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The Highest Form of Flattery

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I’ve always heard that when someone copies you, it means that you’ve had a good idea. When I had an idea to make a Taido T-shirt a couple of years ago, I just wanted one for myself. But when I would wear it around other Taido students, people would always ask me where they could get one. Japanese students especially always ask about them, and a few of my friends can be spotted wearing them on YouTube.

Over the past few months, I’ve noticed something really funny on CafePress, the site that makes and sells my shirts: a whole bunch of imitators. The truly hilarious thing is that none of these shirts are made by people who practice Taido. There are “Hokei Specialist” shirts, “Taido Dad” shirts, and even a “Canadian Taido” shirt (which I think is great because there is no Taido in Canada).

Some designs are even blatant rip-offs of my own Taido and Georgia Tech Taido T-shirts.

I think this is great, and even if nobody buys any of my shirts, I’m proud that I had an idea worth copying.

In fact, I’ve written about at least a couple of good ideas on Taido/Blog. So, don’t forget to check out the archives and see if there’s anything hidden there that piques your interest.

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