I glanced away for a second and almost missed the merge.
This has been done to death in the past but I'll say it again in the public interest: much of what this guy does was not learned--it was videotaped and imitated by him. Some friends showed me some of his videos in the '80s--some were good, some were terrible. Despite using his religion to back up his claims to being a good guy Allen's posturing really irks me. Huge ego, loves to give long pretentious lectures, loves authoritarianism and verbal absolutes but refuses to give a lineage (or even a general source) for the sets he presents because he holds that lineage is not important.
To my mind, the only way to justify that is if his people are knocking 'em out in a ring. Otherwise you can miss the essentials of an art entirely by only trying to copy the moves.
"Look, I'm only doing me job. I have to show you how to defend yourself against fresh fruit."
For it breeds great perfection, if the practise be harder then the use. Sir Francis Bacon
the world has a surplus of self centered sh1twh0res, so anyone who extends compassion to a stranger with sincerity is alright in my book. also people who fondle road kill. those guys is ok too. GunnedDownAtrocity