Teras Kasi Archive
Thread: Interview with Steve Perry, father of teras kasi
However, in their entry on Phow Ji
"this man, a native of Bunduki and a member of the Followers of Palawa, was an expert in the martial art of teras kasi...."
They even cite their sources at the bottom
Cango's citing is correct and credible, but I don't remember any of the CUSWE's citied sources saying Ji was a Follower either. On HNN I can't find issues 57-59, however --CUSWE cites issues 55-59. I'd like to see another source which says Ji was FoP. Might be an assumption since Ji was Bunduki and was likely to have trained with FoP, but that might not necessarily make him a member of the order.
Care to speculate whether Ji is really dead?
I think CUSWE had 55-59 in there in assumptuon that the numbers would keep rising, as their HNN citing scheme is in sets of 5.
I'm gonna skim through Medstar 1 again and try to find the page.
Cango wrote:
http://www.holonetnews.com/55/sports/in sets of 5
I think CUSWE had 55-59 in there in assumptuon that the numbers would keep rising, as their HNN citing scheme is in sets of 5.
I'm gonna skim through Medstar 1 again and try to find the page.
I think you're right on the set numbering for HNN articles in CUSWE.
Scanned through MSI and didn't see a reference to FoP. I'll give MSII a more careful read -- went through that one pretty fast.
Assuming Ji was trained by FoP is a pretty safe bet. I'm hung on CUSWE using the word "member" because Ji, as Steve Perry had stated, mastered only the martial art (teräs käsi). IMHO, "trained by the Followers of Palawa" is far more likely and believable. "Member" implies adopting and practicing the religion/philosophyof FoP: Kind of like a person mastering Shaolin Kung Fu but not becoming a Buddhist.
Reread HNN articles and Medstar books cited by the CUSWE article on Phow Ji, and couldn't find anything that says Ji was a Follower of Palawa.