Patrick

Hello, Thank you to everyone who showed interest in this project. Unfortunately, due to a lack of submissions, I have decided to cancel this effort. Hopefully, we can revisit it again in the future. I'm sorry. However, we will have a big announcement later today, tied to the 15th anniversary celebration. I appreciate your time and understanding. Thanks, 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 May is... ashworth. Congratulations! Thank you for the wonderful contributions that you have made to our community in your 10 years (this November) of being here! Sincerely, Patrick

I went ahead and gave this its own thread. Welcome back, jaymac! Patrick

Belated welcome, Slab! Thanks for making the leap. Patrick

Welcome to KF, Brock. Glad to have you. Patrick

Belated welcome, Ingdow. Thanks for joining us. Patrick

Belated congrats, Ken! That's awesome. Patrick

Awesome, Liam. I look forward to seeing it. Thanks, Patrick

Happy birthday to our own Wastelander (Noah), a thoughtful voice within our community, and an excellent moderator. Have a great day, Noah. Patrick

You never know, we might have some dog owners in these forums, and some of those dog owners might have had a dog that picked up heartworms. Best of luck to your friend, Archangel. Patrick

Hi Nidan Melbourne, Thanks for the question. Absolutely. Depending on the size of the file, it can sometimes be less than ideal to attach a large file (and some email systems reject large attachments), but if that works for you, it works for me. I appreciate it. Patrick

Hey all, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. On May 21, 2016, our community will turn 15 years old. We are making plans to celebrate this (your ideas are welcome!), and Devin (Lupin1) had a wonderful idea for a group video project. We would love for you to participate. We are hoping to produce a compilation of clips from members showing off your unique martial arts life. For example, a demonstration of your art, a tour of your school, etc. For a bit of local flavor, you could also include a video shot of a local landmark or a "welcome to [your city/town]" sign, to show people where you are from Please keep the following in mind: Shoot it however you can. A camcorder, digital camera, your cell phone. If you use your cell phone, please hold your phone sideways, so that the video will be widescreen.Please keep the video to one minute or less. Focus on the stuff you want to share the most. Don't worry about editing. We'll clean it up for you. To send me the video, one easy option is WeTransfer, which is free. Enter my email (patrick@ifroggy.com) as the friend's email, and be sure to include your KarateForums.com username in the message. You can upload it via other services, but the file must be downloadable. For this reason, YouTube will not work. No matter how you upload it, please be sure that the file is sent to patrick@ifroggy.comI am really excited to see what you share! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me here or in private. Please reply here if you plan to contribute! Thanks, Patrick

Hey Archangel. Welcome to KF! Patrick

Hey liger, Sorry. That said, it is still on your profile here: http://www.karateforums.com/member19071.html Thanks, 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 April is... Oshishinobu. Congratulations! Thank you for the wonderful contributions that you have made to our community. Sincerely, Patrick

Hey all, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. In honor of April Fools' Day, we flipped all of the usernames on the site backwards. For example, Patrick displayed as kcirtaP. Brian (bushido_man96) had the idea for it, and we used some code that is supposed to be compatible with all popular web browsers. But, from talking with the staff, it is possible that it may not have displayed for all members. For those who haven't seen the backwards usernames, I am going to leave them on the profile pages for a little while, so you can view your own profile and see the username backwards, like my profile here: http://www.karateforums.com/member1.html Thank you for your patience. We hope you had a fun day. Thanks, Patrick

This is wonderful, skullsplitter. Congrats to Alec and your family. Thank you for sharing this! Patrick

I understood that, MAfreak. No worries. Thanks.

No problem, The Pred. You just made it before the end of the month, haha. Patrick

That's funny, Iceman and Danielle. I would just say that there isn't much to understand, as far as people watching sports, other than the fact that people enjoy different things. We all have things that we like better and know more about. And then other stuff makes less sense to us. For example, baseball, if that's your thing. It's actually quite popular in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Nicaragua, Colombia, etc.

Thank you for the submission, Bob. Patrick

I enjoy playing sports in general. Used to play baseball when I was younger. These days, I mostly play golf. Patrick

I happened to find myself watching this movie, which is available on Amazon Prime right now: http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Money-Stranger-Gunfighter-Cleef/dp/B00YH8SIGE/ It has one of the oddest plots for a movie that I've ever come across. It starred Lee Van Cleef (gunfighter) and Lo Lieh (stranger; let's go with martial artist), who was known for all sorts of martial arts movies. The poster describes it as "the fastest gun in the West joins with the most brutal hands in the East." I don't know if I can recommend it, but it's definitely a quirky film... Patrick

Thank you for the elaboration, Mr. Armstrong. Patrick

Welcome to KF, Anthony. Patrick