Oh, this'll be fun....
WOW. I thought I would get some bad criticism, but not on the level of bullshido.
No, this isn't Bullshido. You can tell because people aren't swearing at you or calling you names. They are, however, making blunt assessments of your skills, which are frankly non-existant. If you can't take that level of criticism, you're better off not making any videos, and certainly not posting them on a martial arts board.
I did not come here to incite anyone.
That remains to be seen. Especially after these posts:
http://youtu.be/UoWC2SMAb0w
The interesting part of this video starts at 3:18. I will try to use this as my model ,JKS9199. Thanks for he helpful tips. Glad to see there are such friendly people here.
http://youtu.be/21WCl80c7Xw
This one gets good around 2:28. Just showing examples of videos that could be criticised for their content. I will make some longer ones, maybe not as good as these. This way you can have something to base an opinion on.
But you're not here trying to incite anyone.... right.
Response to some of the comments:
I had written a number of responses here, but then thought better of it and deleted them. Why waste my time answering such comments. "Find another instructor"? You have never seen any of my art or my abilities, how can you possibly utter such a silly statement. You seem to want posts to get emotional and heated, not me. So, no comment. Anyone who is serious can PM me or visit in person. Otherwise, I will consider this site as no better than bullshido.
We have seen your art. We have seen your abilities. I'll deal with the "find another instructor" comment in a bit.
Oh, and you being terrible, and it being pointed out to you, doesn't make all sites "bad". It means that the common denomenator, wherever you go, is that you are terrible, and it's painfully obvious to all who watch you or engage with you at all. Might want to look at that.
If the videos you posted are not representative of you and your art, why did you post them and then ask for opinions? Who or what (other than you and your art) are they supposed to represent?
And the replies you got were from serious people.
Just not sure you saw this, as you haven't answered it....
If it was criticism, no problem. Baseless insulting statements, such as " find a new instructor", just an insult.
That wasn't an insult, it was earnest and heartfelt advice. It should be teamed with "stop trying to pass yourself off as an instructor" as well, and "stop thinking you're knowledgable". As far as the comment being baseless, it really wasn't. The basis was your performance, in your videos, as every single frame show you as desperately lacking in every single, possible way.
I will counter some things.
Right. This'll be good.
As for Chris Parkers "research" on me, I posted my website, which includes my info, and the bullshido story. Nothing hidden here.
Well, to be clear, the research also extended to where you claim your ranking from, what you claim it in, and so on, as you say that the guys at Bullshido contacted the 'wrong' organisation in Japan. I wanted to make sure I wasn't looking up the wrong one myself, and as you haven't pointed out that the group of rank-selling websites that I found aren't the right ones, let's assume I got that part right as well, yeah?
My teachers are not famous, certainly not known to someone in australia.
I haven't found anywhere where you have actually given an instructor, let alone famous or not. On the Bullshido thread you mentioned someone (Howard Popkin), who came along to say he had nothing to do with you, but that's about it. As far as "certainly not known to someone in Australia", so what? You do realise that this is a "World Wide" Website, yeah? Even if I haven't heard of them (due to apparent geographical concerns...), someone here might have.
But, for the record, there is an Australian representative of the association who gave you (sold you?) your 3rd Dan, and not that far from me, actually.... so perhaps Australia isn't as far from you as you might think? That would be Nigel May in Bendigo, by the way, who runs a Korean Martial Arts school... so why he'd need to buy more rank from a quasi-Japanese association, I'm not sure, but hey, this isn't about him.
Judgements made about my art from a 7 sec video clip are not to be taken seriously.
Bluntly mate, it took far less than the 7 seconds to see that you have no skill, no ability, and nothing to offer as a martial artist. You in the position as an instructor is frankly a terrifying prospect, and you can only serve to bring the idea of martial arts down. That took less than 3 seconds for me to see, for the record. Honestly, if we put you and Ashida Kim against each other, it'd be impossible to call. All I can say is that there wouldn't be a winner, just a question of who loses.
The bamboo staff video is demonstrating a blocking drill, not attacking techniques.
