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I think winning a bunch of tournaments is one way to sort of "prove" the style, if tournament fighting is something that is done in styles close to the one you are wanting to teach. Get a reputation. That is what Mas Oyama did.

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"If you can fatally judo-chop a bull, you can sit however you want." -MasterPain, on why Mas Oyama had Kyokushin karateka sit in seiza with their clenched fists on their thighs.

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I think winning a bunch of tournaments is one way to sort of "prove" the style, if tournament fighting is something that is done in styles close to the one you are wanting to teach. Get a reputation. That is what Mas Oyama did.

Good point, just make sure it's a positive reputation...ya' know.

:)

**Proof is on the floor!!!

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And unfortunately if you ever STOP competing, all that competition-born reputation will tend to evaporate quickly.

"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia

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And unfortunately if you ever STOP competing, all that competition-born reputation will tend to evaporate quickly.

And then you have to face the fact that you will only have "respect" in circles that are involved in that type of competition. A knock down style will not really get much respect from a lot of point/forms centric competitors. Point/forms comp won't get you far with knock down fighters etcetera.

Kisshu fushin, Oni te hotoke kokoro. A demon's hand, a saint's heart. -- Osensei Shoshin Nagamine

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