Please tell me I'm not wrong

Discussion in 'Self Defence' started by Hauk, Jan 31, 2016.

  1. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    Address this please
     
  2. MI_martialist

    MI_martialist Valued Member

    Yes it is a semantic argument if you are using semantic in the proper term. It is not semantic in the sense that the word was used before, or how it is widely used, in that there is no real difference. That was my point and why I used the word semantic when I did.


     
  3. MI_martialist

    MI_martialist Valued Member

    By qualifications do you mean how many black belts I have and in what "styles" and who my uber great grand master was or is?


    If not, I hold a Menkyo Shidoin License issued by the Zen Nihon Sogobujutsu Renmei.

     
    Last edited: Feb 9, 2016
  4. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    Make of it what you will - address it please
     
  5. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    So from the response - or lack thereof - it is safe to assume "none"
     
  6. ap Oweyn

    ap Oweyn Ret. Supporter

    Can you offer any evidence that the distinction you're drawing has enhanced anybody's understanding?
     
  7. MI_martialist

    MI_martialist Valued Member

    Not quite sure what you mean. See above.


     
  8. MI_martialist

    MI_martialist Valued Member

    Ask any warrior who has returned from battle or the tens of thousand of people we have trained. The distinction is important.

     
  9. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    Or it's a distinction everyone is already aware of and you're needlessly harping on it to sound macho.

    "Yo, OK so beating someone is one thing, but we train to KILL, really SQUEEZE THEM EYEBALLS OUT WITH YOUR THUMBS, THEN… THEN…then… I don'T KNOW CURBSTOMP THEM BRO."
     
  10. MI_martialist

    MI_martialist Valued Member

    It is an important distinction...as for your second comment...what to say?

     
  11. SWC Sifu Ben

    SWC Sifu Ben I am the law

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfIkMXw_YM4[/ame]
     
  12. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    Utterly nonsense posturing

    You have no real qualifications to be speaking as polemically as you do
     
  13. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    There's some kind of internet law that the longer a conversation goes on with a hack martial artist, the more likely this is to get posted.
     
  14. Hannibal

    Hannibal Cry HAVOC and let slip the Dogs of War!!! Supporter

    Coming up next...Jim Carey "Karate Instructor"
     
  15. philosoraptor

    philosoraptor carnivore in a top hat Supporter

    Haha, I almost wrote that.
     
  16. SWC Sifu Ben

    SWC Sifu Ben I am the law

    Followed by Enter the Dojo...


    This has been your broadcast day
     
  17. MI_martialist

    MI_martialist Valued Member

    So, since it does not fit into your nice worldview of "martial arts" it is nonsense and I do not have real qualifications...please tell me then, what are real qualifications to speak as polemically as I do?

    Let the personal insults begin...I assume.


     
  18. Knee Rider

    Knee Rider Valued Member Supporter

  19. Simon

    Simon Administrator Admin Supporter MAP 2017 Koyo Award

    MI martialist, if you are just here to troll then your time will be short lived.

    They'll be no personal insults, but you know that as you've read the ToS when you signed up.

    Make a point, discuss it and all will be fine.

    Deviate from that path and your time here will be over.

    Your call.

    To everyone else, don't feed the trolls. You are subject to the same ToS.
     
  20. ap Oweyn

    ap Oweyn Ret. Supporter

    Now we're adding "warrior" to the mix. *sigh*

    Why? Why is the distinction important? You're the wordsmith. The appeal to authority (warriors who have served and the sheer magnitude of your student base) doesn't actually answer the question.

    Don't take this as being called out. I just think you can do better. I hate semantic arguments. They're a cop out by otherwise intelligent debaters.
     

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