Let me share a story with you to make my point.
Once upon a time there was a Muay Thai seminar. The seminar was taught by a Muay Thai fighter from Thailand. Thailand is a poor country where it is a hard life for most people. This is one reason that Muay Thai fighters are so strong.
During the seminar, people asked questions about Muay Thai. This was before it had become well known like it is today. One man did not think that Muay Thai made sense. He asked a lot of questions. Then, at one point, he said that he did not think the Muay Thai was good.
The Thai man needed an interpreter to understand what was going on. The interpreter told the Thai man what the questioning person said. This questioning person was a person who had paid money for the seminar. People like this frequently feel like they are a guest in a hotel. The seminar people are dogs to be used for the money they have been paid.
So the Muay Thai fighter strolls over to the man who is presenting a problem and shin kicks him in the face. The man goes down and asks no more questions. Funnily enough, no one else asked questions anymore either.
The Muay Thai instructors authority had been openly challenged. He was forced to shin kick the paying customer in the face to retain the respect of the other customers.
Yoda openly challenged my ideas. I had no choice but to publicly state that Yoda needs more time before he truly understands martial arts. I had to "shin kick him in the face" verbally to retain the respect of the people that I wanted to share my knowledge with. The other forum members.
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