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Originally Posted by Paco
What a crock of s**t...
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To be honest its all a crock of shit.
Bruce Lee made up his own grades, in his own system, and changed the name and rank of them all the time. Hardly a firm blueprint of clear instruction for those to follow.
Pretty much all the JKD organisations I have seen have their own way of expressing grades, you could argue that each one is just as worthwhile or just as worthless as each other.
Certification is just a paper trail that in one sense, when well structured, can show at least some form of genuine lineage and training background. But it is not, by any means, to be taken as an indication of real ability or experience.
Take someone like Mike Brewer. I know, for a fact, that Mike has spent a hundred times the amount of time under Guro Inosanto than I have, yet I have certificates on the wall and he doesn't, because thats just not Mike's thing, he's too busy applying his art. I also know for a fact that Mike has spent a thousand times the amount of time under Paul Vunak that I have, I have the paper on the wall and Mike chose not to hang his paper on the wall.
On paper people may say I'm the man. Having stood in front of Mike, I know he is. There are those that do, those that have paper saying they do, and those who maybe have both. The only way you find out is to stand in front of them.