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Willow Sword,

I continue to be surprised by your experience in Texas. All that I can say is, my experience in Tennessee has been very different.

The very fact that you were teaching--and...

MK, you say "probably destroyed"....?

When you have to qualify your opinion with words like "probably" your argument flies out the window. Probability has nothing to do with it.

What YOU think...

Stylistic variation is more the rule than the exception, even within the same lineage.

Take Yang style T’ai Chi for example. Cheng Man Ching made changes to the form and his students represent an...

So what have we learned so far, kids?

Gene wants to mess with our colons and MK is too pretty to get drafted...?

The SD teachers I know are exceptional martial artists.

Ultimately, who validates who?

With all this chatter, when do you find time to train?

You're still a young whipper-snapper next to me.
40--What a baby!

Oops, I forgot...sensitive fish-person.
I'll make like a fish and disappear.

Many blessings to you and your family.

MCTH,Masterkiller, and Judge,

It's a mystery, but my experience has been different. Application of techniques from the forms is constantly taught and emphasized...go figure.

There IS quite a...

Good point, judge.
We can all benefit from more practice.

We should also recognize there will always be considerable diversity in skill levels all across the board.

For example, at the SD...

It may be difficult for younger martial artists to realize this, but in the sixties, when Grandmaster Sin first came to the U.S., most Americans were very unfamiliar with martial arts names. The...

Yes, Judge Penn, I was there Saturday, though I did not compete.

The black belt fighting was really fun to watch..really good sportsmanship, too, from what I saw.

Like Judge Penn, I also study with Mullins Shaolin Kung-fu in Tennessee.
Master Mullins, with over 30 years of experience, is an exceptional martial artist and teacher. Both his sons are also...

You're catching on, Yung. Besides, Reemul appears to take pride in being a 'realist' and because I respect that, I don't want to lead him away from that position by indulging him in an imaginary...

Yes, Rad, that's a fair and objective assessment.

I can fully appreciate Royal Dragon's position and understand his sentiments; however, the problem with his argument becomes crystal clear when...

Royal Dragon:

Good and evil muddy the pure mountain stream.


Richard Sloan:

You might enjoy reading "The Zen Teachings of Jesus." My first impression of the title was that it was fluff...I...

I suppose the same way we treat other criminals.
(Or mean preschoolers for that matter.)

Take away their dangerous toys.

Isolate them from the group so they can't hurt anyone else.

Explore...

Yung,

"What if..." is exactly my point...I'm really glad you framed your question that way.(Read sincerity, not sarcasm.)

The words "what if" presuppose a reality that does not exist, it's only...

Perhaps "you" can't, but to believe that you can't or that others can't may only become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I doubt that I could always turn the other cheek, but that does not mean that I...

If one considers reincarnation or truly believes that life is everlasting, it may be difficult to indulge in revenge... only to perpetuate the karmic cycle of violence.

I believe that those we...

The gi looks a little more like the short robes worn by monks depicted sparring in an ancient painting in the Shaolin Temple in Henan. (That painting is used as backdrop for the Shaolin Kung Fu...