tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262188083303218167.post6651993657313927332..comments2023-04-21T13:13:04.607-05:00Comments on Tuite Jutsu (Personal training/teaching methodologies in Te): Faux, or No?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262188083303218167.post-36961081113176295452012-07-25T11:02:27.121-05:002012-07-25T11:02:27.121-05:00I think after 15 or 20 yrs, I don't believe th...I think after 15 or 20 yrs, I don't believe there's a reason for formal lessons( at least for myself) guessing along w/ people just being part of the stress of being in organization w/ so much politics they moved on. Having said that most if any are qualified to brand their own system and I would never have confidence training w/ them. Master Oyata had enough loyalist in my opionion to keep ryu te going. Unless things just completely go crazy, which could easily happen. It was a business , bows who's suited to lead, did Taika appoint a governing body, it most cases masters don't. They know people don't get along. Sad state of affairs in karate<br /><br />LonerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262188083303218167.post-57143277626595193302012-07-21T22:08:31.185-05:002012-07-21T22:08:31.185-05:00I agree with your instructor's reasoning as to...I agree with your instructor's reasoning as to why Taika allowed it to occur. The problem (IMO) was that Taika wasn't aware of how low the level of (knowledge) instruction was here (in America) at the time (compared to what he was used to). He wasn't aware of how many “fly by night”, “home-made” martial arts (and artists) there were here, that made claim to having “7th, 8th, and even 9th and 10th dan. In the early years, Taika wanted to trust and believe everybody that came to him, unfortunately most were full of shit, and were gone as quick as they came. This (understandably) caused some hesitation on Taika's part to teach any of his more involved techniques until (much) later. <br /> Taika was also trying to build up his association at that time, to do that, you needed bodies. He quickly learned that quantity is far from being equal to quality. In these later years, he was getting quick to get rid of anybody that was in any way shady, or distrustful. He was deeply (emotionally) hurt by the betrayal and deception perpetrated by the last two member's that he kicked-out. It's for that reason, that anyone who has aligned with those individual's he held in deep disregard and shame (which was why, while he was alive those individual's could not be mentioned or discussed in his presence). <br /> Not everyone that Taika accepted has turned out poorly, some are very much at the forefront of the association. I only feel that as recruitment policy, that practice needs to be changed/eliminated. I believe the association should be able to stand on it's own merit, without sacrificing it's credibility through any “shady” ranking practices of it's member's.Openhandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744464788866986742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262188083303218167.post-53484080979116671052012-07-21T21:34:06.824-05:002012-07-21T21:34:06.824-05:00I have mixed feelings about this sort of thing. M...I have mixed feelings about this sort of thing. My own instructor was a sandan in Japanese Goju Ryu when he made the change to RyuTe, and he became a yondan in the association when he came aboard. He's been in RyuTe for over thirty years now and has never looked back at Goju Ryu. I have often reflected, looking at what you've written, that your teaching style and emphasis and his are very similar. Also, if I have understood his explanation correctly, this practice began when Taika was first trying to recruit, for lack of a better word, good people into his organization. It is difficult to imagine how he could have foreseen that it would have such...interesting effects.<br /><br />On the other hand, I can easily see how failure to resolve this issue could lead to, say, Goju Ryu-flavored RyuTe (allowing for the possibility of such a thing), taekwon-do-flavored RyuTe (God forbid...), etc., as some folks' ingrained habits go uncorrected. For the sake of the system's integrity, it seems to me that this has to be addressed.Man of the Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691063580228409415noreply@blogger.com