If you are a fan of my blog "RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE MARTIAL ARTS" you might want to know that I am being threatened and even wordpress is rattling their sabers about taking the whole thing down. Because the internet allows people to make baseless claims from behind a keyboard, I must prove that my work is "scholarship" and "research" and serves the purpose of commenting and/or teaching. If you like my blog and think it is worthy of these designation, PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION
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The pressure from those who wish to silence these discussions remains persistent. Your signatures provide a necessary weight to the argument that intellectual inquiry deserves space regardless of the medium.
July 14, 2016
Reaching this level of support confirms that the value of my work extends far beyond my own perspective. I am encouraged to see that so many of you recognize the depth of research present in these posts. This collective recognition provides the necessary foundation as I prepare to defend the blog against these baseless challenges.
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The articles are very informative about the history of Chinese martial arts. They do challenge conceived ideas and make you question what you think you know. Sources are quoted to back up claims.
Whilst I don't personally know David Ross, as a practitioner and teacher of Tibetan and Chinese martial arts I find his articles to be thought provoking and scholarly, traits rare in the territoral and sonewhat dogmatic arena of traditional martial arts.
As a professional instructor and life time practitioner, I have found David Ross's blogs well researched, detailed, source available and coherent with a common theme of research into the core basis of martial arts history, training and teaching, specifically but not limited to the Chinese Martial Arts.
The research on this blog is at least equal to, and in many cases better than, those found in most leading martial art magazines and journals.
David Ross and his articles are well researched and scholarly on the subject of traditional KUNG Fu. I have my masters degree in sports medicine and am used to research. I independently validate a lot of his research. He is an asset to the tcma community
Awesome blog, well researched and most of all, HONEST! Keep up the good work!
A very interesting and informative blog about the Chinese martial arts. I wish there were more of those.
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If you are a fan of my blog "RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE MARTIAL ARTS" you might want to know that I am being threatened and even wordpress is rattling their sabers about taking the whole thing down. Because the internet allows people to make baseless claims from behind a keyboard, I must prove that my work is "scholarship" and "research" and serves the purpose of commenting and/or teaching. If you like my blog and think it is worthy of these designation, PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION
Updates
July 14, 2016
The pressure from those who wish to silence these discussions remains persistent. Your signatures provide a necessary weight to the argument that intellectual inquiry deserves space regardless of the medium.
July 14, 2016
Reaching this level of support confirms that the value of my work extends far beyond my own perspective. I am encouraged to see that so many of you recognize the depth of research present in these posts. This collective recognition provides the necessary foundation as I prepare to defend the blog against these baseless challenges.
Reached 100 supporters
July 14, 2016
64 Comments
I have never heard of a Wordpress blog having to defend their purpose or any requirement that blogs contain any amount of scholarship. Nonetheless, this blog is clearly educational in its content and by no means should it be taken down.
The articles are very informative about the history of Chinese martial arts. They do challenge conceived ideas and make you question what you think you know. Sources are quoted to back up claims.
Whilst I don't personally know David Ross, as a practitioner and teacher of Tibetan and Chinese martial arts I find his articles to be thought provoking and scholarly, traits rare in the territoral and sonewhat dogmatic arena of traditional martial arts.
As a professional instructor and life time practitioner, I have found David Ross's blogs well researched, detailed, source available and coherent with a common theme of research into the core basis of martial arts history, training and teaching, specifically but not limited to the Chinese Martial Arts.
The research on this blog is at least equal to, and in many cases better than, those found in most leading martial art magazines and journals.
David Ross and his articles are well researched and scholarly on the subject of traditional KUNG Fu. I have my masters degree in sports medicine and am used to research. I independently validate a lot of his research. He is an asset to the tcma community
Awesome blog, well researched and most of all, HONEST! Keep up the good work!
A very interesting and informative blog about the Chinese martial arts. I wish there were more of those.
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I have never heard of a Wordpress blog having to defend their purpose or any requirement that blogs contain any amount of scholarship. Nonetheless, this blog is clearly educational in its content and by no means should it be taken down.