Paul Masson should teach Kung-Fu

[冠木侍]

Sifu Rik makes a masterful observation. I've seen people get promoted to the next rank even when their stuff looked like crap.

Some schools cater so much to the students that it is very much detrimental to the students in the long run.

Here's one observation that I am making right now...when THAT meteor hit Earth, not all the dinosaurs were killed that day.

[TenTigers]

um..a Rikasaurus?

[taai gihk yahn]

Orson was da bomb; and scary as shiit in that Nostradamus documentary they used to show on HBO back in the early '80's!

otherwise, I think the "simple" answer is right there - judo; I mean, you advanced based on a point system, if I am not mistaken, that you can only move up through if you actively compete, meaning that you are using your stuff and proving you know it;

when it comes to forms though, unfortunately, I blame judges as much as teachers: when I judge forms, I usually ignore 90% of the flash and feathers, and watch things like stance, balance, timing, focus, etc.; oh, and of course, martial content! I refuse to be swayed by the fact that the kid has a flashy uniform, screams at the top of his lungs throughout the whole form, is competing to maintain ranking on a circuit, has a large entourage watching, has a belligerent and argumentative teacher who gives you shiit for giving a lower score than he thinks the kid deserves, etc.; unfortunately, I usually end of giving higher scores to kids who do more simple forms but do them correctly - to me, a simple form is HARDER to do well, because there's nothing to hide behind;