iMartial web community

[GeneChing]

We are cooperating with an online martial arts friends network - iMartial (http://www.imartial.com/index.aspx). It's sort of like MySpace for martial artists. It's also how we are managing the Tiger Claw Elite Championships (http://www.tigerclawelite.com/) online. Anyone can sign up and post pictures, blogs, videos, all sorts of web community functions. You don't have to be part of TCEC to play. And it's free. Check it out. Let me know here what you think.

For more on the Tiger Claw Elite Championships, see our TCEC thread on the TC Media Forum (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=757868).

[xcakid]

Gonna post prfile this weekend. Looks like a cool site.

[B-Rad]

Just got mine up. Could be interesting :)

[SevenStar]

I signed up, but I haven't set my page up yet.

[Mega-Foot]

We are cooperating with an online martial arts friends network - iMartial (http://www.imartial.com/index.aspx). It's sort of like MySpace for martial artists. It's also how we are managing the Tiger Claw Elite Championships (http://www.tigerclawelite.com/) online. Anyone can sign up and post pictures, blogs, videos, all sorts of web community functions. You don't have to be part of TCEC to play. And it's free. Check it out. Let me know here what you think.

For more on the Tiger Claw Elite Championships, see our TCEC thread on the TC Media Forum (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?p=757868).

Thanks for the link, Gene. I got my profile up and running, and included a photo of myself training with the Iga Ninja Clan.

http://www.imartial.com/player-Profile.aspx?uid=1365

[SevenStar]

lol, I posted a link to some iga ninja crap last week.

[Mega-Foot]

Why do you call it crap? That seems a little harsh. I don't think they're as respectable as some ninja clans, but they're far from something as crude as "crap".

[Minghequan]

Gene

I tried to sign up but it states that my email is invalid?

baihe@bigpond.com

[Shaolinlueb]

my profile

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1368

[NJM]

/registered. I like the site, but it's quite annoying that other members can't view your style on your profile.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

I signed up, but I haven't set my page up yet.

same here ... http://www.imartial.com/GunnedDownAtrocity

[bodhitree]

I just signed up. I'm not bodhitree there, but rather my real name.

I sent you a friend request Gene.

[GeneChing]

Minghequan: I'm not sure what's going on with that. Alert the iMartial webmaster. This is exactly the kind of feedback they need to hear.

NJM: Excellent comment and more good feedback. I totally agree.

bodhitree: Yes, let's all be friends. It'll confuse the friendless TCEC competitors. Just kidding. Actually, I think you guys are all pretty web savvy, so I've been hesitant to open this door to you. iMartial has been up for a little while now, but no one has been able to give it a good beta test. I figure if anyone can find the bugs, it's going to be our esteemed forum members. Thanks for indulging me.

[SPJ]

It is a good site for announcing upcoming competition, trade shows, news and event.

signed up, too.

:)

[Shaolinlueb]

its kinda hard to view your own profile after editing it. i kept on hitting the my profile button expecting to view it, but then i realized i had to hit home and then view it from there.

anyways i added more pictures and a form video.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

its kinda hard to view your own profile after editing it. i kept on hitting the my profile button expecting to view it, but then i realized i had to hit home and then view it from there.

anyways i added more pictures and a form video.

you gotta go to home and then click on your own link ... it opens up in a new window if i remember right.

[NJM]

I noticed that there is an option for writing your "team" (I assume for competition.) What would be really great is if an account type was set up for individual schools, sort of like (and I hate to reference it) the groups you can join on myspace.

[MasterKiller]

same here ... http://www.imartial.com/GunnedDownAtrocity

Dude, this is not how I imagined you at all!

http://www.imartial.com/getpreview.ashx?dsize=450&imgid=967

My whole world is melting!

[bodhitree]

my link:
http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1376

[GeneChing]

I knew all of you could give some intelligent feedback. Keep it coming.

The webmaster behind iMartial signed up for an account yesterday under the user name 'iMartial'. He told me he was very appreciative of all of your commentary. I'm hoping he'll contribute to this forum and answer your questions directly. As for Minghequan's sign in issue, he couldn't find any error, so it's probably a mistake in the confirmation blank. He encourages Minghequan to try once more and if the problem persists, he'll delve into it further. Since iMartial's account is now active, my work belaying messages here is done (although I'll probably keep ttt-ing this for a spell).

I like NJM's suggestion about groups. We need a KFM forum group.

[SevenStar]

www.imartial.com/sevenstar

[NJM]

my profile, by the way: http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1372

I look a little scruffy in the photograph, but it's just the lighting.

[PangQuan]

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1365

you gotta see this lol

[Dale Dugas]

http://www.imartial.com/DaleDugas67

My iMartial page.

