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| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5101 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes  Speaks: German*, English | Message 129 of 132 10 November 2013 at 10:45am | IP Logged | ||
I saw somewhere on Reddit that he now offers his super secret German volume method for sale via Paypal. So I guess all the hubbub was just to make his name known and generate interest for his book. (After all, he lists marketing and ad writing as interests on his LinkedIn page.) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4911 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 130 of 132 10 November 2013 at 2:44pm | IP Logged | ||
He's repeatedly said that he doesn't consider it a community, so I doubt he's concerned with being a part of it. Fair enough. He's just one more voice you can choose to either listen to or ignore, whether inside or outside the community. As to the original premise of the thread, I doubt a "debate" would serve any purpose at all. Nothing new would be said by any of the participants. R. == 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| darkwhispersdal Senior Member Wales Joined 5821 days ago 294 posts - 363 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Ancient Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin | Message 131 of 132 10 November 2013 at 3:30pm | IP Logged | ||
Respect and humility is expected across all martial arts, not just the ring. I agree that it makes you different but you can't afford to be arrogant and aggressive in combat sports. Everyone I've come across with that attitude normally come out the loser when they encounter someone not intimidated by them and get ostrasized by all the other martial arts groups. Going back to Clugston I don't bother with people with his attitude in martial arts they are not worth wasting time on. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kugel Senior Member United States Joined 6319 days ago 497 posts - 555 votes Speaks: English* | Message 132 of 132 10 November 2013 at 8:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've never been to a traditional thai martial arts club, but the ones centered on
grappling and striking, at least where I live, are operated by people who are professional, yet aggressive in cutting out charlatans and the like. You simply can't fake it when sparring. Now as for foreign language proficiency.... I still disagree with Clugston's approach on youtube, as attacking people for their hobbies(It could be all that they have in life) is generally an asshole thing to do. If someone wants to lift their finger 1000 reps daily, I won't say a peep. You do what you gotta do to stay sane. 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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