Let's put two quotes next to each other:
Originally Posted by
Tom Karazozis
I'd say this was a strategic business move involving Mr. Cirone AND Mr. Sekiguchi to block out any other Eishin ryu coming into argentina, Sekiguchi still gets his piece of the pie
Originally Posted by
Tom Karazozis
this subject looks more like some kind of business related turf war than anything related to Budo, and it's disgusting.
so, a guy complaining about someone trademarking the name of a koryu is just complaining about a business turf war, which is disgusting because it is outside the ideals of budo, but someone copyrighting the name of a koryu style with the goal of preventing other people from teaching MJER in a certain area in order to protect their own profits doesn't bother you?
Originally Posted by
Tom Karazozis
their all happy, orelse why wouldn't he(Sekiguchi) hamon him?
speculating on the relationship between a sensei and his students is a little risky-- unless I've missed something, we don't know how Sekiguchi feels about this. He might think that it's just dandy, or he might have taken some action privately. Sometimes rather than delivering a formal hamon, instructors just start ignoring you until you take the hint and go away. If Sekiguchi is unhappy with this guy, it's very unlikely that he'll tell us about it-- it's family business, and therefore private.
Originally Posted by
Tom Karazozis
So my question to you is this, are you pissed because you can't go globetrotting and teach the Argentinians, do you really care? or is it because they just poked some holes into your pocket, spilled your loose change, and took it away from you?
For the moment, let's just ignore the rude and provocative nature of this line-- I'll just try to address the logic.
Can we think of other possible reasons that someone might be upset about this? If some other guy who happened to have the last name "Karazozis" somehow managed to trademark the name and claimed that you no longer had the right to use it, would you be a bit miffed? Woudl that make sense to you, or would you feel that you have just as much right to use it as he does?
David Sims
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