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I am looking for an answer that is based on the technical correctness of the terms and what they refer to. I also want to understand any technical misconceptions about these terms.

For instance, if it's cold outside, and the boards were in your trunk all night, and you take them to the martial arts school to break for a test or demo, etc. Will it it be harder to break? or easier?

Same thing for warm boards, if it's like 90+ degrees F outside, and the boards have been outside for most of the day, would they be harder break?

I have always thought that dry means easier to break and moist means harder to break, but I want to know about the temperature.

Any other insights on breaking boards would be appreciated as well.

Also, insights on "white pine," "yellow" pine wood would be appreciated as well.

..."wood would" English language is so crazy.

I was watching this video, and I just thought that some of the combinations were just too much. Does it benefit us to practice more than a couple techniques in one one step? Do you think that by the time you to need to use a 3rd, 4th, and 5th strike, your combo would be interrupted? I'm not trying to hate on the video, I like it, just thought of this question and some other times when I saw a Master doing like more than 5 moves in a "one step."

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Would your instructor care if you have long nails in class?

If you're an instructor, what do you tell girls who have really long and I guess pretty and real nails?

I mean so long that when you make a fist, you can't curl your fingers all the way because then you would be stabbing your own hand. She can still wear sparring gloves too, theoretically, haven't actually seen it.

Do you actually have rules on nails in class? If so, have you lost students (mainly girls) because of it?

Let's say you've been going to a martial arts school that has two locations, so one day you decide to visit the other location to train, just to see what it's like, see some different people. So you look around and you notice they have the same few trophies, exactly the same.

I have wondered if it gives the impression that the trophies were not won, but only bought. What do you think?

I have won some trophies that I would like to display, but because you don't win duplicates of your trophies, is it a bad idea to make an identical trophy of the ones that were won so that both locations can display the trophies?

Even thoughts about the same topic that aren't directly answering the question are welcome too.

I feel better now.

I have already asked the martial arts section, but they don't know what it means.

I already know that it refers to 1st degree black belt, and that 2nd degree, 3rd degree, etc are represented by the Sino Korean numbers (ee dan, sam dan, etc).

If the Sino Korean numbers go il, ee, sam, etc, then how come 1st degree isn't "ildan" instead of "chodan?" Where does the "cho" come from?

The reason I ask is because 2nd degree is Edan in Korean and Nidan in Japanese. 3rd degree is Samdan and Sandan, etc. It is in number order, but the first one isn't the number for 1st or one.

I'm not knocking it so don't think that, I know it does, but I want to know what you all say. Pretend you were asked by a person with zero martial arts experience except for common exposure to media.

If an organization was trying to gain support for creating a sword licensing part of our gun licensing procedures, would you support that, not care, or be against?

I don't mean for just historical Japanese weapons, I mean for newer functional swords to be certified and licensed to owners as well. To be allowed to carry openly in public in the US.

I know that we live a world of guns now, but no matter the era, swords are useful for melee combat and at least you can't blow your head off on accident with a sword. You could say you could cut yourself with sword, but you can cut yourself with knife too.

I'm not talking about putting pink and camouflage in the curriculum, just to promote getting mothers and fathers on the mat with their kids for a day and giving them these belts. Even though it's a special occasion, is that still too Mcdojoish to you? And for that matter, what about gold belts for birthday belts and costumed class in October? Want to hear your opinions.

Mcdojo, Mcdojang, and MMA gyms that are Mcgyms, but have you ever seen a boxing gym that has enough signs of a Mcdojo to be one? I haven't. Of course they don't have belts so it would be harder I guess.

Of course dojang is best for Korean style, and dojo is best for Japanese style. I just mean when you are saying it in English.

There's School, Studio, and Gym. Let me know if you know of more. I looked up the dictionary definition of a studio and it seems to be a workspace for artists, but I think school is better because it is also a place of learning. I looked up gym also and it seems to be meant for gymnastics, games, and physical exercise. I also think martial arts is more than physical exercise, games, and gymnastics.

I already know the way I do it and why, but I want to know how most of you do it and why because it is apparently done both ways. Here is an example of a step behind side kick. I couldn't find a video of a stepping in front side kick. It's not me in the video by the way, I just found it on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYZSGROcUvU

For instance Kendo, or Iaido.

I live in San Antonio, so is typing martial arts tournaments San Antonio into google the best way to find them? Anybody have some better resources to go to? Like a specific website that lists them, or specific open tournament organizations you know about?

I'm talking about an instructor you do respect, but they just do and teach some techniques a little different than your first instructor in the same art.

When I say "struggle," I mean did you want to stick with the first way you were taught and not change it for the new instructor or did you think that you should do it the way the current instructor says. Not really big differences either, just some things that may be a little difficult because of developed muscle memory a certain way.

For example, Forms, the way your arms are chambered for some two handed movements. Nothing you would believe to be "incorrect," or a "faulty" technique, just different.