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What about Babble?? Their TV commercials appear a solid choice for those who want to learn many languages, including Japanese. The pronunciation of the words in Japanese aren’t cut dry. A Japanese word can mean so many other things depending on how said word is spoken…with the emphasis of how said word is spoken changes the words meant.

Proof is on the floor!! Legitimacy is found on the floor!! When it comes to effectiveness, and effectiveness is everything, talk is cheap, history knowledge is meaningless, and so on and so forth. The style, rare or not, is not the problem, the practitioner is the problem. Either one can or one can’t!! Many can’t because their techniques haven’t matured yet!! Nobody’s unbeatable in the real world, I’m beatable, “you” are beatable but for those who’ve matured in their techniques have a far better ability to defend themselves. Those that haven’t matured in their techniques is because they’re still afraid, and that fear creates uncertainty. Imho!!

The end has me salivating for season 3.

Control can be achieved at contact, for sure, but many factors can work against the defender, I.e., not being mature in any given technique, stance/footwork, for example. At contact, that’s initiated by my attacker, I’ve the advantage. How so?? I’ve two open hands versus my attackers one open hand. My advantage at that moment is very limited, so my counter must not be stalled. Two open hands versus one open hand. I like the odds.

My Wild Card picks… Chargers over the Texans Ravens over Steelers Bills over Broncos Packers over Eagles Commanders over Buccaneers Vikings over Rams

No real big surprise here at all about the Raiders relieving Pierce of his Head Coaching duties. Raiders have already started to make move for the 2025 season. Raiders sign 12 players to Reserve/Future contracts. The Raiders will play nine home games and eight road games next season. Home (9): Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Chargers Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Cleveland Browns Chicago Bears Away (8): Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Chargers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Philadelphia Eagles Washington Commanders New England Patriots My wife’s reaction?? Just a shrug of her shoulders; she’s a huge Raider’s fan since her childhood. GO COWBOYS!!

Be careful of all the Orks along the way.

Playoff brackets… In the NFC: Rams VS Vikings Commanders VS Buccaneers Packers VS Eagles Lions earned a Bye In the AFC: Chargers VS Texans Steelers VS Ravens Broncos VS Bills Chiefs earned a Bye Very interesting!!

After all’s been said and done, my Cowboys, in the upcoming NFL Draft have earned 12th pick. My wife’s Raiders have earned 6th pick!! What pick has your team earned in the upcoming NFL Draft??

I’ve no more New Year goals except to wake up each day. I use to have a bucket list of new years goals but that all seems quite frivolous to me now.

Shindokan Saitou-ryu. Things are born and die once. A “rare” Okinawan karate style that I practiced, trained, and taught for 60 years. Its founder refused to bow to the powers that be in Okinawa Karate, so he moved as far away from them as he could…to the USA. Its founder also refused to advertise beyond the word-of-mouth, the occasional local demonstrations, and passing out flyers. Even here at KF I was severely disappointed in the drillings I received as to why our founder didn’t have a website and utilize all of the modern marketing tools. Our founders reason were simple…he didn’t believe in them; he was very old school…our founder only had one student, my sensei, when he relocated to the USA. I adopted both our founders and my sensei’s marketing skills whenever I opened my own dojo/MA Supply store, and never once regretted it or seriously thought about going modern day school when it came to advertising/marketing Shindokan. Neither my founder, my sensei, myself, and many other dojo’s within the SKKA network cared about all of that or how we were perceived by anyone. Shindokan Saitou-ryu is or has died, which started a snowballing effect whenever both our founder and my sensei passed away and whenever the tumultuous events that eventually followed after their passings. A civil war erupted within the SKKA, our once Governing Body, that ended with the complete collapse that followed. The SKKA network of its dojo’s have been disbanded for cause. Perhaps, I’ve waisted 60 years of my life in training and teaching Shindokan when all that I still deeply care about is gone forever!! I suppose that many Okinawan MA styles has or will reach their own demise caused by their own rarity.

I just want to say…how about my Golden Knights. Last year they seemed to struggle quite a bit but this year they seem to be more focused. I’m aware that we’ve not reached the All-Star and that some teams are strong out of the gate and then they unravel at the worst possible times. Hopefully, this won’t be the case and that they’ll return to the Stanley Cup and win another championship. There’s a lot of games to still be played and anything can happen in the NHL. GO KNIGHTS!!

