The issue is not whether or not the skillslearned at Temple Kungfu wills ave your ass…because knowing how to throw a punch or kick “can” save your ass. The fact that simon has billed himself a “master” is what is funny.
You don’t have to have travelled to china to be good or have been taught by a china man..but if you expect to be treated as a “master”, one might hope that you will have received this title from peers in your field..other masters for example. With simon, There is no indication of this. The guy looks like a joke. Letting 20 year olds teach and giving them the attitude that they are above those they teach rather than being individuals who both teach and LEARN from their students, is despicable. We all look great in robes, but a master knows how to fight his way out of em.
Michael Panzerotti
Taijutsu Nobody from the Great White North..
kungfuguy!, everyones treating u like crap, but listen.really, stay away from that cult place with bad kung fu kempo whatever. learn about real CMA systems and compare it to the crap ur learning now. why not just work on ur horse stance and other basics till u find a good CMA school. of course u have to learn how to do a good horse stance 1st
A true -master- would never call her/himself “master”
you can call yourself sifu if you teach kung fu
and sensei if you teach karate, guru for sikkaran and so on. these terms basically equate to “instructor” so, if you are teaching then by all means call a spade a spade. (provided of course that you are indeed qualified to instruct if not keep practicing)
The term Master is definitely the nod of the head from your peers.
KungFuGuy, I can only assume THE tournament you are talking about is the old International Karate Championships in Long Beach, California. It is what launched people like Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, Mike Stone, into fame.
Hey, I’ve gotten first place in my forms competition in it before and I got disqualified for unnecessary contact fighting the winner of the under Black Belt division (too bad too, since I was up on him 2 nothin). I’ve also got a few first and second place trophies from a couple of “international competitions”. So I guess that means I’m an international master too. I haven’t trained in China, but I have trained in Nicaragua, which is a hell of allot more authentic, IMHO. So, I’ll make you a deal, you pay me a paltry $500 and you automatically get to the highest level of training. Sparring full contact with the master himself.
JWT
If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV
Hmm, and I suppose that your school is so “loyal” to kung fu that it doesn’t even charge for lessons? Ya, right.
I’d like to thank the few people who weren’t jerks in this thread, and I stress the word “few”.
Hey danny, I learned the horse stance in karate when I was 8, it’s not rocket science.
Hey jhonney, why dont you go on some other forum, such as a forum for losers, or go and play on yahoo.
This Forum is for constructive critescisms, advice and for help seeking, i can give you advice, don’t boast about your ‘so called art’ and never boast about how good you are!, theres always someone better.
and for the help, i think glenbourne can help you out
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That quote is oh so mature, and the insults were totaly amazing :rolleyes: . Johnny is a cool guy
Hapkido? Why bother..might as well take jujutsu..that way, you won’t interrupt sound techniques with spinning flying back kicks!
ok ok..it is soo easy to troll sometimes..there is good hapkido and bad hapkido, good ninjutsu and bad ninjutsu…one thing stays constant though..- fraudulence. Watch out for the Temple cult!!!
(Simon looks pretty good in em robes though)
Michael Panzerotti
Taijutsu Nobody from the Great White North..
Well is it really kungfu? I don’t know. Is Grandmaster Simon all that he is made up to be? Probably not. Are the techniques taught at the school valuable? I’d have to say 100% yes to this because a punch is a punch and a kick is a kick. You can easily tell if what you are learning would work. The basics are all going to be similar between CMAs. Stances aren’t rocket science, most basic techniques aren’t rocket science. Sure maybe they won’t train you in iron palm or some weapons, but depending on your goal there are still many benefits to training there. Enough that you can still say that it’s worthwhile going. How much difference do you think it will make in a fight if his kungfu is less effective then others? It’s not like you are using all the advanced techniques you’ve learned in a fight. You are going to use basics that you’ve drilled into memory over thousands of repetitions.
My advice would be to at least keep training until you get your money’s worth out of it. You are still getting a good workout through whatever routine you are working on, and that’s a benefit in itself. Also if the environment is a good one then you should be happy because not all schools have a positive atmosphere with encouraging instructors.
Just my thoughts as I’ve read through this entire thread and found too many unnecessary flame posts in here. We should help those that seek knowledge, one day you will have a question and I’m sure you’d rather have constructive answers versus a bunch of insults.
A punch is a punch and a kick is a kick? I disagree. That’s like saying a car is a car - wrong, because if you compare a flaming pinto, and a ferrari, I’m sure you’ll find a lot of difference between the two.
Some people who are out there teaching have absolutely lousy basics and would probably break their own bones if they ever landed a solid punch. Then there are others who are amazing, and can spend a year teaching you one stance and one punch.
It’s not like they’re teaching us improper techniques, if that were true then they would have been out of business many years ago. In fact, out of about 10 years of martial arts, I was taught the best basic punch technique at tkf. It’s the only place that has actualy instructed me to not lock joints when throwing strikes as I could easily break my own bones, as the above poster mentioned.
