They are down 12 points , FG does nothing for them . <| sep |> Sustaining partners ? That ' s some sunny ways doublespeak if I ' ve ever heard it . <| sep |> It ' s honestly ridiculous and harvest shows no interesting in reissuing government plates . I understand exmilitary because of the samples and I ' m sure they don ' t want to change their work just to make some extra cash . But come on , what ' s really stopping them from reissuing Government Plates , they would make a killing if they reissued that . Hopefully the resell prices will go down from what they are at right now . <| sep |> ubkrustev , I hope my tone didn ' t come across snarky . I meant to be totally genuine . I do appreciate your feedback . Well this brings other concerns . Do you believe that a seasoned kenjutsu practitioner can make a HEMA curriculum ? Or a curriculum for any weapon that he is unfamiliar with ? I don ' t believe you can make a general curriculum for weapons . Martial arts are specific in many ways , and the differences between different weapon arts lie mostly with the weapons themselves . No I don ' t think a seasoned kenjutsu practitioner could create a HEMA curriculum . I know I sure couldn ' t . But I do think that a group of different artists could come together and distill some of the universal principals of weapon use into a curriculum . I believe there are only so many ways to move the human body and by extension only so many ways to move a weapon . I agree with you completely that beyond the universals , many of the differences lie in the weapon itself and I think also the culture it the practice was created in . My hope would be that the curriculum that teaches the universal principles would take a person and give them the skills necessary to pick up just about any object and competetnly use it as a weapon . If anyone wanted to move deeper into a particular weapon , the traditional arts the kenjutsu and HEMA arts for example would be there for those seeking true mastery . At least , that ' s the idea . It may be too ambitious . I also want to make sure that it ' s clear that I am not trying to supplant or replace the traditional weapon arts . I teach traditional weapon arts three days a week www . fivecirclesma . com . With the curriculum part of this idea , I am just looking to paclkage something for those schools that are currently teaching weapons without any real rhyme or reason . The most painful practice that I have seen on a regular basis is schools that have a weapon of the month club . They charge people for a monthly special seminar , the students play around for a couple hours , and they actually learn nothing effective at all . It could also be used by schools that do teach traditional weapon arts but want to have a lower level art for people to start with . I don ' t think many will do that , but it would be an option . If a martial arts school can make money during those entertainment hours , they ' ll be less likely to need to engage in McDojo behavior . What kind of entertainment are you thinking about ? This gets somewhat to the crux of one of my critical products . So I ' d rather not put to much out there on this one . Once I get to beta testing , anyone generous enough to share their email with me will be invited to see more and get more details , but I am long way off from that . And yes , if you get anything to market and it looks usefull , I ' ll try it , Thanks for keeping an open mind . I hope you ' ll continue to help provide input to me during the development process and hopefully I ' ll be able to ensure that my products and services that will looks useful .