Willem de Thouars' Apology to Steve Gartin and Chas Clements

[Bammok]

Was that Chas "Thieving" Clements sitting at the table? Wow, talk about a shifty little hobbit. Sir, i am still waiting on my $68 from the leatherwork you have yet to have completed for me back in 2008. You are a horrible, lying old man who claimed to have burned over 85% of his body and been horribly sick and unable to return my money. I would gladly teach you a physical lesson, and though i have nothing against anyone else in this video, i would gladly go through anyone to get to you. You liar

[quatresub13]

This really just seems disrespectful. It's like when a kid bumps another kid on the playground and the kid who did the bumping gets thrown into the sand. Really not cool. Accept the apology and move on.

[guruvideocourses]

Glad to see a recent compromise to all the drama. But why repeat Uncle's words through editing? Overkill?

[dgbsco]

bau

[silatplayer7]

thats what i like about uncle willem, he can admit when he is wrong and likes to makes amends if in fact he has acted in a wrong way. i may not agree with all of his politics but atleast he is a great enough of a man to admit when he is wrong. and states it for everyone to see. im glad uncle did that for you guys.

[777ianb]

mister barry williams, it sounds to me as if you are uninvolved and don't know what your talking about. And maybe we should all let this be.

[Barrywilliams66]

Uncle likes to change his stories a lot.  You have to just watch his moves, but not listen to him. All he says are lies its like he doesn't know how to say anything true.

[ShishKabbal]

@Barrywilliams66

Given where he's been and what he's had to endure early in life, it may be appropriate to extend him a little more grace than your comment suggests. That said, his favorite student, the one to whom he defers the most, is the one that happens to be in front of him at that time. Please, lets be gentle and gracious with the teacher that has taught so many, so much.

[Barrywilliams66]

@ShishKabbal

Oh, that sounds apologist to me - "Given what he's been through"? Why not just excuse anyone with a hardship in life for doing bad things? It doesn't give Willem a free pass, and the more people allow it to happen without stepping on it, the worse it will get. And if that was YOU in the video, you would feel just as indignant as Gartin probably does. Furthermore, I didn't say anything about his martial arts - they're great...But he cannot be trusted. This has been proven.

[selfdefenseorlando]

Good To see you around Mr Gartin! God Bless!

[martialtaichi]

The thing that springs to mind for me here is that the spirit of the film and commentary don't seem very gracious - it feels more like an exposé - a bit like a trap - I can't imagine Willem being as happy with the film as he seemed to be in the informal atmosphere in which it was filmed.

[TheKINGofLIGHT]

seems like there is politics in all martial arts. What a shame to manipulate repetitively to make the point. The truth for me is the quality of the videos I have seen on youtube are good, but at the same time---get to the point.