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The only thing that I have to report is that there is nothing to report! What a great line. I mean… the down side to all this connectivity through the Internet (which spurs on blogging, video spewing, and all sorts of other viral media) is that there is an over abundance of stuff. There is so much new content constantly being generated and maintained that we are very much becoming jaded. I feel it is a good thing to post to the journal every week but sometimes I feel I suffer from, “So what,” syndrome. The symptoms of this condition being that nothing really exciting happened this week and if anything did, I really can’t talk about it.
***Sigh***
A highlight of the week is that we finally got the martial art club store up on the web. We are selling shirts and logo apparel and the usual assortment of drool that comes in from a site like Café Press. All of the proceeds from the sale of the items will go to purchase new equipment when we need it. Now all we have to do is to get people to buy some of the stuff. I did have some people comment on the shop and say that it looks very official (the logos). It appears as though I am now the grand pubah of some new martial art. The fact of the matter is, we aren’t doing anything new. We are just a bunch of guys who grew very sick and tired of the commercial aspect of martial arts instruction. You either have great instructors with poor business plans or poor instructors with great business plans. There are the occasional diamonds in the rough (you know who you are) but the majority is very lackluster. When you have to dummy down a systemized strategy for fighting so that a 42 year old, love handled ridden, soccer mom can feel empowered, you are not teaching martial arts. You might be teaching them self respect and discipline as well as stage / theatre combat… but how to fight and win… sorry. All that drivel aside, you can visit the logo below and check out the gear. Classy!
The one down thing for this week is that the project for FASERIP that a lot of us are waiting on (The Advanced rules redux) has seemed to have stalled. The advanced rules were where the system really shined as many innovations were integrated. Many of us who are waiting to publish material are waiting on that version as they give the broadest ability to adapt to the many genre of superhero fiction. Hopefully, Phil will get a free minute to work things out as of last report he was almost done. While waiting, Check out the different versions of the core system that we posted up on our F.O.R.G.E. page.
Regards,
Walt
