Originally Posted by
chronic_jiujitsu
I dont think i understand the emotional attachment that you seem to have between my comment and yourself? If somehow my opinion on who i would rather train under has offended you.. im sorry. But to get what appears to be offended over someone answering a question on their opinion of who they would rather instruct them seems equally as silly. Obviously people have preferences to who they would like to train under.. Just like people prefer different coaches in any other sport over others.. Im not saying in any way that Marcelo isnt a great instructor because i prefer eddie as a teacher.. nor am i saying i think eddie isnt good at jiujitsu because i would see marcelo winning the match.. But to say because i have never trained under them somehow means i cant form an opinion on the subject seems a little.. dramatic? I've also never met Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant.. but in my opinion.. i see Jordan as a better Basketball player. Can i prove that? no. But ive seen them both play many times.. and thats just my opinion. Its ok to disagree.. no need to turn this into anything more than people sharing opinions. As for the apparent offending due to my guess of preferred instructor.. That was made solely off of watching their videos. And in no way do i think everyone is going to agree with me.. In fact i would say there are a lot of people that marcelo would probably be better for in the world of jiujitsu as an instructor.. but for me.. in my personal opinion.. I prefer Eddie just because of what ive seen in his ability to see a persons strengths and weaknesses and his ability to keep an open mind on what works better for them rather than expecting everyone to perform all the moves the exact same. (and please dont read too much into that statement and think im saying marcelo cant, im just saying compared to a lot of places ive been.. eddie tends to have the most open mind) So again.. Sorry if i offended you by sharing my opinion.. but I think in situations like these.. its often better to just assume I'm being immature or childish with my choosing to answer the question and ignore me and let it go rather than waste energy responding and potentially causing negative discussions on the internet. Let's just agree to disagree and move on ;)