Was he pulling my leg?

[matt.m]

Everyone is a black ops specialist and a grandmaster and can bench press a bus while reciting romeo and juliet, all at the same time. Geez, whatever.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I know from personal experience that FBI trained killer ninjas carry back packs full of keys....500 keys to be exact. But they can kill you just by thinking about it... or at least that is what he told me....

 

[exile]

The other school, (probably started earlier than Costello's) is run by a rather well known lady (also of whom I am not very impressed) who "created" the system of "Jung SuWon" (San Jose, California). I've seen her picture on the cover of Martial Art Magazines, and nothing about her Martial Art background has ever impressed me (I also don't like the outfits she wears).

http://www.jsw.com/grandmaster.html

also

http://www.taeyunkim.com/index.html

Her website says that she is a 10th Degree Black Belt (Gives no Organizational authority for this rank :idunno: , and makes not reference to any Korean Martial Art organization other than her own), and that she is called "Dr." Tae Yun Kim ("Honorary Ph.D. in Business Administration, Sook Myung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, 2003"). She is mostly a media-master, political "poster child" who seems to get her face photographed with celebrities and politicians.

OK, this is interesting. The name rang a bell... turns out she writes a column every month for Taekwondo Times, which so far as I can tell has yet to contain even a single sentence about any specific MA technical component, tactical application, or strategic outlook. It's typically two full pages of motivational cheerleading---a self-esteem bliss blitz---and it's one of several reasons why, as time has gone by, I've become increasingly skeptical of TKD Times. I never could tell just what MA she practiced... LF's info makes it clear now just what what's going on!

 

[Shotochem]

Pure eye candy.

It's a shame I know quite a few top quality martial artists. This is an insult to them.