Wow!....a few different opinions.
Hi everybody,
Thanks for all the 'interesting' replies.
Paul, I picked up the 'cow dice' at the local agriculture show. They now hang from the rear vision mirror of my John Deer tractor.
Just so everyone knows the full details, this 'person', for want of a better term, sent me the previously mentioned e-mail about 2 weeks ago.
I replied with my thoughts on the matter, and that I believed he was just a child who must be watching waaaay too much anime.
There were a number of correspondences in which I came to believe the person was actually serious.
Anyway, as Nathan has already pointed out, I have put too much time, energy and money into establishing a credible branch of Shinkendo here in Oz to let it be taken by some fool with a death wish!
I also have a family to think about.
I take my martial arts as seriously as anyone(probably more serious than alot) but, I take my family more seriously.
If this person were to threaten my family, or friends, I would hunt them down and pull them apart at the seams. However they didn't.
This would be a no win situation for me. If I wack the guy on the head, he may die - I go to jail. If I don't kill him, but instead seriously injure him(of course, I'm assuming it's a him....I don't really know) I still go to jail, but I would most likely also be sued!
Either way, my family loses, the school goes down the gurgler and I lose!!!
Of course, there is the other possibility. This guy may actually have the goods, and I lose! I may also end up dead or seriously injured.
So most of you intelligent people out there can see my dilemma.
I can't win!!!
Mr. Grey wolf, what can I say, your opinions are your own, and you are well entitled to them!
Your words sound exactly like those e-mailed to me!
For everyone to read, here is a little more correspondence for you to all see exactly what sort of person this guy is.
HQ - After I beat you, then what? I get charged with assault and go to jail? No thanks!
ES - No, you will be able to pride your self in being a Caucasian who can bet the Japs at their own game. You will be able to say I beat a nip that has been taught in the ways of ken since he was five years old, who holds a Ph-d in traditional swordsmanship, and who hold so many accolades he needs to re-enforce his mantle piece.
ES - You western Caucasian¡¦s have no business in the martial ways of the Japanese. You are number six; I have already cleared out the fencing community by combat in Sydney and Adelaide, in business trips in the last year.
HQ - Oh, just out of curiosity, who were the members of the fencing community from Adelaide and Sydney you 'cleared out in combat'?
ES - They were like you naïve, unskilled and in danger of assaulting themselves with their own sword. I out of the generosity of my heart I reduced, humiliated and belittled them in their own dojo’s in front of their own students.
Mr. Grey wolf, I have previously provided this persons e-mail address, perhaps you two guys could get together and die of 'young age' (stupidity).
Best wishes
Howard Quick
Shinkendo Australia - Shibucho
Senjutsu Ryu Jujitsu
Kokusai Toyama Ryu Renmei