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Congrats man!!

My friend that I was talking about, brought in a new toy today, he had a Sudoku Rubik's cube!! Apperantly its so hard he still hasn't been able to figure it out. http://www.i4u.com/article5509.html

I pretty much agree, I would like to be able to go at least twice a week.

Jesus... yeah There's no way I could do one of those, however if My friend got a whole of one he would have it figured out in no time flat.

I've got a friend at school who brings his to school and does it the hallway/lunch room and off times during class. He's pretty good at it can do in about minute if he has a good groove going. What gets me is he can also put the blocks in to all other kinds of weird patterns and stuff, he also has this pyramid Rubik's cube and a 4x4 Cube that he does all the time to. Now me if I tried to do it, theres no way i'd ever figure it out.

Sadly I dont think so, while I'll be taking both of them twice a week, the advancement in them appears to be on different levels at different times, its also taught by another instructor. I got a chance to talk to the Shotokan instructor, today who told me that they don't do contracts and for the first 100 dollars every quarter/three months, equaling out to about 33 dollars a month, for one lesson a week. If you stay with it through the first 6 months of training it then goes up to 150 every quarter. Belt testing fees are all ways 25 dollars unless you sign up to go through it with JKA (the school is associated with JKA) then he said your first dan test will only be about 50. He explain how a lot of the lessons go and said while there is no adults only class right now, if we join theres some other older students that we might be able to get a new class going with. He said their training is pretty rough as well I'm still torn on which school to choose, but at the moment since money is a factor and I don't make a lot of cash I'm leaning towards the Shotokan school. Only thing I'm worried about is the Sensi asked me if I went to a church and invited me to his, I don't mind peoples religion but I told him I was more sriptural followed my own beliefs I hope I didn't offend him or give a bad impression

I believe its per-belt, as in the 40 dollar belt test is for one belt for one style, meaning if i went from white to yellow in both styles it would cost like 80 dollars to test them both.

I asked about belt testing Fee's at Hwangs, and they are 40 dollars a test.. Once you reach a more advanced level (i think blue tip) its 75 dollars a belt test, and your 1st dan test i believe he said was 200-300 dollars.. Maybe its just me but that seems like to much money. I'm also looking in to a Shotokan Karate school, which is supposedly 150 every thing months, and belt test are 25 dollars each. ..sadly if I go to the shotokan place, instead of Hwang's I loose the chance to learn Judo, as it's offered at Hwang's and the other place is strictly Shotokan. I really wanted to take judo

Yeah and I kind of like that about it, the building it self seems very humble.

Also theres a Shotokan Karate school pretty close to here, would any of you recommend looking in to that school? From what i hear its 150 ever three months and belt testing fees there are 25 dollars, I don't know anything about the instructor or what the teaching is like there. I know from driving buy it that its not a big fancy place in the least bit.

I really don't know anything about the blue gi's, I know that we only wear them in judo and you can purchase one once you have a green belt reached a green belt what exactly to the blue Gi's in judo represent? I known that I'll be studying under Mr. Powell, Grandmaster Hwang teaches at another school in Kentucky. The website claims that Billy Powell, has over 15 years experience in the martial arts. He studied under the tutelage of the Honorable Grandmaster Hwang up to his 3rd Dan Black Belt and earned his 4th Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do from the World Black Belt Bureau. I believe he told us he is 46 and that his black belts took him like 12 years?

Their adult and children's Taekwondo classes are separate which so far to me means they have been able to give us a lot of hands on instruction and I hope it stays like that and not just that we are being given special care for being knew. As far as the judo classes I've been to one that was all adult and one that adults and children in the same class, I think the judo classes are not separated but at the same time they do not teach the children the same take downs and locks they teach to the adults in the class.

Thanks for welcoming me to the forum. Thank you very much for the advice guys, I'm also considering looking in to a karate school a little closer to here but haven't been/looked at it yet. When I'm actually at the the school I don't feel like I'm at a mcdojo but I've only been a few times and its my first time actual time any martial arts studio so I don't know what I'm looking for, but at the same time the website childrens classes, and other small things occasionally make me feel like i might be at one of these mass marketed places. It's a little bit of being between a rock and a hard place it feels like a great place and looks good but at the same time there are some warning sides I'm wary about. I guess i should look in to their advancement and belt testing polices before I sign a contract also I suppose?

Hello, I am new to the world of martial arts and have been looking around at schools in my area, I've only been to one so far and I believe its a member of WTF. I've been hearing and reading a lot about Mcdojo's and I don't want that to be me, not even for the loss of money aspect as much as I want the highest quality training I can get, I really want to try and push my self and be the best martial arts I can no matter how long it takes. I don't want to buy a black belt I want to earn it. Anyways the school I'm looking in to is Hwang's Martial Arts of Martin, TN it is supposedly originally founded by Grandmaster Jung Oh Hwang, who according to the site has has over 30 years of teaching experience in Tae Kwon Do and the Martial Arts. He holds a 6th degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, 6th degree Black Belt in Judo, and a 7th degree Black Belt in Hapkido. He won the Silver Medal in Judo in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He no longer teaches at that school he teaches at the others and has left Chief instructor Billy Powell in charge, who has over 15 years experience in the martial arts. He studied under the tutelage of the Honorable Grandmaster Hwang up to his 3rd Dan Black Belt and earned his 4th Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do from the World Black Belt Bureau. He also holds Black Belts in Judo and Hapkido. Instructor Powell earned his Haganah F.I.G.H.T. Instructor Certification under the tutelage of Mike Lee Kanarek, founder of the Israeli Haganah hand-to-hand combat system. Currently, Hwang's Martial Arts is the only certified school in the state of Tennessee that teaches the Haganah F.I.G.H.T. program. The school has allowed me and two friends to try several lessons in judo and taekwondo for free and has invited us back again and again, while everyone appears to be nice and the place has a almost family oriented value. The thing that gets me is the 6 month we've been asked to sign they "giving us a deal" by putting us on a buddy system that will make our fees 40 dollars a month. However there is also a down payment and our uniforms cost about 45 dollars one being for TKD, and a seprate Gi for judo if we choose to take it. They also suggest we buy our own equipment down the line though there is some to be used from the school. The website for the school I'll be attending is here, http://www.hwangsmartialarts.net/index.htm and the over all site for Hwang's schools is located here, http://www.hwangsmartialarts.com/index2.htm If you don't mind taking a look at it and telling me if everything is on the straighten arrow I would greatlly appericate it...