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All the adults (inc young adults) all meet up for a meal and drinks after each grading period. Sometimes we mixed it up and go bowling then a meal, lol. Nothing to exciting, it's hard to organise something for adults that have all different schedules...

It's going to be very hard to find it, especially since it was self-published... Anyway, came across this one on Amazon (the US site). Hope this helps

Welcome to the forums, glad to have you onboard

The best group of people to inform you about that is the medical professionals (GP, consultants, etc) who you're under...

Welcome to our part of the internet

You question was "Do you think he should go through a grading for it?" IMO, I believe the answer is yes, he should go through the grading*. However for what grade would be down to the organisation itself. And whether or not he passes, is a different question. Even if the grading is modified for him, the standards of the association should be kept. If he was awarded an honorary grade of Shodan-ho, again imo, when he lines up he should be inbetween the 1st Dan's and the 1st Kyu's, not mixed up with the Shodans as he hasn't been granted that rank yet. *Every association is different (that's I've come across) when it comes to honorary grades, from what I've seen the common thing among most organisations is that if you start down the honorary grades route you can't switch between the two when it comes to promotions. E.g. So if during his last grading, he was awarded the 1st Kyu and then awarded an honorary Shodan-ho. The next physical/written grading the person would be going for would be Shodan-ho (if that is your normal grading system, if not then Shodan). However again, it's just my opinion...

I also would say that it's down to the individual student and both organisations that he trains at.

Rank doesn't matter but at the same time it does It depends on how you feel about it, who you talk to and in what situation. The same thing can be said about a degree, a car, a screwdriver, anything really... Me, I'm proud of my rank. I earned it, do I really care what others say re rank? No, I can see their point of view of course, after all everyone is entitled to their own opinions

Good luck for the grading TBH, I believe that both is possible. Black belt (Shodan) is the beginning and technically it is the hardest exam up to that point (comparing it to the kyu gradings) - just like 1st kyu was harder than 2nd kyu etc. But because you will have had more practice, time and experience between the two grades (and in turn exams), you should be as equally prepared for it as you were for the previous exams. It's all about skills and mental mind set Well at least in my opinion...

Cool Nice to see the next gen take an interest in the MA

Welcome to KF, glad you're a part of this community

My club was going to do it, if enough members signed up. However as I have issues with my joints, I couldn't (I've been off training for the last 6 months so not sure if they did do it in the end). Would have liked to though, looks fun

On my travels across the web for instructor insurance, etc... I came across this site that's offering a few courses, some free, some paid. No, it's not a online course to earn your black belt. It's online courses dealing with various aspects of starting up and running your club. Hope that it's a useful resource to some -Ken

Na, never really got into it

Excellent work, thanks for your contribution

Disappointed with the US losing (after all they have a German manager - Jürgen Klinsmann who has had a very good career), especially with the improved playing. I'm still hoping Germany will win, however judging by how the other teams are playing, I believe we will only get to the semi-finals However here's to hoping

Excellent info, thanks

Cool, glad to hear it

To my knowledge, generally someone with a purple belt in BJJ is considered qualified enough to instruct lower-ranked students (white belts and, I believe, blue belts). But as there are various BJJ organisations out there (eg 10th Planet, Alliance, Black horse, IBJJF, etc), they may all have different policies. As for formal instructor qualifications, I am unaware of if there is a standard one, apart from their belt and rank. However this may not take into account different regulations within different countries and insurance companies. Hopefully someone with experience with BJJ can give their view

Following on from what Spartacus Maximus has already said depending on what your parents and sensei say, you guys may also want to inform the police. In some areas, threats via sites like facebook are a criminal offence. For example... http://tbo.com/news/crime/florida-court-threats-via-facebook-are-crimes-b82466165z1 http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/death-threats-via-facebook-1-6583728 It's not nice to be bullied, considering that - as you have said - he already tried to attack you, so you used self-defence to protect yourself. So true!

Na, watching the Football World Cup though However not by choice, my wife and kid loves it. Me, well I'm not so into it. The games I'm "most" interested in are the ones that England and Germany plays in, if I'm lucky there'll be a England vs Germany one

I did train with GKR for a little while, after Shotokan & Freestyle but before TSD, so I've seen & heard both sides of the argument pro & cons/good & bad for GKR in the UK. To my knowledge, yes they do train in Japan under another style over there. However what does that really mean? It just means that they were visiting students at another association and paid their training fees. While it's nice to say that "I've trained under a Japanese sensei or association", it doesn't automatically mean that they are better than an instructor or association over here in the UK or the US. As for not saying what style they are from, I don't believe that is 100% accurate... There are several vids of GKR students/groups studying in Japan with their badges (their badges say GKR around their logo). While I can't remember alot of the big names in GKR, a few of them do actually come from other arts. Generally speaking transfering rank or climbing the ranks is not allowed (unless there's an inner circle that I don't know about). So everyone has to attend X amount of lesson before they are allowed to grade. As for whether or not GKR is a McDojo, I guess it would depend on what a persons definition is of a McDojo. Personally speaking GKR do have some practices that I do not agree with, but they also have some practices that I do (personally in the end I stopped training with them). Just wanted to give a balanced view. -Ken

I agree

Hi and Welcome to KF -Ken

Hi and welcome to KF -Ken