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Bob. That's it. Bob. Just Bob. Plain Bob. When it's formal, just Sensei. No Sensei Bob or Sensei Mitcham. When Soke and Dai-Soke were alive, it was Mitcham Sensei...which was quite funny to hear them say my last name...often because of that, it would be just Sensei, or quite a lot of pointing and gesturing. Great thing about the name Bob is that no matter how you spell it...forwards...backwards...upside down...sideways...it's still Bob. I think my parents were trying to tell me something.

Thank you, Brian!! Just tired of having one door after another slammed in my face!!

Karate, imho, doesn't need to be recognized by MMA and/or the like. Neither Karate or MMA need recognition from either because neither are subjected to one another. In short, recognize or don't recognize Karate; in their own rights, they are complete in their totality, it's the practitioner that needs the recognition overall. Once again, Imho.

Ikken Hissatsu...To Kill With One Blow. This, as I was taught, is that all is focused is at and through said target. Scattered brain, is that focus that's not centered on and through said given target. In short, every technique should be performed with full intent and conviction; total resolve, and if not, then the opponent has already won. Reaching an end. Finalization. "I'm the Master, not the student." So on and so forth. These statement demonstrate that the accomplishments, like rank, are far more important than knowledge and experience. It's the doing, and not the end result that excites and drives me. WHAT ELSE IS THERE?? I prefer that over, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. Seems quite closed mind through and through. To and through the target is filled plethora of possibilities...there's more to this and that, then what one's just reached, like a reverse punch, in that, there's far more than what's at any given end point of the reverse punch. Scratching the surface, is doing something, however, reaching FAR for what's beyond the surface is more important than just the act. My I dare to say, that to me, that's Shu Ha Ri,

To me this speaks towards what Bruce was explaining to his Shoalin Teacher, in the first beginning minutes of ETD...Bruce's words are bolded below... We/I get in our own way to much, and more often than we care to admit to. Daydreaming. Cognitive. I'm aware, but I'm not fixed on just one thing. To do that, I can't be cognitive of my opponent and/or myself as I should be. Mizu No Kokoro and Tsuki No Kokoro...once again.

I'm not a Wing Chun practitioner at all. My core is Okinawan; Shindokan, and from practically day one, we religiously train with a Wooden Dummy. Our style is wrapped around close range, whereas our goal is to get behind our opponent. Our style is 85% hands and 15% feet, albeit, the Wooden Dummy training helps us to mature our close range.

Welcome to KF, Samlarenl glad that you're here!! Solid post!!

No idea; every idea hit a brick head-on!! If there are Grants for Prostate Cancer, I've no idea where else to look!!

Seems to me that the creative powers in Hollywood are quite lacking. Again, not all remakes are a good idea. That's just me.

This demonstrates to me that rank is far more important than anything, no matter the vehicle used. Interaction between teacher and student is paramount because of the nature of that which is being taught. Effectiveness, no matter what's being taught, without interaction of a teacher, is as unsure as the day is long. Just because someone LOOKS effective across the board doesn't mean that they're effective at all. The teacher can't know the maturity of knowledge and experience within the students techniques without any interaction. I'm quite stern on this!!

Scheduled Appointments confirmed: 1) February 5, 2021 at 10:10AM for Lab 2) February 9, 2021 at 8:00AM for Bone Scan [Takes 3-5 hours] 3) February 9, 2021 at 9:30AM for Cat Scan [Takes 1 hour] 4) February 19, 2021 at 12PM for Lab 5) February 19, 2021 at 1PM for Follow-Up Visit with my Oncologist February will be a approximate $800 Co-Pay month. Starting to believe that either my Social Worker is incompetent, uncaring, and/or her obligations towards me are way above her head...or all of them!! I've not heard a squeak from her about Grants or Financial Assistance or nothing, She has so far provided me with a $300 pre-paid American Express Pre-Paid Card, which the hospital doesn't accept!!

Welcome to KF, rikaido; glad that you're here!! Solid OP!!

