Them’s some pretty heady credentials I’ve never heard of, and what is an architect from Calgary teaching those UN peacekeepers anyway?
Have you seen this guys lineage?
http://northstarmartialarts.com/About_Me.html - for fucks sake its wide
Its one of those obvious cases that actually whats being said tells you a lot more of the person speaking than of the topic. The funnies
for comparison here are mr Roveres credentials, seem much more clearer to me:
Martial Arts.
Only non-oriental to receive instructor's certification from Col. Chang
Hsiang-Wu (Chinese army, retired). Col. Chang is the former chief instructor
of close combat (hsing-i) and military strategy (Bing Fa)at the Whampoa,
Central Military Academy of China at Nanjing. Mr. Rovere is Col. Chang's last
senior student.
Mr. Rovere's martial arts instructor's certification from Col. Chang
includes: Tai Chi Ch'uan (Old Yang Style c.1915), Hsing-I Ch'uan (Xingyi), Pa-
Kua Ch'uan (baqua quan). (Unarmed and armed techniques.)
Instructor's training with Major Chang Yen Ying (Chinese army, retired).
Major Chang, is a senior student of Du Shen Wu. She served at Changsha,
China as close combat instructor for the Chinese women's militia and the "yu
ge dwei" (mobile strike teams or commandos) during the Japanese War.
First non-oriental to receive special recognition as a martial arts
instructor from the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
A recipient of the Chiang Ching Guo (Presidential award) for Culture from the
Government of the Republic of China.
A recipient of an honorary award from the Chinese Army/Special Forces (ROC).
First and currently only civilian to train in the People's Republic of China
with the bodyguard instructors of the Wu Jing (Special Military Police
Training Unit). Beijing, PRC.
First and currently only civilian to train with instructors of the Gung An
(Public Security). Number One Gung An Training Academy, Putong/Shanghai, PRC.
Mr. Rovere is the author of two books and numerous published articles on both
traditional and modern military martial arts. In 1976, he was the subject of
a documentary film produced by Health and Welfare Canada on Mr. Rovere's work
teaching t'ai Chi to senior Citizen's.