Originally Posted by
Judge Pen
You guys assumed that he was either proud of his fake lineage or that he didn't want to admit he had been taken. Both of those assumptions are false. This guy isn't a long-term student. He went with a good teacher that split from SD when he learned that he was lied to. His teacher was up front that things he learned was untruthful and he told his class that. This guy chose to still train (probably because of the integrity of his teacher). That is admirable: The easy thing would have been to stick his head in the sand, not risk students, and tow the party line. But this guy chose to be honest.
I'm glad that you didn't fall prey to a bad school, but your in Vancover, right? Lots of options up there. Where SD is popular there are not many good options to choose from. As I've said before, my first teacher was the best martial arts option I had easily. He didn't talk about lineage or history and I didn't care about it. We just trained hard. I've since learned that not all SD schools were that way, but my experience was different.