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Jul. 21st, 2010 02:12 pmFrom a local Wing Chun instructor's testimonial page:
Sir,
I wanted to say that you must be one hell of a teacher. One of your students handed me my a## the other day. Keep in mind that I am over six foot tall and weigh over 250 lbs. I have challenged other martial artists in town and can break cinder blocks with my fist. I met your students at the Koffee Klotch here in town. The girl keep talking about Wing Chun and how effective it was but I told her that nothing was that effective. She dared me to attack her. Now she is maybe 100 lbs and just a little over 5 feet tall. When she said she would kick my a_ _ and do it slow, I decided to teach her a little lesson. She didn’t give me time to scream before she hit me 6 or 7 times as I was falling to the ground. I have never seen or felt anything so painful before in my life. I just wanted to contact you and tell you that as soon as I can get my finances together I want to train with you.
Tim Holt
Gurley, AL
~blinks~
I'm confused. How's that supposed to translate?
"Dear Sir, I'm disappointed by my inability to impose my will on a woman half my size; will you help me improve my skills? As an added bonus, please share my name with the entire internet."
Possibly, what they're trying to get across by leaving that on the wall (beyond "hey, we don't cherrypick these reviews, they just come in") is that the style is sufficiently effective to render a difference of more than 12 inches and seven stone equal. Possibly, they're also trying to point up its value as a self-confidence strengthener. Okay, I get it.
I'm still curious to know whether sifu Carroll actually took Tim Holt's money later, and whether Mr. Holt still goes round picking fights with mouthy women.
Sir,
I wanted to say that you must be one hell of a teacher. One of your students handed me my a## the other day. Keep in mind that I am over six foot tall and weigh over 250 lbs. I have challenged other martial artists in town and can break cinder blocks with my fist. I met your students at the Koffee Klotch here in town. The girl keep talking about Wing Chun and how effective it was but I told her that nothing was that effective. She dared me to attack her. Now she is maybe 100 lbs and just a little over 5 feet tall. When she said she would kick my a_ _ and do it slow, I decided to teach her a little lesson. She didn’t give me time to scream before she hit me 6 or 7 times as I was falling to the ground. I have never seen or felt anything so painful before in my life. I just wanted to contact you and tell you that as soon as I can get my finances together I want to train with you.
Tim Holt
Gurley, AL
~blinks~
I'm confused. How's that supposed to translate?
"Dear Sir, I'm disappointed by my inability to impose my will on a woman half my size; will you help me improve my skills? As an added bonus, please share my name with the entire internet."
Possibly, what they're trying to get across by leaving that on the wall (beyond "hey, we don't cherrypick these reviews, they just come in") is that the style is sufficiently effective to render a difference of more than 12 inches and seven stone equal. Possibly, they're also trying to point up its value as a self-confidence strengthener. Okay, I get it.
I'm still curious to know whether sifu Carroll actually took Tim Holt's money later, and whether Mr. Holt still goes round picking fights with mouthy women.
