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Originally Posted by Flaves  Guro Dan usually welcomes that, because it ultimately means more money for him, but also because he is able to keep a watchful eye on the quality of instructor under his lineage this way. Since Guro Dan is still alive and certifiying instructors (a couple people I know received their credentials last year) I question why these other instructors in the lineage have not been referred up? |
Guro Inosanto has made no more financial gain from me since I became part of his program than he did before I joined it. I still attend the same seminars, go to train at The Academy, and find every oppourtunity I can to learn from him. I don't appreciate your insinuation that his certification is money orientated, in the same way I didnt appreciate your statement about Vunak instructors. You werent able to reply to my question on that, and now you are making presumptuous statements about a program you aren't part of and don't understand. Don't reference people in personal terms like you know them or know what you are talking about, because its clear to me that you don't.
Full Instructors have their own reasons for recommending who they do, in the same way that their students may or may not wish to be put forward for the program. To take a position that someone is less of a martial artist or teacher because they aren't "referred up" is more speculation on circumstances that you aren't part of. Some of the best fighters, teachers and martial artists I train with in the JKD family are not under Guro Dan. To be frank, there are a few people who are that I don't rate at all, they have just played the game very well.