Actually it doesn't matter that much to me.
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Syn7
I see why this would matter to you. But I know you understand that it means nothing to me or people like me and the only reason we stay in line is out of respect for you and what your goals are. I will always test boundaries.
How members want themselves to be perceived is totally up to that individual. If we were control freaks about that, we wouldn't even bother with sponsoring this forum. My point is that this thread has considerable weight on the web. You can sully it with as much trash talk as you like, but in the end, that's a poor strategy, as the success or failure of SD will be based on its net reproductive success, and if your intention is to avenge a past insult leveled against your clan by SD with arguments that are just trash talk, that is a losing strategy. Better to hide in the temple for a few years, invent some new weapon, and come out swinging. ;)
I do appreciate that our veteran members here like you Syn7, generally mind their Ps & Qs out of respect. In return, as a publisher, I defend this forum as a place where anyone can have their say (within reason), even to my bosses here (who are the ones who really pay the bills). To repeat a quote oft mistakenly attributed to Voltaire, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". That being said, I don't disapprove all that you all say, and it's not going to be to the death, but you get the general idea.
Believe Half what You see
I am saying do not judge by what you see on the Internet. Many SD people are good in MA and good fighters. SD drills alot of conditioning and application. So some not all are pretty good at their fighting. The U Tube stuff is not to be the tell all know all of SD. But if Shaolin Dynasty put the films of him up he looked real good to me in his technigue. So what I meant was do not judge all SD people by what you have seen thus far. KC
Here is some real Kata for you
http://youtu.be/Ml4HjaI3iXk Not Chinese but note , this is Real Kara Te, not anything like SD. KC