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Welcome Steph. How did you find us? Thanks, Patrick

Welcome aboard, Baldor. Glad to have you. Patrick

Thanks all. Brian and Nidan Melbourne, I guess the answer would be 2 (Brian and Greg), if it is people that I met here at KF before I met them elsewhere. I have met other members here, but they are friends of mine who I met other places first. So not nearly enough. Greg, haha. Yeah, sorry I missed that. Archimoto, that was the mantle at the restaurant where we had lunch, Maguire's Irish Pub. Patrick

It has been so enjoyable so far. Some really great moments. The last one is on Monday! It should be expected that this thread would contain spoilers, but just in case, here's one big warning. SPOILERS AFTER THIS POINT. Cheng is in so much trouble. Heh.

Belated thanks Brian. Patrick

Hey all, I recently had the pleasure of meeting gheinisch (Greg) in person. Greg has made 2,136 posts here (26th all-time), including many great contributions. He was also a staff member and a moderator (Sensei). If you'd like to know more about him, please check out the interview that we did during the 500,000 posts celebration. We had lunch and then Greg showed me around the area where he lives in Georgia, including Senoia (where The Walking Dead and numerous other films and TV shows have been shot) and Barbie Beach, a local legend (haha). Here's a photo (me in the red shirt, to your left and Greg in the blue): http://www.karateforums.com/img/photos/gheinisch-patrick.jpg It was really great to meet Greg. He's a great guy in person, just as he is online. Thanks again, Greg! Patrick

Happy Fourth of July to those of us in the U.S. Hope you are having a great day. 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. The July selection is... Archimoto. Congratulations! Thank you for all of your great contributions to our community. Sincerely, Patrick

Awesome points, Bill. Your suggestions on segmenting ads are excellent. Patrick

Welcome aboard, TheGrim123321. Glad to have you here. Just to echo what others have said, once again, definitely report it to the adults around you. You said you would tell your Sensei. Awesome, hope that went well. I would also tell your parent(s) and/or guardian. If, in fact, the kid was dumb enough to post on Facebook that he's planning to do this, he probably won't be too difficult to outsmart. Outsmarting him should be your aim, not fighting him. Copy that evidence from Facebook however you can - screenshot it, print it, save the URL. Then give it to the adults. As cheesefrysamurai, Spartacus Maximus and others have said, getting some people together and meeting up with him - whatever that ends up looking like, whether you "win" or not - you lose. You'll have flipped into the aggressor and it'll be easy to paint you as the bully who was looking for a fight. After all, you are the one with actual martial arts instruction. He's just a regular, defenseless kid. You're the trained fighting machine. I know that may sound silly, but that is exactly how it could be spun and turned against you. Then you could be the one disciplined, expelled, shown on TV, arrested, etc. Hopefully, the adults deal with this kid and he leaves you alone. Patrick

Just stating the obvious here, but this forum is not a replacement for legal advance and can't be taken as legal advice. What you'll hear is a lot of opinions. Legal advice should be sought from attorneys. With that out of the way, yes, you can be sued. The simple truth is that anyone can sue for anything. It doesn't mean they'll be successful, of course. But they can sue you. People threaten lawsuits all the time. Most who threaten never do anything, they are just trying to intimidate. As far as stealing customers, this seems like a good read: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/167128 As far as "trademark," if that is what your husband's father said, that just illustrates he doesn't know what he's talking about. The area of law that would impact this is copyright, which is different. Can a martial arts curriculum be copyrighted? I don't see why not. Choreography can (http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl119.html). Not to compare the martial arts to dance, but it seems fairly applicable. But I'm not a lawyer, so could be wrong. It sounds like you are uneasy and looking for advice on what to do. If I were you, I would do one of these or both: 1. Ignore him. Block him from texting your phones or calling you. If he gets through, ignore him. If the story is as you say, your husband's father is damaging his own credibility, not just your husband's. He might have some passionate supporters, but most people don't wish to be apart of family drama, especially when it isn't their family. Your husband should have an answer in mind when people ask him about it. I would say that answer should be polite and should not get into personally attacks. "My father and I had a falling out. Unfortunately, he fired me. It is a difficult situation for me and my family. I didn't want to give up the martial arts, so I decided to start my own school." Something like that. 2. If you are really worried, contact an attorney. It may cost you some money, but will probably give you some piece of mind. If you want, you could have the attorney send a letter to your father demanding that he stop the threats to you and your new business. Does that help your family situation? Probably not. So only you can decide what course to take here. Not an easy situation, either way. Best of luck. Patrick

Welcome to KF, Larry Love. Glad to have you. Patrick

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I'll keep an eye out for The Last King of Scotland. Thanks Archimoto. I finished watching Ghost Dog. Interesting movie. I enjoyed it. Patrick

Welcome aboard, Yodo. Patrick

The software we use has an issue with the inclusion of parentheses in links. Sorry about that. For Danielle's second link above, visit: http://bit.ly/1xjuiOS Best of luck in your efforts. 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. The June selection is... mazzybear. Congratulations! Thank you for all of your great contributions to our community. Sincerely, Patrick

Hey all, I'm about half way through this movie now, so I thought I'd start a thread to talk about it. I started watching it because I like Forest Whitaker a lot. Wikipedia has a good description: For those who are curious, the movie is currently on Netflix. I'm just past the part where he discovers that his shed and pigeon coop has been destroyed. I'll report back after I get to the end. Patrick

Thanks hammer! Patrick

Congrats Joppe. Patrick

Congrats Canadian77. Patrick

Thank you for the replies and kind words, andym, yamesu, Danielle, Heidi, Brian, Rusty, amerissa2890 and Nidan Melbourne. I appreciate it. Patrick

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