I have had so many of these over the years, starting way back. Some old students remember the sordid tale of the 300 pound (5ft) man who visited my class and asked if I could handle a student with a broken leg. I asked him how he broke it and he yelled at me that he was up in a tree doing drugs.. then there was the Russian young woman who wanted me (and this art) to help remove the black magic curse that was put on her. She spent much of the class hugging trees and whispering to them to get help removing the curse, and alternatively following all the male students around waiting to be asked to be their girlfriend. Many others are on this list. This latest one, well I held myself back from posting it here because sometimes doing so can seem like adolescent humor, because naturally it is at the fart level. This time though well, its very egregious and I am posting it here for the humorous benefit of the group as well as a cautionary tale for any other horribly annoying delusional personalities who want to have a try next time. This is publicly viewable, and so will your attempt be in the future. You have been warned.
The 'student' in question, I had seen his self promotional advertisements as some kind of teacher/healer in the area many years back and recognized the name. It was easy to read this guy was engaged in some normal quasi-new age self delusion, but I never thought much of it as I did not need to.
In August this guy wrote to me asking about classes. I recognized the name and 'groaned' (spiritually). In his bio he claimed to have learned from Wang Haijun and many others 'important people'. I wrote back to him trying to put him off of the scent but I've never actually met the guy & he was insistent. I reached out to several students here to see if there was really any reason I should bother with this weirdo... No one had a super compelling push either way. In the end (as you might read) I warned him the class would be very hard and he would likely be distressed by the amount of disparaging talk about the things he previously trained. He said he was game so eventually I mistakenly elected to let him try.
No good deed goes unpunished.
He did attend maybe two classes. We gave him only standing to practice. He presented as maybe 5 ft tall, and significantly overweight. In standing practice he was unable to withstand the slightest sinking on the leg, immediately bouncing up to comfort. I could get him to take a little bit of pain if I stayed with him there, but it was only for about 2 seconds at a time.
Next time everyone just advise me "no".
Read at your own risk. It is laborious, funny, especially at the end, but a bit of a dark tale of mental illness.
The 'student' in question, I had seen his self promotional advertisements as some kind of teacher/healer in the area many years back and recognized the name. It was easy to read this guy was engaged in some normal quasi-new age self delusion, but I never thought much of it as I did not need to.
In August this guy wrote to me asking about classes. I recognized the name and 'groaned' (spiritually). In his bio he claimed to have learned from Wang Haijun and many others 'important people'. I wrote back to him trying to put him off of the scent but I've never actually met the guy & he was insistent. I reached out to several students here to see if there was really any reason I should bother with this weirdo... No one had a super compelling push either way. In the end (as you might read) I warned him the class would be very hard and he would likely be distressed by the amount of disparaging talk about the things he previously trained. He said he was game so eventually I mistakenly elected to let him try.
No good deed goes unpunished.
He did attend maybe two classes. We gave him only standing to practice. He presented as maybe 5 ft tall, and significantly overweight. In standing practice he was unable to withstand the slightest sinking on the leg, immediately bouncing up to comfort. I could get him to take a little bit of pain if I stayed with him there, but it was only for about 2 seconds at a time.
Next time everyone just advise me "no".
Read at your own risk. It is laborious, funny, especially at the end, but a bit of a dark tale of mental illness.
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. When I read it I thought. "I like this guy"! I might have put it that way as well.