Interesting topic. Thank you, Spartacus Maximus, for starting this thread. We are accountable for our actions as a CI both in and out of the school. Unless we’ve advanced viable and factual information about a student, we won’t know the true character one way or another, unless we’re able to read the minds of said student. Don’t know how CI’s of old in Okinawa and/or Japan knew that a prospective student had that “murderous disposition”, but I sure don’t possess that ability. The old timers would test the character through rigorous duties before accepting a prospective student. I don’t think I’ve ever truly seen and/or heard and/or read of any CI doing this here in the USA. I mean, both my Sensei and his Sensei didn’t do that and the were both from Okinawa. I might have a feeling that I can’t shake or raised hair on my arms or goosebumps all over about a certain prospective student but until I have concrete proof, I’ve only one thing to do in this situation… Expel or suspend or refuse said prospective student because my first and foremost priority is to protect my entire Student Body as well as my Staff for cause. Evil can be disguised so well, so, first assumptions or uneasy feelings about a prospective student must be acted upon immediately. As a business owner, I’ve the right to refuse my services to anyone without an explanation whatsoever!!

I just downloaded their app. From what my wife and I saw as we were surfing the app is that we’ll be using it on a regular basis. Prices blew me away. An $18 item was only $3.99!! Many businesses were right in my neighborhood as well as in the general areas in Las Vegas. Thanks for sharing this app with us. Gotta make an order…can’t wait!!

Happy New Year!!

The visiting 17-17-3 Canadiens took note on the ice as they beat my 25-9-3 Knights with a final score of 3-2. This loss of the Knights snapped their win streak at 6. Dach scored the go-ahead goal midway through the 3rd period and the Canadiens goalie, Montembeault, made 27 saves. Canadiens scored 3 unanswered goals as they rallied to the win. Knights will host the 16-17-4 Flyers on January 2nd; puck drop at 7pm. GO KNIGHTS!!

Raiders won 2 games…in a row. Raiders final game is this Sunday when they host the Chargers. I don’t think that they’ll beat the Chargers but miraculously they might. My wife was giddy as a Raider fan can be. My sad Cowboys got smashed by their old rival, the Eagles, 41-7 on the road. Week before that the Cowboys squeaked by Tampa Bay at home 26-24. Cowboys defense was on fire across the board. Last game for the Cowboys will be at home while they host the 11-5 Commanders. I believe the Cowboys will lose this Sunday. Commanders have a 65.9% chance to beat the Cowboys on Sunday per ESPN. GO COWBOYS!!

There was a time I was one mean Sub-Zero player…I miss playing the game.

I’ve never been someone who drank any type of energy drinks. I was a huge coffee drinker until I was diagnosed with Afib in 2018. People with Afib should never drink coffee/energy drinks!! So, I've obeyed my doctors advice ever since and my crave for a cup of coffee has finally been kicked to the curb. My cup of coffee would always be fully loaded: coffee creamer and sugar!! I’d drink a coffee makers worth every morning for decades. The American Health Association notes that Energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine, which can contribute to cardiac complications like Afib. Caffeine can also make symptoms like palpitations worse for some people. Energy drinks contain more sugar than soda or juice, and too much sugar can increase the risk of Afib. Artificial sweeteners can also increase the risk of Afib for those who don’t have Afib. Energy drinks can trigger Afib. Afib is something that stays with you for the rest of your life. I had a cardiac inversion procedure performed on me in 2019, it’s where they shock your heart back into rhythm. My procedure only lasted 6 months!! That bummed me out!! My cardiologist refused to do that procedure again, kind of a one-time thing, so the doctor told me that I’d have to live with it and take my Eliquis 2 times a day.

Congrats pandaGIRL; well deserved!!

Has anyone seen this on Netflix?? My wife and I have just finished watching Squid Games season 2. It has 7 episodes. New characters as well as a few returning characters. The theme is that the one who won in season 1 wants to shut the game down. After Red Light, Green Light all of the games played are different all together. Some rules have changed, there’s an uprising, and there’s a surprise character, which I won’t spoil for those haven’t seen the new season. There will be a final season 3 in 2025!! My wife and I suspected that because of where the games that were last finished, 3 games, by the 7th episode. The Red Light, Green Light girl robot has a new friend.

I use to walk a ton of a lot but since my cancer attacked my T12 and L4, my walking days are behind me with the exception of the very few I do at home.

I imagine so that person can just slap on the belt without first lining up the embroidery to make sure that they face outward. Don’t think that I’ve ever seen a belt with 4-sided embroidery, just on 2 sides.

A little pricey for me, if I’m looking at the right shoe, that is; I looked them up too. Looked just like a tennis shoe to me.

Well, well, well!! To the victor belongs the spoils. The Raiders finally snapped their losing streak, 10 games stro, and they did it at home against the Jaguars with a final score of 14-19. Both teams share similar records of 3-12. Jaguars drew blood first, but the Raiders became victorious in their back and forth game. My wife was blessed that the Raiders ended their downhill run with a win.