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Do you mix it or just spread it in layers? and how on earth did you get that combo? When I make a sandwich peanut butter and mayo aren't the first things I think to mix! ROFL! First I put 2 heaping teaspoonful of pb; spread it out. Then I put 1 level teaspoonful of mayo on top of the pb; spread it out. Then ENJOY IT! My brother came up with this one day when we were teens, and we ran out of jelly and bologna...so...a little experimenting later and PRESTO...one lovely can't resist sandwhich....YAHOO! Oh yeah...toasted or not, it doesn't matter....it's all in the mood. = me drolling twice You ran out of jelly and bologna? Please don't tell me you were eating those two together Oooooo...that sounds pretty good. Thanks Danielle for a new sandwhich! = drooling

Just make sure you dunk the fries in the Frosty. If you just throw them all in they get all mushy. You still get that salty/sweet combo, just mushier. 10-4 = drooling

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I hear you. Maybe one day, not before to long, the yellow belt, or something close to it, will be the new black belt. Well i just dont like to complain a lot about stuff but its nice to see that people on this forum are understanding about traditional MA *whispers* pssst-- I think he's being sarcastic. *whispers back* pssst-- ok, I think you're right. It's all good!

Because it's important to your instructor, and you're in class in his/her school. Ask the instructor...Why? Any noise that comes out at that moment. When I was a white belt, I was taught to yell...KIAI, but every white belt was taught that at first. Our Dai-Soke could care less what the sound was, just as long as one understood the importance of the kiai.

Nice Creative Kata. That kata could be from practically any martial art that employs kata/form because it's being done in the context of the Creative Kata Division.

I use to have signature moves, but, I don't anymore. To me, at this point in my martial arts journey, any signature move is very arbitrary.

As far as the heel being up when one is punching...I'm of the camp that the heel can be up or down depending on what the practitioner is doing at that moment. Shindokan is 85% hand techniques, and we get very close and personal with our attackers. Whether we're employing one hand technique or another, we're also trying to employ our Tuite, which is a core staple to Shindokan. For me to get close and personal with my attackers, I've got to create unimaginable angles of attack/defense, and in doing this, I've got to transition from one fixed position to another, and this means that my heel will be up and my heel will be down, and in that, the up/down of my heel will be continuous. Hence, I'm in constant motion. The key for any and all achieved power in the above description is hip rotation, therefore, it matters not to me whether my heel is up or down while executing any and all hand techniques, what matters to me is that my hip rotation accompany's my every hand technique without any reservation and/or deviation.

I was thinking of the heel question only in terms of punching, not kicking. I thought the kick warning about noticeably raising the heel, say by the supporting leg to have the kicking leg strike higher, is that you can knock yourself over. DOH! Sorry Joe, my bad. I'll go back to my corner! Sorry!

I hear you. Maybe one day, not before to long, the yellow belt, or something close to it, will be the new black belt. Well i just dont like to complain a lot about stuff but its nice to see that people on this forum are understanding about traditional MA What's there to understand?

You're absolutely correct when you say that it's all semanitcs and matters little in the grand scope of actual confrontation, and I'll still add...or anything done my 'man'! Again, Imho, trying to master anything is just as impossible as it is to be perfect because 'man' is imperfect; only One is master and that only One is perfect!!

I hear you. Maybe one day, not before to long, the yellow belt, or something close to it, will be the new black belt.

Absolutely, but it's at a infinitesimal degree. Right before the kicking foot returns from its target, the heel MUST be down; heel's not up.

Master is akin to perfection; either way, they're both illusions at best!

If you spend those 10 000 hours doing the kick correctly. Sloppy or bad form for 10 000 hours would just ingrain bad habits which would take more time to correct. You said it before I did...and you're absolutely correct!

Because they failed the test! Nothing more and nothing less! I concur! But...age, within Shindokan's Articles and By-Laws aren't arbitrary, no, age has a meaningful content, and the limitations are known within our Articles/By-Laws, and in that, the age thing doesn't play any sterotype, no, the age requirements are fact! Absolutely, as long as we're talking about the Yudansha and NOT rank. Absolutely!

Its quite funny to me, how many of us as MAists will speak of how the belt doesn't matter. But in this case, it does.... ....so, it leaves me to wonder how many of us have gone back on what we said when we claim "the belt doesn't matter...."????? No, the belt still doesn't matter, not to me; knowledge is paramount. I'm of the crowd that says no child under 18 years old can have a full-fledged Yudansha because my Soke said so...period! I'm of the crowd that says a child that's 13 years old through 17 years old can only have a Junior Black Belt, but no rank advancements until one becomes 18 years of age and older because my Soke said so...period! Because my Soke wrote our Articles and By-Laws, then for us of Shindokan, this is our gospel truth, and these particular Articles/By-Laws have never been challenged, thus they've not been changed to date. Therefore, I'm still not going to worry about the darn thing because it is what it is, and for us in the Shindokan, it's a done thing. It's out of my hands!

BINGO!!!!! Summer days in the dojo are all about CREATION. Excellent ideas THAT WORK! Nothing ventured; nothing gained. I'll also show a little drop during little league and any major high school sports seasons. The more major the sport to THAT school, the more the drop. Again, for me, this type of drop isn't so bad, but, it's nothing I ignore. When it came to baseball in little league/high school, I'd be found playing baseball, and not at the dojo as much.

Do you mix it or just spread it in layers? and how on earth did you get that combo? When I make a sandwich peanut butter and mayo aren't the first things I think to mix! ROFL! First I put 2 heaping teaspoonful of pb; spread it out. Then I put 1 level teaspoonful of mayo on top of the pb; spread it out. Then ENJOY IT! My brother came up with this one day when we were teens, and we ran out of jelly and bologna...so...a little experimenting later and PRESTO...one lovely can't resist sandwhich....YAHOO! Oh yeah...toasted or not, it doesn't matter....it's all in the mood. = me drolling twice