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Old 02-23-2005, 09:19 PM   #3
Bronson
 
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Re: Question on etiquette

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Rob Cunningham wrote:
I can tell you that no sensei will take offense if you take another martial art elsewhere.
Not true. I know people who've been told they need to make a choice between the two styles they were studying.

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Sean Constable wrote:
I have also been very interested in grappling arts, would it be considered disrespectful to take a grappling art elsewhere?
There is no way for us to know the particular etiquette your Sensei wants followed. Best bet is to simply ask. I'm sure that if you phrase it as a polite question it won't ruffle any feathers.

Bronson

"A pacifist is not really a pacifist if he is unable to make a choice between violence and non-violence. A true pacifist is able to kill or maim in the blink of an eye, but at the moment of impending destruction of the enemy he chooses non-violence."
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