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Post by fujicolt on Jun 26, 2011 22:16:39 GMT
Had a 20 yrs old very fit and strong young man state ABSOLUTEKLY to me today that MA and especially Karate was a load of (his words) Sh*te and there was no way that anyone could deck you with a finger or a thumb - apart from gouging yer yes out!
When i had him at my feet twice screaming in pain (without touching his face or eyes) - but no lasting injury - he admitted 'he may have been wrong!'
Mmmmm....
tis sad that our art has had so much bad press and is no longer considered valid by the young!
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Post by jimlukelkc on Jun 28, 2011 9:49:13 GMT
Not just bad press Steve, there are some very poor instructors out there. Achieving a Black belt does not make you a good teacher, something not recognised by most not familiar with ma. I once had a student who confessed to me after training for 2 years, ( somewhat shame-facedly), that his original reason for joining was that having watched a class he was confident he could beat the merry crap out of me! How we laughed about that !
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Post by fujicolt on Jun 28, 2011 17:47:34 GMT
But yer grandad was a stromg Lad Jim! LOL!
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Post by grunners4 on Jul 1, 2011 22:47:55 GMT
Steve I disagree with you! Well at least with your thread title - knowledge is power. knowledge is nothing if not put into practice - hence ' applied knowledge is power' Dale Carnegie said something like that I believe
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Post by fujicolt on Jul 2, 2011 1:43:15 GMT
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Post by grunners4 on Jul 2, 2011 7:55:49 GMT
haha well played! Actually I have used that Dales services too and he wasn't half bad
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Post by superjock on Jul 2, 2011 9:13:06 GMT
When i had him at my feet twice screaming in pain (without touching his face or eyes) - but no lasting injury - he admitted 'he may have been wrong!' Chin Na thumb press?
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Post by fujicolt on Jul 3, 2011 20:10:42 GMT
No actually Andrew - but i am not putting too much on here otherwise WY come to the courses HAHA!
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