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So, Instructor Narcisi can go fuck himself. I don't care how big his name is in the world of Martial Arts, the stars in his eyes and jingle in his pockets tells me he's little more than a goon with impressive musculature.
After training under the man for three weeks, I've noticed that his technical skill is on par with that of an untrained chimp, and his teaching methods bely an indescribable ineptitude the likes of which I can honestly say I've never witnessed in the world of martial arts.
I'll be dropping his class this week. I was under the impression that I would be learning something in this course, however, Mr. Narcisi has completely forsaken the technical aspects of the art and ignored every fundemental he could think of. He even went so far as to call Taekwondo a 'sport.' Training under this guy is like taking a weightlifting course. It's great and all, but it doesn't make you a better fighter,as his two starry-eyed protoges, 'Mouse,' and 'Girl-who's-name-I-can't-remember demonstrate all too well. While very strong and very flexible, neither of the girls know how to apply their strengths. 'Mouse' fights like she's six feet tall, despite being only 4 1/2, and the other girl flails her limbs like they're made of rubber. Not only that, but their arsenal of techniques is...lacking. For being high belts (I believe they're both red belts) they know almost nothing. Screwing around before class one day, I was throwing kicks they'd never even heard of. Of course, we ended up playing a game of Horse with various techniques. You can guess who won.
I intend to return to my first school and continue training there. With any luck at all I'll make black belt within the year. What's more, I'll have earned it with actual skill. I'm sure it will annoy Narcisi when I show up in his Taekwondo club with a black belt from Mr. Mcginley. (I've gathered that there's some bad blood between the two.)
This is some "I challenge your master!" style shit, man. I had no idea there was so much drama involved with kicking people in the face. It looked so straightforward, to me.
After training under the man for three weeks, I've noticed that his technical skill is on par with that of an untrained chimp, and his teaching methods bely an indescribable ineptitude the likes of which I can honestly say I've never witnessed in the world of martial arts.
I'll be dropping his class this week. I was under the impression that I would be learning something in this course, however, Mr. Narcisi has completely forsaken the technical aspects of the art and ignored every fundemental he could think of. He even went so far as to call Taekwondo a 'sport.' Training under this guy is like taking a weightlifting course. It's great and all, but it doesn't make you a better fighter,as his two starry-eyed protoges, 'Mouse,' and 'Girl-who's-name-I-can't-remember demonstrate all too well. While very strong and very flexible, neither of the girls know how to apply their strengths. 'Mouse' fights like she's six feet tall, despite being only 4 1/2, and the other girl flails her limbs like they're made of rubber. Not only that, but their arsenal of techniques is...lacking. For being high belts (I believe they're both red belts) they know almost nothing. Screwing around before class one day, I was throwing kicks they'd never even heard of. Of course, we ended up playing a game of Horse with various techniques. You can guess who won.
I intend to return to my first school and continue training there. With any luck at all I'll make black belt within the year. What's more, I'll have earned it with actual skill. I'm sure it will annoy Narcisi when I show up in his Taekwondo club with a black belt from Mr. Mcginley. (I've gathered that there's some bad blood between the two.)
This is some "I challenge your master!" style shit, man. I had no idea there was so much drama involved with kicking people in the face. It looked so straightforward, to me.