powerplaying -> RE: Master Training in Germany ? (2/16/2009 3:26:39 PM)
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After that said, we had a big laugh at the "cerified Doms", "Double certified Doms" and very "golden certified Masters" thats rubish,
Yeah, that's like most people in Leipzig, next big city near Berlin, where I live, would react to such nonsense, too.
powerplaying -> RE: Master Training in Germany ? (2/16/2009 3:28:11 PM)
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ORIGINAL: subSerena
More THANKS! This gets better and better --- I do recall rather grand titles being tossed about, and arguments with another Dom about who had higher status.
You can call me God.
VampiresLair -> RE: Master Training in Germany ? (2/16/2009 3:39:00 PM)
The only Master testing I have ever had involved belts.
apple2 -> RE: Master Training in Germany ? (2/17/2009 5:05:37 AM)
Eeek...
Back in the 1990's when I first came out into the public scene, or semi-public scene (it was different then). There were more than a few people who claimed they were trained in "Old European Houses". At first when I heard it I was vastly impressed.
One of the people who mentored me, was a Dutch national, so I asked him about it. Amidst a great amount of laugher (And swearing in Dutch) he informed me that it just didn't exist. That in fact there was no vast deeply underground European training apparatus.
I sort of cringe when I hear these stories, because in fact there is more "formalized" history here in the states post World War II for the Leather or S/M underground than in Europe.
As an aside, if you can find a 30 or 40 year scene veteran they can tell you some interesting stories. They make the "Old European Houses" stories pale in comparison.