cutting board. Then, I'd hang them in small groups; 5 per row. Why 5 per row? I like to multiply by fives I suppose. Your turn.

In Shindokan, every rank, Jukyu to Hachidan, is earned through testing cycles. Kudan and Judan; these two ranks are promoted upon said individual through the directions of our By-Laws. Certain positions, like Kaicho, are automatically promoted to Kudan, and only Soke types are permitted Judan; per our By-Laws. In our history. Only our Dai-Soke has been promoted to Kudan. Only our Soke, Dai-Soke, and San Dai-Soke have been promoted to Judan.

One day certs usually give you the "Rights" to be affiliated with that particular headquarters. Then they usually provide you with some "stuff", whatever they think you need to get started. Then they usually provide you a phone number to call if you have questions and/or concerns. Usually!?!

I'm the same way concerning weight classes. I don't like it for the same reasons as I've spoken about separating men and women. Imho, what are we truly preparing our students for and will they be truly prepared?

Please be very careful about believing what you see on the web because compliant actions make 'it' appear valid when in actuality, it's not. Approach it with kid gloves, so to speak. Unless and until I feel its effectiveness for myself, I doubt its validity for myself.

What else I see is that when a MA is on the worlds stage, that MA is deemed by the world as being more effective than those MA that aren't on the worlds stage. It's quite disheartening, imho.

Solid post!! My Hombu continually shoves their wanting to promote me to Kudan, and no matter what I tell them, they stop for the time being, but every year, just about the time when our annual testing cycle nears, they're back to shoving Kudan down my throat with different tactics and medicine, like I'll take it better. NO is NO!! If Dai-Soke was still alive, the Hombu wouldn't be pressuring over and over. Dai-Soke asked me once, I refused, and on his death bed, he told me that he understood my reasons and respected me for my decision. But the Hombu can be led in certain departments by idle minded dunderheads at times.

This is my concern. We learn the MA for many reasons, one being to be able to defend oneself. Having said that, sport or not, one better know how to protect oneself from whomever, whether it be a man or a woman. I don't care if there's hormone therapy or not because the MA is suppose to teach a plethora of tactics and the like so that one can protect themselves. I truly desire that they'd stop separating the women from the men. Otherwise, why are we teaching the MA to either sex. Learn how to stop the attack in the most effective and efficient way. Having the sexes compete against each other is about as close as it's going to be on the street. The defender can't choose their attacker and then say...."Wait, I'm a women and you're a man, you can't attack me, you can only attack another man." I do understand the reasons as to why the women and the men are separated in sport type competitions, and because I understand the rhyme and the reasons, I still have difficulty when MAists imply directly/indirectly that women are the weaker sex. NO!! If you're a women or a man in Shindokan you will be treated not as a women/man, but only as a STUDENT!! Women will mix it up with men everyday when they're on the floor. Shugyo...suck it up!! This applies to both sexes when they're on a Shindokan floor, especially my floor.

Gas for my car to ensure that I'll be at my dojo to teach. To help pay for someone's entrance fee at the next local open tournament. To eat somewhere after teaching all day/night. To give it to one of my students for whatever they need it for. WOW...the list could go on and on because I'm very resourceful when I put my mind to it. Btw, great topic!!

Yes...it's time for... BASEBALL I don't know about you Patrick, but I don't recognize the Yankees. I mean, one injury after another and it's only spring training. Teixeira is out for a bit. Well, at least MO'S back but the roster has to do their job so that Mo can close. GO YANKEES = this is my Yankee hat substitute heheehehee

Well, the Owasso Rams lost their round 2 of the Championship to the number 1 team by only 3 points, and that was after 3 OT. The one thing that frustrated us all was that the other team would hold the ball alot to wear down the clock. To bad there's no shot clock in high school basketball. That would've surely made a differece. OH WELL!! GO OWASSO RAMS!!

Welcome to KF!!!!!!!!

Congrats!! Feels good huh?

I say...EAT THE SNICKERS BAR...YUMMY! Besides, Snicker bars are suppose to kill the craves and not make us feel guilty. Snickers, Reeses, or whatever, don't ever feel guilty for doing what makes you feel good. However, we shouldn't eat the whole box, and I'm speaking that to myself right now. GO SNICKERS!! = me drooling

Congrats on earning your Green Belt. Feels good huh?

An old military saying we had - if you have to use your rank to lead properly or gain respect, you have already failed. This is the same in martial arts. It is also why I do not have my students even wear rank in class. It divides IMO. It should be apparent who has more skill than who, it doesn't have to be formalized into rank worship. Showing respect to someone is free, I do so until they prove they deserve otherwise. G Yes...Yes...Yes...a very solid post!!

Your Sensei is absolutely correct. A "block" should end the attack, and if it doesn't, then the "block" was executed incorrectly.

Well, there's no more judo in the Olympics...and that's a crying shame. I don't want karate on the Olympic stage because it will be cheapened because karate is for the karateka and not for an organization. Imho!!

Solid!! It's, if I may, the other belts that taint the virtue of the white belt...imho.

Kyusho jitsu is a big part of Shindokan; hand in hand with Tuite. Having said that, I must say this as well...not every point can be manipulated for one reason or another. I believe in its effectiveness, however, I know that Kyusho jitsu is an art/science and in that, not everything goes as planned. I'll apply it without regards of doubt. I firmly beleive that for the most of it, it's not the science that's faulted at times, it's the practitioner. It's the practitioner that lacks the neccessary knowledge and understanding of Kyusho jitsu.

Great topic! I've no written game plan either. Shindokanists approach everything this way... Study your opponent Study yourself Make a plan Carry the plan out

Interesting. I don't see any unfair advantages at all. Why? No matter the gender, a MAist is suppose to know how to defend against whomever and wherever.