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To start out I have no experience or knowledge of these organizations or any history they might or might not have with each other. I do agree that it is a red flag to claim that attending another seminar is an ethics violation. Some schools do not play well with others, and in my opinion that is unfortunate because by preventing the students from attending you are preventing them from learning. Unless there is some type of a scam or legal issue between the organizations this is 100% unacceptable imo. And, even if there is an issue, it's questionable. Some years ago there was a lawsuit between USSD and Z-Ultimate Karate, where United Studios of Self Defense accused Z-Ultimate of rebranding USSD into a different name without consent and used their same material. The Katas, the belt system, the testing curriculum, was all the exact same as USSD, they just basically stole everything they did but changed the name. The courts sided with USSD, and Z-Ultimate was ordered to pay 7.7 million dollars in damages. However, even then there were students who were cross training between the two schools and were allowed to. Another example, there was an Aikido school in town that did not allow students to attend seminars of other styles, dojos, or instructors. If the students did not obey this rule they were banned from training at the Aikido dojo. I don't like it. Actually, no, I hate it. If I was training somewhere and they told me I wasn't allowed to expand my knowledge by learning from others I would quit that school and go somewhere else. Major issue for me.

That's cool. Might be worth looking into.I am not far enough into it yet to have an opinion, but it has been on my bookshelf for a while, so I decided it was time to read it. So many books and not enough time.

Weldon Rogers - So Long, Good Luck, and Goodbye

Season 2 of the Fraiser reboot will start on September 19.

July 10, 2021. Lost to Dustin Poirier after breaking his leg at the end of round one. A disappointing way for the main event to end. I did not have a rooting interest; I just remember it well because I was new to the UFC and it was my first time watching a PPV.

Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee. The daughter of Bruce Lee wrote a book about his teachings.

New Order - Blue Monday

Why do you think that?It doesn't seem to have any point. He has nothing to prove and has more money than he can ever spend. He has not fought in over three years, is currently injured, and last time he did fight he suffered a major injury. With nothing to prove, no title on the line, and 300 million plus in the bank, why come back and risk further injury? It doesn't make sense to me. However, he is saying that he plans to fight in December so I could be completely wrong.

Talking Heads - Girlfriend is Better

Looks like McGregor won't be fighting before October. My guess is that he will never fight in the UFC again.

That's good stuff. You really run the gamut on your music selection. I like it! Well thank you. I used to DJ so I had to know a wide range of music. To be honest a lot of it I did not like at first, but some of the songs grew on me. Lil Troy - Wanna Be a Baller

There is a slim chance that some of the stuff Hollywood puts out could be a little bit fabricated.

Good to hear. I think the one-day contract in pro-sports are kind of cool. Maybe other businesses should try that...or maybe not. I had a one-day contract at a job once but it wasn't on purpose.

Eric Staal is signing a one-day contract to retire as a Carolina Hurricane. The team will retire his #12 during the regular season.

Thank you for sharing your story.

Interested to look at some of the best players in the NHL that never won the cup. Here are a few names that come to mind right away for me: Retired: Jeremy Roenick, Pavel Bure, Adam Oates Active players who could still win the cup: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Carrey Price, Austin Matthews, Erik Karlsson. Who is on your list?

It's strange to me that Cobra Kai is still allowed in the Sekai Taikai. This is supposed to be a very prestigious and select group of dojo's and Cobra Kai got in but since then their head sensei, Terry Silver, is gone, and their two competing students, Lee and Payne, both left the team. Yet they are competing with Tory who ran off instead of fighting for the tournament, and they are out of Korea instead of the USA. Maybe this will get explained in future episodes, seems like they are running out of ways to make it work so they just throw it together and hope you buy in. I am buying in, but it doesn't tie together the way it should. Though I am very interested to learn about Miyagi's story with the tournament. I expect it will explain a lot about his strong feelings toward tournament competition.

Congrats.

Danzig - Dirty Black Summer

There is a great one in Reno, Nevada called the XP Arcade. It is inside the Circus Circus casino, which is located downtown, nicknamed "The Row" where several Reno casinos are on Virginia Street. They have many games including "The World's Largest Pac-Man" game. You can play PACMAN on a big screen. I played it, pretty cool. They have kind of an arcade and carnival mix, with a free circus show periodically throughout the day. Worth going to if you are an arcade fan and visiting Reno.

Kind of how I see it as well. As much as I have enjoyed the series it feels like it is time to conclude. They have done a great job with the show, all it needs now is a strong ending. Solid post!! Stretching it beyond season 6 to me would only hurt the franchise because story lines could become quite strained and far-fetched. Like the song, The Gambler reminds us... "You got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away And know when to run" Now it is stuck in my head Just today I saw an interview with Sean Kanan who said there are rumors of a spin off of the show. What did you think of the fight between Johnny and Mike Barnes? Two stubborn hot heads that won't backdown from anyone for any reason no matter who's right and/or who's wrong; not in their make-up. They verbally pushed and challenged each other before the fight broke out between those two. I know that they've both trained in the martial arts, but exactly how much experience they each have, I've no idea. They both had the basic foundation for their roles in the Karae Kid franchise. I got a small chuckle how well Johnny stood his ground against Barnes, seeing that Barnes holds a, ahem, 10th Dan, of which his techniques had no maturity in them whatsoever. Barnes uttered his famous line... "Your Karate is a joke!!" What do I think about their fight?? An interesting movie choreography. What do you think about their fight?? I thought the fight was great, but I was surprised with the result. I guess that is one of the many twists and turns we see in the show. Expect the unexpected. Long time KK fans have wanted to see Barnes and Johnny fight, Chozen and Johnny fight, Chozen and Barnes fight, Dutch and Barnes fight, ect. We are getting a lot of those now. I still hope Barnes and Silver fight, and Silver and Kreese fight, though that is looking unlikely. I did find it strange that the show seemed to just skip over Barnes saving Johnny's life at the end of season 5. Felt like they should have been tight instead they were against each other.

Kenny Rodgers - The Gambler Thanks Sensei8!

Kind of how I see it as well. As much as I have enjoyed the series it feels like it is time to conclude. They have done a great job with the show, all it needs now is a strong ending. Solid post!! Stretching it beyond season 6 to me would only hurt the franchise because story lines could become quite strained and far-fetched. Like the song, The Gambler reminds us... "You got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away And know when to run" Now it is stuck in my head Just today I saw an interview with Sean Kanan who said there are rumors of a spin off of the show. What did you think of the fight between Johnny and Mike Barnes?

Did you enjoy the Kickboxer movies?

Kind of how I see it as well. As much as I have enjoyed the series it feels like it is time to conclude. They have done a great job with the show, all it needs now is a strong ending.