The only thing I am saying is that the tread was started by someone who thought they would be taking a JKD class from you (Karate that they referred to as "Basically JKD). The rest of the posts grew out of that question. Nothing, absolutely nothing, was done "behind" your back, which would imply that some member of the forum was attempting to keep you from knowing about their posts . . . which nobody has done. It has been here in the open for everyone to see.
I reread Mike's article recently and then saw your response. I PM'd Mike about it here on the forum. He did not express any outrage over it.
I don't have to know Mike extremely well to know that story, I just have to be a longtime reader of Black Belt magazine.
Please don't infer that I am attempting to speak for Mike. Or that I know whether or not he was "miffed," He has never made any indication that he was upset with you in any of my communications with him. You'd have to ask him about that yourself.
And I remember the editor holding your letter out as an example of a "good" response and I personally have to disagree with him. An individual can make a well constructed and even logical argument; however, a logical argument is not necessarily a truthful argument. |