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Rashid · 06-17-2004, 06:30 PM

This thread also made it to eh Senshido forum in the women's section and Helen replied the following:

"Hey Bri.

I had been privately e-mailed this particular thread quite a bit today. I have to say although I'm not surprised by what I read, I am thoroughly disappointed in Sammy's approach.

It's fine not to want to teach women. Everyone has the right to preference. As a teacher/educator I would think that the message could have been delivered differently, with a little more class and dignity.

It is a shame that he has "Reality Based Self Defense" tagged to his name since that will give us and any other RBSD system a bad name.

His explanantion and the people who will be attracted to him due to his message is exactly the type of people we teach to avoid and in fact if we can't avoid it, they actually make our jobs a lot easier since there's not much of a thought process when a man refers to the woman as nothing more than the "contribution of the emasculation of men and the sublimation of the warrior within."

I'd like to hear the thoughts of you Bri and others...

Helen"

It's good to see that Senshido doesn't follow Franco's philosophy on this.

06-17-2004, 06:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
Rashid Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 83 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Senshido replies This thread also made it to eh Senshido forum in the women's section and Helen replied the following: "Hey Bri. I had been privately e-mailed this particular thread quite a bit today. I have to say although I'm not surprised by what I read, I am thoroughly disappointed in Sammy's approach. It's fine not to want to teach women. Everyone has the right to preference. As a teacher/educator I would think that the message could have been delivered differently, with a little more class and dignity. It is a shame that he has "Reality Based Self Defense" tagged to his name since that will give us and any other RBSD system a bad name. His explanantion and the people who will be attracted to him due to his message is exactly the type of people we teach to avoid and in fact if we can't avoid it, they actually make our jobs a lot easier since there's not much of a thought process when a man refers to the woman as nothing more than the "contribution of the emasculation of men and the sublimation of the warrior within." I'd like to hear the thoughts of you Bri and others... Helen" It's good to see that Senshido doesn't follow Franco's philosophy on this.