2011 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[SPX]

You can't argue with someone that delusional. Just stop now before you regret it. What site?

Whole thread is interesting, but that conversation starts on pg. 7. . .

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/sho...-Not-effective

[MMA_scientist]

Nobody has to deal with you until after the police enter they're lives. Therefore you =/= bacon.

Oh. Ok, I never looked at it that way.

5-0 is on the board. Everyone freeze! Hand over your illegal gambling money to me now! It is for your own good.

[Ludo]

Whole thread is interesting, but that conversation starts on pg. 7. . .

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/sho...-Not-effective

I'll be there as soon as they approve My account.

[SPX]

I'll be there as soon as they approve My account.

Shit, that might take a minute.

I COULD use some back up, though.

[Ludo]

yeah, I have a few things to add to the whole "UK has great fighters nobody else knows about" conversation.

[MMA_scientist]

That whole forum is hilarious. It's still 1993 in there.

I can't back you up though... he is just going to change his argument when presented with reality. Was worth reading though, thanks.

[Ludo]

Fucking hell they take a while to approve accounts. Maybe I shouldn't have put "thugjitsu" as My primary Martial Art...

[SPX]

Fucking hell they take a while to approve accounts. Maybe I shouldn't have put "thugjitsu" as My primary Martial Art...

It took them like a day to approve mine.

And yeah, maybe not.

[SPX]

That whole forum is hilarious. It's still 1993 in there.

I can't back you up though... he is just going to change his argument when presented with reality. Was worth reading though, thanks.

BOL.

Some people are still old school traditionalists, but there are a lot who are not and who know what's up.

[MMA_scientist]

One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is when someone walks into the academy with a bb in JJJ or some other entertaining TMA. There was a fat ninja guy once that kept wearing his BB for weeks. They all stop coming after a couple weeks though, all of them. Most never return after one day.

That probably makes me a douche, but what are you going to do.

I don't have any problem whatsoever if someone wants to train shoto Ryu Aikido or whatever. None. I train for fun, not self defense. And it would be hypocritical to mock their overall ability and lack of sparring skill, while ignoring the fact that we don't train with strikes. If they enjoy what they are doing, they should keep doing it. It just irks me when TMA guys try to act like they are deadly killers.

[Ludo]

One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is when someone walks into the academy with a bb in JJJ or some other entertaining TMA. There was a fat ninja guy once that kept wearing his BB for weeks. They all stop coming after a couple weeks though, all of them. Most never return after one day.

That probably makes me a douche, but what are you going to do.

Your a lawyer and a douche? You don't say.

[SPX]

I don't have any problem whatsoever if someone wants to train shoto Ryu Aikido or whatever. None. I train for fun, not self defense. And it would be hypocritical to mock their overall ability and lack of sparring skill, while ignoring the fact that we don't train with strikes. If they enjoy what they are doing, they should keep doing it.

I agree.

It's a big thing for muay Thai guys to rag on any striking art that's not MT, saying that other styles' sparring rules are not as realistic, that other styles are not full contact, that other styles, use too much padding, etc.

But not everyone who does martial arts is doing it to be a professional fighter. A lot of people are just doing it for fun, or doing it because they appreciate the sporting side of it. I talked to a TKD guy the other day on Sherdog who isn't interested in doing MMA. Olympic TKD is his thing and that's all he wants to do.

It just irks me when TMA guys try to act like they are deadly killers.

I'll be the first to agree that most TMA guys can't fight for shit. But there's always going to be that small component of guys who are really serious and who "get" their art and are actually pretty bad ass. For instance, I think those guys in that Shotokan vid I posted the other day could probably fuck a lot of dudes up.

I think this post illustrates the situation pretty well. Just substitute Kung Fu with something else.

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?100187-Not-effective&p=1447845#post1447845

[Ludo]

I'll be the first to agree that most TMA guys can't fight for shit. But there's always going to be that small component of guys who are really serious and who "get" their art and are actually pretty bad ass. For instance, I think those guys in that Shotokan vid I posted the other day could probably fuck a lot of dudes up.

[SPX]

BOL. I saw that shit the other day.

[SPX]

Let me also add this. . .