Ah Louis wrote:
westerner definition:
west·ern·er
/ˈwestərnər/
noun
a native or inhabitant of the west, especially of western Europe or North America.
You comment doesn't change a thing, the fact is the statement isn't accurate and should be corrected for the benefit of the readers.
Ah Louis wrote:Dmitri wrote:"westerner" meaning "white guy", i.e. one who is not ethnically Japanese
That's how I understood it. Ethnicity means significantly more than citizenship, in these matters. (But I have a suspicion you already knew that, and were basically just being an ass I mean, "helpful"... )
I feel sorry for you for your expressed ignorance, and racially ugly statement. Btw, the seminar is happening in the Western world.
westerner definition:
west·ern·er
/ˈwestərnər/
noun
a native or inhabitant of the west, especially of western Europe or North America.
You comment doesn't change a thing, the fact is the statement isn't accurate and should be corrected for the benefit of the readers.
Ah Louis wrote:The information you provide is incorrect and it doesn't explain why there is misrepresentation in the wording of the seminar announcement. We all know credibility in the martial arts is gold, and many a person misrepresents themselves in their rank and status. The military guys have a saying about this type of act of misrepresentation as stolen valor. In the business world it is called fraud. In the martial arts it is called good business, as usual. Who goes to a martial arts seminar and pays hundreds of dollars for someone without rank without credibility to teach them? No one. And for those who do have rank, no one pays to go to a white belt's class, because rank indicates experience, knowledge and skill. The higher the rank it is expected there is to be more experience, knowledge and skill Martial arts. And in the martial arts world there is business competition and the public affords credibility with those having a higher rank. Anyone in the martial arts world knows the wide spread epidemic fraud of inflated and misrepresented rank and skill. As you know, your partner is already dealing with scrambling to correct existing misrepresentation of his rank and title not given to him in association to this seminar. Why exacerbate the issue further with the misrepresentation here. Or is there no concern to correct the error in the announcement because martial arts is already a buyer beware market.
In our argument you state the organization doesn't care about misrepresentation. Can you produce any official statements or policies supporting your claims they don't care about misrepresentation of their members? You speak with authority, I was wondering if you could tell us what leadership role having in the kodokai organization, what is your connection?
Personally, I would correct any misinformation on anything thing public or private. I would be vigilant and wouldn't let erroneous mistakes slide, I would insure only the facts be put out if I was charging money. Maybe some people are different and they wouldn't correct mistakes. I know I would feel defrauded if I found out the truth after paying good money for something I was told to be true and it wasn't. Sadly, the martial arts Caveat Emptor (buyer beware).
Roy Goldberg Sensei
Goldberg (Shingen) Sensei is the East Coast Representative of the North American Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai. Sensei is the highest-ranking student of Hayawo Kiyama Shihan - the President and Chief Instructor of the same organization.
Sensei is honored to have trained at the hombu dojo in Kitami, Japan for the past 30 years. He has trained with the leading Daito-ryu shihans in Japan including Yusuke Inoue Menkyo Kaiden, headmaster of the Kodokai. Over the course of his shugyo, he has been awarded the Hiden Mokuroku (The Secret Essence - 1st scroll of Daito-ryu techniques), as well as the Hiden Okugi Mokuroku (The Secret Essence of Mysteries - 2nd scroll). He has also received the rarely issued Kyoju Dairi (representative instructor) teaching license. In 2015 Sensei was awarded rank of 7th dan by the Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai Hombu Dojo (Kitami, Japan).
Goldberg Sensei aspires to transmit the techniques of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu - the beautiful, secret art and national treasure of Japan. His goal is to pass down Daito-ryu to serious students, as presented to him by the hombu dojo and Kiyama Shihan. Sensei believes that in the martial arts, one teaches only to continue his own unfinished study.
Ah Louis wrote:Bodywork wrote:Hey Mr. Fluid logic....
You have nothing to say, and no argument of substance.
You're a nobody in the Kodokai and you are calling into question truly legitimate people who are your seniors.
You owe him an apology.
I don't know what in the world you are talking about and honestly I never do (that is whole different topic), or why you keep dragging in your partner and his organization into this mole hill you turned into a mountain. The concern is about seeing an error and correcting the error you posted. Doesn't it work into Mr. Goldberg's favor to correct it and have accurate information about him posted? Or you don't think so, obviously. If you did you would have corrected the misinformation and thanked me for catching the error, and forgone all the drama.
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