sensei8

OUTSTANDING! WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry to hear about that Brian! That is a bummer!

Some things shouldn't ever be stopped, but, when you read this article, you can understand why.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_us/us_santa_s_mail_canceled Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Some hate the bank so much that they....well... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_grotto_hidden_coins That's it....where's my rake!

Check this out... http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Time-In-Prison--70426052.html?yhp=1 Ok Bob...from now on...leave a tip...a big tip!

10 things NOT to say when firing an employee... http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/108147/ten-things-not-to-say-when-firing-an-employee?mod=career-salary_negotiation

Chinese Cookies?!?!?!?!!??!!??!??!?! I've no idea who invented them.

Hey...BTW...how goes the Combat Hapkido?

It would appear so! Hey, I'm getting the hang of not picking the winner....heheheheehehe

sensei8, I am not trying to sound negative towards you, but the chance will almost never present itself in a real confrontation. Unless you are going against a inexpereinced person. That's ok...I'll be ready whenever it actually presents itself....and my opponent, no matter how skilled or unskilled, will find it rather uncomfortable. The bueaty of Tuite is that the techniques will sneak up when one, skilled or unskilled, isn't expecting it. I'll be ready!

Ohh......there's that word again...complacent...well...I'm fine with it!

That is true. Have you ever read William S. Wilson's writing..."Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors"? Well, he speaks of just that...social class, family lineage, writing style, and geography; including the sharing of common values. Yet, the Code of Bushido is just as real as the planet Earth is...real that is!

Code of Bushido and many other things in the martial arts are just not understood, but, they're thrown around anyway without any thought and/or any care, imho!

They're both martial arts! Not by name and not by literal definition! Gung Fu could be applied to anything of acquired skill. In a sense, Karate can be a Gung Fu, though it is a mixture of terms (like bo staff-East and West termed together) Still...not by name and not by literal definition!

Why? Do they freak seeing your strange underwear? Seriously, I cannot fully understand the pupose of this thread. For be it as it may, if one is all these things when they take off their belt, why bother to put one on in the first place? For FUN...cool? And, why not! I sometimes create...real dorky topics and sometimes I don't...cool?

...or walking into any brick wall...over and over. As long has the brick wall is pretty and decorated Oh...but of course!

Well, first President Obama gets a Nobel Prize....then he gets an honorary Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do...cool...good grief! Here's a very brief article about this.... http://www.kidokwan.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=387:president-obama-to-receive-honorary-taekwondo-belt&catid=41:kukki

My prayers go out to Brock Lesnar and his family... http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/5027.html

Mine would be... Passing my Hachidan in Shindokan Kobudo...finally! AND Becoming Kaicho and Chief Instructor of the Shindokan Hombu

Yes...you're right! Thanks for straightening me out because I wait until it gets cold...dumb of me.......duh bob!

I do like, at least it's different, that the ATA uses roman numbers to depict black belt ranks. If it's a preference to wear or not to wear, the practitoner whom chooses either way SHOULD BE RESPECTED as to their preference, imho. But, that's not the case per my previous post.

RichardZ, My bad. That article was written by Black Belt Magazine, Michael James (Publisher, Black Belt, p.6, April, 2000), NOT by the website I linked to. I'm sorry I didn't make it more clear, again, that was my fault and my bad!

It's that time of the year where it's time to get some hot chocolate. Here's 20 Chocolate receipes to warm you up... http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Drinks/Hot-Chocolate/Top.aspx = Yummy!

Brian, Just Sparring...I LOVE IT! Nothing better than JUST SPARRING! Just spar, just spar, just spar, just spar, just spar..... Sometimes my black belts hate JUST SPARRING with me. They'll wonder out loud at times..."AREN'T YOU TIRED YET?" My usual response..."NOPE...KEEP GOING!" Heheheehhee, I love just sparring!

Aww, yes!! Raw cookie dough! Its the best. Now, if I combine that with my post-workout chocolate milk, I'll be sitting in high cotton! Awesome... Ok, maybe no one should take nutritional advise from me... ROFLMBBO!!!!!!!!!!! Brian, now, THAT'S FUNNY!