Comments on: Martial Arts Charity Drive 2009

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By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:54:52 +0000

Hey Chris,
I just donated $25 to Partners in Health http://www.pih.org/home.html
for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.
I was in Japan during the Kobe earthquake back in 1995 and saw quite a bit of the aftermath. Earthquakes are terrifying and certainly give you a fresh perspective on things.
Looking forward to more posts from you soon – maybe this latest disaster will stimulate a new wave of donations to help reach ’50′ – at least something good can come out of it.
See you in the Spring for more Tui-Shou!

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:52:22 +0000

OK last one.
I teach for a non-profit 501c3 called Performing Arts Workshop! They don’t pay me nearly what I’m worth. I take below market pay as a donation to the good (and not so good) kids in the public schools (which I also pay for with my tax “donation”).

I’ve got to hand it to you Chris, your prophecy that martial arts blogs would use the excuse of an economic down turn to drop out of the picture was spot on.
I’m trying to get you up to 50 comments so that you won’t add yourself to the list of contemptible martial ragamuffins who have been shirking their volunteer writing duties.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:44:41 +0000

I did a performance with my kids at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco…it was a donation.

I have been known to challenge students to a fight to the death. I wonder what Bullshido would make of that?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:42:39 +0000

Alright, my life is one big donation. I donate all the time and don’t even think about it, much less remember to keep the receipt. I know I donated to the JCC and to a Temple or two in Taiwan, and to at least two of my artist friends 501c3 projects, one at the Old Alameda Naval Base and one who went to Compose music in Antarctica. But I don’t remember any of the dollar amounts….

I forgot what I was going to say…oh yeah instead of dis-ing people for making up martial arts stories—we should be holding competitions for the most outragious yet possible just maybe martial arts bio!
We could really develop some skill in this area.
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Does anyone know what self-defense is anyway, I mean besides……..yikes……run….away……

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:33:03 +0000

I donated a performance for kids to Ronald McDonald House Charities, SF Branch.

That was as close as I could get to donating dircetly to McDojo’s which are a wonderful part of Team America! Go team!

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:29:16 +0000

Hey I donated my Levenger adjustable reading desk ($140) to a young scholar in need.

I also bought a tee-shirt from the Global Cooling Collective, they are a 501c3, but I did it because I thought it was ironic.

Really what do you do with a martial artist teacher who is over playing his/her skills? You punch them. Problem solved.

Now, a much bigger problem is what to do with all the Qigong masters who make up the craziest biographies. It’s like, I’ve got to give a three day long history seminar just to extricate them from their claims.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:19:39 +0000

Hey, I donated to Dao Yuan Circle. Only $25 this year but I’m planning on giving more next year.

Dude can you believe it? This Mount Song Shaolin Temple from 426AD opened up around the corner from my house on Geary St. in San Francisco, CA?

They are real monks! With real monk outfits! And they do kicks just like ballerinas! They came straight from China to teach, I see them at Starbucks too, and they don’t speak English yet.

Only problem is, most of the story is a sham and they certainly are not an unbroken lineage of martial monks dating back to bodhi dharma. that’s what they say too, “All of out teachers are 64th Generation Monks from the Shaolin Temple.”
It bothered me quite a bit at first but acrobatics aside, their gongfu sucks, so who cares? It looks like fun!

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:11:48 +0000

Hey I donated to the Bay Area Derby Girls! $40. My local girls flat track roller derby club…B.A.D. A.S.S.

You gotta love the puritanical quality of Bullshido’s honesty. If only fighting were more virtuous!
I can imagine an on-line self reporting site that also did verification of credentials. That would be fun. I sign up, reveal everything about my training in years and people, how much I charge, how often classes are offered, how long I’ve been teaching-where and whom. What sorts of results I promise (if any) what types of advancement (if any) happen at my school.. etc…
Put that all in a searchable spreadsheet database thingy…it would really help people figure out who is who.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:01:23 +0000

Hey I donated to the Zhi Dao Guan in Oakland CA. $75.

Kind’a funny really, those folks at Bullshido are on a moral superiority trip. Their the flip side of the Aikido moral superiority trip we’ve often seen.
My own experience: if I talk too much about my super powers and my sifu’s royal lineage fighting the greatest of the great…then my students become skeptics. If I spend too much time debunking historical inaccuracies they start begging for a more information about flying monks!