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Please vote for the Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2020. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the 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: scohen0300 Fat Cobra RW aurik Spartacus Maximus Voting will be closed on November 24, 2020 at 8 PM Eastern (UTC -5). Please do not reply to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Thank you to all of those who have served. Patrick

I think it's this: https://www.youtube.com/KarateCombat

The nominations period is now closed. Thank you to everyone who nominated! From these nominations, the KarateForums.com Award 2020 ballots be crafted and posted later this week. Thanks again, Patrick

We watched Enola Holmes on Netflix the other day (https://www.netflix.com/watch/81277950), and it was a fun movie. Enola's Mom teaches her all sort of things, including jiu-jitsu. This ties into the Sherlock Holmes character being a practitioner of "baritsu" and to the real-life stories of women jiu-jitsu practitioners who fought for the right to vote in the UK. This is one of the big plot points of the movie. More on that story here: https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2020/9/29/21493051/enola-holmes-and-the-real-life-jiujitsu-practitioners-who-fought-for-womens-voting-rights I can't recall hearing this story before. Cool stuff. Disclosure: My fiancée works for Netflix, but had nothing to do with Enola Holmes.

Hey all, I just noticed that Bob (sensei8) has reached 15,000 posts on our forums! Wow! Congrats Bob. Thank you for all of the thoughtful contributions that you have made to our community over the years. Patrick

Thanks Bulltahr!

The deadline for nominations is November 9 at 10pm Eastern! If you haven't nominated, I would love to have you as part of this process. Thanks for reading!

If you haven't yet nominated, please be sure to do so! I'd love to have your voice be a part of this process. Thanks, Patrick

Thanks for sharing, Wamp!

Thank you to those who have nominated thus far. If you haven't done it yet, please do! It's a great way to show appreciation for some of your favorite members. Patrick

Welcome to KF, Wamp! Glad to have you. Patrick

Hello, Welcome to the 19th 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. Over the last 18 years, we have honored 156 different members with a nomination and 57 with an award. Both of these numbers will grow again this year. Your participation is vital. It is the members of this community who select the nominees and vote for the winners. What You Should Know Before Nominating 1. Review the KarateForums.com Awards 2020 Nominations Guide, serving as a starting point in filling out your ballot. 2. These awards take into consideration all community activity between October 19, 2019 and October 18, 2020. Members must be nominated based upon their activity in this period. 2. To nominate, you must have a KarateForums.com account with at least 25 posts made on or before October 18, 2020. 3. Only one member can be nominated for each award. In other words, you cannot nominate two members for Member of the Year. You have to pick one person. One person can be nominated for more than one award, however. 4. A nominated member must have contributed to KarateForums.com or to the specific section recognized by an award within the above date period. 5. You cannot nominate yourself for any of the awards. 6. Your nominations will be kept private. We do not publicly reveal who nominated whom. 7. Please do not attempt to artificially inflate our nomination totals in any way. This includes, but is not limited to: Trading nominations, encouraging people to nominate indiscriminately (publicly or privately), sending spam and any other behavior that could lead to results being artificially skewed. Members found to be participating in these activities will be disqualified from nomination in any category. 8. Though it is unlikely to occur, a banned member cannot be nominated. 9. Please note that you do not have to nominate in every category. You can nominate for as many or as few as you would like. Please go for as many as you feel comfortable with. The more valid nominations we receive, the better! From these nominations, the ballot for each award will be chosen, consisting of the top 4 nominees plus ties. Through the poll system available on these forums, you will be able to vote for the winners! Categories Important note: All members (including Sempais and Senseis) are eligible for nomination in any category, except where otherwise noted. However, I (Patrick) am ineligible for nomination in any category. 1. Member of the Year This award is intended to acknowledge the 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. Current staff members (Sempais, Senseis, and Patrick) cannot be nominated for this award. 2. New Member of the Year This award is the same as Member of the Year, except that this one is strictly for members that registered on or between the dates of October 19, 2019 and October 18, 2020. Eligible members must have made at least 25 posts by October 18, 2020. Current staff members (Sempais, Senseis and Patrick) cannot be nominated for this award. 3. Community Spirit Award This award should go to a person whom you feel has a strong passion for this community. A person who is all about the home team - in this case, KarateForums.com. 4. Staff Member of the Year This award is the same as the Member of the Year award, except that this award is for current staff members only (except Patrick). If you are unsure of who is on staff, please visit http://www.karateforums.com/staff.php for a complete listing. 5. Funniest Member of the Year Humor is an important aspect of the forums and this award recognizes the member who has brought a smile to your face many times. 6. Karate Contributor of the Year This award is for your favorite contributor within the Karate forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. 7. Health, Training and Fitness Contributor of the Year This award is for your favorite contributor within the Health, Training and Fitness forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. 8. Instructor Central Contributor of the Year This award is for your favorite contributor within the Instructor Central forum - a member who has added substantial value to that section in the past year. Ready to Nominate? Please nominate. You will find a blank ballot at the bottom of this message that you can copy and paste. You nominate by sending a private message to the account with the username Awards through this link: http://www.karateforums.com/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=2715 - nominations will be closed on November 9, 2020 at 10pm Eastern. Please do not post your nominations publicly in this thread or elsewhere in the forums. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to private message me or reply here. Thank you for reading and for visiting KarateForums.com. Your participation in these awards is what makes them meaningful. I can't wait to see who you choose to honor this year. Here is a blank ballot that you can use:

