i have a friend in indonesia and one in washington dc, and they are both bitter against the dutch. for a long time the native indonesian was a second class citisen in his own country. for a dutch to make great claims on indonesia martial arts, is like a spaniard making claims on the philippine martial arts, or a white south african making claims on something from the black south african culture.
i dont think its fair to put down a dutch because they are not from the arts culture. but when the indonesian wants to question the rank of a non-indonesian in the art i can understand why. especially when rank is given faster than how the indonesian gives the ranks.
and then my own opinion, looking at how much the native indonesian does not like europeans, just like how it is in the philippines, i bet many dutch did not get the whole system from his study with the indonesian people.
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