Having been a long-time practitioner of the martial arts, and keen observer and participant in our community, I have seen titles and rank fads come and go, but one that just grates me is the use of the title of "Professor" in certain arts. What brought on this rant is I just received a call from a gentleman that will be relocating to our area who is interested in training at our dojo. He said that his goal is to be a "Professor" of Jujutsu. I honestly cannot tell ...
Several years ago, I started a thread on the forums entitled "Skeptics Guide to Global Warming". It has since evolved (or devolved depending upon your point of view) into my personal soapbox. In order to keep things a little more clean in the forums, I have closed that thread and will continue to post information on the topic here in the blogs. If you get the chance to peruse the thread, go to http://www.budoseek.net/vbulletin/sh...Global-Warming... ...
A number of our members have been asking about a way to access BudoSeek from their mobile devices. After looking at a couple of options, including mobile styles, I have decided to implement something on our site called Tapatalk. Tapatalk is a mobile application for your iPhone, Android, Nokia or Blackberry. Windows mobile is currently not supported, but may be in the near future. Tapatalk comes in two flavors, a free app (Tapatalk RO) that gives you "Read Only" access, and a paid ...
Hey everyone, I wanted to give everyone an update on the latest with the board website software. Tonight, I made a change on how the "My Facebook Profile" works from your BudoSeek member profile. So please take a minute to update your profile with just your Facebook profile ID. That way, if a registered member wants to visit your profile, they can click on the link underneath your avatar or in your public profile to visit your Facebook page. Next, I have added some ...
As everyone might have noticed by this point, we have a few new features here in BudoSeek, and Blogs are one of those. Although I would love to give everyone the opportunity to have their own blog, due to wanting to keep clutter to a minimal and be able to maintain some quality control, I have restricted the number of individual members who may have their own blog. Afterall, it should be a reward for long time members who have proven themselves as loyal members or assumed some level ...