Ethics Question

[Tom Yum]

It's hard because I like the guy as a person but I DO want to advance at my own pace not some politically oriented pace.

You just reminded me about politics, esepcially in traditional MA. I understand your dillema. Not to twist the subject, I've seen folks get promoted to 1st dan BB who could barely demonstrate, much less apply some of the stuff they learned and it was disheartening to others who were more commited and seemed capable.

[neb1979]

I agree with Mike on this and even if it is politics are you really willing to let that stand in the way of you evolving in your art?

Cheers
Ben

[treelizard]

I played chanbara against an old teacher (who I ADORE) a couple years ago, and I got in a winning shot, and the world kept spinning!

[Eddie_Boston]

What the ^&*$%$ is the problem? If its a competition, go compete. If HE has a problem with that, screw him, he should stay home. There's no 'moral' element to it.

what the...?

[Sagacious Lu]

what the...?

What part didn't you understand? That quote is pretty straight forward.

[Eddie_Boston]

Thanks for all the different replies. If I decide to compete I will just Bow Out of a match with him. Knowing his personality, I shouldn't compete with him. Yes, I am on good terms with him but being an Asian instructor he is stuck in his ways and traditions. I'm sure it will be plenty of other people to compete with. In fact, My ex instructor doen't even want my students competing against his students. He considers them all of the same Dojo. Again thanks for all the different view points--each and every one of you helped me in my decision and future decisions. By-the-way, My ex instructor is 5 years younger than me.

atta boy, that is the right decision. Day one of Karate they dont talk to you about fighting, they talk to you about respect! Earning it, but also


















giving it

[Toudiyama[NL]]

The Guy was your BBJ instructor and we're talking about a judo Kata tournament. so I would say no objection at all
But even if it was a BJJ tournament, students can surpass their teacher, better still, it should be the aim of a good teacher to bring his student to a higher level then himself, specifically when they are more talented
I do not think the ex-instructor has any problems with it otherwise he would have stopped competing the moment his first student became black belt and would compete in the same devision

But then again not letting your students compete against eachother just because they are from the same school/instructor's instructor doesn't sound like some really into competition
If 2 of your students rank amongtst the top 10, then let them compete to see who is the best (isn't that what competition is for)
Looks like he only lets his students compete to show how good he or the school is

[Hardball]

First off, My instructor did not show up for the tournament. The seminar in the morning was great, some new info and some old info. I competed in the kata tourney which was more like a demo than a tourney. I had two appearances, once for 90 seconds as an uke and once for 90 seconds as a tori. My demo was against 3 martial artists attacking at once. 1 Black belt and 2 brown belts. It was a lot of fun and I got some nice throws off. My ukes were really good thus they made me look good. I didn't win a trophy because there were 4 judges, 2 of which were biased to the home dojo. I got my best scores from the 10th and 9th dan--one judge {3rd dan) really gave me a low score. LOL Now, I know how boxers feel when they are upset with the judges. Really good exposure as it was in my association.