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My question was extremely specific, and the answer extremely misguiding

I don't disagree. That, in itself, doesn't imply intention to misguide, though.

Nonetheless, it would be natural to assume that a maestro title was the product of trial in front of a committee ... don't you think ...

Stephen Kilbane, I can't believe you'd actually remind us of this idiocy:

Q. So your [Mc Donald's] Master-at-Arms certification is effectually Andrea Sinclair's declaration of recognition that you are his peer, in the teaching of the Art?
A. Yes.

Q. And your acceptance and use of it is the ...

Nontheless, for example, it is still contradictory that when I asked what was the governing body that examined him and granted his "maestro title" he said it was Fisas.

Actually, his answer to you was that the source of his title was FISAS; you interpreted that to mean that an examination took ...

Francisco Uribe wrote:IF you would just straightly answer the questions that would satisfactorily put off any inquiries.

You mean like this: http://www.thearma.org/forum/viewtopic. ... 7262#27262 ?

(handy link for those who've only recently tuned in during the last few pages. No disrespect intended to the moderators after the warning back on page 11.)

steve

I most heartily agree with my friend and fellow Forum moderator on this one. State something new (and back it up factually) or wrap it up.

Sounds like a good idea; I'm only here in an attempt to clarify previous confusion, not to convince or argue, so I'll bow out. If anyone's got any questions ...

I know the spanish thread, I parcitipated in it. I will not bother translating the whole thing here, just to show how you are missing the important bits.

Hmm.

"I say OK, what proof do you have of it?
I'm still waiting for you to show it. All you do is pretend offense and whine about my ...

Note that the IMAF web site does not say that Loriega earned the "Maestro" title before his association with the IMAF.

You're right, it doesn't. To be honest, I thought it did, but my memory's not that great.

Instead, the IMAF web site suggest that the "Maestro" title was first given to ...

(long post; sorry.)

After reading the "ARMA vs everybody else" thread on the ARMA forum, I felt that Macdonald wasn't clear about some issues, and there were misunderstandings as a result. The impression appeared to be that Macdonald (and IMAF) profess a secret lineage back to medieval masters ...