Mark Twain said something to the effect that it is better to let everyone think you are a fool rather than open your mouth and prove it.
Isn't it interesting how the saying you posted, and Mark Twain's, get proven so easily by some people.
Mark Twain said something to the effect that it is better to let everyone think you are a fool rather than open your mouth and prove it.
Isn't it interesting how the saying you posted, and Mark Twain's, get proven so easily by some people.
You didn't make any point, or even address the topic. You made a bunch of baseless accusations in the form of an incoherent run on sentence.
Good for you for figuring out periods, though. That's progress.
One point of view - You are bashing my style!
My point of view - it is harmful and fraudulent to instill in people a false sense of confidence based on nonfunctional BS that will and has gotten many people hurt or killed. It is my duty as a martial artist to dispel these myths wherever I find them.
Im not telling anyone not to do anything. I just think people should be educated. If you walk out of aikido class thinking you are equipt to deal with a street situation by it, you are worse off than if you had 0 training at all. False confidence kills a lot of people. I don't think its right to scam people at all, especially not as it could pertain to life or death.
10 years ago, when someone said that my MA style does not have ground game, I would defend my style and argued with that person about "how important the mobility is". Today when someone said that, I would just say, "I agree with you 100% there."they need to show everyone else how inferior their styled are.
That could be but the usage of Adieu was inaccurate for that sentence....unless you wanted a play on words.
And yet again you're refusing to answer the main question about what your experience is you have a lot to say on every subject apart from that...that's convenient isn't it. Also what points you never made any points all you said is about how it's your duty to tell people they're wrong that's literally all you've saidYet none of you have the wherewithal to address the points made, and many of you would rather speculate about my leet youtubefu than actually read what was said.
And it is the prevalence of that very attitude and behaviour that explains the facticity of my opening post. A mutual admiration society hostile to any sort of criticism.
Rarely does a thread come full circle so elequently.
Because it was a pretty stupid comment and you never answered what your problem wasI am curious...why the dislikes and disagrees??
Ah so you're trolling. Right got itQED
I couldn't script this any better.
10 years ago, when someone said that my MA style does not have ground game, I would defend my style and argued with that person about "how important the mobility is". Today when someone said that, I would just say, "I agree with you 100% there."
If we don't address those style weakness, how to evolve, and correct it, what other meaningful discussion can we have in a MA forum?
For example, When discussing the CMA Bagua system, I had addressed the following "style weakness" that made Bagua guys unhappy.
- To cross legs when you are in your opponent's kicking range can give your opponent a chance to sweep you down.
- To turn your back into your opponent without controlling his arms can give your opponent a chance to put his arm around your waist, spin with you, and drag you down.
- ...
Ya, who am I to try to help people, and dispel ********. We should just let hucksters and frauds take peoples money, because its nobodies business.
.......I think not.
And I wonder who's sitting behind a computer with minimal training and talking trash. Just one I'd wager.It's funny that so many of you are self identifying with this and getting offended. I didn't single out any style other than one comment on aikido not preparing you for combat, and otherwise have been very specific about who and what I am talking about(which I stand by).
Quite revealing. I wonder how many of you are pulling a paycheck from selling fantasy. More than a couple I'd wager.
Not sure exactly which part of my post you think is dogmatic.
To my mind.. 'style' = dogma. No?
So again, you have people who choose to adhere to a particular 'style'. And some who don't.
My only point I suppose was why bother bashing styles? There are crazy cults out there that believe in superpowers and the like - are you going to waste your time and energy 'bashing' them, and every other idiotic group out there?
I've got more important things to do with my time is all.
I've never been paid a dime.It's funny that so many of you are self identifying with this and getting offended. I didn't single out any style other than one comment on aikido not preparing you for combat, and otherwise have been very specific about who and what I am talking about(which I stand by).
Quite revealing. I wonder how many of you are pulling a paycheck from selling fantasy. More than a couple I'd wager.
Let me put it another way...What are you talking about?
Has it ever occurred to you that your chosen method of approach affects the response you get? Steve challenges me far more directly than you do to these folks, yet that only dissolves into frustration when we cannot manage to communicate clearly. Why? Because Steve seems to start from a more neutral, objective position, even when he and I disagree.
deciding the best tool for the job.