It doesn't help that people off the street expect their instructor to be a "ninja master first class" and have had killed 20 people with his bare hands before even considering attending their school.
It's sad, because it promotes ridiculous overpromoting and downright deception in order to stand a chance at being competitive.
The truth is, for most people coming off the streets, a respectable martial arts instructor doesn't have to be that super shadow ninja they expect and plan to brag about learning from (the overpromotion works both ways).
So now, like back then, the market for martial arts, an unnecessary hobby that can be expensive during a time of recession, goes to the one who can shamelessly promote himself the best.
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.
~ Mark Twain
Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit.
~ Joe Lewis
A warrior may choose pacifism; others are condemned to it.
~ Author unknown
"You don't feel lonely.Because you have a lively monkey"
"Ninja can HURT the Spartan, but the Spartan can KILL the Ninja"