Why are you so scared? Got something to lose, like money?

[kingoftheforest]

Originally Posted by eXcessiveForce

I think a better measure is, anyone who hasn't made a name for themselves is just a bastard stepchild cashing in on someone else's skill.


By this definition, Inosanto has earned his status on his own.

The question is who are you?


This is a general question and not targeted at any one individual. I don't really care honestly. I have no JKD certifications, I have been to no JKD seminars, and only say that what I am doing is JKD based because people who did JKD taught it to me and we took it from there and it wouldn't be right to claim that it is all original when so much of it is straight out of JKD. But what I do know is not JKD but something completely different that I and my training partners have come up with.

It is funny that martial arts is the only place I know where people actually get upset when they get credited for their work by someone else.

I think some people get upset because no matter who's doing it, it never looks "right" to them.

That's why there are so many martial arts. Different people do it differently, and either they themselves or their teachers decide it needs to be called something else.

Because in essences "IT" is, different.

KF is a good example. Everyone is using the same tools but applying different principals. The hand or foot in one style may use a different road to get there, but the final destination remains the same.



And then some people just need to pull the stick out of their ass.

[WildWest.]

This is all very confusing.