I'm sure you're all familar with the terms bad budo and mcdojo. We have all seen people claiming to teach the secret arts of Koga Ryu Ninjutsu (Ashida Kim, Ronald Duncan, etc...) and all the various martial arts they have learned from some secret great grandmasters (unfortantly you can never check their credentials since their grandmaster is now dead).
Now the question is this: If an invidual were to train under one of these frauds and had no knowledge that they were being taken, are these unenlightened people considered bad martial artist or can they possibly be good martial artist in an unfortunate situation?
I guess it boils down to whether or not if you believe "ignorance is bliss" or "ignorance is no excuse for sin"
Anyways i just wanted to get other peoples thoughts on this?
Now the question is this: If an invidual were to train under one of these frauds and had no knowledge that they were being taken, are these unenlightened people considered bad martial artist or can they possibly be good martial artist in an unfortunate situation?
I guess it boils down to whether or not if you believe "ignorance is bliss" or "ignorance is no excuse for sin"
Anyways i just wanted to get other peoples thoughts on this?