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Originally posted by Samurai Jack
I guess this means we aren't friends anymore.
To not be "friends anymore" implies we were friends from the start of something else. You should know better than to assume...no, wait, you do not. My mistake.
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You are wrong. Dosen't matter how you insult me personally, you're still wrong.
Wow, look at the logical progression of your argument here! "[Y]ou're still wrong." I can see how you are providing evidence for your claim. Keep at it--we need the comedy!
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I don't care who said it. Don't try to hide your social indescretion by pretending that you were quoting someone else.
What? I am not hiding anything, "Samurai Jack." I have told the truth as I experienced it. Wht truth have you divulged? It certianly has nothing to do with you and your Internet disguise.
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The proper thing to do when you fire off a critisizim is to provide some evidence, or apologize for your mistake. You obviously intended to insult me.
Assumption makes a Samurai JackA-S-S out of you once again! Oh, are you going to claim that is an insult again?
I was not insulting you, sir. Had you taken the time to think before you typed, you may have arrived at a different conclusion.
You are the one who needs to apologize.
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You're right about one thing. In the days before the telephone and internet, people challenged eachother to their face. O-Sensei kicked plenty of a$$, as did his Uchi-deshi in many, many challenge matches.
Why not name a few of the "many, many challenge matches" for us?
And if you are insinuating something else beyond your "they used their art a lot" comment, say it plainly.
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I have used my "dead art" in many real life situations, and know for a fact that it works.
I am sure you have done this over the Internet plenty of times. This is such a case where you have lost terribly.
And I am also sure that you have become the expert you claim to be with your, what, one or two years of experience?
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As I said before, why don't you go express your "gratitude" to your former Aikido teacher.
Why not talk to me about this in person? I am in Hacienda Heights, CA. If you are a genuine Aiki practitioner, you can talk without losing your center or violating any of the other principles that the founder of Aikido established. If not, you are not practicing Aikido as you should.
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I've done everything I could to support my opinions, and make it clear that they aren't facts. Mostly I've posted questions.
Not with me you have not. You have been a jerk all the way through.
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As far as my name goes, lighten up. Alot of people around here need a little anonymity "Doug", no need to get all excited because you're "man enough" to give us all your first name. :rolleyes:
Ha, ha, ha! Why do you need to hide? What are you afraid of?
And there is "no need to get all excited" yourself about your concept of your Aiki bubble bursting. If you can do what O-Sensei did later in life, then do it. If not, own your error and admit you cannot. You took this entirely the wrong way.
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Okay. Maybe I missed your point. Please grace us all with your point, that we may draw sustenance from your wisdom. What did you mean by "dead art"? How can you qualify this statement: "No other student was doing what he did, and he did not pass it down to the next generation." Please enlighten me if I misinterpreted the insulting nature of your posts.
I already made my point. Re-read the post in which I stated it quite clearly. Some day, you may understand it.
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I think your intentions have been obvious from the begining, Doug. Your final paragraph full of personal attacks speaks louder than your protests.
1) I am not protesting anything. You are not equipped to be a judge of my statements because it is quite clear you are unable to grasp very simple points without going on your Aiki slamfest. I am making a point about Aikido as it was when O-Sensei died and still is UNLESS someone seeks to re-create it in similar fashion. If you cannot understand that, well, that is your problem.
As to insults, you may choose to interpret those statements that way. The first is a bit insulting, but so is your prior comment. If you show me contempt, I will not let you get away with it. As far as the other comments go, they are not insults: they are statements of fact as much as you have demonstrated here.
Come back when you can form a sufficient argument or, at least, not make blanket generalizations about things you do not understand. This would have been much different if you had just asked questions to clear things up. Instead, you want to live in your bubble. Bully for you, "Samurai."
Doug M