[NJM]

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1365

you gotta see this lol

If you think that's funny

http://www.imartial.com/player-photos-detail.aspx?imgid=899&uid=1309

I lol'd

[PangQuan]

If you think that's funny

http://www.imartial.com/player-photos-detail.aspx?imgid=899&uid=1309

I lol'd

dang bro, you got me beat i think.

i lol'd too

[PangQuan]

fackin classic gene lol

[PangQuan]

you know those little boxes you click that have styles and such in them on your profile?

what are they for? you cannot view what you have clicked in your profile, at least i cannot. Nor can i view what anyone else has clicked in those little style boxes.

[Shaolinlueb]

I'm having a hard time setting my default image for my profile. also if you are adding individual styles you should add eagle claw, hung gar, jow gar, praying mantis, norther shaolin. ;)

[Oso]

just call me a sheeple...

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1396

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

Dude, this is not how I imagined you at all!

http://www.imartial.com/getpreview.ashx?dsize=450&imgid=967

My whole world is melting!

this is how i used to look:

http://a902.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/26/l_4069e2cebbec6abcf130024ed3950185.jpg

... and now with satan and my huge buddy ryan

http://a683.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/35/l_821889f2e799d948016db8b569ca637a.jpg

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

..... also ... oso is exactly how i imagined him.

[NJM]

I'm having a hard time setting my default image for my profile. also if you are adding individual styles you should add eagle claw, hung gar, jow gar, praying mantis, norther shaolin. ;)


Go to My Account> My Photos> browse for file. If the upload doesn't work, try sizing down the file and converting it to .gif or .jpg, preferably the latter.

[golden arhat]

I signed up, but I haven't set my page up yet.

same here

10 needed lol

[GeneChing]

Ya know the reference, mon? ;)

If for no other reason, the outing of GDA's real look has made this venture worthwhile....

[Shaolinlueb]

Go to My Account> My Photos> browse for file. If the upload doesn't work, try sizing down the file and converting it to .gif or .jpg, preferably the latter.

i can upload the photo's. but it takes the last one you took and sets it as your default. i dont want the last one i uploaded as my default.

[PangQuan]

due to my lack of actual friends in actual life, ive deciede to live vicariously through iMartial.

im inviting you all :cool:

[NJM]

due to my lack of actual friends in actual life, ive deciede to live vicariously through iMartial.

im inviting you all :cool:


Hopefully you'll find real friends now :P

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

i can upload the photo's. but it takes the last one you took and sets it as your default. i dont want the last one i uploaded as my default.

yes.

this makes me want to kick babies. good ones.

[Oso]

..... also ... oso is exactly how i imagined him.


lol...the outside is pretty much like the inside...


you know of course that this is a step in the wrong direction. i think a martial forum should propagate more face to face meetings than KFM actually has. yet another place to live vicariously through a monitor isn't necessarily a good thing.

but, quick easy uploading of pictures is a cool feature...anyone run in to a limit yet?

[SevenStar]

you know those little boxes you click that have styles and such in them on your profile?

what are they for? you cannot view what you have clicked in your profile, at least i cannot. Nor can i view what anyone else has clicked in those little style boxes.

it's used to search. You can search for people that train certain styles. the search uses the same checkbox interface that you use when you make your profile.

[GeneChing]

One of the major functions of iMartial is tournament registration. Of course, what style you are is very important for open tournament registration. There's this whole admin side that's available to tournament promoters that allows them to collect registration for competitors, volunteers, judges, anyone participating in the tournament, and categorize it to their custom needs. There's even a function to print out badges for the specific events. It has potential to be quite powerful. One of the main reasons that we're cooperating with iMartial is for these registration functions. It's how some of our TCEC events (http://www.tigerclawelite.com/)are being registered. Take a look at the online registration for next weekend's RDK Internationals (http://www.imartial.com/event_details.aspx?eid=31).

[cjurakpt]

ok, I sucumbed (sp?)...

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1414&theme=black

[PangQuan]

style boxes:

that makes much more sense now. it would be kind of cool if you could see what people chose on thier profiles.

[GeneChing]

There are a few interface problems that I think need to be ironed out too. One function that bothers me is the 'friend invites'. I like that it keeps track of the friends that you have invited, but it bothers me that you have to delete them from that roster after they have been accepted. That should be automatic. Another thing that bothers me is that after you have read a received message, it still shows that you have a new message on your account. Once the message is read, that alert should be turned off. I think the only way to turn it off is to manually delete the message from your mailbox. That's bothersome if you want to save the message. You have to make this mental note of how many messages you have in your mailbox and constantly subtract that from what your new message alert reports on your account.

