Posted by: JoelM
All Please Read - 05/05/05 06:22 PM
Thank you for coming to the Martial Arts Talk Forum. Here is just a little guidline for everybody.
- Follow the forum rules.
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Thank you and enjoy the forum!
Posted by: JoelM
Re: All Please Read - 06/05/05 10:30 PM
Some abbreviations may be used in general discussion that may be confusing to others, here we will try to help with the confusion:
BJJ- Brazilian Jui-Jitsu
JJJ- Japanese Jujutsu (spelling may vary for jujutsu)
AKK- American Kenpo Karate
TMA- Traditional Martial Arts
MMA- Modern Martial Arts or Mixed Martial Arts
OMA- Oriental Martial Arts or Okinawan Martial Arts
JMA- Japanese Martial Arts
FMA- Filipino Martial Arts
CMA- Chinese Martial Arts
IMA- Internal Martial Arts
TCM- Traditional Chinese Medicine
TKD- Tae Kwon Do
JKD- Jeet Kune Do
SD- Self Defense
MT-Muay Thai
KM- Krav Maga
If you would like an abbreviation added or modified, please send me a message either through email or through this forum, do not add your own posts. Thank you.
Posted by: MattJ
Re: All Please Read - 07/02/05 10:46 AM
Kintama has provided a pretty comprehensive link for Beginner's Martial arts questions. Please read this through before posting questions that have already been covered here.
This answers the top 50 basic questions or so we get on the forum about Martial Arts...save the link!
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/martial-arts/newbie-guide/also, a guide and index to more in-depth questions commonly asked: another keeper!
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/martial-arts/
Posted by: MattJ
Re: All Please Read - 09/03/05 12:58 PM
Let's get to know each other.
Feel free to post your thoughts and opinions (keeping Forum guidelines in mind
)! Many of you lurk for a while to get used to the unique flow of this site. Good idea. However, keep in mind that this is a public forum. We want to hear from you. So speak up and be heard!
And fill out your profiles! It is interesting to know who we are all dealing with here. Give us a brief history of your martial arts experience and let us know from where on this planet you are from.
It's your forum. Enjoy!
Posted by: MattJ
Re: All Please Read - 09/09/05 11:55 AM
Please read this as well from Kintama -
This is important for all of us to be aware of...but especially those who have their own web sites.
when you build a web site or write a post here that either references material, or provides copies of material, you need to be aware of the possible consequences and ramifications. There are different levels of consideration ranging from moral correctness to outright illegal action.
here are some ways to avoid possibly infringing author's rights which all of us need to take note:
scenario 1: you do a google search for a kata, find a website which has an mpeg, find the address of the mpeg itself and post the link in a forum.
possible problem: maybe the author of the clip was intending for people to navigate his/her site and present the clip in a certain context with a write-up explanation etc... by providing a direct link to the vid, you are (possibly) denying the authors intent of which context to present their material.
solution: if you wish to reference someone's video or any material, provide the domain address of the web site and perhaps provide the page address or give intructions on how to navigate to the vid of interest.
scenerio 2: You snag a piece of text off a web page and paste it into a forum post or put it up on your own web page...at the very least, reference the quote - if it's substantial, ask permission.
possible problem caused: again, a google for this information will come up with your site...maybe the author didn't want that or the info is out of context...or maybe they wouldn't care...who knows, it's better to check.
scenario 3: a website requires a 'registration' before downloading material, this is used for a number of reasons of which will be mentioned at the time of registration. you may or may not have to pay for material, but it doesn't matter - it's almost always intended for single personal use. which means after you download it on your hard-drive...don't upload it back on the internet. you can print it for your own consumption and reference, but not make multiple copies and pass them out in the dojo. you probably won't get caught, but it's morally wrong. however, redistributing in electronic form is just as much a moral injustice, but larger in scope of a problem for the author... depending on circumstances, it may be determined your intention is to profit directly or indirectly and that is downright illegal.
If they (the e-material owners) are reasonable, they will see that you are not charging or making profit from these files...however, it can be argued that you ARE indeed profiting if you have any kind of sponsership (ie Ads on your site).
