I've seen some stuff over on Self-protection.com regarding plagiarism.  I was interested to note that a guy called Karl who trains people informally has been getting slagged off for allegedly ripping off people's work without giving due credit.  Specifically, they bring up a Mick Coup instructional clip in which Mick holds a replica gun to the side of his opponent's head, the implication being that the hook shot is being fired from the side.  And the complaint seems to be that Mick has originated this idea and nobody else should be using it without giving credit to him.  Well, guys, take a look at this clip from my NHB 1 video shot in 2000, which is widely available in the martial arts community.

There are a lot of ways to do a hook.  I've been doing this particular one for over thirty years.  And it works. 

Here's the thing.  If every time somebody went on about 'Uzi mentality' or 'slamming the door' or 'nail gun principle' or 'startle reflex' or 'using the head to lead the body' or 'using the head to post' or--god there are so many examples I've lost track--if every time that happened, I got upset, I'd be upset all the time.  If I got upset every time somebody nicked one of my drills, ideas, training methods, moves such as the head cover that Keysi have now apparently got a patent on, or even rhetoric, then I wouldn't have time to move  forward.  If there was such a thing as litigation on this sort of thing, I'd be taking people to court all the time.  The truth is, I do still get upset but I reckon I'm still ahead of the pack.  As long as I'm ahead of the pack, I'm happy. 

As far as Karl goes, I'd rather see a guy teaching with apparently no qualifications but every intention of trying to take himself and others to the next level, than listen to some of the total shit that comes out of the mouths of some of the 8th, 9th and 10th dans around, heads of large organizations who know nothing.  Who made them god?  Those are the guys I've always been challenging. Fuck the establishment, especially in the martial arts.  It has no grounding in reality.

Over on self-protection.com it really is like dogs on meat.  They get the scent, and in they go.  A few weeks ago it was Geoff Thompson, before that it was Skillen, I think Morrison was caught in the mix as well, and now it's Karl--I mean, who is he a fucking threat to? 

I think in physical terms he might be a threat to quite a few on that forum.  But I don't know, because so few of them have actually come out from behind their screen names and posted clips the way he has.  I don't know the guy from Adam,  but I've got more in common with him than I have with any of the so-called authorities.  All the grades and titles I got weren't worth a shit.

(and I accidentally embedded the clip twice and can't get rid of it, so here it is again)