Wow. This is the most unprofessional experience I have ever had in any “martial arts” community. I can’t believe you guys still exist. You guys do not discuss martial arts, but verbally attack martial artists instead with profanity and insults. Edward Ross is an excellent, upstanding person and a friend of mine. Go ahead and ban me because I wont be back. I will keep my integrity and honor. You, Rock Ape and several others are in dire need of both.
Just a quick word on honor etc as the Japanese see it vs the Western view of how the Japanese see it. The current society in Japan is is like a neutered dog when compared to the wolf that was the pre-Meiji Restoration way of life. Life was cheap in those days and the oh so honorable samurai had no problem murdering and torturing innocent people. Their idea of honor was who could piss higher up a wall when it came to defending the family name and/or tribal warlord. So many Westerners think that they were soft spoken gentlemen who spent their time drinking green tea and pondering deep thoughts while defending the moral good of the little man. This is simply not true, they might have drank tea but they were also ruthless and wouldn’t flinch at seeing someone boil in a vat of oil.
Getting hot under the collar because someone who knows more about MA history and fighting in general insults you for making uninformed statements that have been heard and refuted hundreds of times around here makes no sense. Consider these boards a place where a bit of fun is had, a lot of learning and the equivalent to verbal beat downs are dished out regularly to those who make silly statements. It’s combative and unfriendly at times but that’s also what the core of martial arts is about. If you said something ignorant to a samurai about how amazing your style was back in the day he would probably cut your head off before you got a chance to explain yourself.
In that respect you could view Rock Ape as something of an internet samurai:-)
[QUOTE=lobohall;2638805]Wow. This is the most unprofessional experience I have ever had in any “martial arts” community. I can’t believe you guys still exist. You guys do not discuss martial arts, but verbally attack martial artists instead with profanity and insults. Edward Ross is an excellent, upstanding person and a friend of mine. Go ahead and ban me because I wont be back. I will keep my integrity and honor. You, Rock Ape and several others are in dire need of both.[/QUOTE]Go fuck yourself.
How’s that for honour.