I'm only human, but forums don't ind me up unless they are personal (unreasonable attacks on people). Like a few websites I have visited, there is lots of sniping and backchat about people as opposed to martial arts. It is never productive. All I see in you guys are passionate martial artists concerned that people will think bad of your particular style. I can tell you know that they don't. People read these arguments and understand both sides of the story. People know what they want, and although I wish that everyone in the world took up wing chun, some people just don't have the patience/time/money. What attracts one person to a style might put another off. As human beings that is what makes us so interesting. Our differences mean that we don't always look at things the same way. We grow up differently, have different experiences and ultimately shape our personality individual to us.
As wing chun artists, there are thousands of different theories and ways of looking at things. The only thing that does get to me is when people say an art is something is not. I saw a TKD school that claimed they were training purely for slef defence. Their fighting ability was appalling. That is not a reflaction of TKD in general, just that particular school. There is nothing wrong with saying a particular school of martial arts just trains the art side. I would have more respect for that, than a school that claims it trains ultimate knife defence when it doesn't
Chunners - never be afraid to voice your opinion. Even if your argument gets shot down, it is still productive. You might have a question that never gets answered by your Sifu, or you might like to see what people think of a certain thing. Until you ask or discuss it you will never know.
Anyway, I hope you guys and gals are well
Peace out
