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Congrats Joe! Surprise tests are great!

Unless you're the one on the receiving end. California USE to allow spanking, I know, I've been on the receiving end of a few when I was at Robert Fulton Jr. High in Van Nuys, California. Guess what? They [spankings] hurt and they made their perfect point, a point that I never forgot. Were my parents lacking in their discipline of me while I was growing up? NO WAY! My parents were very strict. What I hated about the whole corporal punishment by the school was that just as soon as I got home after being spanked at school; I'd get spanked again by my parents. Man, talk about overkill of a lesson and/or a point! Sheech! My name's Bob, not Everlast!

Personally I thought it was pretty cool. I can't throw a football, to my knowledge, behind my back.

tufrthanu, I see that we're not of the same methodology and this is fine. My post was to only offer an alternative/other-side-of-the-fence suggestions based on my styles methodology. It's all good!

Check this out... http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1008614 Is this hotdogging? Is this poor sportsmanship? Enjoy...

Yes, I do agree with this with only one exception or addition. The supporting foot position is ALSO important in order for the hips to fully/completely roll over. In Shindokan, we're taught from day one to rotate the supporting foot a FULL 180 degrees away/opposite, for example, of the side/roundhouse kick for the reason that I stated above. This is just our way and in that, our way works for us but it might not work for others.

Yeah, what Patrick said! GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!

What has surprised me about Shindokan is... *We use our hands much more than kicks; 85% hands and 15% feet. I thought Karate was kicking. I was just a kid when I started in Shindokan. *I'm surprised at just how many martial arts use the word "Shindokan"!

Usually? Ouchy!!! Hopefully I'm in with good company!...or...Am I the only one?

Imho, Mr. Blythe has never learned the 3 K's of Karate, which for him they stand for... Kreep, Krazy, and Kriminal!

My very own Sensei/Dai-Soke SCREAMED VERY LOUD at me once when I was a kid, plus, I was suspended from the Dojo. What did I do? I put his belt on! BTW, I deserved it! Funny how we're talking about what we would do and what we wouldn't do when it comes to punishment. Even though a Dojo isn't the same thing as a public schools, K-12,...or are they? Both teach students. Yet, when a public school passes out its punishment; that's ok! Look at your childs Student Handbook once. You'd be surprised what's being enforced by your child's school. Some school punishment is severe. For example, in the state of Texas, corporal punishment by the principal or the vice-principal are protected by law. What does this mean? A principal or a vice-principal DON'T need parent/guardian permission to use corporal punishment. In that, there's nothing a parent can do when their child is spanked!

Absolutely!

Sounds good to me! Our entire family LOVES the Hendrick team!

Yes, I agree, this World Series should be exciting and nerve racking for both teams as well as the fans. Onto Game #1: [Here's what I noticed!] Yankees lost game #1 in the 2009 World Series against the Phillies by the score of 6-1. Yankess will still win the World Series! Why? Enter the dragon...not Bruce Lee...but...Cliff Lee, pitcher of the Phillies is a weapon to be reckoned with, but, the Yankees couldn't slay this dragon. Solid performance by Cliff Lee! The only wins that the Phillies will get during this World Series will be on the talent and arm of Cliff Lee, IMHO! Why? Because the remaining of the Phillies pitching staff is monsteratively less across the board than Cliff Lee. Again, the Yankees will win the World Series; 4-2. Reason is this. Cliff Lee is the only Philly pitcher that can handle the Yankees. Therefore, Cliff Lee's already won game #1 for the Phillies; Cliff Lee will win game #4 for the Phillies...and that's it. Game #2 againt Pedro Martinez; Yankees will get 5 runs in the first 5 innings...just to start things! Yes, the Phillies are defending World Series Champions, but, the Phillies weren't playing against the Yankees in the World Series last year...now they are. Remember, this post is just my opinion and in that, it's also a post that's meant to be fun, poke a little at the Phillies. Please don't get me wrong. The Phillies are great and they're great enough to have made it to the World Series. No matter who wins; this will be a fun World Series! Stats don't lie, therefore, proof is on the field! GO YANKEES!!!!

We are!

