I would not claim to know the thoughts or feelings of either teacher in either school; I would also say nothing against either, as both demonstrate sincerity in walking the paths of their own study and kung fu even though their paths are separate and different.
I certainly compliment the second school for the use of children in their performance. As I stated, the crowd—both kung fu students from both schools and civilians—enjoyed it very much. I hope the school has continued success with its children, as it was certainly a strength of their show.
I am certainly excited after a performance and need time to reorganize my energy and thinking, and I imagine that others also need the same. The first school had children for the first five or six minutes, and you may have missed them. They did quite well. They ran into their places screaming, and they came to a silent halt. Their performance only got better from there.
I must agree to a point with Olethros concerning the lack of power. But did you see the Leopard Form? Wow! Speed, power, and skill; that guy was made for the Leopard. He learned and was taught well.
The students in the first school train for any show from the day that they start the school. They are taught that kung fu is to be learned and lived rather than merely exhibited for demonstrations.
I, too, find it odd that the teacher of the first school would say that another teacher “suck[s].” I cannot imagine one of the three students that left the first school and attended the second would back up such an accusation. I am glad, though, that the three had a chance to study under two serious teachers with similar and yet different systems in one area.
It is also great to see someone in the same area, like yourself, who has such a strong knowledge, study, and practice of your own system that you can question the well-known masters and ancestors of others as well.
Be effortlessly calm, still, and reflective.