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But when the chance presents itself...I'll be ready!

Why not? Anybody can beat anybody anytime and anyday. No one is unbeatable.

Thank you!!!!

Heheheheheheheheehheeeee....ahem...I mean...thanks!

With everything, including martial arts tests, Yin/Yang is real. Pass/Fail, Win/Lose; we can't have one without the other to balance it all out. If one hasn't ever failed a martial arts test, then I submit that this person hasn't been truly tested as of yet! I can't count on both of my hands and feet as to just how many times I failed a test. Why did I fail? My Soke/Dai-Soke are extremely tough on tests. Nothing was ever guaranteed to us students and when we did pass, well, it was an accomplishment! Nothing is perfect, but with Soke/Dai-Soke, you'd better be as close to perfect as possible or you'd fail! In their very bad broken english, they both could say the word "Fail" very well!

Can a martial art have BOTH? My Soke explained this to us once....or twice...or a zillion...or.... "There's a reason as to why our style is named Shindokan Karate-Do! The jutsu is alive in the 'Karate' and at the same time, the 'Do' is alive as it re-centers us continuously."

BINGO!!!!!!!!!!! Complacency is the evil twin of satisfaction! How can I be satisfied with any technique(s) when they're imperfect from the start? I can't! Therefore, I must continue on my journey in order to find that one perfect technique, and in that journey, I'm not complacent in any shape, way, and/or form...no...I'm not complete in my totality towards any technique(s)! I can do one punch 1 billion times or more, yet, I will not be satisfied...still...or ever!

WOW...me? COOL! Completely unexpected, but, it's truly appreciated! Thank you so very much for the honor! Thanks to Patrick and the entire Karate Forums staff as well as the KF members! oohoohooh...I get one of those rainbow belts....YES!

I don't worry about complacency within myself because I already know that I'll never reach the end of my journey; train until I die. Perfecting the unperfectable technique! Was Bruce complacent in these words?... "If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying."

YAHOO! 9 year drought is over. YANKEES WIN THE WORLD SERIES! YANKEES WIN THE WORLD SERIES! YANKEES WIN THE WORLD SERIES! Yankees win the 2009 World Series by beating the Phillies in game #6; 7-3. Everyone on the Yankee roster did an excellent job, especially Hideki Matsui who had 6 RBI's, this also earned Matsui MVP honors. Matsui's MVP was the first time anyone has earned the MVP without playing one inning on the field. Phillies are a good team, they won the NLCS and that's important. I give the Phillies all of the respect! YANKEES WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely! Not everyone looks good bald.

Escaping from any and/or most hair grabs are...PAINFUL...but...once out...whew...that too [the pain] will pass. If you lose a handful of hair while escaping a hair grab, it's ok, you're out/free, now, run or/and counter. Don't let the pain stop you from protecting yourself.

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SAINTS VS FALCONS: Saints win; still undefeated! Score: 35-27 My Prediction: I was pretty close! Atlanta (4-2) at New Orleans (6-0) *Saints will win this one....38-21 over the Falcons. Saints produce: >Drew Brees had 308 yards passing >Pierre Thomas scored two touchdowns >Jabari Greer returned an interception for a score *Add all of this together and it equals a WIN for the Saints. Byes for week #9: Buffalo (3-5) Cleveland (1-7) Oakland (2-6) St. Louis (1-7) Minnesota (7-1) NY Jets (4-4) GO COWBOYS!!!!!!!

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!

Yes, I saw the picture. But, it's not the reason I brought it up. It's [the supporting knee] what I've seen forever!

One of my competitors many years ago violated one of the instructor maxims...outside relationships with a student. This instructor had promoted a student from white belt to green belt in 3 months duration. This student was allowed to test whenever this student thought ready. How do I know this? 3 of this instructors students, who were brown belts at the time, quit that school and joined my school. These students then told me some scary stories about the relationship between that instructor and that student. Again, I've no problem with an instructor dating a student because they can do whatever they want as long as their relationship doesn't interfer with the other students AND the school. When a relationship like this blows up in their faces, then someone's got to go and mostly, the student(s) will go willingly.

The Yankees lost game #5. No real big surprise! While I had already said that the Yankees would lose game #5 because of the pitching of Lee [who was scheduled to pitch game#4 but was moved to game #5 for added rest!]. Lee was strong but not as strong as he was in game #1. It was the Phillies bats coming alive that won game #5 for the Phillies. Everything is mute from this point on because the Yankees will win the World Series TONIGHT in game #6 at home in the Bronx. GO YANKEES!!!!!!!

