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As per my post, "said elbow strike" speaks about any and all known elbow strikes, i.e., those mentioned above and thensome!

Martial artist ALREADY turn the other cheek! How? Karate-do wa rei ni hajimari rei ni owaru koto a wasaru na Translated...Karate-do begins and ends with rei [bow] What, imho, this scripture ISN'T saying. This passage is not about a life threatening attack; it is about being insulted. A martial artist uses his/her skills as a last resort. An insult isn't even close to the last resort. Each martial artist will have own different doctrines and beliefs, and in that, we may or might not agree, thus we'll just remain at an impasse. For me, I'll continue to turn the cheek until the circumstances dictate differently. "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline”(2 Tim 1:7). The same is true of the martial arts. As practitioners became increasingly capable of destruction, some form of control becomes necessary.

None that I'm aware of, except to properly align the hand with said elbow strike, and in that, it provides a stable foundation/support to the said elbow strike.

You know your a martial artist when you leave the bathroom at work, and BOW!!

Yes...and how!

I'd rather deny the promotion and/or have the student quit, then promote them when they've [the student] not passed the test. Parents and the like can get upset all they want because I RUN THE DOJO...PERIOD! We've no testing fees at our Hombu, and if we did, money won't buy a belt, no matter how much they've paid or how much of a temper-tantrum they [parents/students] want to throw. I'll close the doors to my dojo before I compromise my integrity, my art, and myself. Quit...I really don't care one way or another, I'll even hold the door open for them.

Me done too.

Any Louis L'Amour book!

True! True! True! Yet, isn't it their ego, the naysayers, that's the thing that they are having difficulty in letting go themselves? After all, the martial artist that's considering to retire has already let go, and in that, their ego has never been an issue.

At the dojo level; testing cycles are done every 3 months by invitation only. The individual sensei's are closely evaluating their students every single day on their Kihon, Kata, and Kumite. Then when it gets very close to a testing cycle, that sensei will send out invitations to those students who the sensei believes is ready to test, via U.S. Mail, and only those will be allowed to test. All individual dojo's are required to then send all testing results to the Hombu to be officially recorded two ways. One way the results are recorded is on the Hombu's computers 'Hard Drive' and the other way the results are recorded is on the students 'Hard Card' that's located in Hombu's file cabinets. At the Hombu level; testing cycles are done every year in June by invitation only. But these yearly testing cycles are mainly for Godan and above candidates, even though, all ranks, both kyu and dan alike can test at the Hombu. Those Godan and above candidates MUST submit an Application For Testing to the Hombu whenever that candidate has meet the required tenure of that said Dan rank as a minimum prerequisite. Not every application is approved, for one reason or another, by the Hombu. No matter whether the testing cycle is done at the individual dojo or at the Hombu, ALL MUST BE INVITED TO TEST, no matter the kyu/dan rank! No Godan and above are ever tested at their individual dojo's. This is prohibited!

I've no preference either way because no matter what's done in the UFC or anywhere else; critics will still be critical of karate, whether its pro or con. Sometimes it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.

Yes AND no, because no matter what's done, some will respect Shotokan and some won't respect Shotokan....again....no matter what's done! Yes AND no, because no matter what...some will respect Shotokan and some won't respect Shotokan....again....no matter what's done! It's the old saying that says...""You can please all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot please all the people all the time."

Congrats!

Fight Fight! That's it? Fight! Ok...fair enough...but...fight how? How will fighting satisfy ALL/everyone?

Possibly some martial artists might preceive retiring as a slap in the face of those who came berfore or that that individual just isn't all that and a bag of chips. Martial artists, like, Ueshiba and Nishiyama continued a teaching schedule up to their passing. Many martial artists might see those examples of what a true martial artists is, and in that, anything short of 'that' is a failure. Some martial artists might view retiring as quiting, no matter what positive things were accomplished in the martial arts.

When would it be acceptable, as viewed by the general martial arts masses, if one was to retire from: >Teaching the martial arts [Full-time or Part-time]? >Administrative Positions?

Well...the Lakers are ahead against the Thunder.... 2 - 0. Now, it's time for the Lakers to go to OKC and redeem themselves from the crushing that the Thunder gave them the last time they meet in OKC. Bynum and Gasol have dominated the Thunder inside of the paint and Kobe....well...Kobe does what Kobe does. GO LAKERS!

That's a good question. Allow me to try to adequately answer it. The martial arts can be thought of as an organic, living thing; it must grow, adapt, and change in order to thrive. Take a taste, and hopefully you'll see that the martial arts in all of its variety is good.

I agree...it won't hurt.

Interesting discussions! It's hard to truly say and unfair to say, imho, that the traditional martial arts, ie karate, is unwilling to prove their art. Why? Nobody's visited every dojo in the world and/or trained with every martial artist in the world. How is one to prove their arts effectiveness that will satisfy all?

No students left behind! Most, not all, McDojo's rankings as far as the context of one being prepared, is akin to graduating from a high school with only a 2nd or 3rd grade education. Public schools, K-12, push their students from one grade to the next, whether they're ready or not. The majority McDojo's do the same thing. Both turn out unprepared students! But, this problem isn't with just McDojo's.

Imho...The prices are too high! Not way to high, just too high.

Here's what was said and asked in the OP... I'm not singling out TKD at all. My post was along the lines of "marketing/advertising"! I've seen many TKD dojangs over the many years that don't even hang up any signage on their dojang that says "Tae Kwon Do", for example, as well as in their printed materials. I've seen other forms of the martial arts that use the word "Karate" as I've described, yet, these that I've seen will get upset if you remind them about Karate or call them Karate or asking them if they're Karate, and it boils down to the huge sign that reads "KARATE". If your TKD, for example then be proud of it and market/advertise TKD. But if they want to use the word "KARATE", then that's their business, and that type of marketing/advertising isn't fraud. Why? Because nobody owns the rights to the word "KARATE", no more than any word found in a dictionary. One of my students is a lawyer and he'd tell whomever that the word "Karate" in marketing/advertising is just a general term, and it would hold no merit in a court of law. If the dojang says their XYZ and they teach XYZ and they tell their students that they train in XYZ and their ranks are in XYZ, then what's on a sign means nothing as far as fraud would be concerned.

I concur with you!

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