Hello, Thank you for your interest in participating in the 2020 edition of the KarateForums.com Awards! To aide you in doing so, we publish this guide, where we list the members qualified for our New Member of the Year award and those who have made the most posts in the sections that are represented within our KarateForums.com Awards categories. We recognize that it can sometimes be difficult to choose nominees and hope that this guide will be helpful. How to Use This Guide Post count is not necessarily what you should look at when deciding who should be honored. Perhaps someone doesn't post as much as others, but when they do, their posts are amazing. Maybe they made a post that really stood out to you and you want to recognize them for it. Maybe someone makes a lot of short posts in that section. For this reason, for the forum sections that are featured in our KarateForums.com Awards categories, we are going to list the top 10 posting members from the last 12 months, plus ties, but without the actual number of posts and in alphabetical order. Our goal here is to provide a useful guide, but also to not prejudice the nominations toward only those with the highest quantities of posts. For the New Member of the Year category, we will list all members who have qualified based on registration date and the number of posts they have made. We hope this will provide you with a reasonable starting point for your nominations. However, you can nominate members who are not listed here at all, and I encourage you to conduct your own research by viewing and thinking about a member's posts within a given section as you put together your ballot. Nominations Guide With that said, here are the members who have qualified for our New Member of the Year award, in alphabetical order: New Member of the Year Capella MAD Mike And here are the top 10 contributors to award-eligible forums, plus ties, in alphabetical order: Karate Contributor of the Year Alan Armstrong aurik Bulltahr bushido_man96 Fat Cobra RW scohen0300 sensei8 Spartacus Maximus Wado Heretic Wastelander Wayofaswede Health, Training and Fitness Contributor of the Year Alan Armstrong Bulltahr bushido_man96 Capella DWx Fat Cobra loisgriffin85 Lupin1 Nidan Melbourne sensei8 Spartacus Maximus Instructor Central Contributor of the Year 333kenshin Alan Armstrong aurik bushido_man96 DWx Fat Cobra sensei8 Spartacus Maximus Tepul The Pred For the full details on submitting your nominations, please see our nominations announcement. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly or ask in that thread. Thanks, Patrick

And it's a done deal! Congrats again, Noah. Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. We recognize one member every month as the KarateForums.com Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. Our honoree for September (we're still a bit behind, sorry!) is... wildbourgman for the second time! Thank you for all of the contributions that you've made to this community, wildbourgman! We're glad to have you. Thanks, Patrick

Hey all, I wanted to take a moment to congratulate Noah (Wastelander) and Stephanie, as they are getting married on October 24! If you'd like to learn more about their story (and maybe pick something off their registry), check out their wedding website: https://www.theknot.com/us/stephanie-lilygren-and-noah-legel-oct-2020 It was 10 years ago today that Noah registered on KarateForums.com. He's been an incredible contributor to our community, an amazing member of the forum team, and I couldn't be happier to have him here or for him as he graduates to this next stage of life. Over the last 10 years, we've had a seat from which we could watch Noah grow as a martial artist, an instructor, a blogger and content creator, and a person, all while being a helpful, thoughtful member of our community. Noah, I'm thankful to know you, and for grateful for everything that you've done here. Congrats. Patrick

I'm at the part where Kreese comes back into the picture and they did the cement mixing thing. JOHNNY NO STOP IT!

Yeah, but still, that stinks. Hope they've called you by the time you see this.

Thanks for sharing that, Capella. Sounds fun. But makes sense that it's being dialed back this year. We've already caught parts both of The Addams Family and Addams Family Values movies from the '90s. Patrick

Nice. At my current rate, I'll be done with season 2 by then and ready for 3.

Welcome ChpsahoySE! Would love to know more about your background in the martial arts! Patrick

Belated welcome PerKr! Good to have you. Patrick

Hey all, What are you doing to celebrate Halloween safely this year? We'll be watching some movies and decorating, but getting out of the house, there were/are two drive-thru experiences that we were able to get tickets for: Nights of the Jack, which has a bunch of cool carved pumpkins Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience Did the first already, and it was fun, but really looking forward to the second! Patrick

Hey Bulldawg. Welcome. Patrick