Posted by LurkerB on February 17, 2003 at 08:02:09:
Here's my take on who I think are actual people posting on here. I may be forgetting some people, but some handles I think are just handles used by some of these people:
Royal Dragon- seems nice enough, somewhat pushy on advertising his class. I guess that's good business.
Ex Instructor- At least he makes a good point here and there. Plus, he is also a christian, so I give him props for that. He knows the names of way more instructors than I do, so I assume he was in for a long time.
Tim- I'm not sure who Tim is. Haven't figured him out. Thought he was a ex-instructor handle, but now I don't think so.
HF- He repeats too much. Hard to say much about him. All I get to see is how he makes fun of others. He's too dependent on the old arguments.
MAV- MAV is the guy whose posts I used to look for on here. I noticed his name on a couple new posts- it's good to see him back. On his good days, his posts helped.
The Nameless Insulter- This guy needs to be euthanized. His thread titles, his handle, and his post are just insults. He likes to post as many insulting posts in a row as he can. also likes to steal handles. Thinks that helps our cause. He just makes the rest of us look as dumb as him. Thanks, jerk.
Here's my take on the arguments:
1. Our critics are all one person.
Not even possible. Royal Dragone never ever posts about instructors other than the ones everyone knows about. Ex does in detail. KC Elbows seemed to post exclusivels about Chicago, but I'm still not sure he's not ex-instructor. Too much work for one poster to do all these people without slipping up for so long.
2. None of these people ever studied our style.
Um, yeah. Sure. Although I don't buy everything on their yahoo group, there's a huge list of instructors on there. No outsider could have done that.
3. Nationals have no skill.
This is silly. Those guys have lots of skill. If you don't like the style, don't study it. These guys like what they're doing. I don't blame them, it's great stuff.
4. All of us who still believe in what we are practicing are one person posting under many handles.
Noit true, jsut because the nameless guy is doing it doesn't mean we are. I don't think I personally know any of the other posters, but I think at least a few of us are just posting under our own handles.
5. Pictures arew proof
I hate to say it, but I have to agree with some ofg our critics on this one. I've had to take debate for my major, and one thing that sticks out in my mind is that incredible claims require incredible proof. I know that Grandmaster does not have the time to run around proving himself. We're just stuck not being able to prove what we say. How can we expect more from our critics?
6. Everyone who practices with us is a zombie cult member.
This isn't true. We're good people, and I know a few who are overzealous, but they're still good people worthy of being treated fairly.
7. Everyone who criticizes us is a digruntled ex member who is bitter.
See 'incredible claims require incredible proof'. I could understand if someone got the impression while they were in that it was all lies, they would want to tell others. It is unfortunate that Grandmaster cannot just dispel their doubts, but isn't it more importrant for him to teach?
If anyone sees a post from me insulting them, take a breath before you respond. This guy stole my handle twice this weekend just to do that. I'll be glad once we weed these guys out of the schools. Until then, I have no reason to insult any of you. Heck, I've learned more about the history of my system on these web sites than in school. I've been telling one of the Asst instructors about the higher belts listing, he had me print off a copy for him. It would be cool to see pics of all these instructors. I hear the old days were crazy.