I think that is a question on many minds all over the world- where were Willem's students; why did they do that to him; why didn't they defend their actions once taken; who's minding the store; what's all this then? Besides, Bob is mostly about borlandokuntow and his business associates- he doesn't worry about the traditional stuff- read his book <g>
You didn't frame the question well and you didn't understand the answer given. Sigman makes a substantive difference between *anything* and that thing as expressed in the jing concept of the Chen Family. Cool- and he does it very well and is convincing in his scholarship. Lots of well respected tai chi teachers have fallen to his scythe. Lots of people have told Bill that Miller does taiji and is subjected to the envious sniping of his inferiors <g>. Bill's open to anything- and especially when it comes wrapped in geets. Miller, a man known all over the world for his championships, needed the credibility and advanced training offered by a man like Willem de Thouars. He popped for the expenses; on the road again.
Well it wasn't really an embarrassment until Miller wouldn't take a poke at his own party. He'd been selling wolf tickets about how he was gonna do Sigman till it was a rumor prior to the event. Bill likes fights- he wouldn't have given it 57 years of his life if he didn't like to fight. He went to a fight that night- it had been schemed on and planned by Miller for a while I would think. When it didn't happen, I don't believe he was very happy. What happens on the floor is what counts with Bill. The courage to step forward means a lot to him. The traditional thing is; 'Shiapa Brani?' (who has the guts to fight!)- 'Kitai Brani! (*I* have the guts to fight!) As far as associating himself with a guy that can pick up the tab? duh. Miller brings a video facility, distribution, adherents, a circuit.... all he needed was someone credible to say; 'heeeeere's Miller!'- Willem needed a guy to make the hotel arrangements-
All of that was really funny- Miller's been kind of an object of derision privately until Willem hooked up with him for the video promotion and seminar access. Willem was being polite and loyal to his associate. no, Roger Brockman not stepping forward- that was the important one. *He* is the one that instigated to make trouble, alongside Miller, and run it through his wife's lawfirm for their own conveniences. See, I am a witness against two of the lawfirms' clients- to the tune of a bunch of damage money if things go for Plaintiff. Roger has been privy to Steve's intimacy of personal life and so on, and, very possibly, has been feeding his wife Kathleen Brockman information to take to them. The opportunity to rev Bill up into such weird accusations was a fat hog to a lawfirm that would like my credibility in question. Roger has been goofing with Miller to advance his own agenda; hence the coupling of the deposition about Gartin and me that accompanied the video- explained by letters from Brockman and Miller. Other than Brockman's agenda with Miller, there was no need to couple my name with the Atlanta incident. I felt bad for Mike; number one, five guys bust in and make a scene- without giving him an opportunity to add a little pain to their obvious humiliation, then they tie him to me and Gartin, and then call *us* names that nobody wants to be associated with at any distance. It's an ugly little nest of snakes surrounding Willem at this point.
Nah- this is lots better. See, Willem's skills are amazing- he feels a lot like Mike (and me and Miller are the only ones having been hit by both of them <g>
- his application is not as tightly engineered as Mike's is- it is a question of 'crispness'. Of course, Mike's primary focus has been the isolation of the mechanics of the method and Willem's has been whacking people with it. Mike's fighting ability didn't start with taiji, he was a well finished fighter long before then. His training and interest has been more to the physics/mechanics of the skill with an analytical investigation. In addition, Willem does a bunch more applications of internal energy (in the tight definition of the term) that are quite amazing on their own. He has been told that is *not* 'taiji'- ok, cool- if Miller *does* taiji, Willem will learn from him- that's a matter of openness to new martial information. It in no way mitigates his skills that he didn't understand the question and his answer was not well translated by Brockman. Anyway, don't ask Bob hard questions- ask him about Bob.
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