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Posted On:
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After some thinking, I have decided to not pursue my email inquiries to Mr. Epperson.
HOWEVER...
...I would highly recommend, Maverick, that you let your instructor know about some of his questionable ties. If he truly is "Internet Ignorant", then he may not realize that he's aligning his legitimate school with extremely questionable and shady organizations.
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I thought this part was settled earlier in the thread. Oh well.
Originally Posted by MaverickZ
Look the ties are questionable but, he is ranked in everything he claims. No, I don't like the Soke Title
Then again I don't like that some BJJ guys use professor.
I also don't like Ke?poists that use professor either.
Unless he is handing out BS titles, it is irrelevant. As bad as this is going to sound people collect titles to sell their arts.
It may come from what happened recently in A MABS thread to me. If the guy isn't being an ass, there really is no reason to pursue one or two bad looking things out of all the other good.The hood mentality is crippling disease, that attacks your nervous system. It makes you nervous of the system. Gangsters and hood rats are especially susceptible to this growth stunting mentality. The hood is where I'm from, but it's not what I am. The hood is where I'm from, but it's not what I am. --Keith David--Ice Cube
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Satori, while I appreciate your input into this, as well as the tone you took, and I honestly do. My instructor doesn't really care what anyone thinks of him or his connections. And I mean that in a very straight forward and factual way, rather than in any insulting way. And nothing I say to him is going to change that, and if it did I would question why I'm training with such an easily manipulated individual. His ties are his to maintain, and I am not someone who should be sticking his nose into that. He knows very well about the frauds and bullshit artists that exist in the martial arts world, at least from my many conversations with him. Originally Posted by Satori
I hope you realize I'm not trying to be a jerk here. That's just the way things are going to work out. I know this because it's not the first time.Last edited by MaverickZ; 4/24/2008 2:21pm at .
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