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Originally Posted by DeStRuCtIkOn When somebody comes along and really blows this style up, I mean makes it as popular as, say, Systema is now, then we can see what it's worth. For now, I think it's all hearsay and marketing and I think that if there's anything at all to the claims, when it does become more accessible to the masses it'll fizzle out like all hyped up super-arts do. |
Normally I'd agree with you Des but it seems on this occassion there's really not all that much to market. There's only one guy offering classes in it (the aforementioned Dennis Newsome) and he only teaches it to black students that have shown a high level of competancy in the other arts he teaches. And he's uncharacteristically tight-lipped about the style too. He's been interviewed about it for a couple of publications, but that's about it. He could have made a fortune off it when he taught Mel Gibson for the first
Lethal Weapon movie, but he didn't. He doesn't offer books, seminars or home study courses on the subject, or any of that.
And it's not really a new thing. Accounts seem to say that 52s' hayday was in the 70s and 80s. All the people talking about it generally say they haven't seen it for years.
I agree, all the talk about 52s may be BS, but if it is, it's more urban-legend BS than it is marketing BS, IMHO.