sad thread this one. as others have said, i feel bad that bruce thought it necessary to delete us from facebook, trying to look at it from bruces perspective, hes been seeing these kids in his neighbourhood, not up to much and he wants to try and give them a direction. just wants to show them what has made his daughter so happy. he tries to think up a plan to get them off the streets and into something that can help them. and then he figures he can at least be the first step and comes to the forum where he has constantly been because he wants his daughter to learn the system and if he was anything like me, felt like his has been welcomed into a family. and then with this intention, he posts up on the forum and fair enough he was shot down. i think the way he phrased it was bad and it could easily have been stuffed up. but from his perspective when he was expecting a warm reception and some good feedback he definitly didnt receive it. if he had said he wants to get kids off the sstreets and start them on the path to being great athletes then maybe it would have been taken better. definitly could have gone down better.
ive talked to him quite a bit to him on here and facebook since he appeared here. sure he pushed cora a lot and advertised her. but whether or he not he was qualified to teach jiu jitsu, insinuating him being a pedophile is off topic, extremely offensive and it doesnt matter if its coming from a black belt a white belt barack obama jesus or anyone else. i respect everyone here and when it comes to jiu jitsu ill listen, but theres no need to insult someone like that. and then others agreeing. its just sad that unless everything is clearly spelt out and all the special words are mentioned as to stop any chance of anyone taking what they say ni the wrong way that what people say is taken in generally the worst light.
what also affects me is that how so many people didnt voice their opinions about bruce if they shared them a lot sooner. i know i rant a lot on the forum, looks at this post and you can see its long enough. i hope no one comes out of the blue and starts insulting me.
i agree totally with what kurzy said. well written. i think that bruce could have sorted out something. had the guy from his gym cora goes to come once a week so there is a mix of a proper instructor as well as bruce helping. i dunno, gotta bad taste in my mouth from this thread.