No, we are talking pink belts in martial arts not the general wearing of pink.
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No, we are talking pink belts in martial arts not the general wearing of pink.
Not male chauvinist, sexist....... ie blue for boys ( equally sexist btw) and pink for girls.
Steve
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Now I'm thoroughly confused. Is it sexist when a man wears pink or when a woman wears pink?
If you wear a pink belt, do you have to tithe 15% to the Susan Komen foundation?
If you wear a pink belt, do you have to tithe 15% to the Susan Komen foundation?
Which actually makes zero difference. Feel free to add the words "belt in martial arts" after every instance of the word "pink" in my statement and it remains every bit as true.
Actually I did say pink belts and as we are talking about a particular seminar where they supposedly wear pink belts it's self evident I'm talking about wearing pink belts.
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I have a friend who is a feminist. The answer is yes to both.
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Actually I did say pink belts and as we are talking about a particular seminar where they supposedly wear pink belts it's self evident I'm talking about wearing pink belts.
Why do pink belts fall under a different set of rules than a pink t shirt?
(same comment re worded)
Steve
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dang it!! my wife gave me a nice, pink shirt for my birthday. Good with a grey tie and black jacket. Gonna miss that shirt.
Xue Sheng
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Not going but that is 799 Euros or 642.86 British pounds or $909.34 US Dollars for 1...wait for it...with a room. I believe the price includes the hotel room as well. And there are allegedly only 9 tickets left so you better hurry
That is hugely expensive even with a room.
JR 137
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How much do hotel rooms in London cost? In Manhattan, 3 nights in a hotel room can easily run you $600-$700. I'm not talking about Waldorf Astoria penthouse stuff, but mid range-ish places like the Marriott.
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I most likely will not be going this time. I haven't got the time or the money.
Hotels are very expensive but having looked at the ad again I'm wondering where the seminar is to be, it says London but it's a huge place and I suspect it may be out in the sticks somewhere rather than actually 'London'. It's probably a church hall in Romford lol.
I think he's trying to make it 'exclusive' and only have a few students attend which sort of goes against what he's supposed to be standing for.
JR 137
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When you think about it...
3 instructors flying in from Sweden, Hong Kong, and Brazil. Hotel rooms for these 3 for 4-5 days. Meals. Support staff salary, flights, hotels and meals. Space rental, advertising costs, etc. Subtract the cost of the hotel room from the registration cost.
Split those costs between 39 registrants. Before any profit gets split 3 ways (however it gets split), the registration fee doesn't seem exorbitant to me. Had there been hundreds of available, then yes.
That doesn't mean they're not making money doing this. But I doubt each person is taking home more than a few thousand dollars.
As for only 39 attendees, maybe they don't want it to be like a kids' summer camp with hundreds of martial artists running around and not getting any individualized attention.
Not everything is a cash grab. Everything doesn't have to be all doom and gloom.
3 instructors flying in from Sweden, Hong Kong, and Brazil. Hotel rooms for these 3 for 4-5 days. Meals. Support staff salary, flights, hotels and meals. Space rental, advertising costs, etc. Subtract the cost of the hotel room from the registration cost.
Split those costs between 39 registrants. Before any profit gets split 3 ways (however it gets split), the registration fee doesn't seem exorbitant to me. Had there been hundreds of available, then yes.
That doesn't mean they're not making money doing this. But I doubt each person is taking home more than a few thousand dollars.
As for only 39 attendees, maybe they don't want it to be like a kids' summer camp with hundreds of martial artists running around and not getting any individualized attention.
Not everything is a cash grab. Everything doesn't have to be all doom and gloom.
I love that you don't think a 'few thousand dollars' isn't very much, dear me that's a fortune! The seminar is in London, there's brilliant instructors in the UK who don't charge a fortune so why fly in instructors? Nah, it's expensive for what it is. If it's like his writing, it'll be full of buzz words and jargon. I'll save my money for serious training.
JR 137
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A few thousand dollars is a lot of money to me too. My wife and I are both school teachers, and our daughters are 5 and 3.
I'm sure it's taken several months of planning and work to bring it together. In that context, a few thousand dollars isn't that much.
It's their business though, it's how the organiser earns his living so it's not like any martial arts instructor holding a seminar, this is what he does for a living. He will have a lot of seminars organised, books and videos to sell. It's a commercial venture and one that really doesn't offer value for money in my opinion.
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I wouldn't pay it.
