People need conflict, people need to feel Justified and to feel correct. The best advice I could ever give anybody is to simply not engage. A person convinced against their will is of the same opinion still. ( see what I did there ] I have been privy to the politics and debates and outright infighting of JKD, FMA, American kenpo, and MMA communities, and I must say that when it comes to the concept of who is right and who is wrong it boils down to everybody is right and everybody is wrong. Unfortunately the politics of martial arts extends to every single martial art out there. I have been involved in the martial arts for the better part of my existence. Much respect and appreciation from me to you. Professor Mitosi and Chow were the TRUTH and their fruit speaks to their art. YOU MAKE WHATEVER IT IS that you do EFFECTIVE ! Styles and systems are secondary if they're REAL.

Chuck Liddell, Bruce Lee, Steve Muhammad, GSP, Michael Jai White, Victor Moore Benny the Jet Urquidez and Dan Inosanto are all kempo jitsu men ! MJW and GSP are kyokushin Kai kempo jitsu men so STFU about the nonsense.

I have had physical fights because a schmuck said that ALL kenpo is flashy arm waving BS and or just ineffectual dancing. Kempo aikijiujitsu is MY way and I'd have to be a shithead to crap on your truth or way. There are no better styles only better men. I thought ALL TKD was sport bullshit until GM Royce Thomas showed me his foot. I thought aikido, aikijiujitsu and judo were garbage until I tested them. Trolls will be trolls and everyone is entitled to their opinion. Kempo jitsu is constantly evolving and the best fighting art TO ME. You must find your truth рџ‰ what works for you might not be right for me. I would love to see a workable solution to that problem. The other issue I've noticed is that some black belts can become stranded if their federation/association dissolves, unable to progress any further without starting over from scratch in a new system. I think that with the right judges and the right standards for judging, these are all close enough in style to be combined, and wouldn't that be a cool event! Maybe someday. My area has smallish tournaments in ATA TKD, WT TKD (by far the largest tourny), TSD (several different branches), XMA, etc. I would love to see a solution to this problem. Tournaments are usually restricted to a particular branch, which is considered necessary in order to evaluate forms properly, spar within similar rules, etc. The one place where these branches can become a hindrance is in the competitive aspect. But where some people see divisions and splits, I see branches of a family tree. I'm the kind of person that likes to know about the lineage and history of my art. And usually the discussions are: Which is better, ITF or WTF TKD? Which is the better school of the original 9 Kwans of TKD, which Chung Do Kwan is one TKD, whether ITF or WTF is all about kicking, so it not a good martial art for self defense WTF is all about sport, so it's not a good martial art for self defense TKD is Korean Karate There are more, but these discussions are like the main basic ones that go on all the time. I've read discussions on online martial arts groups about TKD over the years. And to add to that, be sheer coincidence, a former classmate of mine from our old TKD school started training at the WTF school like a month after me. Matter-of-fact, one of assistant instructors was one of my university classmates who had trained at one of the ITF in the same town (My ITF school was in a different town) and earned his black belt from there. he didn't have any ill will to me because I came from an ITF school. The instructor at the WTF TKD school was an open-minded instructor as well. I think that is due to him having trained in another martial art before training mainly in TKD so that to me makes him open-minded. My Chung Do Kwan instructor never talked down or talked bad about any martial art. I've been very lucky to have trained in both Chung Do Kwan/ITF TKD (The first martial art I trained in) and WTF TKD. As Tae Kwon Do has been the martial art I've trained the longest in, I really haven't had to deal with the politics. I have to say I've been really lucky with not having to deal with the politics in any way during my time training in the martial arts.

Tom bisio bullshido