Originally Posted by
Nathan Scott
Dan, we all understand by now that you feel you've gotten the short end of the stick in your traditional training experiences, as have a host of others that apparently don't want to post to the internet. I'll bet there are many in MMA who tell similar stories. But there are many more that have had life changing experiences in TMA. There are two sides to every story, and we're only hearing one side.
Nathan, though you address the above comment to Dan, you do so under the identity of "we all," which I think would have to include me. So I will say I don't get that feeling from Dan's posts at all. I don't think he comes across as having gotten "the short end of the stick" in traditional training. In many ways, he seems to me more truly traditional than most and as I understand it he continues to train in traditional arts besides training in his eclectic solo methods. This was, in fact, the approach I saw quite a bit in Japan. You train in an art, but you train yourself apart from the art.
And in general, I don't get the feeling that Dan feels he has "lost out" in his experiences with TMA at all.
Best wishes.
David
David Orange, Jr.
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