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Thanks for the replies. Hope everyone had a nice day. I just finished a turkey sandwich!

Have you voted yet? If not, please do. The more valid votes we get, the better that the awards are! Thanks, Patrick

For those that celebrate it, I just wanted to say: have a happy Thanksgiving! Patrick

Thanks all. I really appreciate it. Patrick

Welcome aboard, Ms. Battersby-Lebarron. Patrick

A fancy dress party is a costume party. That's mainly a British term and I learned it on the TV show "Keeping Up Appearances."

Good luck, quinteros1963. Patrick

Welcome aboard, Jane. Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. Every year for as long as I can remember, I have marked our half birthday with an announcement. This year is no different. This community is now 9 and 1/2 years old! I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of the members of my staff for helping me keep the community on track and focused on our goals. Thank you Heidi, Brian, Danielle, Ed, Alex, Jennifer, George, Jeffrey and Cliff for all of the contributions that you have made to this community! Thank you, as well, to all of our long time loyal users who have contributed positively to this community. On May 21, we'll turn 10 years old. What should we do to celebrate it? I'm open to ideas, via this thread or, better yet, in private through the private message system. Thank you for reading and for supporting KarateForums.com! Sincerely, Patrick

Hello, Welcome to the voting period of the ninth annual KarateForums.com Awards. Through these awards, we recognize just a few of the individuals who have made outstanding contributions to KarateForums.com in the past year. These awards take into consideration all community activity between October 19, 2009 and October 18, 2010. You submitted your nominations and, from those, we have our KarateForums.com Awards 2010 nominees. In all, 13 different members have been nominated in the various categories that make up this year's awards. They are ps1, joesteph, Kuma, isshinryu5toforever, sensei8, evergrey, GeoGiant, bushido_man96, tallgeese, DWx, JiuJitsuNation, Jeffrey and NightOwl. Congratulations to all of you! With the ballots crafted, it is now time to vote. In order to do so, you must have a KarateForums.com account that had at least 10 posts made on or before October 18, 2010 (Eastern Time). There is just one guideline to keep in mind when voting: 1. Do not attempt to artificially inflate our vote totals in any way. This includes but is not limited to trading votes, encouraging people to vote indiscriminately (publicly or privately), mass mailing/posting and any other behavior that could lead to results being artificially skewed. Individuals found to be participating in these activities will be disqualified from nomination in any category. Please note that you do not have to vote in every category. You can vote for as many or as few as you would like - please go for as many as you feel comfortable with. The more valid votes we get, the better! The categories are listed below. Please click the link(s) and vote in the poll(s). Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/member-of-the-year-vt39910.html New Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/new-member-of-the-year-vt39909.html Community Spirit Award http://www.karateforums.com/community-spirit-award-vt39908.html Staff Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/staff-member-of-the-year-vt39907.html Funniest Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/funniest-member-of-the-year-vt39906.html Article of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/article-of-the-year-vt39905.html So, that's all there is to it. Please vote. We need as many valid votes as possible! Voting will be closed on December 3, 2010 at 8 PM ET. Please do not post your votes in this or any thread. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to private message me or reply to this thread. Please do not post a reply on the poll threads. Thank you for reading and for visiting KarateForums.com. Sincerely, Patrick

Please vote for the Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2010. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the non-staff member who you feel best exemplifies the qualities that KarateForums.com puts a premium on. Knowledge is valuable, but most valuable is a kind and helpful nature. You don't need to be a martial arts expert to be nominated for this award - you need to be someone who is kind and who shares what they know in a productive fashion that helps others. Here are the nominees: ps1 joesteph Kuma isshinryu5toforever sensei8 Voting will be closed on December 3, 2010 at 8 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the New Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2010. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the non-staff member who was new to our community this year (registered on or between the dates of October 19, 2009 and July 18, 2010) and who you feel best exemplifies the qualities that KarateForums.com puts a premium on. Knowledge is valuable, but most valuable is a kind and helpful nature. You don't need to be a martial arts expert to be nominated for this award - you need to be someone who is kind and who shares what they know in a productive fashion that helps others. Here are the nominees: evergrey GeoGiant Voting will be closed on December 3, 2010 at 8 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Community Spirit Award winner in the KarateForums.com Awards 2010. Award Description: This award should go to a person whom you feel has a passion for this community. A person who is all about the home team - in this case, KarateForums.com. Here are the nominees: bushido_man96 sensei8 GeoGiant joesteph tallgeese Voting will be closed on December 3, 2010 at 8 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Staff Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2010. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the staff member who you feel deserves special recognition because of their dedication to the community. Here are the nominees: DWx JiuJitsuNation tallgeese bushido_man96 Voting will be closed on December 3, 2010 at 8 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Funniest Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2010. Award Description: Humor is an important aspect of the forums and this award recognizes the member who has brought a smile to your face many times. This person should have a good, clean sense of humor. Here are the nominees: DWx evergrey Jeffrey JiuJitsuNation Voting will be closed on December 3, 2010 at 8 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the Article of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2010. Award Description: This award distinguishes your favorite article that was published in the KarateForums.com Articles section on or between October 19, 2009 and October 18, 2010. Whether the article enlightened or inspired you, this is the place to recognize it. Here are the nominees: Being an Honest Uke by NightOwl Proof is On the Floor! by sensei8 Voting will be closed on December 3, 2010 at 8 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Congrats Blade96. Patrick

Thanks for the reply. Cool, that should help people make good recommendations for you. Thanks, Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. In processing the nominations, I have realized that there has been an error. Alex (tallgeese)'s Focus Mitt Training for Multiple Skill Development is a duplicate of an article we already published earlier, titled Focus Mitt Training for the Multi-Disciplined Fighter. The original article was published outside of the time frame from which an article can be nominated, so it is not eligible. This was my error and I apologize for the confusion. Just so that we get this process absolutely right, I am going to reach out to the members who nominated that article and ask them to provide me with an alternate nomination within 48 hours. Again, I apologize for the confusion and for the delay in the process. I look forward to announcing the nominees shortly. Thank you for your time and understanding. Sincerely, Patrick

Hello, I have just realized that this article was a duplicate of an already published article by Alex (tallgeese). I am going to close this one and redirect discussion over there. I apologize for the confusion. http://www.karateforums.com/focus-mitt-training-for-the-multi-disciplined-fighter-vt34351.html Thanks, Patrick

What martial arts are available in your area, artistry? Welcome aboard. Thanks, Patrick

Thanks for the replies, all. Patrick

Welcome to KF, Adamo. We appreciate the kind words and I am glad that you have found the community to your liking. For a full list of staff, please see: http://www.karateforums.com/staff.php Thanks, Patrick

I just did my football picks and I picked them to win. I think I did that last week, too, though.

isshinryu5toforever, I believe that kamahlthedruid was just responding to quinteros1963's post on the previous page, mentioning Liddell. No worries. Thanks, Patrick