The blocking drill was terrible, with no posture, no support, no proper grip, no skill, no talent, and nothing based in reality or use of the weapon whatsoever. As far as the attacking techniques, well, that was you. And you were just as bad.
I posted here to get feedback as to what could be better in the clips.
And you got it. It may not have been what you thought you were asking for, but mate, seriously, you posted them in a martial arts forum. Damn straight we're going to comment on the complete lack of martial skill demonstrated by your students and yourself. When it comes to what could be better in the clips, honestly, everything. Starting with having something worth filming.
Not to be told to find a new instructor.
You claim to have been training non-stop since 1986 (which is now 26 years!), and show the skill level of someone a few months in. Either you never had proper instruction, or you are simply unteachable. Hoping it's the former, advising you to get a new instructor is honest, good advice. You might not like it, but if my low green belts were showing the skills you do, they wouldn't get any further, and they'd get a lot of attention to try to figure out what the hell was going wrong (for the record, in my school that's 8th kyu, 7th kyu level).
Really, is that the best that he could come up with? Geezer had some quality comments, which I will implement.
No, but there are limits on what I'm allowed to say here. Most of what I wanted to say were variations on "lose the delusion of skill, don't pass yourself off as an instructor, you're an embarrassment to martial arts", and so on... but with somewhat stronger language.
If I were to go to Chris Parker "Ninja Master"'s level, I would alert people to his schools website that promises its students a "ninja membership card" and a "ninjutsu badge". Does that come with foam throwing stars?
You really didn't learn anything about debate over on Bullshido, did you? You went there, lied about who you were, made up stories, got found out, and then attacked them for not liking being lied to.... and now your defence is that my organisation provides a badge for the uniform to show membership, and a card to be carried so the students can bring their training gear to and from class? That's supposed to be an attack? Really?
Oh, and "Ninja Master's" level? What the hell are you on? But, for the record, the fact that you claim what you refer to as a "form of ninjitsu" I find quite insulting. You really don't have the first clue about what that term refers to, mate.
I know that as a lifetime member , asst administrator...., you have to defend your buddies, but, look at the facts here. I started a thread asking for comments on video clips, I didn't ask for someone from another continent to assess my art from a website, pictures or video clips.
You asked for comments from martial artists. You asked for it on a forum for martial artists. Deal with it.
Doesn't really matter though. I got my answrs from a few good posters.
You mean those who said they wouldn't comment on the material you were showing? Yeah, that was them being non-confrontational, it was not them thinking you had anything good to offer. Trust me on that.
The rest are either jealous, frustrated, bored or dissatisfied with themselves.
You're kidding, right? Jealous? Just how delusional are you? Bored? No, not really. Protective of the arts is another thing, though.
And believe me, I'm not dissatisfied with myself at all. I am, however, very dissatisfied that you have the nerve to call yourself a martial arts instructor, which is why I'm giving you this feedback.
Why else would you insult people for no reason?
There weren't any insults, Doug. None. There were blunt assessments which were less than flattering, but that doesn't make them insults. Saying a band that can't play in tune or in time is bad isn't insulting them. Saying a cook who can poison you with toast is terrible isn't insulting them either. Saying you are one of the worst martial artists I have ever seen isn't an insult, it's simply stating that you are one of the worst martial artists I have ever seen.
To make yourself feel better?
I sleep plenty good, so I don't need anything to make me "feel better".
When I look at a MA video, I try to see what I can learn from it.
Does that have any relevance? Really? You post videos that have no value whatsoever, then try to suggest that we should try to see what we can learn from it? Okay, here's something to learn from your videos... don't go to your school.
I don't knock the martial artist.
Depends on the "martial artist". After all, you seemed to be knocking the videos you linked above... but double standards seem to be your stock in trade, really.
My videos were a test to see how the quality of the iphone video looked on the website.
Well, that failed spectacularly, didn't it? Why not take a video of your family playing, then? Or really anything? One more time, if you're going to ask martial artists on a martial arts forum to look at your martial arts videos and ask for martial artists feedback, what on earth did you expect?
What would you like to see a videop of?
Martial arts. Got any?
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