Learn from the world famous and Honorable Grandmaster himself; Shihan J E Harkins Dashi 9th Dan Black Belt
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Here we have another (possibly fake) Karate guy with no gongfu lineage selling fake chop socky kung fu to unsuspecting Texans. Let’s watch the world famous Grandmaster in action:
Sad to see his students are taught to hop around like animals for sparring. I wonder what happens when these students have to stand up to a bully or protect a loved one?
That was funny and hard to watch. You can get money telling them to do that?
That first clip was pretty bizarre too ya? Like he has taught them a unspoken choreograph complete with when to go limp.
I would rather see awkward actual imperfect sparring than bad dancing.
Texas is fulla dojos and even has a “kung fu saloon”…but I think that one is the weekly prizewinning comedy
[QUOTE=bawang;1281184]lol @ ppl thinking american “authentic” kung fu is any different from wujido
this is your own reflection staring back at you. *rubs testicles[/QUOTE]
You are correct…I don’t go out of my way to train gongfu with others here in US, as I typically have better experiences with people who train in more sports-oriented martial arts likes wrestling or kickboxing. But I think what sets these guys apart from other American kungfu schools is that in supposedly “authentic” schools, the instructors, at some level, are acting in good faith, thinking that what they train is authentic, despite not actually learning how to fight or wield historical weapons. This Harkins fellow, however, seems to have made **** up from nowhere. I’ll save comments concerning the selling of culture for another post, but from the “martial” aspect, what Harkins is doing is dangerous.
It is not an American thing. Charlatans exist everywhere.
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its an american thing. its called hyerreality. the teacher is not misleading these students, he is merely facilitating their delusion and escapist desires.
his students are people who compartmentalize thoughts and behaviour, a time for a place. when the students see the twin lion statue and the red door, the image triggers hyperreality. when they pass through that door reality and morality of the outside world no longer applies. that room is their pre paid crazy box. its ok to act crazy and weird because kung fu.
this is why many chinese teachers became disillusioned, these type of students are true qi vampires. they are only good for signing contracts then discarded.
[QUOTE=bawang;1281275]its an american thing. its called hyerreality. the teacher is not misleading these students, he is merely facilitating their delusion and escapist desires. [/QUOTE]
This is not American, it’s human. lol
all people of all cultures have some of this in their constructs.
The teacher is misleading the students and the students are allowing themselves to be mislead.
This happens all over the world.
It’s not uncommon to find charlatans in any or all unregulated lack of oversight businesses and services.
People are fully within their rights to make their own mistakes.
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1281284]This is not American, it’s human. lol
all people of all cultures have some of this in their constructs.
The teacher is misleading the students and the students are allowing themselves to be mislead.
This happens all over the world.
It’s not uncommon to find charlatans in any or all unregulated lack of oversight businesses and services.
People are fully within their rights to make their own mistakes. :)[/QUOTE]
it is only prevalent in modern times with heavy advertisement and image bombardment.
ita about the blurring between fantasy and reality, how modern people compartmentalize thoughts and behaviour.
There was a good amount of con and BS back in Asia, it was only slightly regulated by the chance a real martial artist would come by and bash your head…
Well… then there was the boxer rebellion and all those guys who got shot dead, that helped a little until people tried to “revive” kung fu’s image and just made it more silly
“100 years ago, mislead by charlatans and they died for it. Even worse”
Wow. A crountries people come forth to patriotically defend it and then later, the rulers betray them and kill their own heroes so they can be bigger money *****s.
I have come to appreciate fukushima and it’s help with societies problems…
“People are the same now as they ever were. Flat screen TV and a smartphone doesn’t change a single thing about human traits and character.”
[QUOTE=curenado;1281305]“100 years ago, mislead by charlatans and they died for it. Even worse”
Wow. A crountries people come forth to patriotically defend it and then later, the rulers betray them and kill their own heroes so they can be bigger money *****s.
I have come to appreciate fukushima and it’s help with societies problems…[/QUOTE]
What’s Fukushima got to do with the boxer rebellion, and why take glee in it? If you experience a major disaster and lose loved ones, will you still appreciate it then?