Week #8 in the NFL. Where to start? I know...boxscores... Denver 7 Baltimore 30 *Broncos are no longer undefeated because of the Ravens domination. Houston 31 Buffalo 10 *Texans won? Get out of here! When a team stops the turnovers....a win is the result. Way to go Texans. Cleveland 6 Chicago 30 *Bears couldn't afford to lose and they didn't. Seattle 17 Dallas 38 *Dallas won back to back?!? WOW! With Romo? Way to go Romo. But, I'm not excited yet, because Romo will do something in the last month....but...it won't be good for the Cowboys. GO COWBOYS!!!!! St. Louis 17 Detroit 10 *Who cares?! Watching two bad teams isn't fun. San Francisco 14 Indianapolis 18 *Colts remain undefeated and the reason for this is....Their SOLID! Miami 30 NY Jets 25 *Strange tatic of Miami benching Guinn. But, it worked, if that was their intent, but, the thing is that Guinn was uncatchable with his two TD kickoff returns. NY Giants 17 Philadelphia 40 *3 TD's for McNabb can't be denied and the Eagles get the win. Eli is still stratching his head and wondering...."Huh?" Oakland 16 San Diego 24 *When you're the Raiders and you're the worse team ever in the NFL...well...for the Raiders, NFL does stand for NOT FOR LONG! Heads of the Raiders staff will roll. Jacksonville 13 Tennessee 30 *Titans win....finally! Sheech! Minnesota 38 Green Bay 26 *Packer fans are still angry at Favre, but, I'm glad to see Farve beat the Packers. Favre handled every negative thing thrown at him with the ease and poise of a true professional. Way to go Vikings and way to go Favre. Carolina 34 Arizona 21 *Warners 5 interceptions against the Panthers kind of sealed their fate. OUCH! MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: Atlanta (4-2) at New Orleans (6-0) *Saints will win this one....38-21 over the Falcons. **Bye Week Teams: Cincinnati (5-2), Kansas City (1-6), New England (5-2), Pittsburgh (5-2), Tampa Bay (0-7), Washington (2-5) >Many of these teams are glad for having a bye to get their ducks in a row. Teams STILL Undefeated: COLTS and SAINTS That's it for week #8!!!

OUCH! Good news for the Chiefs...they had a bye this week.

Well, well! Yankees win game #4; 7-4, and the Yankees have pulled way ahead in the World Series; 3-1. You know what this means don't you? 1 more win and the Yankees are World Series Champions for the 27th time! Great night for the Yankees because the Yankee players were SOLID! Mo...well...he was awesome...again! Now it's game #5, with the starting pitchers: Yankees: AJ Burnett (1-0) with an ERA of 3.87. Phillies: Cliff Lee (1-0) with an ERA of 3.97. Will Lee, the Dragon, win victorious for the Phillies, as I predict, or will the Yankees slay the Dragon to win the World Series. I hope for the Yankees but if Lee has a game like he had in game #1, we'll lose deservingly so against the Phillies. If so, it's cool. Yankees will go to the Bronx for game #6 and WIN THE WORLD SERIES! GO YANKEES!!!!!!!

This is your opinion and in that you have every right to question and/or doubt other styles/practitioners methodologies and the like! Hips are everything and the hips are for everything! No hips; no power! My supporting foot goes where I tell it to go, whether it's 135 degrees or 180 degrees, but, I tell my supporting foot to turn the full 180 degrees because of my styles methodologies and these methodologies of Shindokan are valid and per our Soke/Dai-Soke, these methodologies are without contestation because they work and this is all that should matter to me. I've tried for 45 years to disprove EVERYTHING/ANYTHING that my Soke/Dai-Soke have given to us who practice Shindokan the way Soke intended. But guess what? I've not disproved everything/anything YET! Again, it works for us/me that are in Shindokan. Now, when I find something that I don't like and/or I disagree with, then I don't and won't do it. This is my choice! That's not saying that I've proved anything on contrary to what my Soke/Dai-Soke have taught and instilled in us/me. No, it just means that I won't and don't want to do/teach something for whatever reason(s) I've chosen. This angered my Soke and it still angers my Dai-Soke, but, they're fine with it because I've earned the right along time ago to question everything, and I do, because it's my right as a martial artist. My last post was to just offer another viewpoint from outside of the standard TKD methodology circle and not to say that Shindokan's way is the right way and/or the only way because it's not; no style's is! If a straightened knee works for whomever, then go for it. If it doesn't matter where the supporting foot is at anytime of the side kick, then go for it. If anything that I offered in my last post is against whomevers methodology, I apologise because that wasn't my intent at all; just to point out another styles advice. Take it or leave it is the right of the practitioner and this includes me. My way isn't wrong and my way isn't right! Other styles' way isn't wrong and other styles' way isn't right! It's what we have and it works for us, therefore, we do it and we do it well! Again, forgive me because I was just offering a different viewpoint for discussional purposes only! My respect to everyone here at KF!

