Is USSD a scam?

USSD, also known as the United Studios of Self Defense, is probably one of the most well known chain dojos around.

If nothing else raises a red flag, that the head instructor, Mr. Villari, has a 12th Dan which is impossible. Or at least rare. Because 10th Dan is the highest possible rank in most martial arts. And are usually give to people older than 60 years old. For a lot of grandmasters, the rank will be given maybe less than ten years before they die. Or even posthumously. I can't find out how old Villari is, but if Sensei Cerio died in 1988 and Mr. Chow died in 1987, we can assume that Villiari can't be older than 60. On a side note, Chow did have a 15th degree black belt by the time he died. So, an influence maybe? A seventy plus year old with a 15th degree black belt... I honestly give up on this.

Another thing, now that I'm nitpicking, is that, in the pictures, I've seen quite a few kids with incorrect fists. Maybe it's the style, I don't know. But their thumbs will get caught in something and break.

SHODANS AND NIDANS BEING SENIOR INSTRUCTORS... *SIGH* Now, this, is just simply the USSD spreading out their influence by getting any possible person just to start a new school... Sigh again.

Though their DVDs and Student Manual seems so wonderful. *sarcastic spaz* All joking aside, they seem useful to the students as memory aids. So, I'd like some of that instruction material please. But I won't pay that astronomical amount.

Okay. Enough ranting. McDojos exist everywhere.

March

It's March already. And I haven't posted much blog entries. Shame on me. But then again, I have nothing to say.

Enjoy March.

Cookie Clicker

There's this game called Cookie clicker and it is way too addicting. Someone help me stop. For the rest of you, go play it.

I've been playing the game for the last few weeks. And I can't stop. But after awhile , the powerups get expensive. Also, it's overly time consuming, if you haven't guessed.

Go play the game. Go.

Stumbleupon

I spend way too much time on stumbleupon. But it's I so addicting. And I actually do learn stuff. Like how to get a better score on my AP test. Or how xyz book has changed the world. That type of things. So yes, most things aren't really applicable to 99% of life, but that one time is good enough. Now I should really go do my homework.

Winter Complacency

Sigh. For the last two weeks. There was been no karate practice. And I've only spent 15 minutes practicing during these two weeks. So, I haven't had any exercise at all. Except for a few strolls around the mall... Ugh. I'm getting fat. I'm not going to perform too well in tomorrow's class. The first class of 2014.

Happy New Years

2014. Another year has passed. Time goes by faster and faster as you age.

On the bright side, I hope everyone has a happy year.

Remembering Katas

In some ways, recalling things that you've only seen or practiced once can be the most difficult thing ever.

As in my case, I can't remember how to do Itosu Lohai (Rohai) Shodan. Well, at least a specific part of it. YouTube videos are not helpful in jogging my memory because the kata shown is different than what we do in our dojo. So I'm figuratively pulling my hair out trying to remember what the move is. I guess it's normal not to remember since we practiced this kata for half a class two weeks ago for the first time. But I was so confident I could remember. And now, I'm stressing over forgetting the kata.

Are there any good methods for remembering forgotten things?