Originally Posted by
Lamassu
Nobody here is saying Shaolin Wookie needs to stay with SD for 10 years before he decides if it's his cup of tea, at least, I'm not. I'm in perfect agreement with you that he should venture out, if only to see that despite all the smack talking on this forum from students of other schools, that they're no different from us. What this all boils down to is do we, Shaolin Do, lose a student to, any other cma out there in the U.S. As I said, I don't really care if he stays or goes because that is a personal decision on his part and doesn't really pertain to ANY of us, other than him asking for our imput and advice. Regardless, if I were to commit to a martial art, cma or otherwise, I personally, would stay with it for about a decade only because that's a long enough time to get to the meat of the martial art. Nothing worthwhile is easy and instant gratification is great for coffee and candy, but not for martial arts.