Danger Dave
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I think, in a lot of ways, the rise of the lawsuit has hurt martial arts in this country. In the 60's, from what I've been told, it wasn't that unusual for the guy who opened a new school to have to fight some of the local instructors/senior students. It wasn't so much a no-rules fight as a test - if you couldn't hold your own against your peers, what business did you have teaching? Now, you get sued for even thinking about challenging someone, much less showing up on their doorstep.
Trading a few blows sorts out the BS real quick.
And to defend Skorzeny's criticism, he criticized a technique he's familiar with - I think he's entitled to critique photographs posted on a public webpage, if he knows said techniques. They obviously thought it was good enough to attract new students, they should be open to criticism.
Oh yes - whenever I see "ninjitsu" or some obscure/rare martial art advertised, my personal BS-o-meter automatically goes into high alert. The impossible-to-check-up-on "credentials"
are the favorite hiding place of the fraud, in any endeavor. I'm not saying it's always a fraud, but, how can you know if there's no way to check?
And a couple of good, sound techniques will beat an arsenal of poorly taught/poorly executed ones.
Trading a few blows sorts out the BS real quick.
And to defend Skorzeny's criticism, he criticized a technique he's familiar with - I think he's entitled to critique photographs posted on a public webpage, if he knows said techniques. They obviously thought it was good enough to attract new students, they should be open to criticism.
Oh yes - whenever I see "ninjitsu" or some obscure/rare martial art advertised, my personal BS-o-meter automatically goes into high alert. The impossible-to-check-up-on "credentials"
are the favorite hiding place of the fraud, in any endeavor. I'm not saying it's always a fraud, but, how can you know if there's no way to check?
And a couple of good, sound techniques will beat an arsenal of poorly taught/poorly executed ones.