Most owners of material would ask you to remove it.
Some owners wouldn't say a word to you and let you leave it up there...then on one shiny spring day, you get a letter to appear in court...
Here's what I didn't know until recently...an earlier thread someone was having trouble getting a free pdf article...I helped them to get it by providing a link to a COPY of the document. I thought it's no prob, I didn't change the contents, and I'm not making money. wrong. it WAS a problem. The author kindly asked me to remove the link, so I did....then he told me to do 50 push-ups and maintain shiko-dachi for 30minutes and he'd forget the whole thing...kidding...he/his wife were nice about it. He explained some things to me which led me to find out more...this is what happens when you innocently make a copy of material and put it back up on a different site:
By providing an alternate copy of the article from another site, people doing google searches would find it and download it, bypassing the author's site and removing the article from the context in which it was intended. what was happening was some people illegally distributed the article in mass quantity...since they were bypassing the intended site, they were bypassing the sponsers...therby denying the author the only means of compensation and/or site visitation for a given free article.
bottom line: It's not fair to the author.
I didn't know that, but I do now
-Ed
Posted by: MattJ
Posting pictures and video - 11/20/05 10:31 PM
Posted by: JoelM
Using Quotes - 11/26/05 05:19 PM
Using quotations is an effective means of replying to specific parts of another person's comments. It is also a very simple process.
If you wish to quote part of another's post, simply click on the "Quote" button at the top-right corner of the post. In your reply field you will see their post with [quote] at the beginning and [/quote] at the end of the text. Simply type your response before the [quote] and/or after the [/quote] and all will be well.
You can quote the entire post or a select part of it. You can also break it up into many smaller quotes to be more specific in your replies. You can do so by typing the [quote] and [/quote] designators around the smaller sections and typing between the quotes.
If you have improperly used the Quote function, your post may be edited by a moderator for the sake of clarity.
Posted by: JoelM
Quoting in segments - 12/14/05 11:48 AM
Scenario: You are posting a reply in a thread and want to answer 2 or more people's questions at once.
This is what it should look like in the text box before you submit your post:
[quote]
This is the words of person one.
[/quote]
This is my comment to person one.
[quote]
This is the words of person two.
[/quote]
This is my comment to person two.
.
.
.
etc
Thanks, Ed.
Posted by: MattJ
Re: Profiles - 03/07/06 02:12 PM
Accounts and Profiles
In general filling in private info is not manditory. However, if you do decide to provide this info, honesty is manditory.
* Having more than one posting identity by creating multiple accounts is deceptive and therefore forbidden.
* Using a false name/identity in your profile is not allowed. Leaving the name field blank, first name only, nicknames, etc are acceptable.
* Filling in the e-mail address is optional, but phoney ones or addresses which are not your own account will be removed.
Notes:
Using your real name (first,full, or nickname) and MA experience in your profile is preferred for topic-relative credibility until people get to know and trust your quality of posting. In other words, if you post anonymous and make claims/advice of any sort, don't expect anyone to have reason to believe you.
post courtesy of Ed Morris
Posted by: MattJ
Re: All Please Read - 03/13/06 06:13 PM
Posted by: MattJ
Re: All Please Read - 03/16/06 02:51 PM
We strive to maintain a fair balance when allowing posts of questionable content. Excessively violent, graphic or profane posts will be edited or deleted per forum rules.
If you are posting something that you feel is discussion worthy, but may be of questionable content, please use this icon to warn the other members of the forum:
Please include a written warning as well (ex: "Language!" or "Kind of graphic!", etc) This will help us keep people from getting surprised by something that may be objectionable to them. Thank you for your consideration.
Posted by: MattJ
Using the search function - 05/18/06 09:25 PM
Leave both windows blank to just search for keywords/username with no date limit. If you click the drop down button on the "newer than" window where it says days, weeks, months and years you will see a blank space above days. Click on that, and clear the "1" out of the other window and the system will search as far back as needed to get 200 results.
As an alternative:
You click on a user's name in a thread, which brings up their profile. Click on the "show all users posts", and it will brings up a list of posts by that person.