Magnus:
First of all no one is questioning my credentials, I worked hard to earn every bit of knowledge that I have gained and still seeking.
You stress yourself on the fact that you say 82 forms is rediculous, well maybe to you, you say i have no Jin, well that is your opinion, you also state that you have seen me with your own eyes, well that is a lie, you have seen me in a tape done when I was in my 20’s, I am in my 40’s now.
Do you honestly think that I have not been practicing. I have to agree with you in the matter of me coming on to strong towards word, but you see, this word, is just a troll, all he does is talk bad about everybody. And it gets to the point when you get upset.
Let me get back to the forms, it’s not just knowing the forms, but knowing how to use them that matters and you are correct, just cause you know the forms doesn’t make you a fighter.
But you see, I am a fighter and have been known as a fighter, I have fought in bare knuckle tournaments, you say you did Kyokushin, well in 86 I took the bare knuckle championship,by the way I used my traditional techniques from my forms with my Jin.
About the tapes, you mentioned in another post that you saw me hitting the top lids hanging from a string, but what you had mentioned on that post is wrong. You see I never said that by using this type of training method that you would be able to drop someone with a finger strike.
What I said was, these is one method that you can use to help you focus your finger strike to a moving target. This way when you fight your eyes and your finger will be accurate in your strike to your opponents eye.
Listen, everyone has their own training method that helps them. There is a saying in spanish “POR GUSTO SE HICIERON LOS COLORES” meaning, “Colors were made for individual taste”.
My tea might not be your cup of tea, but to come out bluntly and say that I’m no good, you don’t even know me or how I teach. So, since you go to school not to far from my school, I suggest to you to stop by and we can chat, and we can exchange ideas. This way you can observe how I teach and if you still can find what you are looking for in my school, then fine, but at least you have witness it by yourself in person and not by what you saw on a video.
No instructor that I know would put what he completely on a tape. We might teach a for, but in order to understand that form, don’t you think that it’s important to go and seek that Sifu and find out.
You are going to college right know, are you cutting your courses by a 1/3 or 1/2? I’m sure you are not. So, why would you cut the mantis by so much?
When you study medicine, you study the whole thing, not just certain subjects. How you practice your medicine will determine how great of a doctor you become.
Same thing with the mantis system, you might think that 82 forms is stupid, well I have to say that is a matter of opinion, but then all you have done is just scratch the surface, and we must go in deep into the system to even understand Jin.
I have no ill feelings towards anyone including you. Because I know what I know, if you care to share, then I will, if not so it be. But remember we the mantis family from the CCM line are trying to work together and better ourselves.
I make mistakes just like anyone else and I am willing to correct them as well. That’s the true warrior. My reputation as a fighter speaks for it self and I have been there and done that. Just remember one thing (I think that you are in your 20’s, but not sure)I have been your age, but you still have not been mine.
Good luck in your journey!
(please address to Qi Xing Tong Long, Tang lang is my student, just used his reply forum)
Peace
Ortiz, Sifu
Ortiz Northern Shaolin Temple 7 Star Praying Mantis Chinese Boxing Academy
). This is not an offensive challenge, like the one you posted, but rather an opportunity for you to take a real direction in fighting and not this cultish “I WANT YOU” approach LOL.