I'll remind the iMartial developer to keep an eye on this thread, although he's probably doing that already.


Some boy noy notice, dem only come around like tourist
On the beach with a few club sodas
Bedtime stories, and pose like dem name Chuck Norris
And don't know the real hardcore

[PangQuan]

oh snap! he breaks out the norris!

I noticed you can now view on each persons profile what syle boxes they selected.

me like


Some say dem a playboy, a playboy rabbit
Get drop like a bad habit
So no bother pose tuff if you don't have it
Rastafari stands alone!

[iMartial]

Thank you very much for the great feedbacks on iMartial.com.

We've just updated the following 2 features:

1.) Default Photo: Now you can set any photo as "default" for your profile. To set your default photo, please use the following steps:
My Account -> My Photo -> Edit Photo -> Check "Set as default photo in My Profile" option.

2.) Now you can view “Martial Art Styles” under personal profiles.

Thank you all again for the feedbacks, and will keep you updated with new features!

iMartial Team

[SevenStar]

when you reply to a blog comment, the link says "replay" instead of "reply"

[Shaolinlueb]

Thank you very much for the great feedbacks on iMartial.com.

We've just updated the following 2 features:

1.) Default Photo: Now you can set any photo as "default" for your profile. To set your default photo, please use the following steps:
My Account -> My Photo -> Edit Photo -> Check "Set as default photo in My Profile" option.

2.) Now you can view “Martial Art Styles” under personal profiles.

Thank you all again for the feedbacks, and will keep you updated with new features!

iMartial Team

woot thanks man!

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

yeah thanks ... quick work on the default pic feature.

[Shaolinlueb]

yeah thanks ... quick work on the default pic feature.

saimple db and simply query ;)

[NJM]

Thank you very much for the great feedbacks on iMartial.com.

We've just updated the following 2 features:

1.) Default Photo: Now you can set any photo as "default" for your profile. To set your default photo, please use the following steps:
My Account -> My Photo -> Edit Photo -> Check "Set as default photo in My Profile" option.

2.) Now you can view “Martial Art Styles” under personal profiles.

Thank you all again for the feedbacks, and will keep you updated with new features!

iMartial Team

I really appreciate you taking our advice and making those changes!

Maybe something you should look at maybe later on would be to establish subsections. For example, if I checked the "kung fu" box under styles, it would open up a new box that had checkmarking areas for "northern shaolin" "southern shaolin/hung gar" "northern mantis" "wing chun" etc. instead of just grouping them differently.

[iMartial]

I really appreciate you taking our advice and making those changes!

Maybe something you should look at maybe later on would be to establish subsections. For example, if I checked the "kung fu" box under styles, it would open up a new box that had checkmarking areas for "northern shaolin" "southern shaolin/hung gar" "northern mantis" "wing chun" etc. instead of just grouping them differently.


Thanks for the feedbacks. "northern shaolin" "southern shaolin" "northern mantis" and "wing chun" are added under styles.

The sub-categories for styles will take longer to do, will keep you updated later.

Thanks.

iMartial Team

[iMartial]

when you reply to a blog comment, the link says "replay" instead of "reply"

Thanks for catching that, we will fix the typo.

iMartial Team

[cjurakpt]

Thanks for the feedbacks. "northern shaolin" "southern shaolin" "northern mantis" and "wing chun" are added under styles.

The sub-categories for styles will take longer to do, will keep you updated later.

Thanks.

iMartial Team

great updates - a few suggestions to add as styles:
"fencing" - if you have other "western" martial sports such as boxing & wrestling, then it would make sense, IMHO, to list this as well...
"southern mantis" - if you have "northern mantis", you should also have this, as it is a completely different style
"Bok Mei (White Eyebrow)" & "Hung Ga"- these are two of the more important / widely praticed southern Chinese styles: if you have Wing Chun and Choy Lit Fut as sperate arts, these would be reasonable to add

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

saimple db and simply query ;)

often times its not the difficulty of a task one finds daunting, but simply the delight one finds in not ****ing with it.

[Shaolinlueb]

often times its not the difficulty of a task one finds daunting, but simply the delight one finds in not ****ing with it.


;)

might as well add northern shaolin, long fist, eagle claw ;)

[PangQuan]

lol. you guys are going to flood the guy with chinese styles :p

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

http://www.imartial.com/Royaldragon :D

[bodhitree]

lol. you guys are going to flood the guy with chinese styles :p


we need qixing style tongbei, qi style tongbei, shi style tongbei, shaoling style tongbei...

