Originally posted by John J
Assuming you are serious, that is quite impressive. However, "overall strength" does not hold up well when it comes to weapons fighting! You may, however, have an edge fighting empty-hands with more incompetent / inexperienced fighters.
This topic is getting way out of hand! I am not siding with moromoro or thekuntawman but I do believe their perspective on some of the training, preservation and promotion of the FMA in the States is on the money. Like everyone else, Filipinos are proud and there is just so much B.S. out there, that it's become outright disrespectful.
I am Filipino-American, let's not make this a Filipino vs. American issue. Let's be open to the criticism (however harsh it can be at times). We don't have to agree but should welcome it.
Yours in the Arts,
John
Thanks for the complement; and yes, my little strength "feats" are true.
Also, I definatily agree with you in that strength matters very little when weapons are involved, and strength or size never insures a victory.
I'm just trying to make light of a situation, but the real deal is that I think that moromoro is full of BS. His hasty generalizations about americans and women are ridicules, and downright offensive and racist. His assumption that Filipino Martial Arts in the US and in america are "all turning into Mcdojos" is about as stupid as me saying "all people in Ireland are alcaholics", or "all Germans have Nazi tendencies" or "all asians are good at math" or "all muslims support suicide bombers." DID I MAKE MY POINT MOROMORO! I could think of countless other assumptions that are equally as idiotic, but that's the point! Assumptions like what he makes ARE idiotic, and he needs to quite. I have a hard time believing that he really is that stupid. Since I don't believe that he is, I just wish he would think before he types. It's one thing to critique a method, or to be opinionated. I can respect opinions. He could critique, for instance, instructors who are more interested in money then quality students, for example. But to make assumptions in the manner that he does has got to stop.
I'll also take the bet that he is a lot braver behind the keyboard then in person, and I very much wish that I could be the one to prove it. Since I can't due to location and distance limitations, I'll instead have to endure reading his inexperienced Bulljunk until he gets suspended or banned again.
Kuntawman is another F-in' one. Sometimes what he says has value. Other times he goes on these rants about how FMA is somehow all about tournament fighting. It's about combat, for crying out loud. I can enjoy a healthy competition, but he takes the idea way too damn far. He also likes to produce these overly lengthy posts critiquing all other instructors in the "U.S.," to say that if they don't do tournament fighting, that their skill is somehow invalid. Any reasonable person, martial artist or non-martial artist knows that this isn't necissarily true. And to say that FMA is all about how many people you can beat up is also completely ridicules. Sure, MA all boils down to combat, but it's about improving your abilities as a "warrior" and carrying this into your everyday life, not just about beating people up.
These are just opinions that Kuntawman has that I disagree with, but what took the cake was on the Modern Arnis Forum when the implication was made that a white person would never be a grandmaster to the level of a Filipino. This, I'm afraid, is racist as well. I respect and embrace Filipino culture, but I don't believe that I am limited in my abilities because of the color of my skin. Sorry. Again, I don't want to turn it into an "american vs. Filipino" thing; it isn't about that. I just wish that these two would cut their S**T; it doesn't impress ot help anyone.
So, John, I was only kidding around and making light the situation. I'm sure they will barrade me with posts on how wrong I am now that my true feelings on the matter have been explained. Whatever. I don't care. My time is money, and I can't be spending it on stupid arguements with people who insist on acting stupid. I like criticism that is constructive and useful; that is how we all learn. I believe that you (John) have made some very useful posts here. If we want to talk about how FMA are exploited in the states constructively, I would welcome that conversation. I, however, do not think that moromoro or Kuntawman have been constructive at all regarding this issue or regarding this thread up until this point.
So...when this conversation becomes constructive, I'll be glad to contribute in a bit more of a useful manner. I think that for now, however, I am done with this thread for a while.
PAUL
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