Chuck

You're welcome!!! BTW, the pronunciation guide of the manual on pages 3 to 6 is how I was taught when I took Japanese in college 37 years ago (wow that is so long ago, LOL!!!)

check out this karate terms and Kanji manual, the basic vowel sounds for A, I , U, E, O and Kana are presented very well: https://seitouryukarate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/GoJu-Ryu-Karate-Terms-and-Kanji.pdf It goes over Goju Ryu terms, but many karate style use the same terms.

For our shotokan school we do: 10th kyu (white) - 5 step kumite (no reverse punch for defender) 9th kyu (yellow) - 5 step kumite (reverse punch for defender) 8th kyu (orange) - 5 step kumite (reverse punch for defender) 7th kyu (green) - 3 step kumite (reverse punch for defender) 6th kyu (green) - 3 step kumite (reverse punch for defender) 5th kyu (green) - 3 step kumite (reverse punch for defender) 4th kyu (green) - 3 step kumite (reverse punch for defender) 3th kyu (brown) - 1 step kumite (reverse punch for defender) 2th kyu (brown) - 1 step kumite (reverse punch for defender) 1st kyu to pre-shodan (brown) - 1 step kumite advance (free sparring - attack and defend reverse punch)

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!