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Hi folks!I couldn't agree more on this post! Considering how many people never take a MA discussion serious in the first place, I rarely discuss any training, unless I'm directly asked, and even then, depending on how the convo. is going, will depend whether or not I go in depth or just answer basic questions. I usually don't talk about rank, but when I am, I'm honest about it. I have nothing to hide about my rank. But you're right...when someone asks a question, and it gets beat around the bush, that makes some flags go up. If you're going to broadcast something, be prepared to get questions asked.
Mike
Well, I can certainly understand that, however, if questions are not going to be answered, there really no sense in splitting it. We'd have 10 threads with a bunch of questions and no answers.
Hi folks!
Mike, you hit the nail on the head with your post!
When this thread first started,I thought it would be nice if I addressed it only because I do hold various ranks in various arts. I explained to the best of my ability and have been very active in the martial arts for many years. For some of you,far before you were even in the arts. In response to my honest answers, i was called evasive,elusive and distant about answers to this particular thread on this particular board.Questions were asked that I felt were off topic and there was no need to answer them. If that makes certain people's flags go up,then run it up the flagpole and see who salutes! I've offered to the original poster an opportunity to ask any questions because it's a prolonged process to detail out a 38 year career. With all due respect to all concerned,If you think that i'm typing it all out here you are mistaken or completely insane. If you are truly that desperate to find out all the myrid details of my illustrious & lenghty journey, well, in our modern technology,most celphone carriers have free weekend minutes,so,call and ask! To be quite frank, there really isn't anyone here on this board that I'm really losing any sleep over whether I answer questions on this or any other board. With all due respect again, you just aren't that important. If you are,then i've already contacted you personally because I deemed you that important to me as a friend and mutual aquaintance. When someone makes a rude comment or a snide remark, it's no big deal. I just "point and laugfh" because it's funny! So, don't be surprised if most of these people don't even bother responding...because to them, your opinion doesn't matter.
When someone does actually take the time to respond, no matter what their response, certain people flame them or act the "role of troll" and are shining examples of the old adage "No act of kindness goes unpunished". So, no wonder many people just lurk on these boards!
merry christmas and happy holidays!
BEGOOD,
KENPOJOE
I have been in one of these types of treads in the past and I know exactly how hard it is to respond to people when 6 people ask you a question and even if they all ask the same thing they get upset if you don't address them specifically. It is also had to wade through a thread to answer people if there are several tangent threads starting as well, it makes it very difficult to answer people and follow along, it also et very tiring and you eventualy say screw it. Paring of the thread may allow the original topic to be worked on and flourish and those that are intent in bashing Mr. Rebelo can put their posts in another thread so that the serious dicussion can still take place.
Hell, I don't care what anyone calls themselves or what rank they have. All I know is that KenpoJoe has taught me quite a bit that I didn't know - and I hope to have the opportunity to learn more from him.As Danjo said in an earlier post, this thread is not about Joe, although its taking that turn now. As I've said, I didn't start it to specifically talk about Joe, but instead high rank/mult arts in general. Joe happens to be one that has both, so I'm just simply asking a few questions. Do you honestly feel that questions will be answered? Maybe, maybe not, but I will suggest a thread split.
I challenge anyone who has that to step on a floor and demonstrate each and ever one of those arts that they hold rank in's entire curriculum from white to 1st black.
This is a good test, I think. For those FMAs that don't have anyos (kata) and focus on (only) stick, machete (bolo), and knife (rather than having different techniques for specific types of swords, etc.)--and this covers a lot of Filipino arts--so many of the techniques are so similar that if you are good at one you could just about learn the other system in a day. The other system will have a couple of different drills--a 4-count where you have a 3-count--a few new locks, but mostly they will emphasize different things that you already know. They'll fight closer-in or further-out, do more straight-in footwork and less triangular footwork, drill out of hubud more than abecedario, but things will overall be easy to grasp. When I study these arts I generally know every specific move, just not the combos and strategies. If shown the combo, I can generally perform the technique pretty well very quickly.
I can understand cross training. I can even understand earning some rank in what you cross train in.
But some people have 10, 20, 30 or more black belts. I'm sorry but that's ridiculous.
I challenge anyone who has that to step on a floor and demonstrate each and ever one of those arts that they hold rank in's entire curriculum from white to 1st black.
If you list a 6th in EPAK a 5th in Tracy and a 7th in another art, then you better know white-black 1st cold, in each of them. Otherwise, I call you a fraud.
If you teach one of these very similar FMA styles then you'd be able to show me your curriculum and see me demonstrate it to 1st black proficiency in a day, or maybe a week if you have intricate sinawalis. But I'll never move/think/fight/react like someone from your style. So what does the belt mean in that case?
I'd like to nominate this post for MT's "Understatement of the Year" award. :lol:...he has some rank from the Nindo-ryu folk. I know that they are their own system and quite possibly give out high ranks rather frequently.
I'd like to nominate this post for MT's "Understatement of the Year" award. :lol:
I agree with Danjo and a few others in certain area's.
Ex. - many systems have a high level of jujitsu / judo engrained into their material and other systems do not. If you are in a system that does not have a high level of jujitsu / judo than your ability to perform the material within a system that does would be rather low.
Even in Kenpo / Kempo there is a vast difference on the amount of varing types of material that has been engrained into these various systems.
So it is my opinon that a persons ability to control his / her body and their understanding of tacticle applications might be the same but their ability to perform the material from another system might not be.
This compairison could go on and on.
Bottom line, if a person can do it properly and on a high level then ok. If not then --.
:asian:
Let's look at it this way. If someone told me that they were an expert in using a 3/4 inch Snap-on wrench, then I would assume that they would be equally good at using a 3/4 inch Stanley, or Craftsman wrench as well because the only real difference would be the name and a slight cosmetic difference, but it's still the same tool. If their resume' listed their expertise in all three brands of wrench, I might questin the need to do that or conclude that they were just trying to impress me with more words, but I would accept the claim as basically true.
However, if they said to me that they had trained to expertise with a chainsaw and therfore they should also be considered an expert in the use of a Keyhole saw, hacksaw, backsaw, bandsaw and cross cut saw, then I would begin to question their rationale. Just because they are all "saws" and they all have the function of "Cutting" doesn't make them the same tool, nor does the skill required for one equal the skill required for the other.
When a style awards rank to someone it is saying "He is up to our standards. If he has this rank he is as good as anyone else with the same title. All of us are willing to stake our reputations and good names on it." If he can't perform the curriculum or do what other high-ranking practitioners can do (and vice versa) it's a direct reflection on everyone in the system. You can't say "We didn't pinky-swear, so we can do a take back." You give it, you stand behind it.