When I get a moment, less and less now as the school grows so big, I read the board here. Honestly, it depresses me (sorry Gene) because more and more the reality of what TCMA was is missing in action (MIA)
A few of us on here apparently still have had contact with the “old timers” and may have actually trained in a Chinatown and seen first hand what really was going on
But I know at least one person who DID that and yet their posts still spew the kool-aid infected drivel that frauds are selling the stupid :mad:
I think in a few years, all that will be left is this “new age” kung fu, out of the kung fu movie box, with wushu razzle dazzle, kung fu TV series fake philosophy and la-la larping
I must say the only thing that gives me hope is Kennedy’s books, which unfortunately the trols will never read :o
Brian’s stuff is excellent, both of them.
But you do have a point.
Thing is, YOU are as much to blame as everyone else.
Why you ask?
because you DIDN’T open a practical Kung fu school did you? nope, you opened up a “kick boxing gym”.
Sorry bro, but you took the easy and profitable way out and in dong so, are as much to blame as others.
Sure your MA is practical, no doubt.
Look at Mike, he is passing on TCMA in a practical way.
Don’t mean to bust your balls and you know I love your kosher ass ( in a non-spartan way), but I do have a point, don’t I?
must say the only thing that gives me hope is Kennedy’s books, which unfortunately the trols will never read
what is this book you speak of? seriously i might pick it up if I can find it.
No need to be depressed. We all look at the past and say, “wow them were the good ol’ days” just the facts of life, things change, for better or worse they change.
[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;1023128]Brian’s stuff is excellent, both of them.
But you do have a point.
Thing is, YOU are as much to blame as everyone else.
Why you ask?
because you DIDN’T open a practical Kung fu school did you? nope, you opened up a “kick boxing gym”.
Sorry bro, but you took the easy and profitable way out and in dong so, are as much to blame as others.
Sure your MA is practical, no doubt.
Look at Mike, he is passing on TCMA in a practical way.
Don’t mean to bust your balls and you know I love your kosher ass ( in a non-spartan way), but I do have a point, don’t I?[/QUOTE]
I can name ten people on here who were inspired by you and others to modernize their approach. All have wider experience due to it, and are becoming better fighters. And are just started at it, but are at the cusp of being sifus(or already are), and are better for it.
Comments like these above are cutting their legs out from under them as well. If you’re not reading the forum that much, odds are you’re not in a position to comment on it much, either.
I’ll own up to being one of those people. There is definately a core of individuals on this forum whos advice/experience I read closely and consider heavily.
Yes, I’ve become more and more aware of the other guys in the same boat as me, and it’s not a bad boat. Sure, it’s got its tools, but they’re just there in case we run out of sirloin to feed us on the journey.
[QUOTE=Lucas;1023182]I’ll own up to being one of those people. There is definately a core of individuals on this forum whos advice/experience I read closely and consider heavily.[/QUOTE]
definitely. There are people here whose posts I look forward to, because you know something insightful will be in it.
[QUOTE=lkfmdc;1023116]I think in a few years, all that will be left is this “new age” kung fu, out of the kung fu movie box, with wushu razzle dazzle, kung fu TV series fake philosophy and la-la larping[/QUOTE]
In a few more years THIS will be traditional kung fu because tradition is nothing more that something that has been done for a long period of time!:eek:
[QUOTE=Scott R. Brown;1023220]In a few more years THIS will be traditional kung fu because tradition is nothing more that something that has been done for a long period of time!:eek:[/QUOTE]
yes, pretty soon we’ll be distinctulating between traditional across-the-street stalking and new-fangled, cross-streeting, mixed-modern-stalking with no respect for how the old-timers did it…
[QUOTE=taai gihk yahn;1023222]yes, pretty soon we’ll be distinctulating between traditional across-the-street stalking and new-fangled, cross-streeting, mixed-modern-stalking with no respect for how the old-timers did it…[/QUOTE]
YEAH!!! What’s that all about??? Kids these days! They just don’t know proper stalk…er…I mean surveillance technique!!!
Its because of all these new Mc-surveillance schools in every strip mall down the street making you sign contracts and offering Dora the explorer maps and backpacks and monkeys and stuff like that!
y’know, when I was in fourth grade, I had a crush on Andrea Morgan. I used to follow her home from school, or ride my bike past her house every day hoping for a glimpse of her, sometimes I would wait a few houses away and watch her.
That was considered cute.
Now, all of a sudden, it’s stalking!
Of course, a 53 yr-old guy on a bicycle sitting outside Andrea Morgan’s house is kinda…
kinda…
well let’s just say,
it probably isn’t that cute anymore.
[QUOTE=lkfmdc;1023116]When I get a moment, less and less now as the school grows so big, I read the board here. Honestly, it depresses me (sorry Gene) because more and more the reality of what TCMA was is missing in action (MIA)
A few of us on here apparently still have had contact with the “old timers” and may have actually trained in a Chinatown and seen first hand what really was going on
But I know at least one person who DID that and yet their posts still spew the kool-aid infected drivel that frauds are selling the stupid :mad:
I think in a few years, all that will be left is this “new age” kung fu, out of the kung fu movie box, with wushu razzle dazzle, kung fu TV series fake philosophy and la-la larping
I must say the only thing that gives me hope is Kennedy’s books, which unfortunately the trols will never read :o[/QUOTE]
You base your opinions on reading this forum??? :eek:
Perhaps you should get out and see what is really out there. This forum is not necessarily indicative of what is really going on in the world.
[QUOTE=Scott R. Brown;1023225]YEAH!!! What’s that all about??? Kids these days! They just don’t know proper stalk…er…I mean surveillance technique!!!
Its because of all these new Mc-surveillance schools in every strip mall down the street making you sign contracts and offering Dora the explorer maps and backpacks and monkeys and stuff like that![/QUOTE]
admittedly, the monkeys made it impossible not to sign up :o
[QUOTE=TenTigers;1023228]y’know, when I was in fourth grade, I had a crush on Andrea Morgan. I used to follow her home from school, or ride my bike past her house every day hoping for a glimpse of her, sometimes I would wait a few houses away and watch her.
That was considered cute.
Now, all of a sudden, it’s stalking!
Of course, a 53 yr-old guy on a bicycle sitting outside Andrea Morgan’s house is kinda…
kinda…
well let’s just say,
it probably isn’t that cute anymore.[/QUOTE]
hey, just remember, nothing says “I love you” like a restraining order…
[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;1023128]Brian’s stuff is excellent, both of them.
But you do have a point.
Thing is, YOU are as much to blame as everyone else.
Why you ask?
because you DIDN’T open a practical Kung fu school did you? nope, you opened up a “kick boxing gym”.
Sorry bro, but you took the easy and profitable way out and in dong so, are as much to blame as others.
Sure your MA is practical, no doubt.
Look at Mike, he is passing on TCMA in a practical way.
Don’t mean to bust your balls and you know I love your kosher ass ( in a non-spartan way), but I do have a point, don’t I?[/QUOTE]
We ran an old school (ie fighting based) kung fu school called “Lama Kung Fu” in NYC for almost 9 years, and that was “way back” in the 80’s/early 90’s (I think the situation has gotten worse recently). With “kung fu” on the door we got wackos, nut jobs, weirdos, but mostly people who wanted to learn forms, didn’t want to work hard and didn’t want to fight.
Curriculum wise, very little of what I do has changed… the fact I dropped the "kung fu"name unfortunately got me the students who could actually do the material
