Posted by KC Elbows on October 15, 2003 at 09:43:11:
http://www.8martialarts.com/threedaylesson.htm
About a three day lesson purportedly run by Kim. Mind you, the author didn't care to share his or her name, and all descriptions are vague as to
1) Who was at the lesson
2) When the lesson was held
3) Where the lesson was held
4) What, in concrete terms, the lesson covered
Of course, it is a broad and worhipful piece about how amazing Kim is without actually verifying that with any information.
The author, and I'm paraphrasing here, says that Kim clearly understands and lives the principles he was explaining(oom and yung), and judges this by Kim's words, which are not shared with the reader, and by visual verification. However, since the author fails to share his identity or how he should be qualified to judge such things, it is, again, meaningless fluff.
Frankly, it sounds like a three day lesson as run by any moo higher belt at any time in its history. There is the talk of oom and yung, then one person is used to attack from many directions while that person just stands there, not defending(the auther relates that a strike to the jaw lets him know that Kim could have finished him right there- does ending someone not defending themselves really qualify as a good demo?)
The description is very short on Kim actually teaching anything concrete, and very heavy on hero worship. Normally, a piece like this might be afforded a slight amount of credibility based on the author's identity and reputation- however, since the author is unknown, the piece is, essentially, groundless.
If I had to judge the rationale behind this post, I would say it was three-fold:
1) Extoll the virtues of Kim
2) Counter the realization that many anti-moos have practiced under Kim by suggesting that only three day lessons and longer are worthy, and that only an elite group has received those(many of whom served time and left the org, by the way)
3) Counter the suggestion that Kim hasn't taught much in many years.
However, this approach has downfalls:
1) The piece lacks content
2) Logic dictates that those who received lessons when Kim was actually in the schools, most of whom have left, are the vast majority of those who received lessons three days and more in length, and thus the 'elite' the piece talks about are almost entirely now NOT students of Kim's anymore
3) One three day lesson is not a substantial amount of teaching in one year, hardly countering the fact that he hardly ever teaches
4) The phrase 'As Grandmaster explained, anything less than a three-day lesson is not truly a lesson...' invalidates the draw effect that 'master might be there...' will have for any event shorter than three days.