The indefensible technique . . .Groan

[swdw]

For the other instructors out there. How many times have you had a student that trained in another art/style ask you about an "indefensible technique" they were taught in a previous school?

 

Then you have to burst their poor little bubble. Makes me want to find their old teacher, slap 'em up along side the head and go "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!?!?!"

 

Anyway- here's what I tell them is the only indefensible technique I know of:

 

Sniper rifle at 200 yards against a stationary opponent.

[MASIsshinryu]

Absolutely. Such wild claims give every art a bad name and endanger the students who believe in them. Clearly these are cases of the worst derelictions of Honor, on the part of the person who made such a claim. I cannot even bring myself to refer to them as instructors.

 

We had a gentleman show up at the first dojo I studied at, claiming his instructor had given him "Masters Certification," and had imparted the deepest secrets of the style to him (I forget what style, it was many years ago). He was roughly 20-22 years old. He asked for a match with our instructor, but was told he would have to spar a mid-level student before he could be permitted this (much eye rolling ensued). An Ik-Kyu of good standing was taken aside, and asked if he wished to spar the gentleman, BUT NOT MAKE CONTACT, as a demonstration. After agreeing, and without telling the other that he did not intend to make contact with his strikes, he effectively countered the poor guy into submission.

 

The gentleman's comments afterwards clearly demonstrated that his "Instructor" had filled his head with that same kind of misinformation, and he was heartbroken when he discovered that it was not true.

[cathal]

That's a very sad story, that fellow must have wasted so much of his time on that poor instructor.

[ravenzoom]

Pathetic, I'd be so humiliated if I were him I'd walk out of the dojo my head between my legs

[Shorin Ryuu]

That's a very sad story, that fellow must have wasted so much of his time on that poor instructor.

 

No, I'm willing to bet that instructor never existed.

[MASIsshinryu]

He named a local instructor, who did not have a great reputation, but we had no way of verifying if he was a student, of course.

 

He refused an offer to stay with us, even with (if I recall) the first three months w/o fee.

 

Yes, very sad.

[Shorin Ryuu]

You couldn't just ask the local instructor? Either way, I agree. Very sad.

[MASIsshinryu]

The individual involved had (I do not know if the school even exists, still) such a poor reputation that there was a marked lack of interest in contacting them, for any reason.

 

From what I had been told, some students from this school were even barred from entering some local tournaments, due to poor conduct in the past. The worst part of it was that the senior students / instructors who had been with them reportedly had egged them on.

 

I'm tempted to say it was a "home grown" style, as I cannot even remember what they called it.

[Muaythaiboxer]

very unfortunate that some students dont know what there getting into at the start of there training.

[dtstiachi]

Do you all find this happens much in dojos? My instructor has always told us that "nothing is 100% effective" as there are too many outside variables that we cannot anticipate.