TOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH POLITICS IN KOREAN ARTS

[ps1]

You're telling me!!! I approached a Kuk Sul Won school in my town about teaching BJJ classes out of it. They have no classes on Tuesday or Thursday and the building just sits empty. The instructor is a Marine and was very excited about the proposition. I had offered to pay a portion of his rent to operate out of his building on the days he had no classes. Before we concluded our meeting, he said he'd have to check with his organization and get back to me.

About a week later he called me up and declined my offer because his organization had told him no. They further reprimanded him and put his promotion off another year for "disloyalty!"

This was absolutely crazy to me. Some guy that considers himself a grandmaster can tell a small business to just lose money!!! More crazy to me is that the guy takes it! I've left organizations like that before so I am always in disbelief at these kind of situations.

I see this in Korean Art based schools more than any others.

[bushido_man96]

I believe it is a deep-seated fear that comes directly from many of the Korean masters. I've seen a lot of this, too. Its too bad that a school like that has to miss out.