SETSANG said:
As one of the founders of the A.A.M.A.C.U.A. I was alerted to this post as was as others by a fellow member. I have signed on to give some true insight into our organization. However I will be signing off immediately after this post. I do not wish to be a part of a board that claims it promotes unity then has posts that attacks fellow martial artist's and organizations. First let me say that we accept no monies for any of our services. We are a reputable place for martial artists to come to when experiencing a loss of brotherhood and belonging in the martial arts. We give away nothing. To be accepted at your current rank by us you must provide the following requirements. A hand signed certificate in the style you rank in. If testing for the next rank in your current style you must provide proof of last rank with the same as I have just mentioned. Along with this we need a letter of recommendation from a current or past instructor along with a contact number. We then will need a video of all techniques in your style along with proof of ID and five personal references. Then 20 instructors of high rank will review the tape and make a decision. If you are testing for recognition of a new style we need proof of dan rank in three arts as well as the info I have mentioned above. Also on video we need the entire system plus the previous systems you know. We also need a written out line of the system along with what you hope to accomplish with the new style and reasons for creating it. Then last but not least a video of one student you have brought to black belt in your style or system.
As you can see we are no rank machine or pay for rank organization. We are here because we love the arts and wish to help others.
On another issue, I wish to add in my thoughts on the attacks of Mr. Young. First let me say I did receive a very angry, threatening, and unprofessional letter from Bd Parsons. I found his crass and humorous letter to be nothing more then a man who knows nothing about what he speaks of. Mr. Young from the very start never claimed IKCA stood for the karate connection, but another group all together. This is not uncommon as there are martial groups out there like the IKKO, and the IKKA as well as others. Further more the certificate Bd Parsons claims to have received from Mr. Young is not even close to the certificate we have here on file at the A.A.M.A.C.U.A. All of his references checked out as well.
Having been one of the 20 who has reviewed Mr. Young's tapes and help verify his references, let me say that Mr. Young has all the skill, knowledge, and ability, of a seasoned martial artist twice his age. The system he invented is both street worthy and effective. I found his student video to also show Mr. Young's competence as a skilled teacher.
while what I see here in this post may be bothersome to me it is not something I have not seen before in my 40+ years in the martial arts. Especially if one invents his own style. I have seen it with Ed Parker, Bruce Lee, And most recently with John Pellegrini. If you look at what these men encountered you find it eerily similar to what Mr. Young Is now dealing with.
As martial artist's in today's society we seem to spend a lot of time making ourselves feel better by disproving the skills of others. In my mind our time is better spent on just improving our own.
S.E. TSang
Dear S.E. Tsang,
Hi. How are you? It is good to have another point of view. Yet I would like to ask you a few questions?
1) Why sign up and then run away? It makes you look like you cannot defend your point point of view.
2) Some quotes were taken from Mr. Youngs web-site that said the opposite of what you have said. Including claims in arts that others refute, including two members here. Yet, you say all of his references check out.
Is it possibile that all of the references you received checked out, and yet this person is claiming more then he can defend?
3)Thereby putting you into a bad spot, by you saying you have checked all of his references, yet we do not know the list of references you validated.
Is it possible for you to provide a list of references provided to you? It should nto be an issue if you have checked them out and validated them already. It should be a matter of public knowledge then.
4) Of the twenty who review, could you list their arts?
I would like to know if any of them have any experience in KMA or CMA or JMA or FMA or, ..., . This would allow others to know what you can review from theri experience. Note: I did not ask for names of people on names of the arts they trained in.
5) Do you only do video review? Or is it live review?
I ask because I know people who can edit and make a really nice video, where all mistakes are taken out. Also the self defense can be acted out per script versus live interaction.
6) What drove you to creat such an organization?
I saw you comment about loss of brotherhood, and people looking for it. Yet if you only review through video, then where is the brotherhood?
7) During a testing is there application fees to cover the mailing of the video around to all 20 high ranked personages? Is there a charge for registration?
Just curious, as you made it sound like you did all of this for absolutly nothing. To take all of your time and money out fo your pocket to help others is admirable, yet, not very much expected in today's society.
More Questions Later if you reply. I do hope you do.
Thank You
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