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Congrats Ti! Great accomplishment. What rank were you when you joined KF on June 21, 2003? Patrick

Congrats gronis. Patrick

Welcome to KF, Dr. Sternberg. Just to confirm for anyone reading this, I have OKed this and please feel free to participate in the survey at your discretion. Thanks, Patrick

It's so great to see people coming back and providing an update. Congrats on what all of you have accomplished over the past year. Patrick

Thank you for starting this thread again this year, Alex. Patrick

Congrats on being back in the playoffs. Patrick

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Congrats Brian. Happy for you. Patrick

Welcome back, KarateDoc. Glad you found these. Patrick

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Well said, Mykel. Thanks for sharing that. Patrick

Welcome to KF, Scott. Glad you made the leap to join us. Patrick

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Wow, good luck Brian. I'm sure you'll do great. Patrick

Nice. Good luck. Patrick

Thank you for the introduction, guird. Patrick

Thank you for the responses, Rusty, Nidan Melbourne, Gareth, Noah, Hawkmoon, Devin, CredoTe, Heidi, Alex, Bob, cheesefrysamurai, ps1, andym, Brian and John. I appreciate the kind words, Rusty, Nidan Mebourne, Gareth, Bob, Heidi and John. That means a lot. 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 December selection is... AdamKralic. Congratulations! Thank you for all of your great contributions to our community. Sincerely, Patrick

A fair point. I like when he says "you just walked away from a guy getting brutally beat." Brutally beat? I don't know if I would have gotten involved. Especially if I was alone. I'll call someone. I might announce, "I'm calling the cops" out loud. But I don't think I'd jump in. In some ways, it's for the same reason I don't stop if I see a car broken down. Too many stories of people doing that as a trap and then some Good Samaritan stops and gets robbed (or far worse). I mean, do you think people don't stage fights like this and when someone tries to stop the fight, they turn on them? I'm sure Brian and/or Alex might have some thoughts on this, working in law enforcement. And that's not to say there is anything wrong with jumping in or that it's not noble. At the same token, I don't think it's fair to criticize those people who just walked by - who knows if they didn't call for help as soon as they turned the corner? Patrick

And in the spirit of honoring Alex, I wanted to mention that the KarateForums.com Awards 2013 winners have just been revealed and he was voted as the winner in the Jiu-Jitsu and Grappling Martial Arts Contributor of the Year, Health, Fitness and Training Contributor of the Year and Article of the Year awards. With these honors, he becomes the third member to ever be honored 5 or more times in the awards, now with 7 overall awards. Patrick