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I've recently retired from teaching Shindokan Karate after all of these many, many, many years is one thing for sure...BORING! I've never been so bored in my life! I tend to the yard chores, I should win pretty house award or something with as much as I'm out there. I've already completed the honey-do lists. I do this and I do that. Yeah, I still practice everyday. But, that's not the same as teaching. There's still a void from not teaching. It diffently takes some getting us to, this retiring thing, but, I suppose I need a hobby or something to fill in the emptyness. The only martial arts schools around where I live are Korean based. Nothing wrong with that, but, just as soon as they find out that I'm Okinawan based, it's like I've got the plague. All I want is a place, other than my garage, to work out. I've played golf, I've bowled, I'm reading more now, and, well, I've done a lot, except sitting on my porch in a rocking chair....aaaaaaarrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh. That would drive me super nuts. For those instructors that are contemplating retiring; give it some real thought about it first. I did. But, I didn't think that I'd already be so bored out of my skull. Thanks for listening!

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Nice video of Judo, although in my opinion, there's no ultimate style of the martial arts. The song is Like Light To The Flies by Trivium. I only knew that because it says that on the bottom of the video...LOL...sorry.

It's all good Akikazeninja...it's all good. There's nothing to be confused with!

Nearly isn't completely, but, I concur with you here that the heel must, even if it's an infinitesimal degree, lift to proper hip rotation.

As far as... Does the embrodery show through the back side on a Eosin belt? Check this Eosin FAQ link below and read FAQ #5... http://www.eosinpanther.com/bbs/zboard.php?id=faq Eosin is the best in the business...hands down imho!

I never do them online... I draw it out, make notes about what thread color I want each line, belt size, belt width, belt style, etc, and then I fax it to them. I concur with your method and the faxing!

I think that all-too-often we think of hitting a target that's stationary, like a heavy bag or a WaveMaster, when in reality a human target is far from that accommodating. Stupid, dumb human target....be still! But in actuallity, a very solid post Joe. Hence, the I'm in constant motion!

Hahahahahahaaha heheheheheheheheheeeee I did it again...another boo boo topic by Bob.

Saw it yesterday, and I liked it a lot. A unique story line plot. http://www.predators-movie.com/ Has anyone else seen it?

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!