Activities: God is first in my life above everything else, then my family's after that...well...then it's...Shindokan Karate-Do, Martial Arts, camping, hiking, biking, swimming, skiing (water/snow), basketball, baseball, bowling, and fishing. These are the main activities that I enjoy the most! Interests: THE NEW YORK YANKEES, Creature Bleachers, Mo' the greatest closer in baseball...EVER, Reading, Chess, modeling, Piano, Guitar (Bass more than other types of Guitar), NASCAR, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Cowboys, but, wow, I'm interested in alot of things, but, this will suffice for now. Favorite Music: Guns N' Roses, Meat Loaf, Elvis, Beatles...Country, Rock/Roll, Blues, Gospel...sheech...I like all types of music, but, if I eliminate "peeling-paint-off-the-walls" Heavy Metal and Rap with swearing words, then, I love all genre of music except those two I've just mentioned. Favorite TV Shows: This list could go on forever...Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Hells Kitchen, Black Gold, American Idol, The Amazing Race, Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Catch, Pawn Stars, The Apprentice, Repo...well...mostly everything on the History Channel and on the Discovery Channel. I love TMC and old TV shows like Adam-12, Ironside, Dragnet, Marcus Welby M.D., The A-Team, Hawaii Five-O and on and on and on. Whew...that's enough for now! Favorite Movies: Bat-21, Enter The Dragon, Stalag 17, The Rookie, Apollo 13, any and all old Japanese movies...well...this list is very long also. There are just way to many movies to list, but, my all time favorite movie is Bat-21 because this is based on a true story about Lt. Colonel Iceal E. "Gene" Hambleton. The film stars Gene Hackman as Lt. Colonel Iceal E. "Gene" Hambleton, the downed navigator (EWO) officer, and Danny Glover as Captain Bartholomew Clark, an Air Force FAC pilot who flies a Cessna Skymaster. The film is loosely based on the real-life rescue of Lt. Col. Hambleton by U.S. Navy SEAL Thomas R. Norris and team member Nguyen Van Kiet, a South Vietnamese SEAL. Favorite Books: The Bible, any Martial Art Book!!!, Who Moved My Cheese, most business/management books, most political biographies, most history books, most Cival War books, all Chess books, factual war books based on stratagies/battles, most sports history books, and any book by: Louis L'Amour, James Clavell, Dean Koontz, Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, J. K. Rowling, and Stephen Coonts to just name a few.

ROFLMBBO!!!! Every team must have someone cheer for the team that's not going to win, therefore, the Phillies have Brian! GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!! [bTW, this is only meant as fun Brian!]

I hear you on the loooooooooooooong season! Hang there! I've only one thing to say about LJ...BENCH HIM!!!!!!! If he gets in the face of the head coach who benches him, then BENCH HIM LONGER!

WOW! Hhhmmmm! OK! [bTW, these are good comments!] Because it's a training TOOL! Imho, valuable training tools/methodologies. Allow me to address each of the following: It's not useless. It's a training methodology. It's akin to Ikken hissatsu...To Kill With One Blow. To hit to end. You've not seen this in a bar fight because neither of the combatants understand Ikken hissatsu nor can neither of the combatants hit with that much completeness. Neither have I gotten into a fight with a piece of wood and as Bruce said to O'Hara..."Boards don't hit back!" AGAIN...it a training methodology that many hate but many more train in it because it's just a tool. Refine the steel to make it harder prevents it from becoming/remaining brittle. Another training tool/methodology and it has its merits as well as its value. Another training tool/methodology in preparing one for the street. This is how my style, Shindokan, is. Full contact at all times, including in training. BUT, as a baby must learn how to crawl and everthing in between before one starts to run, so must a Karateka/Martial Artist. All of the methodologies that you've presented are not only vital and important to the development of the Karateka/Martial Artist but their essential. I'd not take away a proven tool. Yes, it's proven because before one can swim, one must first stand in the water! Bottom line, if someone doesn't like them, then don't train in them. Instead, find someone who would allow 'you' to beat them to death for the realism.

