Chuck

This is a really good book/pdf... http://www.gojuryucatalunya.com/kanji.pdf

the orignal karate video with music was remove because of copyright issues however the original song they artist can still be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoCfNZUV9ik

The short story... A sempai instructor in our dojo was asked to take a break from our Dojo. He did disrespect the dojo and Sensei. I've haven't seen or heard from him since I first posted this topic.

How much do you get paid as a Sempai Instructor?

Wow.

As the owner/sensei of your dojo, what would you do if one of your Black Belt Sempai/instructor was talking bad about the Dojo behind your back?

Just wondering how many quit becuase they did not pass?

Wow! At the Kukkiwon!?! Thats cool. Is there any difference if you get shodan at the Kukkiwon or at a Dojang out side of Korea that's Kukkiwon certified?

Nice! Great Job. Competition must have been tough if you got 4th. If you performed that at the ISKF tournaments I've attended it would have been 1st/2nd place performance.

Check out interp. of the bunkai after the kata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q42Br_EaDlg

I disagree, since this video IMO is pretty good instruction.

This is good stuff!

How come you don't have a 10th kyu?? Not all schools start at 10th Kyu. It all depends on how the training is broken up (i.e. promotions once a year vs every 6 months). In fact, a lot of Karate/Shotokan schools back in the day (before the 70s) only had 7 kyu(s). Also, if you go back far enough some Karate school only had White and Black (like Judo); therefore anything below Shodan is just white belt.

Sure, my son ( and I both compete at least once a year. However, however we've been to about 5-6 tournaments in the past two years. Tournaments are the best way to gauge your progress among a greater number of peers outside your Dojo/school.

Very solid point. If you go back far enough the sparring styles of either MT or Karate would not look like the sparring styles of present.