Re: American Kenpo/Judo History

I was discussing this with Will today, he mentioned this:
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It doesn't matter when or by whom the forms were created. But it does matter when someone claims the forms were created in 1954, and that ends the argument when that and the supporting arguments are all proven to be false. And, because the claim is not credible, and it's an illusion to fashion the discussion on how important the forms are.

When Ed Parker was asked why forms were not given respect in competition, he answered, "No one pays to see the world's greatest shadow boxer."

However, there are those in American Kenpo who claim Ed Parker never learned Judo, or that he was a good boxer. (Does become acquainted with every art mean anything?) They don't want to know the truth, rather they prefer an illusion. They take something Ed Parker wrote decades after the fact and insist it is true, despite contradicting evidence. Are any of those facts important? I didn't think so when Ed Parker was alive. But after his death when those who had left him started their own organizations to give themselves rank and "superior knowledge" based on what he wrote, the question becomes one of whether it is important to know the truth.
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It is one mans thoughts, he was there and writes about it...I like history, why I have so many books on it, and other interesting issues.

Regards,
Gary