I was a member of a pretty good Isshinryu forum, i.e. "Talk Isshin-Ryu Forum," but it will retire from the Internet end of October 2013. What I enjoyed most about this forum is it never stooped to a flame forum where negativity was the word of the day. It remained positive and informative, when it was in forum mode, i.e. discussions, questions, answers, idea's and theories were flowing.
It has since become dormant, not discussions, no questions, no answers, no idea's floated and no theories presented for discussions, etc. A forum is a model that requires exchange to flourish or it will die on the vine. Although a good forum it has fallen in disuse so the webmaster is going to retire the site as mentioned.
It appears that many of the more successful forums, such as this one was, along with blogging, etc. has moved to the social networks such as FaceBook. FB started out as a more personal type social media forum and now encompasses many more business like ventures as well. I have seen many move over to that model, i.e. at least a blogger and FB environment for promoting martial arts and other disciplines.
My FB presence is "Okinawan Isshinryu." Not much there to date but I suspect if I wish to keep providing my ideas, theories and postings it will need to be available of the blogger, by itself, may lose its traffic. Not yet, but it is a possibility.
Anyway, I wanted to say thanks publicly to all those who joined the "Talk Isshin-Ryu Forum" with special thanks to Ray Read, the owner and webmaster, for the years of enjoyment I experienced while it flourished. It was created on a Sunday, June 05, 2011 and I joined it September 02, 1011 and we enjoyed many visitors and have fifty-seven regular members. You should feel proud of your efforts Ray and please accept my sincerest thanks for the forum and my appreciation for your work.
Good bye Talk Isshin-Ryu Forum!
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