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I wroteI'm not saying it's bad because it is made up. All forms are made up. A form made yesterday can be just as good as anything made 200 years ago. My comment was focused on the fact that there is no flow and no story. When I say it is random and has no "story", I am not talking about lineage. A good form can be performed with a partner(or more) that is doing more than straight punches and front kicks from a bow stance. A form is more than a bunch of techniques strung together for performance purposes. Some techniques flow into other techniques realistically, others do not. Understanding this is very important when creating a form with a good "story". Ya know what I'm sayin?You think it's a good form? Even though you know it's just a bunch of random movements with no story?
Last edited by bawang; 11-03-2012 at 05:14 PM.
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I have kept my criticisms to performances by Sin The and the students he has given master rankings. I'm not gonna sh1t on some kid cause he sucks, but no problem sh1tting all over a so called master who sucks.
If I can't judge the whole style, or any part thereof, on the GM, then who can I judge the style on?
That is why I asked for examples of students who have excelled in sport combat but have only studied SD. If you have a guy who did some SD, and some muay thai, some bjj, a lil judo, some HS wrestling, sambo and a smattering of arnis, then you can't really say he is using SD in the ring, circle or cage.
Hybrids are great. Don't get me wrong. But for the purposes of judging SD on it's own, you need examples of SD and SD only. With an extensive background I'm sure I could make "temple kung fu" work for me. That doesn't tell me that "temple kung fu" is any good, it just means I already know how to fight and took a lil from the system and adapted it to my own style.
Honorary African American
grandmaster instructor of Wombat Combat The Lost Art of Anal Destruction™®LLC .
Senior Business Director at TEAM ASSHAMMER consulting services ™®LLC
From the website:
Grandmaster Sin Thé continued his education at the University of Kentucky and had nearly completed his Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering when Ie Chang Ming died in 1976 at the age of 96.
The other website states he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
Yeah, his words or the words of those he told. Show me the scripts and I'll believe that. You know how many people fake credentials? He knows nobody will go back and verify that kind of thing. I'm just sayin, if he lied about so many things so many times I have no reason to believe any of that. I wanna see scripts. Why would anyone come close to a masters and then just quit? All the money, all the time. Doesn't feel right. People who love physics don't stop because they can make more money teaching MA's. They may teach, but they would at least finish. And people who don't love physics don't take NE. Possible, but very improbable. Show me!
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Ok well I just did and it only took me 5 minutes. Not much of an investment.
First, he is not on any list of alumni. Fair enough, he dropped out before a masters was finished. But he hasn't graduated from ANY engineering programs at UK. I can give you the alum link if you want and go look for yourself.
Second, UK doesn't even have a NE program and as far as I can tell never did. Granted it was in the 70's, but I can't find anything that suggests they ever had a program. Even discontinued curriculum are listed on the site, but not NE.
5 minutes is all I'm willing to give, but I am reasonably satisfied with my search as it is something I do often and am pretty good at.
OK, back to my breadboard, my power supply is p1ssing me off.