steps over all the hurt feelings and broken hearts
Anyway, I thought it best to use this thread for a constructive purpose.
Djimbe, you made an extremely inappropriate statement in the San Da thread. The one about all grappling/groundfighting being “modified qin na”. So I’m a-callin’ you out, varmint!
Qin na, in this instance, refers to joint-locking. And I believe you’re implying that any form of joint-locking is “modified qin na”. Hopefully, you already realize the absurdity inherent in this train of thought. If not, though, I’ll gladly continue.
By saying something like this you set yourself up in a fortress of generalities, kind of like a Christian (hi Ned!) that says God is real because you can’t prove he doesn’t exist. Or, more relevantly, like an Egyptologist who argues that the complete lack of record showing Jewish slavery and subsequent exodus in Egypt is proved wrong by the complete lack of record showing Jewish slavery and subsequent exodus in Egypt because, well, Egyptian historians don’t like recording those kinds of things.
Unfortunately, nobody has the means to just say “Shut up Grape-Ape, you’re wrong!” with any position of authority. And so you seem to use this to argue from a place of unapproachable power. Whenever someone disagrees with you, you generally seem to just ignore whatever point they might be trying to make and begin listing your “credentials”. When the Wastrel tried to disagree with you on the “modified qin na” matter, this is exactly what you did.
This, I think, is why every thread you start becomes a trainwreck of Biblical proportions. I’ll grant that Thaiboxerken was being… Thaiboxerken, but, man, you need to get a clue. You bring this all on yourself. You’ll go on and on about how experienced you are, how totally excellent your technique is, but then you’ll shit-talk Luis by saying you’d put him in your pocket. You give off the vibe of yet another tired kung fu theorist, barely differing from any of the posters at Shaolin Wolf (disconcertingly so) but, at the end of the day, you’re ham-fisted. This thread wouldn’t even be here if YOU hadn’t brought TigerFly’s regimen up with such an air of superiority. I know this site has plenty of assholes, but you can’t try to argue from a high horse if you make no effort whatsoever to actually check yourself. What gets me (and maybe only me), is that you’re one of the sites most vocal CMA and internal kung fu proponents, yet you’re the very embodiment of blindly thrashing around using dumb force. I guess that’s just a personal curiousity.
Anyway, you’re always very quick to disparage that video with Luis, which is understandable. But, you know, there’s nothing stopping you from taking new video. Even with Luis. Particularly now that you’re over that cold. To do something like that would be a big step in correcting what you feel is other people’s misunderstandings about you, and would be the first step, IMO, if someone who wants to be taken seriously (as your behavior indicates) and is so ready to bring it as you say. Shut everyone up for good, it’s certainly in your power.
And for the record, I’m not bandwagoning anyone. I haven’t been here very long relative to Bullshido’s history; I’ve exchanged a handful of PMs since I’ve been here, one with Phrost about donations and a couple with Jenfucious helping with me xingyi info. I have no net or personal involvement with JKDChick, Shumagorath, Boyd, The Wastrel, or, well, any other member of this site. I have, however, read the majority of the giganto-threads involving you, so that’s where my observations (and the latest threads, of course) come from. There is no personal grudgery involved here.
Have a pleasant day.