Yeah sure he does he knows what he's talking about about kenpo and that's great but I want to do more than just kenpo and actually I am prepared to follow his instruction and had been happily doing so. I was simply adding more to that base. But I haven't changed a thing about my kenpo because of it so it's really no issue.
Sure, yeah, sometimes. It depends.
Well, that is your perspective, and that's fine.
I haven't seen anyone call you a liar.
In theory, neither would I. Unfortunately, and against what I thought my marriage would be like, it's not a problem for me, so it all works out in the end
Jiu Jitsu guy are very grabby.
Ok well, that is some heavy perspective, and respects to you for sharing it with us.
It doesn't make sense to me. Studying other work is not the same as not learning their system. The two are not mutually exclusive. If he hadn't been learning the Kenpo system, then sure, there would be room for the instructor to make some strong requests. But he'd actually taught for that instructor before, so obviously was learning the system.
Outside the school? Sure. If you wanted to train in something else, why would I mind? Now, if you start bringing it into the school, in a way that disrupts safety or learning, that's a problem. But that's not what the conversation was about (as reported by the OP).
That's a different discussion. If that was the point, his instructor failed to communicate it.
Maybe it is a Kenpo thing, but I saw a movie where a Kung fu teacher took insult.
I am saying that is what it is about, and the OP can't see it.
Not always in a deleterious way. I've trained alongside people who were training multiple arts at once. Some of them, you could tell. Some, you couldn't. Even with the ones where you could tell, it was reasonably subtle. One guy who studied Shotokan Karatedo at the same time (still does both, something like 13 years in) grounds his weight differently, and strikes better and more often (and faster) than most folks. His Aikido is "heavier", but not so much so as to be a problem - it's something people with his body type often develop (strong legs, powerful natural build, a few pounds around the middle).And I am defending that teacher, because, that stuff creeps in. Its creepy, like that.
I can agree with that. Even for me (less grabby than BJJ folks, generally), I can't spar without grabbing hands to move them out of my way.Jiu Jitsu guy are very grabby.
No it's not because if I hadn't told people I was doing other things no one would even have noticed
Wow. That's a dick move. Sorry you had to deal with that, man.
Based on his update, and thinking back about the instructor's request for him to teach, I have a different thought. I think the instructor took his refusal to teach as an insult, and was looking for something to push him out. I've dealt with instructors (higher in an organization) who were like that.
