Just thought I'd tell you guys how much I appreciate you and this community. I know I come off as being blunt, but I'd also like to bluntly tell you I appreciate you guys/gals posting.

I train alone, ever since I returned from Korea, so I don't have any Gumdo-in to interact with. You guys are my dojang.

Anyway... thanks.

I'd like to second my thanks. As far as i am conerned, any and all serious time spent in this community is time i consider to "training time". Learning, sharing, debating, developing new ideas and explaining old ones is all part of HDGD and this place has most deffinately made my art stronger. I can only goto the dojang 3 times a week, i only have the physcial strength and spacial conditions to seriously train for a few hours a week, and i can only practice candle snuffing so much before seriously overdoing it and hurting my arm, back and shoulder. This commuity IS part of my training.

I want to thank everyone again... Because you guys(and girls) help me more than you know. You give me strength when i have no strength, you give me motivation when i have none, you give me the will to reach for my Mok Gum when i don't have the mind to. When ever i am feeling down, about training, about school, about life, I can come here and just look through the forums full of pages upon pages of wisdom, of love, of dedication, of the product of many diligent years of training and It gives me strength, it gives me drive, gives me hope and gives me direction. No, this place doesn't fix all of my problems but I can almost always come here and just lurk and look at topic headings and maybe not even read anything and it gives me a little bit more confidence and help than i had. It gives me a little bit of something that pushes me and helps me just a little bit. When i look at the few practitioners names including that of one of my senior Masters on AOL Instant Messanger It gives me a boost when i need it or not. It always helps. Many of you have helped me alot by not even doing anything but by simply being both here and involved in our art.

Thank you