Blunt Force Trauma.

If one does not begin their training until later in life can they make a claim that someone is their lifelong Teacher? If they had spent their time speaking very unflatteringly of their Teacher and others within their lineage, in private, would they be able to claim themselves as true to a teaching they claim someone else is also not following?
If some central tenants of a Teaching are to 'keep a disciplined mind' would it be considered a breach of that teaching for someone to freak out over something trivial and to behave in a manner unbecoming someone within a school that touts Courtesy and Manners as part of its' school name and central teaching?


There have been many unflattering things said in private, while presenting a different face in public, although most seem aware of a certain loss of trust and a certain pencheant for the dramatic on the part of the other party.
Certainly aware of the artful embellishments of this party when they write out what they have to say.
A person that can, like a chameleon, move from circle to circle and insinuate themselves into things with skilful use of words, charisma, a skill for making connections with people, sometimes at the expense of other people.
It is a wonder they ever had the trust of their Teacher at all, for the face they present in public is different for each circle and FAR different than the face that is presented in private.


I suppose that is par for the course, however, it is best to be wary of people like these, for they are only out for their own gain and will stop at nothing to gain at the expense of those around them.
They will place themselves in positions of high esteem with a lot of pull and use that pull to do whatever is best for them, they will make threats, they will also follow through with some of those threats if it benefits them to do so, sometimes it doesn't and they will switch strategies.


One person I know if likes to talk a big game, they sometimes put down the skill of others, even though they barely had any skill of their own when they COULD actually train.
They are great with words, and therein lay the possible reason they did not have the full trust of their Teacher and the reason they barely spoke. This person was only continuing with their partnership because it was an investment, not because they actually cared or acted in the same spirit as a man who would often place the wellfare of others above everything else.
Some within the Dojo could not afford dues and were feeling that they could no longer train because, unlike their Teacher, this person was more business minded and less compassionate.


A lot of talk and zero follow-through in regards to ANY of the central Teachings, with even less skill in ANY of the aspects of training on the floor.
It is a shame that these types are even able to make it through the door, but again, anyone can step on the floor, not everyone can actually walk the path laid out before them.


That is all.