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In Turn Wombat, Jeff Meszaros has provided a reply to Mr. Charles Wilson who wrote a response to Mr. Meszaros's column Wombat's World 1. Here is the reply Hey Charles, Thanks for the letter. When I heard that a kung fu guy was writing a reply to my article, I expected to see a raving rant about chi and the dim-mak. Thankfully, your reply was well written and eloquent. Unfortunately, however, you misunderstood the point I was making...
Hey Charles, Thanks for the letter. When I heard that a kung fu guy was writing a reply to my article, I expected to see a raving rant about chi and the dim-mak. Thankfully, your reply was well written and eloquent. Unfortunately, however, you misunderstood the point I was making. My intention was not to take a dump on any particular style of martial arts. I was, though, horking a giant loogie straight into the eye of a certain style of martial artist. Namely, the guy who sits in the movie theatre and howls about his deadly fighting skills, but has never once tested himself against a resisting opponent, either in the ring or even in his own club. Moreover I was reflecting upon how ridiculous it is that when given the chance to test out their claims, these people will usually vomit forth a flood of excuses rather than “man up”. Kudos to you, by the way, for reading mmaringreport.com and also for testing yourself in competition. People like you and I, Charles, are swimming in the pool of reality. We see what works and what doesn’t by testing it out and using what keeps us afloat. Then there are fellows like the brainwashed fool who sat behind me in the theatre. Rather than get in the pool, he stands there in his swim trunks waving his bandy arms about and kicking his skinny legs, all the while shouting “I AM A BETTER SWIMMER THAN ALL OF YOU”! We invite him into the pool, but he refuses our offer and says he is allergic to the chlorine. Then he keeps on gesticulating wildly, while screaming “LOOK AT HOW GOOD A SWIMMER I AM” even though he has never once gotten into the water and never will because everyone, including him, knows he can’t swim worth a damn and would end up in the fetal position at the very bottom of the pool if he ever tried. This is the guy who annoys me, Charles, not you or anyone else who gets in the pool, regardless of what style they practice. Anyway; this was the point I was trying to make. I wasn’t taking a dump on kung fu or any particular Chinese art. In fact, if you mosey over to the MMARR staff page you’ll see that I actually have an orange belt in kung fu myself and, although I don’t practice it anymore, I have no problem with those who do - as long as they don’t sit near me at the movie theatre, shouting about projecting their chi into the liver of their enemies from a hundred yards out. Having said that, please accept my warmest apologies if my article offended you, and good luck in your future fights. Thanks,
Jeff “Wombat” Meszaros
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