I might seem uncaring and unfeeling with what I'm about to say, but, let my uncaring and my unfeeling preface my compassion. I've been there and in that, I understand what you're going through...and so has/does every other martial artist. Only thing I can do is to encourage a student to continue in the martial arts. By this, I'm not going to do cartwheels or beg. I'm just going to outline the pros of the martial arts. After that, if a student wants to quit, then quit. I've not much sympathy for those who just want to quit to quit. I'm not going to get many to support my feeling on this, but, that's cool. The student came to me to learn the martial arts, I didn't come to the student. I understand why students want to quit because the martial arts isn't for everybody. Now, when a student gets a bad instructor, then by all means quit and look for a good instructor. Having said that... Their black/brown belts for a reason. Don't worry about them! You're a 6th Kyu for a reason. Don't worry about that! Be content with the 6th Kyu and be excited that you're about to test for 5th Kyu. Before you became a 6th Kyu you were a 10th/9th Kyu and when you were that white belt watching the 6th Kyu's, you probably thought to yourself quitely the very same thing about those 6th/5th Kyu's, but, you made it to 6th Kyu and now you're ready to test for 5th Kyu. Stand tall and be proud of yourself. It's suppose to be hard! It's suppose to be difficult! It's suppose to be impossible! But, you made it to 6th Kyu and before you were a 6th Kyu you said the same things to yourself when you were 9th Kyu and then when you were a 8th Kyu...but...now you're 6th Kyu and darn proud of yourself and you should be. Be a 6th Kyu getting ready to test for 5th Kyu and let the brown belts and the black belts be what they are; advanced to you, but, that's cool because in the martial arts, there will always be someone better/higher rank than you. When you were/are helping a lower rank than yourself with whatever, didn't you feel good to be helping them through their difficulties at hand? Sure you were because what they were struggling through was easy for you and you remember how hard it was for you when you were where they are now. SAME THING! Whenever one sees something new, the first reaction is..."I CAN'T DO THAT!" and/or "I'll NEVER BE ABLE TO DO THAT!" But before you knew it, you were able to do exactly that and very well. Just keep driving and training and practicing HARD and with great purpose! Don't just go through the motions but experience and feel and discover those motions! When you fall down, get right up, dust yourself off, and continue with the training/practicing! Bruce Lee put it well... "Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick." This is you, this is me, this is every martial artist. You will understand in time, but, even then, you'll continue to seek perfection in yourself as well as your martial art. Patience is a virtue, and in this virtue, you'll find yourself in your complete totality. Now, burnout is something totally different because that happens from time to time with everybody, martial artists included. I've reached burnout many times over 4 decades of training in the martial arts, but, having a supportive student base and a supportive/driving Sensei has helped me work through the burnout to rekindle the flame within. Burnout wise, list the pros and cons about your martial arts training/experience; if after listing the pros and cons step away from the list. If your con list is longer than the pro list, well, analysis it carefully to see what might've created the cons, after that, make the list one more time. Then if the cons outweigh the pros, well, there's no use in pursuing the martial arts. Gook luck!

I use very minimal physical disciplinary measures. The only time that I use it will be when a student, children AND adults, especially a new student, is late to class. In that, one of my Sempai's will quietly intercept that student and remind them of the dojo Kun as well as their duties and responsibilities to themself, to the Hombu, and to their fellow students. The student will then do push-ups in a corner that's away from the class in progress while the Sempai watches. Students that have been there awhile already know what to do when they're late and they just drop down and start pushing before being bowed into class. More often than not, speaking with the student(s)/parents in the privacy of my office is more effective. Very rarely will I have to scold a entire class verbally during class, but, it does happen. Counseling should be done in private and not in front of the entire class because I wouldn't want to be disciplined publicly, therefore, I don't do it to others. I've always lived by this philosophy...DON'T ATTACK THE PERSON; ATTACK THE PROBLEM! If I attack the person with "You", then I make it a personal attack to the student, but, if I attack the problem, then the student knows that I'm not happy, but, together, we address the problem and then solve the problem together. NEVER DO I EVER PHYSICALLY DISCIPLINE ANY STUDENT!

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. Did you do a double Tony Romo threw NO INTERCEPTIONS against the Falcons. Cowboy's walk away with a win over the aforementioned Falcons by a score of 37-21 at home. Romo's numbers weren't a dream or a look back to yesterdays. No! Romo's stats were facts: 21 Completions, 29 Attempts, 311 Yards, 3 Touchdowns, and NO INTERCEPTIONS. Well, these stats made me shut my doubting mouth...this week, that is! Even the sun shines on a dog's rearend once in a while. Let's see if this is the beginning of the rebirth of the Romo of old when he was once solid, or is this just some fluke. For the Cowboys and the Cowboys fans I hope and pray that this isn't just some fluke to toy with us. If so, then off with Romo's head I say!! In Week #8, the Cowboys will host the Seahawks who are 2-4 overall and 0-2 on the road. Still, I'll keep my fingers crossed and my legs and my toes and my arms and my eyes for a Romo repeat of today and the big win. Some great games this week #7 in the NFL but with the great there must be the not-so-great: Green Bay 31 Cleveland 3 *Poor Browns. I feel for them! OUCHY! San Francisco 21 Houston 24 *Pretty good game and I was glad for the Texans...again! San Diego 37 Kansas City 7 *Man! Can't the Chiefs catch a break...ever? Minnesota 17 Pittsburgh 27 *Favre finally lost with the Vikings, but, hey, nobody's perfect. Indianapolis 42 St. Louis 6 *St. Louis is now having a hard time remembering what a win looks like! New England 35 Tampa Bay 7 *A trip to England is what everyone needs, and coming off a hugh win last week. Buffalo 20 Carolina 9 *Poor Panthers make mistakes look easy. Another tough lost to the Panthers. NY Jets 38 Oakland 0 *There's a reason why the Raiders are the WORST in the NFL. Chicago 10 Cincinnati 45 *Bengals are HOT! In spite of last weeks lost to Houston, the Bengals improved their record; 5-2. Atlanta 21 Dallas 37 *WHEW! New Orleans 46 Miami 34 *Can someone say...UNDEFEATED...STILL! Way to go Saints! Arizona 24 NY Giants 17 *Defense! Defense! Defense! That's exactly what beat the Giants. ^^This weeks Bye were for: Denver (6-0), Detroit (1-5), Tennessee (0-6), Seattle (2-4), Jacksonville (3-3), Baltimore (3-3) ^^^Undefeated teams STILL: Colts (6-0), Broncos (6-0), and Saints (6-0)^^^ MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: <---Redskins will be hosting the Eagles---> Washington (2-4) Streak=Lost 2 Philadelphia (3-2) Road (1-1) Streak=Lost 1 **I'm expecting a back and forth game of...high expectations. I don't know whose expectations are high, but, I might or might not watch this game. I don't care what the score will be, but, for fun, Washington over Philidelphia 14-7...or not! GO COWBOYS!!!!!!!