Our entire Student Body across the SKKA network reacted favorably for the change; as they're taught, rank means nothing!!

I, too, have always seen TSD as a Korean art. As far as it being identified as 'Karate', that I believe is for marketing purposes. The average layperson readily knows and understands what 'Karate' is whenever it's mentioned directly and/or indirectly, but have no idea what TSD is right off the bat. Karate and TSD have some similarities, meaning they both have stances, postures, blocks, kicks, punches, strikes, and so on and so forth. It's for the most, the Kata's are where the similarities end. Marketing speaking once again, if I had a TSD school, and knowing what laypersons know and understand as far as the MA is concerned, I'd stick a big sign that reads...KARATE. The immediate goal is to get the prospective students interest, which will hopefully get them to come inside, if nothing else that to watch class. But, the "KARATE" sign is an attention getter, business speaking, and imho, any MA school that has to meet a monthly overhead, is a business. At the sit-down is when the TSD school can explain a many of things, including TSD and Karate differences, if need be.

I'm pretty sure it's Thomas Ian Griffith who plays Terry Silver. Saw many hints of Silver, to think otherwise. In a final flashback, we see one of Kreese’s comrades, Silver, promise him lifelong loyalty, as in the present-day Kreese looks at his photo and gives him a call. You see them both, Silver and Kreese, in Karate Kid 3; Silver makes Daniel's knuckles bleed at the request of Kreese. Cobra Kai HAS been renewed for Season 4!! No release date, as of yet.

Welcome to KF, Miick 11; glad that you're here!!

Wife and I finished all 10 episodes tonight, with no regrets, whatsoever. Well just one regret...Wish there'd be more than 10 episodes!! Can someone say Cobra Kai Season...4?? Season 3 was far more than what I expected, in a good way.

Sounds just like Shu Ha Ri to me; knowledge and experience change constantly, and have to repeat the newness all over again.

While, for the most, Shodan don't actively promote by themselves; they can sit in on a Testing Cycle but they've no administrative authority. Now, that's the formality of it all. If I was a Shodan, and I wanted to open my own dojo, with or without, the backing of my Sensei and/or the Governing Body, then by Jiminy Cricket, I'd open my dojo no matter what. Of course, there'd be backlashes and the such, more than one can even imagine. Without the proper backing, a Shodan would be a Shodan for quite a long time, if not forever. That Shodan's Student Body would technically be stuck at Shodan themselves with no future rank advancements. Imagine a Shodan promoting ones Student Body beyond Shodan, like Nidan or Sandan, but then remaining a Shodan him/herself. Now, a Shodan could assemble higher Dan ranks to sit upon the Testing Cycle to administer higher Dan ranks than shodan or Nikyu; with a stamp of approval. The scenarios would boggle one's imagination. The worse thing would be the Shodan, as the CI of his/her own dojo, self-promoting themselves to a higher Dan rank, like Godan, or even more alarming to Judan. Integrity would be thrown out with the baby bath water....and this happens at the blink of an eye. My Sensei would've burned me at the cross if I did that, but if I did that, that's my business and not his. Sure, I'd face the reckoning from a school of upset Senior Dan ranks, starting from my Sensei. It would be an upsetting that might never see the daylight of trust ever again. But if I did, I'd first link up with a legitimate Senior Dan rank with authority for the order of administrating Testing Cycles from Nikyu and above. However, here's the stick in the bicycle spokes...as a Shodan, how can I ever teach the necessary materials above Shodan?!? I'd rather abide by integrity across the board. A Shodan has the authority, however limited; any MAist should never assume a position that they do not possess. Imho.

I'm still a huge fan of the original Hawaii Five-O tv series, which aired from 1968 - 1980, starring Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett. However, the remake, which ran from 2010 - 2020, have never sat to well with me for one reason or another. Some remakes make sense, while others make no sense at all. For me, remaking Enter The Dragon is a remake that shouldn't be made because no matter who plays any of the roles, they'll do no justice at all. All in all, that's not for me to say one way or another as to if a remake of ETD should be made of not. Should a remake ever see the light of day, I MIGHT go watch it out of curiosity sake alone.

