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I believe you would.

You know, I wanted to get a tat when I was 19 years old, but then I decided to just think about it first. Now, I'm 54 years old and I'm still only thinking about getting a tat.

Door to door? Sorry, If they came to my house, well, I'd just close the door.

Welcome to KF!!!!!!!!

Thank you for your very kind words, I bow to you as well. I thank my Dai-Soke for everything that he's instilled within me to be the karateka that I am; then, now, and in the future.

Congrats and so well deserved!!

I'm sorry that you've had some bad experiences with 8th Dans! I can only hope that I've not been one of them. If so, please find a way in your heart to forgive me. As a 8th Dan, it angers me when I read things like this because I don't want to be associated with and/or lumped in with them just because we share the rank. It is said...one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. This is how I've always been; past, present, and future. The betterment of ALL students means everything to me, and with me, it shall always be that.

Yes...makiwara training!!

OK!!

Ahem...crisis have been solved, right? Then Skype away!!

In Shindokan, we don't block...we deflect.

Then I guess I'm about to lose all of your respect with what I'm about to say...How strong is your loyalty to your Sensei/Dojo/Association??? If my Dai-Soke had been CONVICTED of a crime involving moral turpitude, most, but not all...I'd walk away from him and never speak of him ever again, and I love him more than any man I've ever loved, even more than my dad!! Some I will never associate myself with no matter what!!

I'm sorry but I don't understand the question. If someone has been CONVICTED in a court of law, then I don't have to see anything. I'm saying I have more faith in my instructor's integrity than I do in that of 12 people who I don't know. For that matter, I don't think I could hand pick 12 people who match his integrity in my mind. People around here seem to think that if you are arrested you must be guilty. I had someone literally say that to me in a jury I was the foreman of. That rattled my already shaky view of the justice system. Still, a conviction is a conviction.

I'm only asking hypothetical questions, in that, I think Wrong Convictions are for another thread because that's a whole bunch of things.

For now, I yield to you the high ground.

I'm sorry but I don't understand the question. If someone has been CONVICTED in a court of law, then I don't have to see anything.

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I doubt that Ikken hissatsu is a joke, and therefore, imho, it shouldn't be taken lightly either. There's an ancient Okinawa principle that might interest you. It's practiced as it was meant to be by the Okinawa warriors of that day, but few Okinawa schools practice it. Shorin-ryu, Goju-ryu, and yes, Shindokan, still do practice Renzoku ken (Continuous Fist). Bushi-te is the art that was practiced back then, and to do Renzoku ken any justice, one must still practice it. And without going into a lot of its history, development, techniques, and applications here, let me just point out some key points. Imho, Ikken hissatsu is no joke. *Excellent grappling applications for use in subduing and restraining *It included the devastating Ikken hissatsu technique for life-or-death situations *It also addresses vital-point strikes, so that one will know where to deliver blows which could severely injure or kill an attacker *For those situations when grappling was ineffective and the one-strike kill was foiled, the art provided a follow-up attack known as renzoku ken *In the Bushi-te, each renzoku ken technique was fully focused, as if it were the only technique needed. Just as the concept of Ikken hissatsu IS *If the technique was blocked or dodged, the bushi-te stylist would flow into another technique which was a natural extension of the original movement. The result was an extremely effective series of techniques which kept an attacker on the defensive, and eventually overpowered him *Renzoku ken serves as an effective follow-up maneuver to a grappling technique. If grappling moves failed, one would be in close proximity to their opponent and vulnerable to a counterattack. Thus, the bushi-te exponent was prepared to transition naturally from the grappling technique to a withering barrage of strikes *Tuite, Shindokan's bread and butter, in which one person attacks while the defender applies a joint lock. then flows into whatever counterstrike comes most naturally *To move again and again until a resolution is eventually achieved *Ikken methods, sometimes are not enough to end a real confrontation. All too often, however, it is the second or third strike that's needed. Hence the importance of also training in Renzoku ken

The entire post sir!!

Solid post JZ!!

Shindokan has nothing to do with rank/title. While we may take different paths up any given mountain, but when we reach the summit, we all stare at the same moon. It's the journey that we must seek, not the destination. Belt ranks are nothing more than sign posts along the path within our journey. I only seek knowledge; I don't, then or now, seek rank/title. Others seem more affixed over my rank/titles than I am; please let's gaze at the same moon in wonderment, and give no thoughts to my rank/title.

Excellent post...quite solid!! To be fair and honest, it might behoove us to know something about moral turpitude... A crime involving moral turpitude is one in which the conduct involved in the crime is contrary to the community's standards of justice, honesty, or good morals. The list of crimes that fall into this broad category is lengthy and include some of the big ones we're all familiar with. Among them are: Arson, Blackmail, Burglary, Embezzlement, False pretenses, Forgery, Fraud, Larceny, Robbery, Abandonment, Adultery, Assault and battery, Bigamy, and Prostitution. To answer your questions honestly I feel that I must preface my answer by saying this, I hate thieves and liars, and in that, I've no ambiguity in having nothing to do with that type of an individual...NONE!! Therefore... What was the offense? I don't care...the crime was committed. What are the details surrounding the offense? I don't care...the crime was committed. When did this happen? Immaterial...the crime happened. Did he/she pay their dues to society? Immaterial...time doesn't erase facts or the crime. Does he/she have any legal restrictions placed upon them? I hope so, and if not, then I'll place personal restrictions upon that individual. Does the offense actual have any bearing on his/her teaching MA's? Proven teaching capabilities? No, experience and knowledge can't be erased and/or denied, but they won't be teaching any of my family nor in my dojo/Hombu. I suppose it's up to ones own scruples.

NOW...it's YOU that's been convicted in a court of law for committing crimes involving moral turpitude... What should YOUR students do? Same questions from the OP.

Hypothetical question(s)... Your instructor has just been convicted in a court of law for committing crimes involving moral turpitude... What do you do? Do you quit his/her school? Do you keep your rank/title? Do you want to keep your rank/title? Do you throw any and all of your rank/title certificates into the trash? Do you lose face in the MA world by association sakes alone? Do you erase your instructors name from your lineage?

Shugyo!!