northern_mantis wrote:I wonder if he told his kids the truth about where his stuff came from or if he perpetuated the same nonsense as in public?
Bao wrote:Thank you for sharing. A very nice portrait and a nice vway to celebrate his art and his father. Yes, he seems to have improved.
... Someone who knows if he only practiced with his father or did he ever try his wings outside the nest?
northern_mantis wrote:I have never spoke to him personally but from my involvement with the WTBA it is very insular and very few people dabble elsewhere. Certainly not in a cultish way as far as I can tell, in fact everybody I have met within the organisation has been very nice. However all other arts are criticised and their own promoted as the deadliest and most authentic.
yeniseri wrote:E Montaigue, pere, was a decent chap!
I corresponded with him a few times and we exchanged information on taijiquan. He even sent me a videotape of his Yang style.
but he did meet the multitudes and I am guessing he attempted to sort out the wheat from the chaff, like the rest of us.
WTBA it is very insular and very few people dabble elsewhere.
That is good to read.I have heard this is true also, but with that said I do have a couple of guys from this group traveling to train with me at the moment. They are really nice, committed guys who are eager to sort the 'wheat from the chaff' as you say.
I make you right. He was a lovely man and a good friend but would be a nasty b....... in a fight.He could have done any art and been handy in a tussle i think
northern_mantis wrote:Shame really, despite being at least in part from the imagination of Erle it has some cool stuff.
middleway wrote:WTBA it is very insular and very few people dabble elsewhere.
I have heard this is true also, but with that said I do have a couple of guys from this group traveling to train with me at the moment. They are really nice, committed guys who are eager to sort the 'wheat from the chaff' as you say.
I always thought Erle came across as a naturally tough chap, especially in his younger years. He could have done any art and been handy in a tussle i think.
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