Well, wife and I watched 5 of the 10 episodes last night. I enjoyed the flashbacks; not overly done, and helped the storyline. Great to see many characters of the Karate Kid lore reprise their roles; expected and pleasantly surprised, even though rumors were hinted at. All in all, thus far, my wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed what we've seen, and we look forward to finish watching the remaining episodes today. I'm still hoping and waiting for Elisibeth Shue to reprise Ali, as that's be rumored...looks like that just might occur. ::fingers crossed::

Happy New Year, belated as it is!!

Being captured, and not being able to or willing to escape, within one way or in limited way within body, mind, and soul as both a MAist, but as equally as an individual, on and off the floor. "There's more than one way to skin a cat" Many MAist refuse to explore and/or believe that there's other ways, no matter what that might or might not be. They're stuck in a ruck and refuse any other way but theirs or what they were taught. To me, a lot of what Bruce says revolves so close to what I've spoken about in recent posts in this thread... Shu Ha Ri, Mizu No Kokoro, and Tsuki No Kokoro. Spencer Johnson wrote in his book, "Who Moved My Cheese?" Change IS inevitable; stop fighting it. It's about how people handle, or do not handle change. It is a part of life and knowing how to cope is a necessary life and leadership skill. The key to successfully break away from the static is by realizing that change is inevitable and actually a good thing. "There’s more than one way to skin a cat"...this simply means there are many ways to do something, there are many ways to achieve a goal. I was taught under the very watchful eyes and nourishing hands as to the methodologies and ideologies of Shindokan, and they still serve me as both an individual as well as a MAist. Nonetheless, at a young age, while attending high school, as a JBB, I knew that Shindokan WAS NOT the best and/or only way across the board. Robert Frost poem, "The Road Not Taken" wrote in the closing paragraph of that poem... "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." Just how rigid and/or unyielding is rigid and/or unyielding?? As rigid and/or unyielding as one can allow. Albeit, just how free and/or open is free and/or open? As free and/or open as one can be. Choices are just that, choices; either way, they're entitled to their own designs. Here's the permission to search for that which makes you the MAist that you are ON YOUR OWN away from your MA core. Not to abandon your MA core, but to enrich it ever the more. Nothingness provides that we'll not be bound to one thing or one belief or to one methodology/ideology. Grasping it, whatever it might be, makes it something with set rules; just because it's tangible, doesn't make it permanent. Holding onto Shindokan, and all that makes it what it is, as though my MA journey depends on it defines it, imprisons its methodology and ideology...but it happens more than I care to express. I don't worry about any pending attack(s) because their nothing until they materialize. I don't fret about that which is nothing until it becomes something. To worry about nothing will cloud the mirror image, which must be clear. The Shaolin Teacher, in Enter The Dragon touched on that very thing... ". . .the enemy has only images and illusions. . . . . . behind which he hides his true motives. Destroy the image and you will break the enemy." In Enter The Dragon mirror room battle between Han and Lee, Han only had images and illusions to hide his true motives. What does Lee do? He breaks countless amount of mirrors, thus the images that Han hid behind were destroyed, thus, Han had no where to hide from Lee. Han tried to cloud Lee's mind through those illusions, and Lee took away that which Han hid behind. If I express outwardly MA methodologies and ideologies, then Shindokan, my core, can't be defined, and because it can't be defined, then that flexibility can't be snapped, like a tree that's become rigid over time. Imagine one kick or one punch or one strike or one block...JUST ONE, not a combination of these four things, JUST ONE. For example, I choose just one punch, and nothing else, just how rigid, thus limited, would my MA and me be?! No, I choose to be water, my friends. This is just my take on the topic at hand... Imho.

Thank you for your heartfelt words, Brian; they mean everything to me.

Thank you so much for what you shared just now, Patrick; I needed that desperately. I will check out Talkspace asap; my social worker isn't quite social with me; thank you, Patrick, for that heads-up.