Wow.... Youd think people **** gas.
This subject is like a hydra... cut its head off once and seven more debates grow out of the wound...
I havent browsed these forums in quite some time.... Over a year.
I trained SD.
I am the one and only person here to hold the official moniker of Shaolin-Do.
I was proud of it once... I was also young and foolish. Its kinda like how you think Bud Ice is the greatest beer on earth.... Until you try an import.
No one wants to admit that what they work so hard for may not be what it was believed to be in the beginning. Everyone wants to cling on to the last bit of hope that what they have been told and believed as truth to be real, whether or not it goes against their better judgement.
I ask only one thing of you that study SD and continue to believe in it...
If you are training for fun, for health, or simply for something to do, by all means rid yourself of the burden of debating senselessly on online forums and enjoy what it is that you do. If you wish to learn how to fight however... Find an MMA student, Judo, Brazilian Jiujitsu, or Muay Thai student, and spar with them. See what you can use that you have learned. Dont tell me "Its too Deadly", because its not. I studied SD for about 2 years, and I have a great deal of respect for the people I trained with because in all honesty they treated me like family. The art I learned however, regardless of how cool some of the moves may look, was not anything that I would call effective. Its even to the point that anything besides some of the basic punches and kicks could get you seriously injured in a real confrontation.
Train hard and love what you do, but keep yourself grounded. Dont lose touch with reality. Its hard to let go of something you have worked hard to achieve, but open your eyes. The truth is right in front of you....