Posted by KC Elbows on February 20, 2003 at 08:14:21:
In Reply to: Re: Look What I found on another board posted by Sonic Hedgehog on February 20, 2003 at 07:03:50:
'Sounds pretty elaborate for someone who's moved on with their life.'
I am very security conscious. Ask any of the longtime anti-moos, or anyone that knows me. When I am with a group in an unfamiliar area, I am always the one looking out for any possible trouble. At work, I have awards for the security in my facilities. My home is the last place an intruder wants to break into.
True, sometimes one must loosen up, and I have shared my info with some that I was not thrilled to, but I have also made sure that there was bad info in there too.
I really don't think this is an issue of who has moved on and who has not. On the one hand, this whole argument is a demand for honesty, and an end to what was started with our help. On the other hand, it is stealing back the moo from Kim. We have been longtime friends with men who were then unable to openly respect us, because we practice other arts and such. Because of Kim, and nothing more.
You fail to understand that at it's highest level, the only level where I see something good coming of all this, the moo is not a line, but a fraternity/sorority of people helping each other rise up and sharing their particular skills, without the need for prideful grandmasters. Kim is in direct opposition to this, and so Kim must be deconstructed.
I can name ten men who, when I shortly complete my studies of six elbows, I would gladly teach for nothing more than their blood and sweat. They are all former moos. Some have skills I would be interested in learning, but all are decent guys, and serious minded practitioners, and those are the type of people that should have every opportunity to learn more martial arts, and one man, Kim, made an extraordinary effort to limit their opportunity, so others must make an extraordinary effort to open up as wide a world for them as possible, because they, not Kim, have a role to play in our culture's mindset towards martial arts and how we will deal with false masters.
In short, if the moo is to be all martial arts, then I cannot possibly be out of the moo, because I practice deeper kung fu than Kim, and kung fu is supposed to be part of the moo. Therefore, and I do not appear to be the only one who sees it this way, especially in the Rogue schools, the moo, if it is to survive, must become similar to the chin woo society: a society of martial artists who, together, form a library of martial arts greater than one practitioner can know.
Explain to me why I would 'move on' from such an idea, or brook any opposition to it. I am interested in how you could rationalize sacrificing that for Kim's small minded dream.