Hello,
This forum has gotten quite a bit worse lately. Many personal attacks and many people unable to hold decent discussions due to others hijacking threads.
I am letting everyone know that this will no longer be tolerated in this New Year. Since I do not have time to read each and every post, I will be relying on those of you who care about this forum to keep me abreast of any negative types of posts or behaviour.
However, as I have another life outside of this forum, I am letting you all know that if I come across threads that are off subject and filled with negative comments and attacks that thread will be closed. If I have time I will clean up the thread and re-open it, but that is not going to always be the case. In some cases I will simply delete the thread outright.
So, everyone can grow up and play nice with one another or threads and posts will be removed outright. I may not always be able to contact you in advance of taking such action.
As always, anyone wishing to discuss this further can contact me via PM or email. This forum is not the place to discuss this as it is for the discussion of Wing Chun and its many facets. Anything which does not relate to WC will be moved to the appropriate forum or removed entirely.
I hope this is clear for everyone.
Moderation
[QUOTE=Niersun;1074048]I think banning Victor was unjustified.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Sardinkahnikov;1074055]Maybe it will do some good for both him and t_niehoff. They spent too much time spilling vitriol in this forum - not healthy.[/QUOTE]
Hello,
While there will be different opinions, it is impossible to please everyone. Victor was told several times to relax and let things go. Instead he seemed to enjoy the attention he was getting with his interaction with T. He also, always seemed to try and play the victim. Since he could not stop and had to continue his back and forth he was banned.
T, was banned because he was unable and unwilling to let anyone else present just about any opinion without jumping in and resorting to calling everything B.S.
Neither was really contributing here to the forum. Some of the things they each posted were filled with good information. Unfortunately, that fell into the minority of what was posted. The majority of their posts was the same type of back and forth bashing on one another, their Sifu or their methods.
This forum has the potential to bring people together and improve our art. As I said in a prior post, currently this form is a mess. It is a shame really, we are supposed to be adults, most of us anyhow 
so we should be able to disagree without resorting to attacks on one another.
Victor and T were the first to be banned, however, should others follow the same pattern of behaviour they will not be the last.
Also, anyone thinking that I am power mad, please keep in mind that Gene was in full agreement with this action.
As always, anyone wishing to discuss this further can contact me via PM or Email.
Starting up Again
Hello,
Seems like things are starting to get ugly again with people posting insults and wanting to argue over foolish things.
Just wanted to refresh everyones memory that this will not be tolerated any longer.
You guys are adults, and I have been trying to treat everyone like an adult. I have let some of the minor insults go, in the hopes that people would not continue on that vein. For the most part people are now able to hold discussions without every thread turning into nothing more than insults and bickering.
Just a reminder, keep it civil and behave like the adults I know you all are.
Anyone can contact me via PM or Email if you wish to discuss.