The defending World Series Champions: The Philadelphia Phillies are primed and ready. The New York Yankees are primed and ready. Both teams are gunning for the other, but, in the end, only one will be the 105th World Series Champions. The last time that the Phillies and the Yankees meet in the World Series was in the 1950 Fall Classic; Yankees swept that encounter 4-0, that was then, this is now! History just might repeat itself again when the New York Yankees emerge triumphant over the deshelved Phillies. But, hey, what else am I suppose to say? After all, I'm a die-hard Yankee fan! Let the chips fall where they may because when it's all over and when all has been said and when all has been lost....the New York Yankees will be World Series Champions....again...their 27th World Series Ring, and once again taking their rightful place at the top of the mountain; as the most dominating club in MLB! This World Series, imho, won't be a repeat of the 2001 or 2003 World Series in which the Yankees lost both repectfully to the Diamondbacks and then the Marlins. No, it'll be a battle from start to finish between these two clubs, and in that, the 2009 World Series Championship series will go 4-3, YANKEES WIN! YANKEES WIN! YANKEES WIN! The New York Yankees have played in 40 of the 105 Series through 2009 and have won 26 World Series championships through 2008, the most of any Major League franchise and exactly one quarter of all World Series titles won to date. The Phillies want to repeat as Champions, but, there's something in their way of accomplishing this amazing feat, and, it's the Yankees who want to re-establish their dynasty in MLB, proving once again to the naysayers that the New York Yankees are truly America's Team! Dynasty? Yes, DYNASTY! The New York Yankees appeared in their first World Series in 1921, and became frequent participants thereafter. Over a period of 45 years, 1920 to 1964, the Yankees played in the World Series 29 times. This period reached its apex between 1949 and 1964, when the Yankees reached the World Series 14 times in sixteen years (missing only 1954 and 1959), winning nine. From 1949 to 1953, the Yankees won the World Series five years in a row; no other franchise has won more than three consecutively. Am I excited? OH YEAH!!!! GO YANKEES!!!!!!!

YANKEES WIN! YANKEES WIN! YANKEES WIN the 2009 ALCS Championship! Beating the Angels 5-2. Andy Pettite was awesome! Mo was awesome! A-Rod was awesome! The entire Yankee roster was...AWESOME! Phillies! You want the Yankees? You wanted the Yankees in the World Series? Well, you've got the Yankees this Wednesday in the bronx at Yankee Stadium, be careful about what you ask for because you WILL regret it. The Phillies are well rested and that's good because their going to need the rest. Why are the Phillies going to need the rest? Pppppplllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeeeeeeee....THE NEW YORK YANKEES are coming and their HOT and ON FIRE!!!!!!!! GO YANKEES!!!!!!

Yes, This is a great question! The Mas Oyama 3 book series "What Is Karate?", "This Is Karate", and "Advanced Karate". Why these books as per the OP? These books are very similar to Shindokan Karate-Do as it was founded by Soke Fuyuhiko Saitou Sensei. Simplistically as I can put it...Shindokan Karate-Do is an extremely demanding full-contact Karate from Okinawa that utilizes full power kicking, punching and striking techniques during sparring matches and training sessions. Tuite is at the most absolute core of Shindokan!