Okay, do we have to do this my style is better than your style thing again? What's the point? I mean every few years a new style comes out or an old style is rediscovered and it becomes the flavor of the month. And then everybody says it is the only one that works. In the late 70's I think it was Karate, then in the 80's it was Ninjutsu. In the 90's it was bjj and now it's mixed martial art's. No disrespect intended. Each of these styles and the 900 I didn't mention have many things to offer! Find the one that works for you and go for it! Anything else is not that important.
OK, People have been hitting each other since the dawn of time, if anybody thinks something new has been discovered in the last ten years and that none of the older styles are useful anymore, well they are full of what I like to call bovine scatology.
If you think your art is better than everybody else's (and you know who you are) fine, great, go out and PROVE IT. And don't tell me so and so proved it or it's been proved in the ring. Because that was someone else victory not yours. You go and prove it. Go challenge people from other schools and styles. And I don't mean the new students, go find some of their best and lay it on the line! Then you will see what works and what doesn't. I have a friend and teacher named Phil Romero whom teaches Wing Chun and I have watched him blow people up many times. He knows his art works because he has used it. He has fought live, for money and on the street. He has taken challenges from guys from many different arts, alley fighting,no ring,no rules. Sometimes he lost and sometimes he won. But he learned what worked. And thank God he is now teaching it to me!
My point Is this, don't discount someone's art just because it's not what you do. Live and learn. Oh, and by the way my Dad can beat up all your dad's!
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P.S. no this is not directed at any one person
The 14th Style
