When a freind of mine talked about creating this forum I thought it would be a great idea. It could be a place where genuine martial artists could chat and talk about the thing that they love best “martial arts”, however since its birth I have seen a slow decline in serious topics and have seen an increase in children doing nothing more than playing games at other peoples expence.
Some topics start out as good threads but wind up being ruined by immature kids with little respect for other people! Im sure like this thread will be ruined! just as anything that involves children it will be taked away due to stupidity and ignorance.
So please lets leave this forum to adults with real issue’s and questions and we will leave the amusment parks for you kids!
PS why waste your time on this forum? shouldnt you be out there skateboarding or downloading video games or something!!!
…if you don’t like the content, why not contribute something?
I often notice that the people who complain the most about “the declining quality of the board” do not, themselves, contribute “quality” topics, or contribute much at all.
Also, trolls can only “ruin” topics if you don’t have the emotional self-control to ignore their bait.
Every other martial arts forum I have ever visted is generally boring.
They talk about “serious topics” which genrally degrade into semantic arguments.
As soon as someone reveals any of their personality, immediately they are attacked for being off topic, or people demand better “behavior”, or they demand you use your full name to be “held accountable”.
I think this is all stuck up academic bull. This is the web, not the kwoon.
The reason I hang on this site is because of all of the crap. It’s relaxing, engaging, entertaining, and unintrusive.
for how people Feel. While martial arts training does have its ethereal side, and discipline and respect, the ones training are people. Some of them are in a different place than you are, than I am.
Sure, I’m not too keen on some of the banter, so I keep out of it. To tell you the truth, I don’t mind that it’s there. Because it is as real as the serious stuff. Because it comes out in the way people talk to each other and in the way they fight, in the ways they are brave, and afraid. I’m a serious person, but I wouldn’t want to listen to myself all the time.
While I agree that some posts have gone over the top, to see the board as a total failure is unfortunate. I had a serious thread on it that worked. There is room for improvement; it can evolve.
Basic rules of decency should be kept, and sometimes they aren’t. That allows for a degree of censorship by those who oversee the board, either to pull the post entirely, or to blank out areas of it. This refers to sexually explicit material, name calling. Stuff like that, not a difference of opinion or holding and expressing what might be an unpopular opinion. Sometimes there needs to be a challenge to things as they have been, and this is a good place to talk.
I’m not totally disagreeing with you, but I am taking a different view, and one which is based on now cause I wasn’t around for the beginning.
I have been pleasntly surprised by the reponses I got. I guess in a way you all are right thats what makes the world go around, but sometimes it bothers me that some of the serious threads that get ridiculous reponses I dont know why I guess I am just expecting to much. I am from the old school and repect to others and the golden rule prevail over incompetence but this is the age of the internet so anything goes and anyone with a keyboard can shout from their homes without fear of self humilitation. thanks for all your reponses and advice.
There are thirteen other boards here at KFOnline, where serious discussion is probably the norm. But, I don’t spend much time other than here so I don’t really know. My guess is that this is the only one that has general content and frequently strays to the silly side. Funny thing is that is why this is the only one I look at much.
I wish I could improve on Old Jong’s comments, but mine are the same. I go to my dojo to learn martial arts. I come here to have fun.
In many ways, this board is a good reflection of real life. There are both good people and jerks, but there are many, many more good people than jerks. Sometimes it is serious. Sometimes it is hilarious.
Lots of us are sensitive to criticism (real or imagined).
Some are very well informed while others… uh, are not.
There are also plenty that are slightly willing to share (sarcasm ;)) their thoughts on how to think, talk, eat, vote, walk, dress, act, etc, etc. (Wow, just like real life.)
While visiting here, there have been times that I literally laughed till I wept.
This is the “least” serious of the boards at this forum. But that’s what makes it the best for unwinding a bit. I spend more time here than the others by far.
Some of you guys are very funny. Video game threads and uglypeople.com posts are hilarious.
the only reason i joke around is because everybody semms to just be having fun.But in reality martial arts is my life. I constantly am praticing and training everywhere i go there is some way to better myself martial arts wise. Just because I joke around sometimes doesn’t mean I’m serious about kung-fu.
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