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Any effective means to an end. Yes and/or yes and/or yes.

Thanks Clay!! That splash back you speak about...if there's no backup on scene, how can you detain the suspect if that stuff gets in your eyes? Is that type of possibility ever taught in academy? Hopefully, the suspect becomes more overcome than the LEO's.

I once had a student who couldn't wear a mouth-guard; it caused him to gag. His solution...no tournaments. In my tournament days I wore hands/feet/mouth-guard once they were invented. I never wore any headgear or a chest protector or shin/forearm guards even after they were invented.

Sorry Clay, I know you're hoping to hear from the LEO's on this subject. I just had a question(s)... Do the LEO's get that stuff in their eyes when deploying it on any suspect from the slightest wind? Is the effects just as bad to the LEO's eyes as what any suspect(s) get directly in their eyes? Does that stuff restrict LEO's windpipe? Thanks, and sorry for my interruptions.

I like that...I just might get some to try...thanks!!

How does an instructor versed only in verbal knowledge effectively teach an application, especially if that type has never "experienced" an application themselves??

Welcome to KF!!!!!!!!

Welcome to KF!!!!!!!!

Most Resume articles will advise their readers to only put information that's relevant to the position applied for. Having said that... If I did a Resume per what the experts advise, I'd have a blank/small resume to hand in because the MA is all I've ever done for employment; both as an instructor and as an administrator. What's one to do?

I wear a t-shirt under my gi top because it's more comfortable for me; i don't like the feel of the gi top against my skin...drives me batty.

A lot of things depend on a lot of things.

Does one want an instructor that only has verbal knowledge?

Practitioners of any MA that are only knowledgeable in spoken words and not knowledgeable in application are the bane of the MA. Having verbal/conversational knowledge maybe great for moments around a campfire, but application knowledge is paramount/tantamount for a MAist. Bringing a technique(s) to an effective life is what I'm referring to. The expression..."Swimming on dry land" takes a different meaning to me. If one can't do, then all of the verbiage won't help. Either one can or one can't. Again...to me...proof is on the floor...ALWAYS!!

I'm extremely compact and in that, my techniques are great; that's Shindokan...compact through and through. However, all of the big wind-up stuff to enunciate the mechanics, structure, and dynamics aren't necessary in teaching compactness right out of the gate because our model of Tuite needs/demands the compactness form initiation to completion; again, that's Shindokan.

The one thing about finding music for Music Kata's is TIME LIMITS. Most music is longer than the time allowed.

UNSU I can no longer do, in laypersons term, the big jump/kick/turn/land, due to an injury to my right knee when I was much younger.

While Kata is an interpretation at best, it's an interpretation none the less. What looks like this and that, it's application(s) are something entirely different. That returning punch to ones side, as in kata, might be a movement of its own, and not a returning punch at all. Kata teaches transitions...these transitions, while they don't duplicate Kata movement(s) exactly, they are still transitions none the less. Transitions are the embodiment of movement. While movement(s) during Kumite do not imitate Kata movement(s), the understanding of transitional movement(s) are still there. I move not to move like my opponent, but to move effectively to and through my opponent. I want my movements to be like a thief in the night; unseen by my opponent!! Master the transitions and not the Kata/Kumite; it'll make all the world of a difference.

Very nice MP across the board. Angling takes some guts because if ones not careful, one creates openings for ones opponent. Everything you did spoke to me TUITE set ups/closes....LOVED IT!!

LOL, well you're the head of your style now, Bob! OSU! PS sorry about this past weekend- I was a dork and I thought I was online on skype, but I was offline! Yeah....that's still not sunk in me as of yet, even though it's been many years since Soke and Dai-Soke have passed away. Don't worry about the Skype thing, we'll attempt it again this weekend...Cool?

I don't think that one can be too dedicated because that observation belongs solely to the observer(s) and not the practitioner.

Oh boy...I did it again...I created another uninterested thread...SORRY!! :::Bag over my face:::

Advice from assistant instructors should be taken seriously, however, the final authority comes from the Chief Instructor. Well, except in my case.

Heidi, Greg did honor to your article...you would've been proud of all who attended both seminars; they were fully charged. I also so proud of Greg as well, he showed me why he's awesome at these type of things. Everyone who attended, and the room was full at both seminars, truly learned quite a lot across the board. We thank you Heidi from the bottom of our hearts!!

Congrats and well deserved!!