[SevenStar]

lol, yeah, leave it to the cma to try and take over. heck, while we are at it, let;s break out the thai styles and add krabbi brabbong and muay boran.

and under wrestling, you should add greco and freestyle, then also add the various regional folk styles...

[GeneChing]

...the categorization of Chinese styles is Pandora's box. Open it carefully.

Another trivial comment: You can invite a friend that has already invited you. You can also invite a friend that is already in your friend network. Most web communities will alert you when you invite a friend as to the status of your relationship - meaning when you click the 'add friend' request confirmation, it'll state that this member has already invited you or that you already have a request pending. What's more, you can send a friend request to someone that is already in your friend network. This is really cumbersome and will get worse at the friend networks grow. Right now, with so few people really playing with iMartial beyond the forum, no one has more than a dozen friends. On MySpace, people have thousands of friends. For that many friends, iMartial would need to a more resilient system to accommodate the load, lest we get bogged down in redundancies.

[PangQuan]

i want to be megafoots first friend

[bodhitree]

i want to be megafoots first friend


I sent my request before you!

[PangQuan]

d@mn!

i guess he is too good for us :(

[bodhitree]

d@mn!

i guess he is too good for us :(
I'm hoping he just didn't log in.

[cjurakpt]

we need qixing style tongbei, qi style tongbei, shi style tongbei, shaoling style tongbei...

hey, I wasn't even going to hit him with Chen, Yang, Wu, Hao, Sun, Zhao Bao, Tung, Cheng, Beijing etc. Tai Chi, but since you bring it up...

[Laukarbo]

http://www.imartial.com/HungKuenManila

[xcakid]

Well here's my profile. A bit unfinished, but I will keep working on it. And I am having problems editing personal info. :confused: It cuts off and does not save what I have edited. No limits on amount of words is there?

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1490

Alright who wants to be my friend. I am currently friendless. :(

[SifuAbel]

lol, yeah, leave it to the cma to try and take over. heck, while we are at it, let;s break out the thai styles and add krabbi brabbong and muay boran.

and under wrestling, you should add greco and freestyle, then also add the various regional folk styles...

issues? :rolleyes:

[SifuAbel]

Me

http://www.imartial.com/SifuAbel

[NJM]

Just another bit of feedback: it says wing chun twice in the check boxes area.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

That is because there is so much fighting between Wing Chun lineages, they gave each side thier own box.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

How do I link to my discussion forums from the main page?

[xcakid]

That is because there is so much fighting between Wing Chun lineages, they gave each side thier own box.

Now that's funny. I don't care who you are, that is funny. :D

[NJM]

Now that's funny. I don't care who you are, that is funny. :D

I'm watching that right now too :P

[xcakid]

lol. you guys are going to flood the guy with chinese styles :p


Well in that case we need to clarify all the kenpo styles and its derivitives:

Kajukenbo
American Kenpo
Shaolin Kenpo
Won Hop Keun Do


:D

Then lets not forget all the Korean Arts:

Hwa Rang Do
Kuk Sul Won
Hapkido
Moon Moo Do
Tang Soo Do


Then we have all the Japanese arts:

Aikido
JiuJitsu
Aikijitsu
Wado Ryu
Kendo
Isshin Ryu
Shotokan
Okinawan Kenpo
Shorinji Kempo
Shorin Ryu
Iaido
Ninjitsu

There is also an art missing. That is the French Savate.


Nah.....If it were up to me. I would just have it:

Korean
Chinese
Pilipino
Japanese
Polynesian Etc.
Other

Then have a box where one can fill out the actual style they are in. Give them maybe 3-4 blocks where they can do this on their profile.


That is my 2 pesos on the subject. :cool:

[Shaolinlueb]

being able to have a view all friends link would be great. right now it just cuts it to 9 or so.

[xcakid]

being able to have a view all friends link would be great. right now it just cuts it to 9 or so.


Isn't there a "view all" button or something. I was gonna check, but the *******s here at work blocks that site. Its listed as a "social/dating site" :o

[Shaolinlueb]

there is at the top. but im lazy and i dont like scrolling back up. so putting a link at the bottom would be cool too. ;)

[GeneChing]

The iMartial Team has been very pleased with the participation of all you KFMers. Most of the previous members were from the Tiger Claw Elite Championships (http://www.tigerclawelite.com/), but few of them have bothered to upload their pics. It's great to see so many KFMers really test the envelope of this site. Thanks for your excellent input.

