Posted by KC Elbows on July 08, 2002 at 07:32:14:
In Reply to: Re: SUPERSTITIONS = WHAT? posted by FERAL INSTINCT on July 06, 2002 at 23:35:17:
Actually, feral, the concept of 'traditional' in trianing is highly malleable. There were a few notable kung fu masters who had contemporaries that taught a la the john c kim style, basically a lot of claims without appropriate demos. They loathed these contemporaries in much the same way we loathe kim, for they are betrayers of the martial arts. They have given up being good teachers for creating profits.
If Kim's teachings in Chicago were so good and traditional, then why, when the higher belts went to mess up other schools, did they several times come back beaten, and, in fact, get trounced by one guy AFTER they put a knife in the guy's back?
Because what they studied was less effective.
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