Comments on: Perceived Value and True Masters

By: Edgar

Edgar — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:09:36 +0000

Valentin wrote in Spanish but with some orthographic errors:

"Yo no hablo inglés, asi que no entendí nada; lo unico que entiendo fue Goku."

Which I would translate as:

"I do not speak English, so I didn't understand anything; the only thing I understood was Goku."

Not sure, but I think he was kinda being a "troll."

Nowadays, it is common to show some "hip-sarcastic-indiference" on young people (I believe Valentin is from Mexico as this is something common, but not sure on other hispanic nations) from Mexico, like trying to write in the way they talk. For example, replacing hard "c's" and "qu" with "k" to sound more rebellious. But I am not sure if this was the case. (He just wrote "q" instead of "que" which is kind of another variant).

By: Derek Padula

Derek Padula — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:39:50 +0000

Translated: I do not speak English and the only thing I understood was Goku.

By: valentin

valentin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:07:42 +0000

yo no hablo igles asiq no entendi nada lo unico q entendo fue goku

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:04:32 +0000

I have had the blessing of training with some of very great martial artists that are completely unknown including one who is in my opinion the greatest martial artist I have ever met. One thing I learned from him among the plethora of others is that it would be nice to offer classes for free, but psychologically, most people don’t respect “free” things. Similar to the idea of “No Pain, No Gain” most people see free things as cheap and useless, so you could say “No Cost, No Sacrifice” meaning that if they aren’t giving up something then they don’t feel obligated to give anything to what they learn. The master instructor I learned the greatest from taught me for free and allowed me to train in his dojo for free, he even gave me a key, I valued the whole thing and because of his generosity I was able to train like I wanted and became better than I had ever imagined. I would like to teach for free too, but unfortunately I am stuck.

By: Derek Padula

Derek Padula — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:45:24 +0000

@Kareem Abdul Andall Hi Kareem. I live in Los Angeles now, and yes I still teach for free. Though lately I've been busy with research for the book and web development training. A couple people have asked for lessons so at some point soon I'll probably start up again. Thanks for the comment!

By: Kareem Abdul Andall

Kareem Abdul Andall — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:37:33 +0000

….What LnddMiles Said!!..And Thanx 4 The Deeper Gems To Be Gleaned From One Of My Favorite Animations. You Seem Like The Type Of Person I Could Watch Anime With And Have Intelligent Convo About The Stories Told…What I Would Like To Know Is Where Are You Located, And Do You Still Teach Shaolin Gong Fu For Free?

By: LnddMiles

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