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Soheir I do not believe it was because we missed some classes. I do not really no why. I have a sneaky suspicion tho. I have felt stuff there for a while, a long while. We have left and found a new school further away. We sat in on a class and like what we saw. Hoping to intend class soon.

cejames, thats what we tried to do. We broke off all ties. There was hard feelings on our side but I wanted to leave there with nonething said. This past week I started getting txt messages FB messages and even phone calls. The funny thing is they have not even tried to get in contact with my husband just me. I do not like that and neither does my husband.

Thank you! I did not think it was right to treat us that way. No matter if we were missing class or not. As I sit back and my husband and I talk it out. We are becoming more at peace with our decision. Its just sad. We were really faithful and always there for them, for them to do what they have done to us. I really wish I would of listen to my intuition when we first started there. But my husband really like the training and I stuck it out. He never got treated how my son and I were treated. Until the last past year when he defended me over something they told me and they did not stick to their word until he confronted them over it and they did not even then.

I recently had to come to a decision about quitting my dojo. I had been feeling something was not right for a while now. But when I discussed some of it with the sensei I just got strange looks from him. One of it was about my son moving to adult class. He was a youth brown belt on the verge of testing for his black belt and he wanted to be tested for a adult color and they were going to test him for yellow and he had also had to give a 100% in adult class and was not aloud to take youth class. We had to take a week or so off due to family stuff. When we came back they had a belt testing and they had tested some kids that were youth orange belts for adult orange belts. My son was upset because they had just went around him. His 5 years meant nonething! He was getting discouraged about karate as it was thats why he wanted to move to adult class because he was so much bigger than the kids in the the kids class. And when he would go to hard he would get yelled at, when he would go to light( it would look like was not trying) he would get yelled at. Then I ran in to a friend today and heard that our Sensei made a announcement a couple of months back to the whole class, that if My Husband and I (who are black belts) showed up that know one is to listen to us if we helped out. Like if someone was doing a wrong move in a kata, they are not to listen to us. What? You mean people are to disrespect us? This was very up setting to me. Our 5 years we hardly ever missed class and this spring I had surgery and missed and then my back went out over the summer and I had to miss and we need to take time for our family. My husband was working alot over time. Not once did they call and asked where we were. My question is would you treat your senior students this way?

I would keep doing the ice and ibuprofen for a couple of more days if it does not improve I would see a doctor. If does improve I would do some mild(MILD) stretches of the shoulder area because it will be tight and you do not want to re-injurer your shoulder and take it easy at mma practice to.

Welcome to the forums, Matt!!!!!

Hello and WELCOME to the forums!!! I have 2 beautiful German Shepherds 1-2yrs old named Zuka and the other is 7yrs old and is Shadow. I also had 2 horses sadly one of them passed away yesterday Babe she was around 36yrs old and my other is Shanya she is 10 yrs old.

This is my honest answer to your question do a kata you already know and one that you are confident in because then it will come out in you as you perform it especial since this is your first tournament. Honestly the last thing you should do is go to your first tournament doing a kata you just learned.

We wear white gi's also. Black Belt and above are permited to wear black.

Yes there is. Believe it or not there is a big one in at the end of Jan. every year in Erie PA and it usually has well over 300 competers. This year I heard 500.

You are correct Ya it is a good tournament. Wow !! You are not to far from me.

todome, It is safety and hygenie to you and to all memembers of the gym. I know my husband at home likes to lift in his bare feet and he also likes lifting in his wrestling shoes he says that they almost feel like he is barefoot. Maybe give them a shot.

I am a memember of the the PKC region4. I do a few tournaments a year. Mostly PA but am thinking on going to one in poland OH in March. It will be my first competing as a Black Belt.

Congrats to him!! Hopefully he had fun, most important thing about doing tournaments is to have fun with it.

Good luck!!!!