I've no right to say anything in this forum because I'm not a practitioner of any Korean martial art. Yes, I did take 1 year of TKD while I was in high school, while I was already a Jr. Black Belt in Shindokan, but, that still gives me no right to speak about any TKD methodology. Having said that, please allow me to comment on the side kick in general terms as I've been trained in it through Shindokan, an Okinawan Karate style, for the past 45 years. Pivot: Pivoting of the supporting foots heel should raise only as minimum as possible to avoid the appearance of any sine wave. Path from point 'A' to point 'B' should be as natural and as quick as possible, therefore, the sine wave should be practically invisible. Shindokan teaches us that excessive sine wave robs the power curve across the board. Supporting foot: The supporting foot should fully rotate away from the kick. Meaning this. At the completion of the side kick the supporting foot is pointing 180 degrees opposite of the kick. Illustrated by this... as crude as it is... kicking foot= <---- ---> =supporting foot Shindokan teaches us that this amount of 180 degrees away fully opens the hips much more than 135 degrees as practiced by many other martial art styles. If there's a physical reason that one can't fully rotate into the full 180 degrees, then of course, adjustments must be made to the side kick so that that student can develop power appreciatively. Reaching the power curve at the side kicks most extended/apex position is critical and must be achieved simultaneously; hence the full 180 degree away of the supporting foot. Knee of the Supporting Leg: The knee plays a vital role in the entire side kick. One, the knee of the supporting leg is the shock absorber. As contact is made, the knee helps to absorb the opposite and equal reaction of and as the kicking foot reaches the target. The knee of the supporting leg being slightly bent is optimum in the entire side kick whether it's for absorption and/or for relationally moving inward and outward of and to the opponent. A straightened knee of the supporting leg is dangerous to the practitioner because of the added possibility of it [knee of the supporting foot] being hyperextended and/or resulting in dameage to any knee cartilage, muscles, ligaments, and/or tendons. Also, the straightened knee of the supporting foot is at a much higher risk of bone truama [breakage] if and when the opponent decides to sweep the supporting foot. This is just as basic as I can present the Shindokan methodology on the side kick, but, these things that I've posted here are important to every martial artist in every martial art, imho, because...after all...most every martial art has a side kick in its syllabus and/or the practitioner of the martial arts has chosen the side kick as one of their weapons. Everything in the side kick should start and end at the same time! Hopefully this post might help! Hopefully, I've not caused any vexing amoungst my fellow martial artists, especially the practitoners of any Korean martial art because that's the furthest thing from my mind. My intent with this post was to bridge the differences between the different styles of the martial arts, in what I consider a very basic kick; the side kick. If I've offended, please forgive me for my carelessness!

You're killing me here, Bob! We have a family friend who was the last to get the paddle at my home town high school. He apparently got it a lot, so the principle gave it to him to keep as a momento. Man oh man, I would've respectfully declined the momento...some momento, thanks but no thanks. Just looking at the momento would've cause my backside to have flashback pain.

Here's mine.... http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=100000348765429&ref=profile Don't laugh at me, but, I had to ask my sister, "What's a URL and where is it!" Sheech, I'm beyond computer dumb!

Game #3 went to the Yankees over Phillies; 8-5, after a long rain delay! Of course and as to be expected...Mo was Mo the mower! Heheheeeee, I kill myself! Now, Game #4 is next....Yankees will win that! Game #5....Yankees will lose that one because Cliff Lee of the Phillies will make sure of that. Moving Lee from game #4 to game #5 to give Lee some added rest was smart, and the Yankees will more than likely face another in the 'L' column. That will bring the Yankees back to the Bronx for games #6 and game #7. We won't need a game #7! GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!! BTW, is it bad of me to want to set up a TV in the main Hombu classroom while I'm teaching so that I don't miss any of the World Series?