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Old 08-15-2004, 06:36 AM   #25
George S. Ledyard
 
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Re: Seagal's fight with a Tomiki instructor

Look, everybody likes the "legendary" stories of their art. I don't see wishing to know these stories as some kind of moral weakness, they're fun and interesting.

However, people have no fundamental "right" to know these stories. Shaun, nothing makes people crazier than being told they can't have something they want. Intimating that you know the true story and then telling folks you won't share the details is a recipe for an on-line feeding frenzy. You're really better off not saying anything.

People need to chill out about Seagal Sensei. This is a man who has some very complex personas which he has created over the years. There are a small number of people on this forum who actually know this man as a Teacher of Aikido, not as some show biz hyped myth. Don't expect them to be contributing to the general mythology any more than you are willing to provide un-flattering stories about your own teachers.

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