Sifu Rice At A Glance

[ChuckWepner]

Spelling doesn't mean ****.

I offer Brazilian Jujutsu at my school taught by Monroe Hall.

Why do I spell it Jujutsu...because I am fucking pendantic, that's why, and **** anyone who says otherwise.

I grant that spelling jiu-jitsu vs jujutsu, etc., is far from decisive by itself. However, if a guy writes on a US web site "I teach Ju Jitsu," do you disagree that the more usual reading of that, given the absence of "Brazilian" plus that particular old-fashioned spelling, is that he means JJJ? I think most people would agree that this is the natural reading.

Then if you add that he says that his training in "Ju Jitsu" led to a Black Belt earned under a master who was a high-ranking official in the USJJF, that confirms that JJJ is what he means. And the association between JJJ and the spelling Ju Jitsu in Mr. Rice's mind is made even more probable by the fact that he very likely encountered it spelled "Ju-Jitsu" frequently in dealing with his jujutsu teacher.

Whether anyone here is a pendant (or even a pedant) or chooses to follow or not to follow current common practices in spelling the name of any given martial art is irrelevant to these points.

[Sri Hanuman]

I am fucking pendantic

Isnt that **** illegal?

[itwasntme]

Maybe you should have titled this: 'Sifu Rice at a Glance and I have questions'..and not posted it as an investigation?

Trust me, I see that now lol.

You're coming over that way cos you won't just say sorry i fucked up and i'll stop now ..let go of the bone the other dogs stronger mate.

I won't give them stronger on the issue about my credibility.

Yes, I fucked up. I'm pretty sure I stated this already, may bad if I haven't. I'm not gonna ask a man to explain himself and not be willing to do the same, that's why I stayed in this.

[BoonDog]

I'm not gonna ask a man to explain himself.

Explain what exactly?

"Excuse me can you explain why you don't have a belt in an art you never claimed to have a belt in? Can you corroborate the claims that you never made and that I inferred from poor reading skills?"

[Resonance10]

I won't give them stronger on the issue about my credibility.

You dug in when you should have dug out..that makes you look bad and like you have some other agenda.

Yes, I fucked up.

The End...?

[DerAuslander]

I grant that spelling jiu-jitsu vs jujutsu, etc., is far from decisive by itself. However, if a guy writes on a US web site "I teach Ju Jitsu," do you disagree that the more usual reading of that, given the absence of "Brazilian" plus that particular old-fashioned spelling, is that he means JJJ? I think most people would agree that this is the natural reading.

Then if you add that he says that his training in "Ju Jitsu" led to a Black Belt earned under a master who was a high-ranking official in the USJJF, that confirms that JJJ is what he means. And the association between JJJ and the spelling Ju Jitsu in Mr. Rice's mind is made even more probable by the fact that he very likely encountered it spelled "Ju-Jitsu" frequently in dealing with his jujutsu teacher.

Whether anyone here is a pendant (or even a pedant) or chooses to follow or not to follow current common practices in spelling the name of any given martial art is irrelevant to these points.

No, I think it's fucking stupid of anyone of any bandwagon to assume he teaches Japanese, Brazilian, or Narnian style just because he spells it jujutsu, jujitsu, jiu-jitsu, or whatever.

[DerAuslander]

Isnt that **** illegal?

It should be.

[submessenger]

Says the guy that feels my sole purpose on Bullshido is to gain his recognition. LOL

You might learn something if you sit back and reflect on that a bit.

[It is Fake]

It should be.

No, you should be illegal.

[Sri Hanuman]

And if you want to get REALLY technical, it's not Brazilian until it's written Brazeelean Zhoo Zheesu. So sayeth like every freakin Gracie that ever made a DVD.