Originally posted by broke
Most of the information on these threads is from first hand accounts, from former members, like myself.
It was never the loud counting in unison, that made me feel like FSD was a cult. It was more things like, the hero worship, the breaking arrows, the fire walking, the bowing, (in class or outside of it), the lack of contact with any of the MA world, the degradation of other systems, the manditory testimonials, high costs, and general bizzare bullshit, weirdo instructors, pressuring you to go to "Focus on results", seminars, "It worked for me! I now have two businesses!", and every part of FSD that nad NOTHING to do with martial arts. You did not have to hit all the seminars to witness it either. The more videos they put out, the more evident it was.
That being said, I am not trying to debunk your opinion, and I am glad that you had a positive experience. I just wanted to share that the cult feelings were not just invented by persons, outside FSD.
Speaking of cult. I think a great example of the FSD high pressure sales tactics, is in the "Dragon's Lair", articles on the member's section of the website. Anyone with login capabilities want to post that one?
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