Since groups are yet to be established, I can serve as a hub for KFM friends. Just add me to your 'friends' list as you join and glean the rest of the gang off my list.
My profile is here (http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=752), if you couldn't find it. :rolleyes:

[Shaolinlueb]

Since groups are yet to be established, I can serve as a hub for KFM friends. Just add me to your 'friends' list as you join and glean the rest of the gang off my list.
My profile is here (http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=752), if you couldn't find it. :rolleyes:


oh gene you are a hub for so many things!!! ;) :p

[SifuAbel]

Taking a closer look at that mug of yours, Gene, I realized I have the back of your skull on my video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmhkUAsSmNI

Thats you sitting next to Brendan Lai.

[NJM]

oh gene you are a hub for so many things!!! ;) :p

How does it feel, Gene, to act akin to Myspace's Tom?

[GeneChing]

That's one of my many imitators. Often emulated, never duplicated. :cool:

[SifuAbel]

Coulda' been your clone, he looked just like you. And No, you don't all look alike to me.

[GeneChing]

They are going to work on setting up groups, along with a lot of other nice whistles and bells for the site. If you're not joined on already, please indulge us.

Also, after our discussion, I thought I'd pick all of your resources about other martial web community sites. I'm familiar with MartialRank (the previous co-op with Tiger Claw Elite (http://www.tigerclawelite.com)) and Saigo (because of their aggressive MySpace marketing). Are there any others that you all know of? Please list them here.

Thanks again for everyone's support on this!

[xcakid]

We need more single hot blonde or redhead chicks on iMartial. Those above 18yo, unless they live in TX. Age of consent is 17 here. :D

Yes I am a dirty old(will close to middle age) man.

[SifuAbel]

17?!??! Texas Rules!!!

[Oso]

We need more single hot blonde or redhead chicks on iMartial. Those above 18yo, unless they live in TX. Age of consent is 17 here. :D

Yes I am a dirty old(will close to middle age) man.

ahem, just, FTR (you know)...NC is 16.

and I am officially middle aged as I doubt I'll reach 80...not enough qigong I guess...

[SanHeChuan]

When your in military service the legal age is 18 no matter where you go! :(

[xcakid]

When your in military service the legal age is 18 no matter where you go! :(


That's alright. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!


and I'll get em warmed up till they turn 18. :p

[NJM]

^necro

Anyone else notice that if you set a new picture as your profile default it won't update in other people's friends lists?

[IronWeasel]

So...

Has anyone been keeping up with this MA community thing?

[SanHeChuan]

Nope

123456

[masherdong]

I signed up awhile back. Here is where my profile is....

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=2753&theme=black

[David Jamieson]

my profile

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1368

dam adam, i was gonna do that pose. lol

now i had to change it.

here's mine
http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx

i'll fill it in more at another time

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

I signed up, made a bunch of freind connections....then never looked at it again.

[Shaolinlueb]

dam adam, i was gonna do that pose. lol

now i had to change it.

here's mine
http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx

i'll fill it in more at another time


that pose pwnes everything! lol

[David Jamieson]

it asks you when you started training and when you started competing and then it outputs the assumption tat you still compete or that you have trained the stated styles for the amount of time since those dates.

This presenst a kind of false information.

I for instance haven't practiced any Karate at all since the 1980's!
And I haven't been in a regular martial arts competition cycle since before and about the same time, although i have been to a few in the 90's.

anyway, it will leave a lot for questioning i guess, lol

[GeneChing]

Good points, David. Thanks. I'll let the iMartial IT person know that this thread became active again.

[David Jamieson]

that pose pwnes everything! lol

the heros pose,...

I had my wife take the horse and standing one, both with the rings on...you know, for effect... lol

it certainly says "I do chinese martial arts" like no other pose.

[masherdong]

here's mine
http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx

i'll fill it in more at another time

Hey, that points to my profile! So, my pose pwns, huh?

[David Jamieson]

http://www.imartial.com/player-Profile.aspx?uid=3430

fixed :-)

[xcakid]

I signed up awhile back. Here is where my profile is....

http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=2753&theme=black



http://www.imartial.com/player-Profile.aspx?uid=3430

fixed :-)

Ya need more friends.....So I sent ya guys an invite. :cool:

Here's my proflie: http://www.imartial.com/player-profile.aspx?uid=1490

[Yao Sing]

Ok, I signed up as YaoSing (http://www.imartial.com/YaoSing)and now I need friends. Anybody?

[Oso]

i dunno...how many different web presences can one have?

for me:

KFM
youtube
MQ
MAF
iMartial

in the past, I've signed up at:
Dog Brothers
Russbo
Empty Flower

no effing way to keep up with them all...

oh, and I've got a myspace and a facebook but don't go to them that much either.

seriously?

[masherdong]

Ya need more friends.....So I sent ya guys an invite.

Yep, got yours. My fellow CMA Brothers, send me invites!