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    • injunjackI
      injunjack
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      I got my Shodan acknowledget yesterday, so now I officially have Shodan in my current style. (won't be changing styles  anymore) Took 4 years to achieve this.

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      • GilesG
        Giles
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        You speaking Finnish?

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • injunjackI
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          hahhaa… Shodan = 1. Dan Black Belt. Graduated in my old style Dec. 2007. Switched style...now yesterday my old shodan was acknowledged to be valid in my current karate style.

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          • GilesG
            Giles
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            Well done (but I am still a little mystified)…..

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • injunjackI
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              Ask and ye shall receive.

              What is mystified in this. I ask 'cause this all is simple to me, so I may overlook something.

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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                Karate is feckin Karate to a layman like me.  No idea that there were different styles, and I would not recognise a Shodan or non-Shodan if it broke my nose.  But that matters not, I am sure I could mystify you about the intricacies of the different methods of fly fishing or cricket which are second nature to me…

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • hecticH
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                  Yeah, hit him with some fly names and watch his eyes glaze over.

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                  • injunjackI
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                    aha…fishing is fishing, aye?

                    Yep it's about styles and that they do not recognize grades of each other automatically. This can also happen inside of one style but if you belong to a different organization.

                    There are huge amount of styles.(lets say probably hundreds, if tiniest ones are taken in count too) Shortly, one can draw lineage from each to one of the 3 old Okinawan styles.

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                    • hecticH
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                      Is the 3 inch punch a real thing?

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                      • injunjackI
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                        as in Kill Bill, I don't think so 😉

                        Though it is certainly possible to hit very powerfully from a very short distance. Even from 3" distance. You just don't use only your hand but whole bodys momentum.

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                        • hecticH
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                          Thanks. Shame about the Five Point Exploding Heart punch 🙂

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                          • injunjackI
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                            That one I would like to learn… 🙂 Only that it would be impossible to train that with live partner.

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                            • LuciferL
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                              Seize the day and don't you cry.

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                                I saw this on top of the Schilthorn today.  Finn, did you put it there?

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                                • rocketR
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                                  hey thats cool…

                                  rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                                  It's all humbug, like everywhere
                                  R.I.P. Geo

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                                  • SeulS
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                                    😃

                                    Holy cow… How the hell did that get there!..

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                                    • Finn666F
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                                      Hahaha yeah that was me! lmao 😉
                                      there should even be a few more around…!

                                      crazy story, so great to see it's still there! brings back memories of an awesome day I had back then!
                                      thanks for sharing drpat!...:)

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                                      • J-IVJ
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                                        Echoing the awesomeness that is The Marketplace. A few items I've been waiting for have popped up in my size, a pretty uncommon occurrence.

                                        Look and you might get lucky.

                                        I'm as ugly as you

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                                        • SeulS
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                                          It's pretty much official… Thursday March 15 will be my first afternoon in the sun with a book. 16 C° and no work... Holy cow... So stoked... Reading material sorted... Still need to finish the one on the right, one on the left is the 2nd part of a 4-part series about Geeraert's work as a soldier in Belgian Kongo.

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                                          • Finn666F
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                                            the marketplace´s exploding…wow!...

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