windwalker wrote:Some perspective
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he's old ?
I said
specifically what i didn't like. I think that matters. If it was me, I would want to know specifics. Because primarily I'm prepared to listen and learn if it's constructive and well observed. Maybe it's relevant and maybe it isn't. But if it wasn't specific, how would you know ?
I recall also saying in the other forum, that it looked like he hadn't been practicing much and if he had how could it possibly look like that..
unless?
Maybe he's a nice guy, but if those are his best students; the ones he picks to demonstrate. Well I don't know, maybe he doesn't have better ones. Longer term ones.
Another thing I can say about Tim, just for comparison and not defence, is I've heard over the years - on this forum and other spots - directly from his students.
What a good teacher Tim is. We have seen people performing Sun style for example, who have been students of his. There was one guy I recall who got into Dog Brothers stick fighting, so on and so forth.
I don't really doubt, there would be plenty of guys come forward and say what a good teacher he is and how skilled he is hands on, and so on. As there have been others who have done exactly that in the past.
I'm not trying to put anyone on a pedestal.I didn't really post that wing chun guy so I could bash him particularly, he's probably a nice guy etc.
There may well be people, as mentioned by Wayne, who would come on and defend him, given the chance.
You know, just maybe, if there was a throw down for 70+ year old TCMA guys, maybe he would kick ass.
Not sure what my point is anymore. Oh wait, John, I reckon JW would kick his ass. all day long.
I say that because i know a bit more about JW his training and have more to go on.
I guess we don't know, what we don't know.
But there are things we do.